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FACTORIES AND MACHINERY

ACT 1967 (FMA 1967)

Chapter 3


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Objective:

Control of factories operationswithrespect to safety, health and welfare ofpersons

Registration and inspectionof machinery


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Application

OSHA 1994 supersedes the FMA 1967 in theevent of any conflict

FMA 1967 applies to mainly factories and

construction sites FMA and OSHA enabling act (give power to

minister to gazette detail regulations)

Contains some general provision on safety,health and welfare


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Application

1. FMA - limited to manufacturing industry,mining and quarrying and construction

2. do not contain detail provisions on specificmatters

Detail provisions are stipulated under theregulations


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Arrangement

FMA 1967 divided into 6 parts:

Part 1 Preliminary

Part 2 Safety, health and welfare

Part 3 Persons-in-charge and certificates ofcompetency

Part 4 Notification of accidents, dangerous occurrence

and dangerous diseases Part 5 Notice of occupation of factory and registration

and use of machinery

Part 6 General


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Part 1: Preliminary

Definition of a factory:

a) There must be premises and its boundaries can bedefined;

b) Within the premises there is manual labor doingprocess

c) The process must involve the making, altering,repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing,breaking up demolition or adapting for sale any article;

andPart I building operations, hoisting machine,machinery, steam

d) The processes must be for trading.

(Other definitions in boiler)


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Part 2: Safety, Health andWelfare

Key points:

1. Premises must be structurally sound with safe accessto work areas, materials and goods must be safelystacked (Section 10)

2. Machinery must be of sound construction anddangerous parts must be fenced (Section 14, 15, 16)

3. Employees must not misuse safety and healthequipment (Section 20)

4. Employees not to endanger himself or other person


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Part 2: Safety, Health andWelfare

Key points:

5. Premises must be kept in clean state, withadequate work space, ventilation, lighting and

toilets (Section 22)6. Persons must be supplied with adequate

facilities for clothing, storage, drinking, water,first aid and washing facilities (Section 25)

7. Employees must be trained on the safety ofmachinery (Section 26)


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Part 3: Persons-in-charge andCertificates of Competency

Key points:

Machinery operators must be adequately

trained or under the supervision of atrained person (Section 26);

Young persons(< 16 years) must not

operate machinery (Section 28)


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Part 4: Notification of Accidents, DangerousOccurrence and Dangerous Diseases

1. The occupier must notify the nearest inspectorof accidents and diseases. Accidents include:

Loss of life;

Injury to a person who loses more than 4 days work(loss time injury LTI);

Serious damage to machinery or other property(Section 31).

2. Inspectors may investigate accidents anddangerous occurrence and hold enquiries intomore serious cases (Section 33)


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Part 5: Notice of Occupation of Factory

and Registration and Use of Machinery

1. Notify Department of Occupational Safety ad Health(DOSH) within 3 months of the intended start date(Section 34)

2. Building operations must be notified if last more than 6weeks (Section 35)

3. Changes to the use of factory or machinery must benotified to DOSH

4. Fills a standard form together with (a) layout plan of thefactory; (b) list of products to be manufactured; (c) list ofmachines to be used; (d) list of chemicals, toxic orflammable substances to be used, and (e) detail flowchart of the processes.


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Part 6: General

1. General penalty RM2,000.00

2. Certain sections is RM5,000.00 (Section

51)


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Schedules

Schedule 1Defines dangerous occurrences to machinery

that need to be notified

Schedule 2Describes the types of injury that may be

classified as serious bodily injury

Schedule 3

Lists notifiable industrial diseases


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Regulations under the Act

1. Factories and Machinery (Certificates ofCompetency Examinations) Regulations,1970

2. Factories and Machinery (Electric Passengerand Goods Lift) Regulations, 1970

3. Factories and Machinery (Fencing ofMachinery and Safety) Regulations, 1970

4. Factories and Machinery (Notification ofFitness and Inspections) Regulations, 1970


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5. Factories and Machinery (Person-In-Charge)Regulations, 1970

6. Factories and Machinery (Safety, Health and

Welfare) Regulations, 19707. Factories and Machinery (Steam Boiler and

Unfired Pressure Vessel) Regulations, 1970

8. Factories and Machinery (Administration)

Regulations, 1970


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9. Factories and Machinery (Compounding ofOffences) Rules, 1978

10. Factories and Machinery (Compounding ofOffences) Regulations, 1978

11. Factories and Machineries (Lead) Regulations,1984

12. Factories and Machineries (Asbestos Process)

Regulations, 1986


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13. Factories and Machinery (Building Operationsand Works of Engineering Construction)(Safety) Regulations, 1986

14. Factories and Machinery (Noise Exposure)Regulations,1989

15. Factories and Machinery (Mineral Dust)Regulations, 1989


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Factories and Machinery(Certificates of Competency

Examinations) Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Certificates ofCompetency Examinations) Regulations, 1970

1. Set up the framework for the certificates of competencyrequired under Factories and Machinery (Persons-In-Charge) Regulations

2. Laid down pre-requisite for the application for acertificate of competency and the examinationprocedure

3. All certificates of competency have requirements forexperience and an examination pass before they can be

granted

4. Certificates of competency can be suspended orcancelled if the holder is medically unfit or in case ofserious misconduct or if judged unfit after an enquiry or

a court case


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Factories and Machinery(Electric Passenger and Goods

Lift) Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Electric Passengerand Goods Lift) Regulations, 1970

1. All new lifting machines (cranes, crab, winch) andlifting appliances (pulley and chain blocks) have amanufacturers certificate specifying safe working loadwith design drawing and load calculations

2. Apply to lifts used to carry persons and goods

3. Owner to provide detail design to obtain approval fromDOSH (Regulation 6)

4. Capacity of a lift is based on lift car floor area anddisplayed clearly on each lift car (Regulation 7)


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5. Specifications for the following components ofa lift system:

Machine room (Regulation 9)

Lift well (Regulation 10)

Landing doors (Regulation 12 and 13)

Lift car (Regulation 14 to 19)

Suspension system (Regulation 20 to 29)


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6. Duties of lift owner to maintain the lift (3monthly inspections and monthly service bycompetent person)

7. Enter details of all inspections andmaintenance activities in lift register(Regulation 31)

8. Owner must display certificate of registrationin the lift car or at the bottom of the landing(Regulation 32)


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Factories and Machinery(Notification of Fitness and

Inspections) Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Notification ofFitness and Inspections) Regulations, 1970

Details of notification, certificate of fitnessand inspections carried out by DOSH


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Part 1

Specify the forms that must be used tonotify the DOSH officer of a newoccupancy of a factory, the start of

building work, the installation of certainmachinery and the notification of accidentsand diseases


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Part 2

Describes the certificateof fitness thatmust be held for steam boilers, UPV andhoisting machines

Certificateof fitness is valid for 15 monthsfrom the date of inspection (Regulation 10)


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Part 3

1. Governs the inspection of factory ormachinery by DOSH

Factory and machinery inspected at regular

intervals (15 months but up to 36 months atthe discretion of DOSH Regulation 14)

DOSH give advance notice of the inspection

to the occupier Occupier prepare machinery for inspection


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Part 3

2. DOSH may direct not complying factoryto improve the situation (Regulation 27)

3. Stop work notice may be issued formachinery without a current certificate offitness (Regulation 28)


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Part 4

Inspection fees charged by DOSH


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Factories and Machinery(Fencing of Machinery andSafety) Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Fencing ofMachinery and Safety) Regulations, 1970

1. Safeguarding of machinery

2. All dangerous parts of machine includingthe power source and transmission mustbe guarded

3. methods of guarding described forvarious parts of machine:

Part 2: Prime mover (power source)

Part 3: Transmission machinery

Part 4: Driven machinery


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Part 4 specifies the methods for

guarding different types of machinery:

1. Abrasive and grinding machinery

2. Machinery using rolls

3. Saws4. Planers

5. Spindle moulders

6. Grooving and tenoning machine

7. Chain-mortice machine


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Part 4 specifies the methods for

guarding different types of machinery:

8. Mixers

9. Grinding mills

10.Centrifuges

11.Presses

12.Guillotines13.Conveyors


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Other machinesmust also be securely fenced

Other form of guardings switches andinterlocks

Workers trainedin the operation of certaindangerous machines and aware of the dangersof such machines

Six schedules gives further specificationfor thematerials and dimensions of machine guards


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Factories and Machinery(Person-In-Charge)Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Person-In-Charge) Regulations, 1970

1. Specify persons-in-charge of certainmachinery require certificate of competencyincluding:

Steam boiler

Steam engine

Internal combustion engine

Dredge


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Factories and Machinery (Person-In-Charge) Regulations, 1970

2. Steam boiler include UPV (pressure v/l) withsteam connected to it

3. Steam boiler and steam engine require steam

boiler drivers certificate of competency or asteam engine drivers certificate of competencyfor smaller boilers (


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Factories and Machinery (Person-In-Charge)Regulations, 1970

5. IC engines < 100 hp need a holder of IC engine driverscertificate

6. Larger IC engine need a holder of an IC engineengineers certificate in charge

7. Dredge operated by steam or IC engine must have aperson who holds an engineers (steam) certificate ofcompetency or an engineers (IC engine) certificate ofcompetency or dredgemasters certificate ofcompetency (Regulation 7)

8. Requirement to provide instruction and training tooperators of certain machinery

Each operator must have a course of instruction and 10 days ofsupervision by an experienced operator (Regulation 20)


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Factories and Machinery (Person-In-Charge)Regulations, 1970

9. Schedule 1 lists machineries that requirea trained operator:

Presses

Saws

Metal working machines

Hoisting machines


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Factories and Machinery(Safety, Health and Welfare)

Regulations, 1970


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Factories and Machinery (Safety, Healthand Welfare) Regulations, 1970

Deal with factory premises and various safety,health and welfare requirements


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Key points:

1. Safe means of access and safe place ofemployment, provision of edge protection on flooropenings and stairs (Regulation 7, 8)

2. All stairways and floors must be of good constructionand properly maintained; ladders must be ofadequate construction and maintained in a soundcondition (Regulations 9 to 11)

3. Persons must be protected from falls of more than10 feet by the use of safety belts or ropes(Regulation 12)


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Key points:

4. Adequate protection are necessary beforeworking inside a confined space (Regulation13)

5. Flammable and dangerous liquids must besecurely stored and precautions taken

against fire and explosion (Regulations 14 to17, 21, 22)


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6. Materials and finished goods must besecurely stacked and stored (Regulations19, 20)

7. Specifications are laid down for cleaning ofsurfaces inside factory (Regulation 23)

8. Lighting, ventilation and climate

requirements are all detailed (Regulations24-29)


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Key points:

9. Working clothes and protective

equipment (Regulation 32)10.Welfare facilities such as toilets, drinking

water, washing facilities and first aid

(Regulation 33 to 38)


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Four Schedules of the regulations:

First Schedule specify classes of factoriesthat do not need internal surfaces whitewashed every 12 months;

Second Schedule describes the level oflighting required in different parts of the factory

Third Schedule lists work activities that needeye protection or protective screens

Fourth Schedule contents of first aid box


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