FACTORY ACT REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO SAFETY The objective of avoiding loss of lives and other industrial losses through accidents lead to follow the factory act regulation. For example Workman Compensation Act-1923 provides employer’s liability for compensation. Compensation depend upon the condition that injury must have resulted either in death or partial disablement of an employee for a period acceding three days during employment and accident must have arisen out of and during employment. Factory act 1948 defines various terms of factories like manufacturing process, machinery, worker, power, prime mover etc. It lays down rules for fencing of machinery for safeguard nearby work and machinery in motion. Now a days, Indian factory act of 1949 is in force which presently also provides for a large number of regulations regarding safety for health of workers which include cleanliness, ventilation and temperature controls, humidity,...
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