FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING
AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation
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1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 2
2. Interpretation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 2
3. Application ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 3
4. Guarding of dangerous parts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 3
5. Method of guarding ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 3
6. Fixed guards may have openings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 4
7. Young persons working at machines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 4
8. Starting and stopping devices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 4
9. Push button controls to have emergency stopping devices ... ... ... ... --- Q 5
10. Stock-bars ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 5
11. Belts and pulleys ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 5
1 Responsibilities of proprietors. employees and other persons---. ... ... ... Q 5
13. Offencew ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 6

First Schedule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 6 Second Schedule ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 7 Third Schedule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 7
Fourth Schedule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 8





FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
(GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 59, section 7)

[1 April 1977.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial
Undertakings (Guarding and Operation of Machinery) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'automatic guard' means a guard which automatically prevents an
operator of any machinery or plant from coming into contact with a
dangerous part when that part is in motion;

'dangerous part' means any part of machinery or plant specified in the
First Schedule and any combination of such parts,

,,employee' means a person employed in a notifiable workplace to
which these regulations apply;

'fixed guard' means a guard which by its design and construction
prevents access to a dangerous part of machinery or plant and
which has no moving parts associated with or dependent upon the
machinery or plant to which the guard is fitted;

-interlocking guard' means a guard which is connected with machinery
or plant so that the machinery or plant cannot be operated unless
the guard is in a closed position, and the guard cannot be opened
unless the machinery or plant is not in motion or its removal from a
closed position causes the machinery or plant to cease operating
forthwith;

'prime mover' means any engine, motor, or other appliance, which
provides mechanical energy derived from any source;

',striking gear- means a device designed for moving a driving belt to and
from fast and loose pulleys, and includes a belt shifter;

-transmission machinery- includes every shaft, counter-shaft, wheel,
drum, pulley, system of fast and loose pulleys, coupling, clutch,
driving belt or other device by which the motion of a prime mover
is transmitted to or received by any machinery or plant;

'trip guard- means a guard which is connected with machinery or plant
so that upon its activation the machinery or plant stops before a
person can come into contact with a dangerous part thereof.,





-two-hand control device- means a device which is so designed that the
operator's hands must continuously engage the controls of the
machinery or plant if it is to complete its cycle of operation and that
if one or both of the operator's hands cease to engage the controls
thereof the machinery or plant stops instantly.

3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these regulations shall apply to
machinery or plant in a notifiable workplace.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), these regulations shall not
apply to any

(a)machinery or plant whose cycle of operation does not involve
the use of a prime mover and is dependent solely upon manual
labour;

(b)machinery or plant that is portable and is designed for
carrying about by manual labour and for operation while held
by hand; and

(c)machinery or plant of the parts and description set out in
column A of the Second Schedule and to which the
regulations opposite thereto in column B apply.

4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a dangerous part shall be effectively
guarded in accordance with and in the manner provided by regulation 5.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1). a dangerous part which by
reason of

(a) its position;

(b) its construction; or

(c). the nature of the work being performed,

does not give rise to any reasonably foreseeable hazard to the safety of
any person present at a notifiable workplace need not be guarded as
provided in regulation 5.

5. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), effective guarding of a dangerous
part shall be achieved either by any one of the following methods or by
a combination of any of them

(a) by a fixed guard;

(b) by an interlocking guard;

(c) by an automatic guard;

(d) by a trip guard;

(e) by a two-hand control device.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), every guard or device used pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall be





(a) of substantial contruction

(b) maintained in an efficient condition; and

(c)kept in its proper position while the machinery or plant is in
motion.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), a guard or device may
be removed or rendered inoperative while the machinery or plant is in
motion and a dangerous part is necessarily exposed for the purpose of
any examination, being an examination which can only be made with the
machinery or plant in motion, or of any lubrication or adjustment shown
by an examination to be immediately necessary, being a lubrication or
adjustment which can only be done with the machinery or plant in
motion.

(4) A guard or device removed or rendered inoperative pursuant to
paragraph (3) shall be immediately replaced or rendered operative upon
completion of the purpose for which it was so removed or rendered
inoperative.

6. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) an opening may be provided in any
fixed guard for the insertion and withdrawal of material from machinery
or plant.

(2) An opening in a fixed guard shall-

(a)in the case of a fixed guard used in connexion with an
automatic feeding device or any gravity feeding system, be as
small as is practicable having regard to the operation of the
machinery or plant;

(b)in every other case, conform to the Table set out in the Third
Schedule so that the distance of the fixed guard from any
dangerous part shall be not less in any case than the distance
set out in column B opposite to the size of opening set out in
column A.

7. A young person shall not work at or operate any machine
specified in the Fourth Schedule unless he has been fully instructed as
to the dangers arising in the use of the machine and the precautions to
be observed, and he has either been given training to the extent that he
is proficient in work at and the operation of the machine or he is under
supervision by a person who has a knowledge of and is experienced in
work at and the operation of the machine.

8. Machinery or plant shall be equipped with an efficient starting
and stopping device and the controls of the device shall be designed
and constructed with proper regard to the safe working of the
machinery or plant and so placed as to be readily and conveniently
operated.





9. Machinery or plant driven by 2 or more motors with
separate push button controls shall be equipped with one or more
overriding stopping devices by means of which the machinery or
plant can be stopped forthwith and, where there is more than one
stopping device, such devices shall be so spaced as to enable their
effective and convenient operation.

10. Any part of a stock-bar which projects beyond the head-
stock of a lathe shall be effectively guarded in the manner prescribed
by regulation 5 unless it is in such a position as to be as safe to every
person present at the notifiable workplace as it would be if effectively
guarded.

11. (1) Machinery or plant not directly driven by an individu-
al motor or other prime mover but driven through a system of belt,
pulley and shaft or counter-shaft shall be equipped with-

(a) a clutch;

(b) a loose pulley; or

(c)other adequate means readily accessible to an operator for
the effective starting and stopping of the machinery or
plant.

(2) No driving belt shall rest or ride upon a revolving shaft
forming part of any transmission machinery.

(3) For the purposes of moving a driving belt to and from fast
and loose pulleys forming part of any transmission machinery,
suitable striking gear shall be provided and shall be constructed,
placed and maintained so as to prevent the driving belt from
creeping back or shifting on to a fast pulley while the driving belt is
in motion on a loose pulley.

(4) Where a foot pedal forms part of any transmission
machinery for the purpose of operating a clutch, it shall be effec-
tively guarded against being unintentionally or accidentally struck
so as to operate the clutch.

12. (1) No proprietor, employee or other person shall wilfully
and without reasonable cause, remove, render inoperative, misuse,
damage or interfere with any guard or device provided in pursuance
of these regulations.

(2) Every employee shall make full and proper use of any
guard or device provided in pursuance of these regulations.

(3) Every employee shall report forthwith to the proprietor
any fault or defect in any guard or device provided in pursuance of
these regulations.





13. (1) The proprietor of any notifiable workplace in respect of
which any of the provisions of regulation 4, 6(2), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12(1)
are contravened shall be guilty of an offence and shall

(a)in respect of a contravention of regulation 4, 7, 10 or 12(1 be
liable to a fine of $30,000;

(b)in respect of a contravention of regulation 6(2), 8, 9 or 11, be
liable to a fine of $20,000.

(2) An employee or a person other than a proprietor who
contravenes regulation 12(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000.

(3) An employee who contravenes any of the provisions of
regulation 12(2) or 12(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine of $10,000.

FIRST SCHEDULE [reg. 2.1

DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY OR
PLANT

1 Revolving shafts. couplings, spindles, mandrels. bars and flywheels.

2. In-running nips between pairs of rotating parts.

3. In-running nips of the bell and pulley type.

4. Projections on revolving parts.

5. Discontinuous rotating parts.

6. Revolving beaters. spiked cylinders and revolving drums.

7. Revolving mixer arms in casings fitted with openings.

8. Revolving worms and spirals in casings fitted with openings.

9. Revolving high-speed cages in casings fitted with openings.

10. Revolving cutting tools.

11. Reciprocating cutting tools.

12. Reciprocating press tools and dies.

13. Reciprocating needles.

14. Closing nips between platen motions.

15. Projecting belt fasteners and fast running belts.

16. Nips between connecting rods or links. and rotating wheel cranks or dies.

17. Traps arising from the traversing carriages of self-acting machines.





SECOND SCHEDULE [reg. 3(2)(c).]

PARTS OF MACHINERY OR PLANT TO WHICH
THESE
REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY

A B
Parts and Description Applicable Regulations

Factories and Industrial Undertakings
(Woodworking Machinery)
Regulations

Circular saw, the blade reg. 10
Swing saw, the blade reg. 12
Pendulum saw, the blade reg. 12
Plain band saw, the blade reg. 13
Planing machine. the cutter reg. 14
Vertical spindle moulding machine.
the cutter reg. 15
Chain mortising machine. the chain reg. 16
Construction Sites (Safety)
Regulations
Every flywheel and moving part of any
prime mover reg. 44
Every part of transmission machinery reg. 44

j

Every dangerous part of other machinery
(whether or not driven by a prime
mover) reg. 44

Factories and Industrial Undertakings
(Abrasive Wheels) Regulations

Abrasive wheel regs. 8 and 9

THIRD SCHEDULE [reg. 6(2)]

OPENINGS IN FIXED GUARDS

A B

Distance of guard from
Size of opening in millimetres any dangerous part
measured at the widest point in millimetres

More than But not more thanNot less than
6 40

6 10 40
10 12 65
12 15 90
15 20 140
20 22 165
22 30 190
30 40 320
40 so 400
50 55 450
55 150 800
150 800





FOURTH SCHEDULE [reg. T]

MACHINES NOT TO BE WORKED AT BY YOUNG
PERSONS
UNLESS TRAINED OR SUPERVISED

1 Power presses, including hydraulic and pneumatic presses.

2. Loose knife punching machines.

3. Milling machines, other than those used in tool-room operation.

4. Dough brakes.

5. Dough mixers.

6. Hydro-extractors,

7. Calenders.

8. Washing machines.

9. Garment presses.

10. Paper baling presses.

11. Guillotines.

12, Hand fed platen printing machines.

13. Hand fed embossing machines.
L.N. 198/76. L.N. 117/81. L.N. 377/81. L.N. 34/77. Citation. Interpretation. First Schedule. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Application. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Second Schedule. Guarding of dangerous parts. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Method of guarding. Fixed guards may have openings. Third Schedule. Young persons working at machines. Fourth Schedule. Starting and stopping devices. Push button controls to have emergency stopping devices. Stock-bars. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Belts and pulleys. Responsibilities of proprietors, employees and other persons. Offences. L.N. 117/81. 50 of 1985, s. 9. L.N. 377/81.

L.N. 198/76. L.N. 117/81. L.N. 377/81. L.N. 34/77. Citation. Interpretation. First Schedule. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Application. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Second Schedule. Guarding of dangerous parts. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Method of guarding. Fixed guards may have openings. Third Schedule. Young persons working at machines. Fourth Schedule. Starting and stopping devices. Push button controls to have emergency stopping devices. Stock-bars. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Belts and pulleys. Responsibilities of proprietors, employees and other persons. Offences. L.N. 117/81. 50 of 1985, s. 9. L.N. 377/81.

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