Rule 53
SCHEDULE VI
All factories
1. Wherever practicable and deemed necessary by the Inspector, service platforms and gangways shall be provided, or overhead shafting and where required by him these shall be securely fenced with guard rails and the boards.
2. Safe access shall be provided to all bearing clutches, belt shifting levers and all such other appliances which are required to be handled or operated while the machinery is at work.
3. All ladders used in replacing belts or in attending similar overhead machinery shall be specially made for that work and provided with books or an effective non-skid device.
4. No transmission machinery in motion shall be cleaned with cotton paste rags or similar materials held in hand.
5. All belts shall be regularly examined to ensure that the joints are safe and the belts are kept in proper tension.
6. Each water gauge glass of a boiler shall be fitted with an efficient guard.
7. All condensor pipes of steam engines and exhaust pipes of oil engines shall be adequately guarded.