Factory Act in Karnataka

The Factory Act, 1948  Karnataka Factories rules,1956

1.                 Competent person: A person recognized such by the chief inspector of factories for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspections required to be done in a factory.

2.                 Hazardous process: Any process or activity in relation to an industry specified in the first schedule where unless special care is taken raw material used there cause material impairment used there causes material impairment to the health of the person engaged or result in pollution of the general environment.

3.                 Manufacturing process: Any process of making altering repairing ornamenting finishing packing act is called manufacturing process.

4.                 Worker: employed directly or indirectly or by an agency with or without the knowledge of the principal employer weather for remuneration or not in a manufacturing process but does not include any member of the armed forces of the union.

5.                 Factory: any premises including the precincts there of where in 10 or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding 12 months or in any part of which a manufacturing or in any part which a manufacturing process is being carried with the aid of power or is ordinarily carried  on. Where 20 or more persons are working or were working on any day of  the preceding 12 months without the aid of power.

6.                 Occupier : Occupier of a factory means a person who has an ultimate control over the affairs of the factory. In case of a company any one of the director shall be deemed to be an occupier.

7.                 General duties  of  occupier : Every occupier shall ensure so far as reasonably practicable, the health safety and welfare of all the workers while they are at work  in the factory. However occupier shall prepare a general policy with respect to health safety of the workers in the factory.

8.                 General duties of manufacturers : Every person who designs manufactures imports or supplies any article for use in any factory shall.

a)                 Ensure safety of the article so produced

b)                 Carry out test and examinations

c)                  Ensure adequate information for the use of the article

d)                 Ensure that the article so produced conforms to the standards 

9.       The lifting tools and tackles to be examined periodically and registered maintained the registers to be maintained and submitted to be inspector of  factories under the Act is provided under From 31, Hoists or lifting tools are mainly used for raising materials for changing blast. Furnaces of lime kilns, Hoists not connected with mechanical power and which are not used for carrying persons.

10.     Examinations to be done on ‘pressure vessels or plant: pressure vessels to be used in a factory. Has to be hydraulically tested by a competent person at a pressure at least 1.3 times the design pressure and no pressure vessel or plant which has been previously used of as remained isolated or idle for a period exceeding two months or which undergone alterations has to be tested externally and internally.

11.     Medical tests of workers to be performed: Examination of eye test of workers employed to operate crane, locomotive lift, employed in hazardous process shall be medically examined by a qualified medical officer once before appointment and once in every six months occupational health centers, ambulance van decontamination facilities like first aid box and providing health records to the workers.

12.     The precautions to be observed to railway in factory: Gate way through a railway track passes, a barrier of about one meter height shall be fixed parallel to and about 60 cm away from the building or wall.

13.     The duties of safety officers:

a)                 Advice and assist the factory manager in compliance of its obligations, statutory or otherwise,

b)                 Planning and organizing measures necessary for the control and personal injuries.

c)                  Advice safety aspects.

d)                 Action to prevent personal injuries.

e)                 Advice in the matter carrying plant safety inspections.

f)                   Investigate in selected accidents

g)                 To design and conduct independently in collaboration with training department for prevention of personal injuries.

14.     Safety committee: Safety committee consists of

a)                 One senior official of the management who can effectively look into the functions of the committee.

b)                 Factory medical office.

c)                  Three representatives one equal number of representative from the workers. The tenure of the committee shall be for a period of 3 years and the committee shall meet of ten but at least once in three month

15.     Dangerous manufacturing process or operations: If the state government is of the opinion that any manufacturing process in a factory exposes a serious risk to be the bodily injury, poisoning or disease it may make rules applicable to any factory where such manufacturing process is carried out. The rule 129 specifics the factories where the operations are carried to be dangerous viz….., manufacture of aerated water, electricity plating containing acids, etc manufacture and repair of  electric accumulators ,glass manufactures etc. 

16.     The procedure for approval of plans: Manufacturing process cannot be carried out any building without the written permission of chief inspector of factories application for permission shall be made in form no-1 along with a fee of Rs. 100 enclosed with documents.

17.     Notices of accidents, dangerous occurrence diseases: Where any accidents occurs in factory which cause death or causes bodily injury by reason of which the person injured is prevented from working for a period of 48 hours, or more immediately after accident. The manager of the factory shall send a notice to the authorities.

ORGANISATION  STRUCTURE:

The frame of an organisation structure is most important aspect which serves as a road map & people's location in hierarchical way within the organisation. It also helps to fix the responsibilities of different sections of people in the organisation in order to achieve the organisational goal in a systematic and scientific manner.

       

Organisation structure clearly depicts the picture of different levels of management & their responsibilities in achieving the organisational goals. Thus every organisation designs 'The Organisation Structure' depending on the convenience of their organisational needs.

         

In the light of the above has framed a scientific organisation structure. Duties & responsibilities of each head of departments up to the supervisor level are clearly defined. Hence there is no scope for overlapping or confusing in discharging their duties & responsibilities.