FORM N0.

LAB/F/4

FACTORIES ACT CAP FI, LAWS OF THE

Nearest Inspector………………………………..… Name Of Occupier…………………………………

Address………………………………………………. Address Of Factory………………………………..

DIRECTOR OF FACTORIES,
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PRODUCTIVITY,
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 04 GARKI,
ABUJA.

ABSTRACT
and soap or clean by 11.4cu meter of space
HEALTH other approve method for every person
1. CLEANINESS: Every every 12months, or (b) if employed, not counting
factory must be kept kept painted with oil space more than
clean. In particular paint or varnished, be 2.8meter from the floor.
(subject to any repainted or revarnished At respect, any room
exception allowed) every five years and used as a workroom at
accumulation of dirty washed with hot water, the date of the date of
and refuse must be etc.., every 12month or the passing of this act,
remove daily from floors (c) in other cases be and for five years after
and benches, and from white washed or color that date, the figure of
stair case and passages, washed every 12 5.76cu. Meter may be
the floor of every work months. The prescribed substitute for the figure
room must be clean at particulars must be of 11.4cu. Meter. Every
least once a week, and entered in the general workroom must be at
all inside walls partitions registrar. least 2.8m in height,
and ceilings must (a) if 2. OVERCROWDING: A measure from the floor
they are smooth in factory must not be to the lowest point of
previous surface, be overcrowded. There the ceiling.
washed with hot water must be in each 3. VENTILATION:
workroom at least Adequate ventilation of

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 workroom must be 8. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING name of the person in
secure by the circulation AND APPLIANCES: If a charge of the box
of fresh air. Where dust person is employed in a provided in respect of
or fume likely to be process which involves that room.
injurious or offensive, or excessive exposure to
any substantial quantity any injurious or SAFETY
of dust, is given off, all offensive substance he
practicable measures must be provided with 13. FENCING: Every part of
must be taken to protect suitable protective the transmission
the worker against clothing. machinery and every
inhaling it, and well dangerous part of other
practicable, localized WELFARE machinery and all part
exhaust ventilation must of electric generators,
be provided and 9. DRINKING WATER: An motors, rotary
maintained. adequate supply of convertors, and
4. LIGHTING: There must wholesome drinking flywheels directly
be sufficient and water must be provided connected to them,
suitable lighting in every and all practicable steps must be securely fenced
part of the factory in taken to prevent it unless they are in such a
which persons are contamination. position or of such
working or passing. 10. WASHING FACILITIES: construction as to be
5. DRAINAGE OF FLOORS: Every factory must have safe to every person
Where wet processes adequate and suitable employed or working on
are carried on, adequate washing facilities, to the premises as if
means for draining the such a standard as may securely fenced; and any
floor must be provided be prescribed, for all part of a stock bar which
subject to conformity persons employed. project beyond the head
with such standards as 11. ACCOMMODATION FOR stock of a ladder must
may be prescribed by CLOTHING: Adequate be securely fenced
regulation. and suitable unless it is in such a
6. SANITARY accommodation for position as to be safe to
ACCOMMODATION: clothing not worn during every person as if it
Sufficient and suitable working hours must be were securely fenced. A
sanitary connivances, provided and male person over 18
separate for each sex, maintained. may, however, approach
must be provided 12. FIRST AID: In every unfenced machinery in
subject to conformity factory there must be motion in certain strictly
with such standards as provided a first aid box limited contingencies
may be prescribed by or cupboard for the and subject to condition
regulation. prescribed standard, specified in the act.
7. MEALS IN CARTAIN containing nothing 14. Moving parts of other
DEGEROUS TRADES: A except first aid primer movers, and fly
person must not partake requisites, and in charge wheels directed
of food or drink in of a responsible person connected to them, and
workrooms where any who must be readily the head and tail raise of
poisonous substance is available during working a water wheel or water
so used as to give raise hours. In every turbine, must be
to dust or fumes. workroom notice must securely fenced
be affixed starting the

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 irrespective of their screens must be going on at other
position. provided for the use of opening and be
15. Fixed vessels, pits, etc. workers engaged in provided with a hand
containing scalding, certain specified hold at each side of the
corrosive or poisonous processes. opening).
liquids must, unless the 20. HOISTS OR LIFT: Every
edge is 1meter above hoist or lift must be of 21. CHAINS, ROPES AND
the adjoining ground or good mechanical LIFTING TACKLE: No
platform, be securely construction, sound chain, rope or lifting
fenced to at least that material and adequate tackle used for raising or
height or be securely strength and be properly lowering persons or
covered. Where this is maintained. Hoist and goods may be used
impracticable, other lifts must be thoroughly unless it is of good
precautions, so far as examined by an construction, sound
practicable, must be approved person, whose material and adequate
taken. report must be entered strength and free from
16. All fences must be of in or attached to the patient defect. After a
substantial construction General Register. date which will be
and be maintained in an decided by the Minister,
efficient state. Every hoist way must be tables of safe working
17. FURTHER efficiently protected by loads must be posted in
REQUIREMENTS IN a substantial enclosure the stores or elsewhere,
CONNECTION WITH and landing gates, with or the safe working load
TRANSMISSION efficient interlocking or must be marked on the
MACHINARY: Devices or other devices. The safe tackle itself. After the
appliances for promptly working load must be same date, chains, ropes
cutting off the power marked conspicuously and lifting tackle in use
from the transmission on each hoist. Additional will have to be
machinery must be safeguards (e.g. thoroughly examine by
provided in every room interlocking gates for an approved person
or place where work is cages) must be provided every six months, and
carried out. Efficient on hoist used for must not (excepting
mechanical appliances carrying persons, fibre ropes and fibre
must be provided to weather with goods or rope slings) be taken
move driving belts to otherwise. The into use for the first
and from the fast and requirements are some time in the factory
loose pulleys. Driving what less stringent in unless they have been
belts must not rest or the case of hoists tested and certified, and
ride on revolving shafts constructed before the periodic annealing will
when the belt is not in passing of the Act or be required except in
use. hoists not connected the case of ropes and
18. NEW MACHINES: New with mechanical power. rope slings and other
power-driven machines tackle exempted by the
Every gate opening to Director of Factories. A
must not be sold, let or similar doorway used for
hired, or used unless register of all chains etc.
hoisting or lowering and also the certificates
certain parts are goods must be fenced
effectively guarded. of test must be kept.
(except when the 22. CRANES, ETC: All parts
19. PROTECTION OF EYES: hoisting or lowering is
Goggles or effective and working gear

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 (including anchoring and supervision of a competent Air receivers must be
fixing appliances) of person who is training him. thoroughly cleaned and be
crane and other lifting A register of all cranes etc, examined or tested by an
machines must be of and also the certificates of approved person every 26
good construction, test and examination must months, and a report
sound material and be kept. entered in or attached to
adequate strength and the General Register. In
must be properly 23. STEAM BOILERS’, STEAM some cases a longer period
maintained. After a date RECIEVERS ETC: Every is allowed.
which will be decided by part of every steam
the Minister, a thorough boiler and steam 25. CONSTRUCTION OF
examination of all such receiver must be of good FLOORS, ETC: Floors,
parts will have to be construction, sound passages, gangways,
made by an approved material, adequate steps, stairs and ladders
person every fourteen strength and free from must be soundly
months, and thereafter patent defect. Detailed constructed and
a lifting machine may requirements are laid properly maintained and
not be taken into use in down as to safety handrails must be
a factory for the first valves, pressure gauges provided for stairs.
time unless it has been and other findings. The 26. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST
tested and certified. outlet of every steam FALLS: So far as is
After the same date the container must at all reasonable and
safe working load or times be kept open and practicable, there must
loads must be shown on free from obstruction. be provided (i) safe
every lifting machine; in means of access to every
Steam boilers and steam place at which any
the case of cranes with a receiver and their fittings
derricking jib an person has at any time
must be thoroughly to work, and (ii) fencing
automatic indicator or examined by an approved
table of safe working or other means for
person, in the case of boilers ensuring the safety of
loads must be attached every fourteen months and
to the crane. any person who is to
after extensive repairs, and work at a place from
Rails and tracks of traveling in the case of steam which he would be liable
cranes and transporters receivers every 26 months. to fall more than 2.9
must be of proper size and A report of each meters and which does
adequate strength. If any examination must be not afford secure
person is working near the attached to the General foothold and, where
wheel track of an overhead Register. New or necessary, secure
traveling crane steps must secondhand boilers must be handhold.
be taken to ensure that the certified or examined before 27. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST
crane does not approach being taken into use. GASSING: Special
within twenty feet. 24. AIR RECEIVERS: Every air precautions are laid
receiver and its fittings down for work in
A lifting machine may not be confined spaces where
operated by anybody under must be of sound
construction and men are liable to be
the age of 18 and every overcome by dangerous
operator must be either properly maintained.
Detailed requirements fumes.
trained or competent or 28. EXPLOSIONS OF
under the constant are laid down as to the
fittings. FLAMEABLE DUST OR

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 GAS: Precautions against doors are affording a endanger himself or
explosion are laid down means of an exit from others.
for certain processes the factory must be
and for welding or made to open outwards 32. REGISTRATION OF
soldering on containers if there are not sliding FACTORIES: Every
which have any doors. person who at the
explosive or flammable commencement of the
substances. Effective steps must be Act occupies a factory
taken to ensure that the must apply for the
29. FIRE: Every factory must workers are familiar with registration of such
have means for the means of escape and factory by sending the
extinguishing fire they are used and the prescribed particulars to
adequate and suitable routine to be followed in the Director of factories.
for the circumstances case of fire. In the case of a new
and stocks of highly factories starting after
inflammable materials MISCELLANEOUS the date of
must be kept either in a commencement of the
30. PROHIBITION OF
fire resisting store or in a Act, application must be
DEDUCTION FROM
safe place outside the made for registration
WAGES: The occupier
building. No store may before the factory starts
must not make
be so placed as to to work. Occupiers must
deduction from wages in
endanger any exit from notify the Director of
respect of anything he
the factory should a fire any changes in
has to do or provided in
occur inside the store. registration particulars.
pursuance of the Act, or
Adequate means of Where the Director
permit any person in his
escape in case of fire, refuse to issue a
employment to receive
having regard to the certificate of registration
payment from other
circumstances of each to occupiers of new
employees for such
case, must be provided factories, the occupier
services.
for all factories and may Appeal to the
must be properly factories Appeal board.
maintained and kept Penalties are laid down
free from obstruction. 31. DUTIES OF PERSONS for occupying or using of
While any person is EMPLOYED: A person factory without a
inside the factory for the employed must not certificate of
purpose of employment willfully interfere with registration.
or meals, doors must be or misuse any means,
so locked or fastened appliances, convenience 33. GENERAL REGISTER AND
that cannot be easily or other things provided FORMS: A register,
and immediately open in pursuance of the Act, called the “General
from inside. Fire exits for securing health, Register”, must be kept
must be clearly marked safety or welfare and he in prescribed form and
by a notice printed in must use any means or the following particulars
read letters of an appliance similarly must be entered in or
adequate size. In every provided for his use attached to the register:-
factory which is newly under the Act. He must (a) The prescribed
constructed or newly not willfully and without particulars as to
converted into a factory reasonable cause do washing,
from some other use, all anything like to whitewashing or

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 color washing, enforce, or printed found in the factory
painting or abstract of such either alone or in the
varnishing of the regulations, and presence of other
factory; every other notice person as they think fit,
(b) The prescribed and document and may require him to
particulars as to required by the Act sign a declaration as to
every accident to be posted in the the truth of the matters
and cases of factory. about which he is
occupational 35. NOTIFICATION OF examined. They may
disease ACCIDENTS: Accidents also exercise such other
occurring in the causing loss of life or powers as may be
factory of which disabling a worker for necessary for carrying
notice is more than three days the Act into effect,
required to be from earning fully wages including certain powers
sent to an at the work at which he of taken samples for
inspector under was employed must be analysis. Every person
the Act; reported forthwith to obstructing an inspector
(c) The certificate of the nearest inspector, is liable to a penalty.
registration of on the prescribed form
the factory; and accompanied by the
(d) Every other prescribed particulars.
certificate issue
in respect of the
factory by the
Director under
the provisions of
the Act; and
(e) All reports and
particulars
required by any
other provision
of this Act to be
entered in or
attached to the
general register.
34. There must be posted in
every prominent
position in every
factory:-
(a) The prescribed
abstract of the Act; 36. INSPECTION: Inspectors
(b) A notice of the have power to inspect
address of the every part of a factory
Director and of the by day by nigh. They
nearest inspector; may require the
and production of registers,
(c) Printed copies of certificates and other
any regulation for papers. They may
the time being examine any person

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