THE

FACTORIES
Act, 1948
OBJECTIVES
 Important Definations
 Section 2 (a) Adult means a person who has completed his 18th year of
age.
 Section 2 (b) Adolescent means who has completed his 15th year of
age but has not completed his 18th year.
 Section 2 (c) Child means a person who has not completed his 15th
year of age.
 Section 2 (d) Young Person means who is either a child or an
adolescent.
 Section 2 (cb) Hazardous Process means any process or activity in
relation to any industry specified in first schedule, where unless
special care is taken, raw material used therein or the intermediate
finished products, by products, wastes, or effluents thereof would-
(i) Cause Material impairments to the health of the persons
engaged in or connected therewith, or
(ii) result in the pollution of general environment:
• S 2(k) Manufacturing Process- means any process………
• S 2(l) Workers- means a person………
• S2 (m) Factory means………
• S 2 (n) Occupier means………..
• S 7A GENERAL DUTIES OF THE OCCUPIER
• Ensure the healt,safety, and welfare of the workers
a. Maintanence of plant and system of work
b. Ensure safety and absence of risks to health of the workers- handling,storage
and transport of articles and substances.
c. Maintanence of all places of work- safe and risk free
d. Maintaining and monitoring such working environment- free from risk.
HEALTH, SAFETY and WELFARE OF THE WORKERS
• Health(S.11 To 20)
• S 11 CLEANLINESS:
a) Free from effluvia arising from drain or other nuisance In particular-
• Removal of accumulation of dirt and refuse from the floors and
benches. Staircases, and passages
b) Cleaning of floor at least once in every week
c) Effective means of drainage shall be provided where the floor is
liable to be wet.
d) All inside walls and partitions, all ceiling or tops of rooms and all wall
sides, top of passages and stair cases shall - painted, or varnished –
once in every period of 5 yrs.
Painted with washable water paints- one coat
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
• S 2(k) Manufacturing Process- means any process………
• S 2(l) Workers- means a person………
• S2 (m) Factory means………
• S 2 (n) Occupier means………..
• S 7A GENERAL DUTIES OF THE OCCUPIER
• Ensure the healt,safety, and welfare of the workers
• a.Maintanence of plant and system of work
• b.ensure safety and absence of risks to health of the workers- handling,storage
and transport of articles and substances.
• c.Maintanence of all places of work- safe and risk free
• d. maintaining and monitoring such working environment- free from risk.

• HEALTH, SAFETY and WELFARE OF THE WORKERS

• Health(S.11 To 20)