or of such construction as to be equally safe to every A.D. 1926. person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

14. (1) All parts of the transmission machinery Trans5 shall either be securely fenced or be in such position or mission of such construction as to be equally safe to every person machinery. employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

(2) Efficient devices or appliances shall be provided 10 in every room or place in which work is carried on so as to stop promptly the transmission machinery in that room or place.

(3) Suitable striking gear or other efficient mechanical appliances shall be provided and used to move driving 15 straps on fast and loose pulleys which form part of the transmission machinery, and any such gear or appliances shall be so constructed as to prevent accidental restarting of the machinery :

Provided that where the Secretary of State is satisfied 20 that such striking gear or appliances are not necessary or are impracticable for any class of machines he may by order exempt such class of machines from this requirement.

(4) A belt, strap or rope, when not in use, shall not be 25 allowed to rest or ride upon a revolving shaft which forms part of the transmission machinery.

15.-(1) All dangerous part of any machinery, other Other than prime movers and transmission machinery, shall machinery. either be securely fenced or be in such a position or of 30 such construction as to be as safe to persons employed or working on the premises as they would be if securely fenced.

(2) Devices which automatically remove the hand of the operator from, or prevent it approaching, a dangerous 35 part, shall be deemed equivalent to secure fencing for that part.

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(3) Where there are available safety devices which-
(a) make it impossible to expose a dangerous part
of machinery whilst in motion; or
(b) stop a machine forthwith in case of danger,

A.D. 1926. such part or machine shall not be deemed to be securely fenced unless such devices are provided.

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(4) Any part of any material or article which is dangerous while in motion in any machine shall either be securely fenced or be in such a position as to be equally 5 safe to every person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

16.-(1) In the case of any machinery constructed machinery. after the date of the passing of this Act

Vessels containing dangerous liquids.

Maintenance of fencing.

Self-acting machines.

(a) no set-screws, bolts or keys on any revolving 10 part shall be allowed to project; and

(b) all spur and other gearing shall be completely encased.

(2) Any person who sells or lets on hire any machine constructed after the date of the passing of this Act which 15 does not comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order apply the preceding subsection to machinery which does not comply 20 with the requirements of any other provision of this Act specified in the order, or of any order or regulation made under this Act and so specified, but any order made under this subsection shall relate only to machinery constructed after the date of the order.

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17. Every uncovered fixed vessel, structure or pit containing any scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid, the edge of which is less than three feet above the adjoining ground or platform, shall be securely fenced to at least that height, unless the nature of the work 30 makes such fencing impracticable.

18. All fencing or other safeguards provided in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall be of substantial construction, and constantly maintained in position and in an efficient state while the 35 parts required to be fenced or safeguarded are in motion or in use, except when any such parts are necessarily exposed for cleaning, lubrication, or examination.

19.-(1) In any factory or part of a factory to which this section applies the traversing carriage of any self- 40 acting machine shall not be allowed on its outward or

inward traverse to run within a distance of eighteen inches A.D. 1926. from any fixed structure not being part of the machine, if the space over which it runs is a space over which any person is liable to pass, whether in the course of his 5 employment or otherwise :

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent any portion of the traversing carriage of any self-acting cotton-spinning or woollen-spinning machine being allowed to run to a point twelve inches distant from any 10 part of the head stock of another such machine.

(2) A person employed shall not be in the space between the fixed and the traversing parts of a selfacting machine unless the machine is stopped with the traversing part on the outward run, but for the purpose 15 of this provision the space in front of a self-acting machine shall not be included in the space aforesaid. (3) This section applies

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(a) to any factory erected after the thirty-first
day of December eighteen hundred and ninety-
five; and

(b) to any factory or part of a factory reconstructed
after the passing of this Act; and

(c) to any extension of or addition to a factory
made after the passing of this Act.

20. A woman or young person shall not clean any Cleaning part of a prime mover or any transmission machinery by women of machinery while in motion, or any part of any machine the cleaning and young of which would expose that woman or young person to risk of injury either from that machine or from any 30 adjacent machinery.

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21.—(1) Every hoistway or liftway shall, if not com- Hoists and pletely enclosed, be efficiently protected by a substantial lifts. enclosure to a height of at least six and a half feet at the bottom, and, in the case of a way inside a building, to at 35 least that height at every landing. The protection shall be such as to prevent any person falling down the way or coming into contact with any moving part of the hoist or lift.

(2) A door or gate not less than six feet in height 40 shall be provided at every opening giving access to a hoist or lift. In the case of a hoist or lift constructed or

A.D. 1926. re-constructed after the passing of this Act, the door or gate shall be so fitted that it cannot be opened except when the floor of the hoist or lift is level with the landing at the opening, and that the hoist or lift cannot be moved away until the door or gate is closed; and in 5 any other case the door or gate shall be kept closed and fastened on the inside except when the hoist or lift is at rest at the opening.

(3) The hoist or lift, and, where the hoistway or liftway is wholly or partly enclosed the inside of the enclosure, 10 shall be so constructed as to prevent any part of any person or goods carried in the hoist or lift being trapped between any part of the hoist or lift and any fixed structure or the counter-balance weight.

(4) The following requirements shall be observed in 15 connection with every power-driven hoist or lift which is used for raising or lowering persons :—

(a) If the hoist or lift is suspended by ropes or
chains, there shall be at least two such ropes or
chains, separately connected thereto, and each 20
capable, with its attachments, of sustaining the
whole weight of the hoist or lift and its maximum
working load. An efficient safety device shall
also be provided and maintained in working
order which will hold the hoist or lift with its 25
maximum working load in the event of the
breakage of the ropes or chains or their
attachments;

(b) The maximum working load which the hoist
or lift is designed to carry shall be marked 30
conspicuously on the hoist or lift, and the hoist
or lift shall not be used for raising or lowering
a heavier load;

(c) Efficient automatic appliances shall be provided
and maintained in working order to prevent the 35
hoist or lift over-running.

(5) Every part of every hoist or lift shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in every six months, and a report of the result of every such examination in the prescribed form and containing the pre- 40 scribed particulars shall be signed by the person making the examination and shall, within fourteen days, be entered in or attached to the general register.

(6) Every teagle opening or similar doorway used for A.D. 1926. hoisting or lowering goods or materials shall be securely protected by a door or gate to a height of three and a half feet, and shall be provided with a hand-grip on each of 5 the door jambs. Every such door or gate shall be kept closed and fastened except when hoisting or lowering of goods or materials is being carried on at such opening or doorway.

22.—(1) The following provisions shall be observed Chains, ropes 10 in respect of every chain or rope and chain or rope sling and cranes. used for the purpose of raising or lowering persons, goods or materials:

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(a) A table showing the safe working loads of every
such chain, rope or sling, and, in the case of a
multiple sling, the safe working load at different
angles of the legs, shall be posted in the store
in which the chains, ropes or slings are kept, and
in prominent positions on the premises;
(b) No such chain, rope or sling shall be used for
any load exceeding the safe working load;
(c) Every such chain, rope or sling when in use shall
be examined at such intervals as the Secretary of
State may by special order direct;

(d) Every such chain or chain sling, unless made of
steel or iron which has been subjected to such
other form of heat treatment as may be
approved by the Secretary of State, shall
be annealed at least once in every fourteen
months, or, in the case of chains or slings of
half-inch bar or smaller, or chains used in
connection with molten metal or molten slag, in
every six months;

(e) A register in the prescribed form and containing
the prescribed particulars shall be kept with
respect to all such chains, ropes or slings, except
fibre rope slings.

(2) Every crane, winch, transporter or runway shall have the safe working load plainly marked upon it, and in the case of a crane so constructed that the safe 40 working load may be varied by the raising or lowering of the jib, shall either have attached to it an automatic indicator of safe working loads or a table showing the safe working loads at corresponding inclinations of the jib.