Safety in Industry Act, 1980

Training and supervision of persons working at machines.

17.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 32:

“32.—(1) A person shall not work, nor shall he be required to work, on, at or with any machine unless he has been fully instructed as to the dangers (if any) arising in connection therewith and the precautions to be observed, and—

(a) has received a sufficient training in work at the machine,

or

(b) is under adequate supervision by a person who has experience and a thorough knowledge of the machine.

(2) (a) In this section ‘machine’ includes any steam boiler, steam receiver or air receiver, or any lifting machine which is driven by mechanical power.

(b) Any reference in this section to working on, at or with a machine shall—

(i) in the case of a steam boiler, be construed as including a reference to working in connection with the generation of steam from that boiler,

(ii) in the case of a steam receiver, be construed as including a reference to working in connection with the use of steam in that receiver,

(iii) in the case of an air receiver, be construed as including a reference to working in connection with the use of compressed air in that receiver, and

(iv) in the case of such a lifting machine, be construed as including a reference to driving and operating the machine.”.