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Factories Act [No. 2 of 1966] (Cap. 441).

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Zambia
Occupational safety and health
1966
National
Law, Act

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Part I: Preliminary (definitions and interpretation). Part II: Administration (appointment and powers of inspectors, duty to assist them, etc.). Part III: Registration of Factories. Part IV: Appeals. Part V: Health: General Provisions (cleanliness, overcrowding, ventilation, lighting, sanitary conveniences, medical supervision). Part VI: Safety: General Provisions (prime movers, transmission and other machinery, fencing, dangerous substances, safety training, prevention of explosion and fire, safety arrangements, etc.). Part VII: Safety: Lifting Machinery. Part VIII: Safety: Steam Boilers, etc. Part IX: Welfare: General Provisions (drinking water, washing facilities, change rooms, first aid, etc.). Part X: Health, Safety and Welfare: Special Provisions (prevention of inhalation of dust or fumes, protective equipment, powers of inspectors, etc.). Part XI: Notification and Investigation of Accidents, Dangerous Occurences and Industrial Diseases. Part XII: Special Applications and Extensions (tenement factories, building operations, mines, etc.). Part XIII: Miscellaneous (periodical return of persons employed, registers and records, prohibition of deductions from wages). Part IV: Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings. Part XV: General (penalties and regulations). Schedule I: Dangerous Occurences. Schedule II: Industrial Diseases.

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