SAFETY INDUCTION FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (SICW)

PRESENTATION TITLE: OVERVIEW OF FMA 1967 Presented by, BALACHANDRAN Safety & Health Officer
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TRAINING OVERVIEW

Factories and Machineries Act(FMA) come into force in 1967,to provide for the control of factories with respect to matters relating to safety, health and welfare of person at work and to provide control on registration and inspection of machinery.

TRAINING OVERVIEW
The Act applies only to premises defined within it, notably factories and construction sites. For those affected sites, understanding FMA 1967 is very important to ensure compliance. This training programme is developed to provide knowledge on the requirements of FMA1967 and its Regulations.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the programme is to help the participants to better understand on what actions to be carried out to comply to FMA 1967 and its Regulations.

FMA 1967
No of Section, Regulation and Rules i) 58 sections ii) 14 Regulations iii) 1 Rule

FACTORIES AND MACHINERY ACT 1967

ARRANGEMENT
PART 1:
PART 2: PART 3: PART 4:

PRELIMINARY
SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE PERSONS IN CHARGE AND CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE AND DANGEROUS DISEASES NOTICE OF OCCUPATION OF FACTORY AND REGISTRATION AND USE OF MACHINERY

PART 5:

PART 6:

GENERAL

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

Definition of Factory Premises & its boundaries Within the premises there is manual labor doing process of making, altering, repairing ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, breaking, demolishing, constructing, fitting, adjusting. The process must be for trading any business 7

PART 2 SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE

Key points: Premises must be designed with safe access to work areas, material & goods must be safely stacked

Machinery must be properly constructed & dangerous parts must be fenced

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PART 2 SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE

Employees must not misuse safety & health equipment Employees must not to endanger himself or other person

PART 2 SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE

Premises must be kept clean with adequate space, ventilation, lighting & toilets Persons must be supplied with adequate facilities for clothing, storage, drinking, water, first aid & washing facilities Employees must be trained on safety of machinery
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PART 2 SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE

Machinery requiring certificate of fitness (from DOSH) -Steam Boilers -Hoisting Equipment -Pressure Vessels

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STEAM BOILER

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TOWER CRANE

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PILING MACHINE

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PASSENGER HOIST

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Pressure Vessels

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LIFT

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AIR COMPRESSOR

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PART 3: PERSONS-INCHARGE & CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY

Machinery operators must be adequately trained or under the supervision of a trained person

Young persons (<16) must not operate machinery

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PART 3: PERSON IN-CHARGE & CERTIFICATE COMPETENCY

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PART 4: NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE & DANGEROUS DISEASE The occupier must notify the nearest Inspector of accidents & diseases include: Loss of life Injury to a person who loses more than 4 days work loss injury time LTI) Serious damage to machinery or other property
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PART 4: NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE & DANGEROUS DISEASE

Inspectors may investigate accidents & dangerous occurrence & hold inquiries on more serious cases
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PART 5: NOTICE OF OCCUPATION OF FACTORY & REGISTRATION & USE OF MACHINERY

Notify DOSH within 3 months of the intended start date Building operations must be notified if last more than 6 weeks Changes to the use of factory or machinery must be notified to DOSH

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PART 5: NOTICE OF OCCUPATION OF FACTORY & REGISTRATION & USE OF MACHINERY

Fills standard form with (a) layout plan of factory, (b) list of manufactured products, (c) list of machines to be used, (d) list of chemicals, toxic or flammable substance, (e) detail flow chart of work process
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PART 6 - GENERAL
General penalty RM 2000 Certain sections with penalty RM5000

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FMA REGULATIONS
FMA (Certificate of Competency Examination) Regulations 1970 FMA (Electrical Passenger & Goods Lifts) Regulations 1970 FMA (Fencing of Machinery & Safety) Regulations 1970 FMA (Notification, Certificate of Fitness & Inspection) Regulations, 1970 26 FMA (Person-in-Charge) Regulations, 1970

REGULATIONS
FMA (Safety, Health & Welfare) Regulations, 1970 FMA (Steam Boilers & Unfired Pressure Vessels) Regulations, 1970 FMA (Administration) Regulations, 1970 FMA (Mineral Dust) Regulations 1989

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REGULATIONS
FMA (Compoundable Offences) Regulations, 1978 FMA (Lead) Regulations, 1986 FMA (Asbestos Process) Regulations 1986 FMA (Building Operations & Works of Engineering Construction) (Safety) Regulations, 1989 FMA (Noise Exposure) Regulations, 1989

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WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

Questionnaire will be distributed.

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