A.D. 1926. Power to make orders as to un healthy or dangerous factory. Supply of drinking water. threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person; the court may as the case may require by order— (i) prohibit the use of that part of the ways, works, machinery or plant, or, if it is capable of repair 5 or alteration, prohibit its use until it is duly repaired or altered; or (ii) require the occupier to take such steps as may be specified in the order for remedying the danger complained of. 10 (2) Where a complaint has been made under this section, the court or a justice may, on application ex parte by the inspector to the effect that the use of any such part of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, involves imminent danger to life, make an interim order 15 prohibiting, either absolutely or subject to conditions, the use thereof until the earliest opportunity for hearing and determining the complaint. (3) In the event of any contravention of an order made under this section, the occupier and, in the case 20 of a contravention respecting any part of the ways, works, machinery or plant, any person entitled to control the use of that part shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and to a further fine not exceeding five pounds for each day on which 25 the contravention continues after conviction thereof. 36.-A court of summary jurisdiction may, on complaint by an inspector, and on being satisfied that any factory or part of a factory is in such a condition that any process or work carried on therein cannot be so carried 30 on without danger to health or to life or limb, by order, prohibit the use thereof for the purpose of that process or work, until such works have been executed as are in the opinion of the court necessary to remove the danger. PART III. WELFARE (GENERAL PROVISIONS). 37.- (1) There shall be provided and maintained at suitable points conveniently accessible to all persons employed an adequate supply of wholesome drinking 35 water from a public main or from some other source approved in writing by the district council. (2) Each drinking water supply shall be clearly marked "Drinking water," and a supply of drinking water 5 which is not laid on shall be contained in suitable vessels, and shall be renewed at least daily; and all practicable steps shall be taken to preserve the water and vessels from contamination. A.D. 1926, 38.-(1) If mechanical power is used in a factory First-aid. 10 there shall be provided and maintained so as to be readily accessible a first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed standard, and where more than one hundred and fifty persons are employed an additional box or cupboard for every additional one hundred and fifty persons. 15 The number of first-aid boxes or cupboards required under this provision shall be calculated on the largest number of persons employed at any one time, and any fraction of one hundred and fifty shall be reckoned as one hundred and fifty. Where the persons employed are 20 employed in shifts the calculation of the number employed shall be according to the largest number at work at any one time. (2) Nothing except appliances or requisites for firstaid shall be kept in a first-aid box or cupboard. 25 (3) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person who shall always be readily available during working hours. A notice shall be affixed in every workroom stating the name of the person in charge of the first-aid box or cupboard 30 provided in respect of that room. (4) If an ambulance room is provided at the factory and such arrangements are made as to ensure the immediate treatment there of all injuries occurring in the factory, the chief inspector may by certificate 35 exempt the factory from the requirements of this section to such extent and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the certificate. 39. There shall be provided and maintained for the Facilities use of all female workers whose work is done standing for sitting. 40 a sufficient number of seats to enable them to take advantage of any opportunities for resting which may occur in the course of their employment. A.D. 1926. Supply of protective clothing. Welfare orders. 40. Where protective clothing is prescribed to be necessary for the use of persons employed in any process, suitable protective clothing shall be provided and maintained for the use of every person who is exposed in the usual course of his employment to acids or to any noxious 5 or offensive substance liable to cause injury to person or clothing. 41.—(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that owing to the conditions and circumstances of employment or the nature of the processes carried on, provision 10 requires to be made in relation to any of the matters to which this section applies, for securing the welfare of the persons employed or any class thereof, he may by order require such reasonable steps to be taken in connection therewith as may be specified in the order. (2) The following are the matters to which this section applies : 15 25 Any of the matters dealt with in the foregoing pro- (c) provide for the employed persons concerned 5 could not reasonably be required to be pro- A.D. 1926 (4) If, in the case of any order proposed to be made. for a particular factory, the occupier or, in the case of an order for factories of a particular class or group or description, the majority of the occupiers of factories of 10 that class or group or description, dispute the reasonableness of the requirements in the proposed order or any of them, the objection shall be referred for settlement to a referee selected in accordance with rules made under this section, but the Secretary of State may so 15 refer any objection though not made by a majority of the occupiers if he thinks desirable. (5) The Secretary of State may make rules as to the time within which, and the manner in which, notice of objection to any proposed order may be made, and as 20 to the selection of and the procedure before a referee and the cost of the proceedings before a referee (including the remuneration of the referee). (6) This section shall not apply to factories in which the only persons employed are members of the same 25 family dwelling there. (7) The Secretary of State may by special order extend the matters to which this section applies to matters other than those mentioned in this section. (8) An order under this section may impose duties 30 on employed persons in connection with the use of any facilities provided, and (in the case of tenement factories) on owners. PART IV. 35 HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS). Special Provisions. 42.--(1) In every factory in which, in connection Removal of with any process carried on, there is given off any dust dust or or fume of an injurious or offensive character or any 40 substantial quantity of dust of any kind, all practicable fumes. A.D. 1926. measures shall be taken to protect the workers against inhalation of the dust or fume, and to prevent its accumulating in any workroom, and in particular, where the nature of the process makes it practicable, exhaust appliances shall be provided and maintained, as near 5 as possible to the point of origin of the dust or fume, so as to prevent it entering the air of any workroom. Prohibition (2) No stationary internal combustion engine shall be used in any workroom unless it is so enclosed as to prevent any iujurious fumes from the engine entering the 10 air of the room. 43. Where a notice is exhibited by the occupier of spitting. in any room in the factory that spitting on the floor or walls of the room is forbidden, any person who spits on the floor or walls of the room shall be guilty of an offence 15 and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings. Meals in certain dangerous trades. Prohibition of use of white phos. phorus ir 44. (1) Where in any room in a factory lead, arsenic or other poisonous substance is so used as to give rise to dust or fumes, or any highly silicious dust is 20 given off in connexion with any process carried on, a person shall not be permitted to take a meal or to remain during the times allowed to him for meals in that room, and a suitable messroom shall be provided or other suitable provision made for enabling the persons employed in that 25 room to take their meals elsewhere in the factory. (2) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that, by reason of the nature of any process carried on in any class or description of factories or parts thereof to which the foregoing provisions of this section do not apply, the 30 taking of meals therein is injurious to health or otherwise undesirable, he may, if he thinks fit, by special order extend those provisions to such factories or parts of factories. 45.--(1) No person shall use white phosphorus in 35 the manufacture of matches. (2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the manufacture expression "white phosphorus: means the substance usually known as white or yellow phosphorus. of matches. Prohibition of employment of female young persons in 46.-(1) Where in any part of a factory (a) the process of melting, or of blowing glass other than lamp blown glass: or (b) the process of annealing glass other than plate or sheet glass; or 40 |