Contents of the OSH Rules (Andhra Pradesh)

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026

Schedule I

Chapter XIV — FactoriesPrinted after rule 120Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.O.Rt. No. 146, 6 Aug 2026

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MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS AND OTHER BOTTLING

PROCESSES

1. Fencing of machines

All machines for filling bottles or syphons shall be so constructed, placed or

fenced as to prevent at far as may be practicable, a fragment of a bursting

bottle or syphon from striking any person employed in the factory.

2. Face-guards and gauntlets

(1) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition for the use of all

persons engaged in filling bottles or siphons

a. Suitable face-guards to protect the face,neck and throat,and

b. suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the whole hands and arms :

Provided that-

(i) paragraph 2 (1) shall not apply where bottles are filled by means of an

automatic machine so constructed that no fragment of a bursting bottle

can escape, and

(ii) where a machine is so constructed that only one arm of the bottle at work

upon it is exposed to danger, a gauntlet

(2) The occupier shall provide and maintainin good condition for the useof all

persons engaged in corking, crowning, screwing, wiring, foiling, capsuling,

sighting handling or labeling bottles or syphons-

a. Suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat, and

b. Suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the arm and atleast half of the

palm and the space between the thumb and forefinger.

(3) Wearing of face-guards and gauntlets

All persons engaged in any of the processes specified in paragraph (2)

shall, while at work in such processes, wear the faceguards and gauntlets

provided under the provisionsof the said paragraph.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026, G.O.Rt. No. 146 — Andhra Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary (as ordered by G.O.Rt. No. 146), pp. 95–96 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 95 · official download · all sources

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