Rule 144. (1) Safety of machinery and plant

(a) Wherever practicable and considered necessary by the Inspector-cum-facilitator, service platforms and gangways shall be provided for overhead moving parts or other parts of plant and Machinery where periodical maintenance is required, these shall be securely fenced with guards, rails and toe boards etc. as required by him.

(b) Safe access shall be provided to all appliances which are required to be handled or operated while the machinery is at work.

(c) All ladders used in attending overhead plant and machinery shall be specially made for that work and provided with hooks or an effective nonskid device.

(d) No transmission machinery in motion shall be cleaned with cotton waste, rags or similar materials held in hand.

(e) All belts shall be regularly examined to ensure that the belts are kept in proper tension.

(f) Each water gauge glass of a boiler shall be fitted with an efficient guard.

(g) All hot parts of plant and Machinery, if there is a risk of human contact during the course of any work or where there is a potential for combustible material dust accumulation and the exhaust pipes of engines, shall be adequately insulated or guarded.

(2) Buildings and Structures: No building, wall, chimney bridge, tunnel, road, gallery, stair-way , ramp , floor , platform , staging ,or other structure , whether of a permanent or temporary character, shall be, constructed or situated, maintained in any factory in such manner as to cause risk of bodily injury.

(3) Machinery and Plant :- No machinery, plant or equipment shall be erected, situated, operated or maintained in any factory in such a manner as to cause risk of bodily injury.

(4) Methods of work :- No process or work shall be carried on in any factory in such a manner as to cause risk of bodily injury.

(5) Stacking and storing of material etc. :-No material or equipment shall be stacked or stored in such a manner as to cause risk of bodily injury.