Principles of inspecting occupational environment

Principles of inspecting
occupational environment are to make all reasonable efforts to:

·
Protect
the health and safety of staff in the environment

·
Provide
safe workplaces for staff

·
Provide
information to management about health
and safety hazards

·
Identify
and correct health and safety hazards and encourage staff, to report hazards

·
Provide
information and safeguards for those in the workplace and in the surrounding
community regarding environmental hazards arising from operations of the
industry.

1. List and explain the various factory acts in Nigeria

Factories
Act of 1987

PART I – REGISTRATION OF FACTORIES

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1.
Register of factories.

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2.
Registration of existing factories.

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3.
Registration of new factories.

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4.
Notification of change in particulars furnished.

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5.
Appointment of Factories Appeal Board.

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6. Appeal
to Board from decision of Director of Factories.

PART II – HEALTH (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

7. Cleanliness.
8. Overcrowding.
9. Ventilation.
10. Lighting.
11. Drainage of floors.
12. Sanitary conveniences.
13. Duty of inspector as to sanitary defects
remediable by local authority.

PART III – SAFETY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

14. Prime movers.
15. Transmission machinery.
16. Powered machinery.
17. Other machinery.
18. Provisions as to unfenced machinery.
19. Construction and maintenance of fencing.
20. Construction and disposal of new
machinery.
21. Vessels containing dangerous liquids.
22. Self-acting machines.
23. Training and supervision of inexperienced
workers.
24. Hoists and lifts.
25. Chains, ropes and lifting tackle.
26. Cranes and other lifting machines.
27. Register of chains, etc. and other lifting
machines.
28. Safe means of access and safe place of
employment.
29. Precautions in places where dangerous
fumes are likely to be present.
30. Precautions with respect to explosives or
other inflammable dust, gas, vapour or substance.
31. Steam boilers.
32. Steam receivers and steam containers.
33. Air receivers.
34. Exception as to steam boilers, steam
receivers and steam containers and air receivers.
35. Prevention of fire.
36. Safety provisions in case of fire.
37. Power of inspector to issue improvement
notice.
38. Power of inspector to issue prohibition
notice as to dangerous factory.
39. Appeal against notice.