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WORKPLACES
Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act 1963
Premises and General Inspections.
The number of registered premises, 1,576, remained about the same as last year.
Six hundred and twenty-one visits were made to premises during the year and about one-third
of the premises registered received a general inspection.
Much of the enforcement is by verbal notices although twenty written notices were served
during the period.
Accidents
Forty-two notifications of accidents were received during the year none of which was fatal
although two were serious.
Nine accidents were investigated in detail and recommendations made although it was not
considered necessary to forward details to H.M.Factory Inspectorate. This is a slight increase
on the previous year.
It is still thought that many accidents qualifying for notification are not, in fact, notified
although occupiers are reminded that notification is a statutory requirement.
Hoists and Lifts
Fifteen occupiers of premises had their attention drawn to deficiencies in the operation
and defects to the mechanism of hoists and lifts at their premises.
Most of these were licensed premises and it has been found that now the various brewers
have become accustomed to the requirements of the Hoists and Lifts Regulations, repair work
is being carried out more quickly than last year.
Factories Act 1961
Factory inspections
(a) The following table shows the number of premises on the Local Authority register
of the various classes of factories. Inspections are carried out and, where necessary, defaults
in complying with the Sanitary Accommodation Regulations and other applicable Regulations
are drawn to the attention of the occupier.
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