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[接上页] (1) Subject to paragraph (2) an opening may be provided in any fixed guard for the insertion and withdrawal of material from machinery or plant. (2) An opening in a fixed guard shall- (a) in the case of a fixed guard used in connexion with an automatic feeding device or any gravity feeding system, be as small as is practicable having regard to the operation of the machinery or plant; (b) in every other case, conform to the Table set out in the Third Schedule so that the distance of the fixed guard from any dangerous part shall be not less in any case than the distance set out in column B opposite to the size of opening set out in column A. Cap 59Q reg 7 Young persons working at machines A young person shall not work at or operate any machine specified in the Fourth Schedule unless he has been fully instructed as to the dangers arising in the use of the machine and the precautions to be observed, and he has either been given training to the extent that he is proficient in work at and the operation of the machine or he is under supervision by a person who has a knowledge of and is experienced in work at and the operation of the machine. Cap 59Q reg 8 Starting and stopping devices Machinery or plant shall be equipped with an efficient starting and stopping device and the controls of the device shall be designed and constructed with proper regard to the safe working of the machinery or plant and so placed as to be readily and conveniently operated. Cap 59Q reg 9 Push button controls to have emergency stopping devices Machinery or plant driven by 2 or more motors with separate push button controls shall be equipped with one or more overriding stopping devices by means of which the machinery or plant can be stopped forthwith and, where there is more than one stopping device, such devices shall be so spaced as to enable their effective and convenient operation. Cap 59Q reg 10 Stock-bars Any part of a stock-bar which projects beyond the headstock of a lathe shall be effectively guarded in the manner prescribed by regulation 5 unless it is in such a position as to be as safe to every person present at the notifiable workplace as it would be if effectively guarded. (50 of 1985 s. 9) Cap 59Q reg 11 Belts and pulleys (1) Machinery or plant not directly driven by an individual motor or other prime mover but driven through a system of belt, pulley and shaft or counter-shaft shall be equipped with- (a) a clutch; (b) a loose pulley; or (c) other adequate means readily accessible to an operator for the effective starting and stopping of the machinery or plant.(2) No driving belt shall rest or ride upon a revolving shaft forming part of any transmission machinery. (3) For the purposes of moving a driving belt to and from fast and loose pulleys forming part of any transmission machinery, suitable striking gear shall be provided and shall be constructed, placed and maintained so as to prevent the driving belt from creeping back or shifting on to a fast pulley while the driving belt is in motion on a loose pulley. (4) Where a foot pedal forms part of any transmission machinery for the purpose of operating a clutch, it shall be effectively guarded against being unintentionally or accidentally struck so as to operate the clutch. Cap 59Q reg 12 Responsibilities of proprietors, employees and other persons (1) No proprietor, employee or other person shall wilfully and without reasonable cause, remove, render inoperative, misuse, damage or interfere with any guard or device provided in pursuance of these regulations. (2) Every employee shall make full and proper use of any guard or device provided in pursuance of these regulations. (3) Every employee shall report forthwith to the proprietor any fault or defect in any guard or device provided in pursuance of these regulations. Cap 59Q reg 13 Offences (1) The proprietor of any notifiable workplace in respect of which any of the provisions of regulation 4, 6(2), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12(1) are contravened shall be guilty of an offence and shall- (50 of 1985 s. 9) (a) in respect of a contravention of regulation 4, 7, 10 or 12 (1), be liable to a fine of $50000; (b) in respect of a contravention of regulation 6(2), 8, 9 or 11, be liable to a fine of $50000. (L.N. 37 of 1994)(2) An employee or a person other than a proprietor who contravenes regulation 12(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50000. (L.N. 37 of 1994) (3) An employee who contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 12(2) or 12(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10000. (L.N. 117 of 1981) Cap 59Q Sched 1 DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY OR PLANT [regulation 2] 1. Revolving shafts, couplings, spindles, mandrels, bars and flywheels. 2. In-running nips between pairs of rotating parts. 3. In-running nips of the belt and pulley type. 4. Projections on revolving parts. 5. Discontinuous rotating parts. 6. Revolving beaters, spiked cylinders and revolving drums. |