HEALTH PROVISIONS

S. 11-20
PROVISIONS REGARDING HEALTH OF
WORKERS
• Cleanliness(Section 11)
• Disposal of Wastes and Effluents(Section 12)
• Ventilations and Temperature(Section 13)
• Dust and Fumes(Section 14)
• Artificial Humidification(Section 15)
• Overcrowding(Section 16)
• Lighting(Section 17)
• Drinking Water(Section 18)
• Latrines and Urinals(Section 19)
• Spittoons(Section 20)
1. Cleanliness (Sec. 11)
• Dirt should be removed by sweeping and cleaned daily.
• Floor of workroom should be cleaned by washing, using disinfectants at least once in
a week.
• If the floor is wet through any manufacturing process effective drainage shall be
provided.
• Factory and its furniture shall be painted and varnished respectively in a periodic
manner:
 Inside walls, partition, ceilings, tops of rooms should be painted or vanished ,and
repainted and revarnished once in 5 year.
 if washable paints are used it can be repainted once in 5 years and washed once in 6
months.
 if they have smooth impervious surface should be cleaned at least once in 14
months.
 other cases white or colour wash may be carried out once in every 14 months.
Doors, windows, wooden or metallic frame work,shutters should be painted once in
every 5 years.
2. Disposal of wastes and effluents (Sec.12)

• There should be such arrangements in the

factory for treatment of wastes and effluents
so as to render them innocuous (not harmful)
and for their disposal.
• Section 12(2) provides that the State
Government may make rules prescribing the
arrangements to be made or may require that
arrangements made shall be approved by such
authority as may be prescribed.
3. Ventilation and Temperature (Sec.13)
• 1) Effective and suitable provision shall be made in every
factory for securing and maintaining in every workroom:
(a) Adequate ventilation and the circulation of fresh air
(b) such temperature will secure to workers therein
reasonable conditions of comfort and prevention
from injury to health. If in any factory there are excessive high
temperatures, it can be reduced by insulating the hot parts.
• 2) State Govt. can prescribe a standard of adequate ventilation
and reasonable temperature for any factory
• 3) Chief inspector can serve order, in writing, on the occupier
to take suitable measures for reducing temperature.
4. Dust and Fume (Sect. 14)
i) Effective measures to be taken to prevent
inhalation and accumulation of dust, fume or
other impurity likely to be offensive or injurious
to workers in work room
ii)Fit exhaust appliance wherever necessary
iii)In stationery internal combustion engine ,
connect the exhaust into open air.
iv) In case of other engine, effective measures to
prevent accumulation of fumes
5.Artificial humidification (Sec. 15)
• In some factories, humidity of air is artificially increased.
• In such cases, the State Government may make rules -
(a) prescribing standards of humidification;
(b) regulating the methods used for artificially increasing the humidity of the air;
(c) directing prescribed tests for determining the humidity of the air to be
correctly carried out and recorded;
(d) prescribing methods to be adopted for securing adequate ventilation and
cooling of the air in the workrooms
• The water used for the purpose shall be taken from a public supply, or other
source of drinking water, or shall be effectively purified before it is so used. But if
the water that is used is not purified, Inspector may serve on the manager of the
factory an order in writing, specifying the measures which in his opinion should
be adopted, and requiring them to be carried out before specified date.
6. Overcrowding (Sec. 16)
• This section has been enacted with a view to provide sufficient
air space to workers.
• At least 9.9 cubic metres in every work room in factories at the
time of commencement of this act and after the
commencement at least 14.2 cubic metres of space for every
worker.
• Also the Chief Inspector if requires, there may be notices
posted on each work room specifying the max. number of
workers who may be employed in the room.
• Also the Chief Inspector, may by order, exempt any work room
from provision of this section, if he is satisfied that the
compliance is unnecessary.
7. Lighting (Sec. 17)
(a) There shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable
lighting , natural or artificial, or both, in every part of the factory.
(b) In every factory all glazed windows and skylights be used and
workrooms shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer
surface.
(c) In every factory effective provision shall, so far as is
practicable, be made for the prevention of :
•glare, either directly from a source of light or by reflection from a
smooth or polished surface;
•formation of shadows which cause eye strain or risk of accident
(d) The State Government prescribes standards of sufficient and
suitable lighting for factories or for any class of description of
factories or for any manufacturing process.
8. Drinking water (Sec. 18)

(a) Arrangements shall be made to provide and maintain

sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water.
• Points should be marked as “DRINKING WATER” in the
language understood by majority of workers.
• It should not be situated within 6 metres of any washing place,
urinal, latrine , spittoon, or any other source of contamination.
(b) Provision shall be made for cooling drinking water during hot
weather by effective means and for distribution thereof in every
factory wherein more than 250 are ordinarily employed.
(c)State Govt. may also make rules to examine as prescribed by
the authorities of the supply and distribution of drinking water in
factories.
9. Latrine and Urinal (Sec. 19)
•In every factory:
(a) sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of prescribed types shall be provided
and conveniently situated to make them accessible to workers at all times while they
are at the factory;
(b) separate enclosed accommodation shall be provided for male and female workers
and there should be adequately lighted and ventilated;
(c) they shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times;
(d) sweepers shall be employed whose primary duty would be to keep latrines, urinals
and washing places clean.
•If more than 250 workers in a factory:
i)All accommodation should be of prescribed sanitary types
ii)Floor and internal walls up to a height of 90 cms and sanitary blocks should be laid
in glazed tiles
iii)floors, portions of walls and sanitary pans be thoroughly washed and cleaned once
in every 7 days
• State govt. may prescribe number
10. Spittoons (Sec. 20)
• There shall be provided sufficient number of spittoons in
convenient places and they shall be maintained in a clean
and hygienic condition.
• The State Government may make rules prescribing the
type and the number of spittoons to be provided and their
location in any factory.
• A person shall not spit within the premises except in
spittoons and a notice containing the provision and the
penalty for the violation shall be displayed at suitable
places in the premises.
• Penalty amounts to a fine of not more than five rupees.