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COMMON PARTS OF A BUILDING (Section 42)
Inadequate lighting 1
NOTIFICATION OF FACT OF EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS
(Section 49)
Failure to register premises under the Act 4
INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES (Section 50)
No abstract displayed in the premises 81
Section 24(7) - First Aid
Two applications for exemption under the above sections were received during
the year. These were granted subject to the required conditions.
Accidents
109 accidents were notified during 1965, of which 106 were notifiable under
the Act and these were investigated andadvice given where necessary.
MAIN CAUSATION OF THE ACCIDENTS
Non power-driven machinery or relevant part in motion 1
Machinery of relevant part at rest (power and non power-
driven) 3
Vehicle in motion not moved by power 1
Hand tools 5
Falls on or from fixed stairs 22
Falls on or from ladders or step ladders 5
Other falls from one level to another 7
Falls on the same level 9
Stepping on or striking against object or person 15
Handling goods 25
Struck by falling object 2
Not otherwise specified 11
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A special report on lighting standards was requested by the Ministry of Labour
to cover the last three months of 1965.
The following is a copy of the report as submitted to the Ministry:-
REPORT ON LIGHTING OF OFFICES AND SHOPS
OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1965
(1) General Impression of the Standards of Lighting, both natural and artificial, in
offices and shops.
The assessment of any aspect of the operation of the Offices, Shops and Railway
Premises Act, 1963, must take into consideration factors of environment, and in the Royal
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea the most obvious of these is the age of the buildings,
87% of which were erected before 1916. In those buildings built before 1870, 50% of the
registrable premises inspected were lit by filament lamps, and 48% by fluorescent lamps.
60% of premises inspected in buildings erected between 1870and 1916 were found to be lit