Factories Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Safety (General Provisions)
22. Other machinery
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Every dangerous part of any machinery, other than prime movers and transmission machinery, shall be securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of such construction as to be safe to every person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.
machinery
“machinery” includes all oil engines, gas engines, steam engines, and any other machines in which mechanical movement, either linear or rotated or both, takes place, steam boilers, gas cylinders, air receivers, steam receivers, steam containers, cast-iron underfired vulcanisers, refrigerating plant pressure receivers, all appliances for transmission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving straps or bands or gearing, electrical generators and electrical motors; but does not include any machinery used for the propulsion of vehicles or office machines;
Subsection (1) shall not apply where the dangerous part of any machinery is made safe for persons employed or working on the premises by other equally effective means.
Any part of a stock-bar which projects beyond the headstock of a lathe shall be securely fenced unless it is in such a position as to be as safe to every person employed or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.