S.I. No. 169/1956 - Factories Act, 1955 (Extension of Section 74 To Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations, 1956.

S.I. No. 169 of 1956.

FACTORIES ACT, 1955 (EXTENSION OF SECTION 74 TO DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES) REGULATIONS, 1956.

WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce considers that, by reason of the risk of serious bodily injury to persons employed, it is expedient that notice be given under section 74 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), in every case of the classes of occurrences set out in the Schedule to the following regulations, whether death or disablement is caused or not :

NOW, I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 and section 75 of that Act, hereby make the following regulations :

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Factories Act, 1955 (Extension of Section 74 to Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations, 1956.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1956.

2. Section 74 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955) (which requires written notice of accidents to be sent to the Minister for Industry and Commerce in certain cases) shall, whether death or disablement is caused or not, extend to the classes of occurrences specified in the Schedule hereto—

(a) in a factory, or

(b) in any premises or place, or in the carrying on of any process, operation or work, to which the provisions of Part VI of that Act are applied by sections 83, 84, 86, 87, 88 and 89 thereof.

3. The Order relating to dangerous occurrences made on the 22nd day of December, 1906, under section 5 of the Notice of Accidents Act, 1906, is hereby revoked in so far as it relates to dangerous occurrences in any place mentioned in Article 2 of this Order.

SCHEDULE.

CLASSES OF OCCURRENCES.

(1) Bursting of a revolving vessel, wheel, grindstone or grinding wheel, moved by mechanical power.

(2) Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist or other appliance used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof (except the breakage of chain or rope slings) or the overturning of a crane.

(3) Explosion or fire causing damage to the structure of any room or place in which persons are employed, or to any machine or plant contained therein and resulting in the complete suspension of ordinary work in such room or place or stoppage of machinery or plant for not less than five hours, where such explosion or fire is due to—

(i) the ignition of dust, gas or vapour, or

(ii) the ignition of celluloid or substances composed wholly or in part of celluloid.

(4) Electrical short circuit or failure of electrical machinery, plant or apparatus, attended by explosion or fire or causing structural damage thereto, and involving its stoppage or disuse for not less than five hours.

(5) Explosion or fire affecting any room in which persons are employed and causing complete suspension of ordinary work therein for not less than twenty-four hours.

(6) Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage, at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting from compression of gas.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of July, 1956.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.