Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
New section 24A
The Factories Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 24, the following section:“Lock-out procedures24A.—
Lock-out procedures shall be established and implemented for the inspection, cleaning, repair or maintenance of any plant, machinery or equipment that, if inadvertently activated or energised, is liable to cause bodily injury to any person.(2) Every person carrying out any work described in subsection (1) shall be fully instructed on the lock-out procedures for that work before commencing that work.(3) For the purposes of this section, “lock-out procedures” means a set of procedures —
to ensure that all energy sources to the relevant plant, machinery or equipment will be isolated, disconnected or discharged; and
to prevent any part of the plant, machinery or equipment from being inadvertently activated or energised.”.