(1) In every factory--
(i) wherein one thousand or more workers are ordinarily employed, or
(ii) wherein, in the opinion of the State Government, any manufacturing process or operation is carried on, which process or operation involves any risk of bodily injury, poisoning or disease, or any other hazard to health, to the persons employed in the factory, the occupier shall, if so, required by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, employ such number of Safety Officers as may be specified in that notification.
(2) The duties, qualifications and conditions of service of Safety Officers shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government.]
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1. Ins. by s. 19, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
Section 40A of Factories Act - Maintenance of buildings
Section 40B of Factories Act - Safety officers
Section 41 of Factories Act - Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Section 41A of Factories Act - Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
Section 41B of Factories Act - Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
Section 41D of Factories Act - Power of Central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
Section 41E of Factories Act - Emergency standards
Section 41F of Factories Act - Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
Section 41G of Factories Act - Workers participation in safety management
Section 41H of Factories Act - Right of workers to warn about imminent danger