2 - Safety Legislation

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Chapter 12
CONDITIONS OF WORK
Article 90
An employer or his representative shall, prior to the engagement of a worker, inform him of the hazards of
the work and the safety measures for compliance by him. Further, an employer shall take all necessary
precautions to protect his workers during the performance of their work from any danger to their health and
the hazards of work and machinery. Also, he shall provide them with means of safety to protect them against
such hazards and dangers and the means of rescue and extinguishing fire.
An employer shall not compel workers to bear the cost of providing such protection nor shall he deduct from
the wages of a worker any amount in that respect.
Article 91
A worker shall not commit any action or negligence with the intention of frustrating the execution of
instructions or misuse or cause damage to any means provided for the protection of his fellow-workers in
respect of their health and safety.
A worker shall use the means of protection provided, take good care of the equipment in his possession and
shall comply with the instructions prescribed for the preservation of his health and safety from accident.
Article 92
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs shall make Orders as necessary to regulate the industrial safety in
offices and establishments; to designate and regulate the services and the necessary precautions required to
protect the workers during the performance of their work against work hazards and machinery; the methods
of implementation and the standards to be applied.
Safety measures in respect of occupational disease, the necessary precautions to protect workers during the
performance of their work, and in respect of the housing to be provided by an employer for his workers shall
be regulated by an Order made by the Minister for Health in agreement with the Minister for Labour and
Social Affairs.
Article 93
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs may, upon the failure by an employer to comply with the
obligations imposed by Article 90 and the Orders made under Article 92 within the time prescribed to him
by the Ministry, or in the event of imminent danger to the health and safety of workers, order the closure of
the establishment concerned either totally or partially or to cease the operation of one or more machines until
the cause of danger is removed.
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An order of closure or stoppage shall be complied with by administrative means. The employer concerned
shall pay full wages to the workers during the period of such closure or stoppage.
Article 94
An employer shall furnish one first-aid box, or more, containing medicines and other equipment for first-aid
treatment.
The Minister for Health, in agreement with the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, shall make an Order
prescribing the contents of such first-aid box, the scale of contents, regulating the maintenance thereof, and
the qualifications of the person responsible for the application of first-aid treatment in this respect.
Article 95
An establishment employing more than fifty workers shall provide for the basic care of their health in
accordance with Orders to be made by the Minister for Health in agreement with the Minister for Labour and
Social Affairs, in this respect.
Article 96
An employer shall provide suitable means of transportation for workers employed at locations where normal
means of transport are not available.
Further, the employer concerned shall provide workers employed in such locations or establishments, to be
prescribed by an Order made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, with suitable means of
transportation.
Article 97
An employer shall provide workers employed in locations or establishments, to be prescribed by an Order

made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, with suitable foodstuffs and clean drinking water.
Note (i) Article 98
The High Council for Labour Services may require employers to make provision for various social services
to workers according to the nature of the places of work, the circumstances pertaining thereto, and the
number of workers in every establishment, provided that employers shall bear the cost of these services
within a proportion not exceeding two percentum of the total wages of their workers.
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ORDER NO. 1/2006
WITH RESPECT TO PROCEDURES REQUIRED FOR REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL

INJURIES AND DISEASES
The Minister of Labour,
Having reviewed the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by
Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976, as amended,
And the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No.24 of 1976, as amended,
And Decree No.2 of 1994 with respect to approving the Accession by the State of Bahrain to the Arab
Convention No.7 of 1977 and Recommendation No.1 of 1977 with respect to Occupational Safety and
Health,
And Decree No.5 of 1981 with respect to Ratifying the International Labour
Organisation’s Conventions,
And Order of the Minister of Health No.5 of 1976 with respect to Occupational and Industrial Diseases and
Causes thereof,
And Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs No.6 (Insurance) dated
04.09.1976 with respect to the Implementing Procedures for the Insurance
Section against Occupational Accidents,
And Order of the Minister of Health No.3 of 1978 with respect to Organizing the Preventative Measures
against Occupational Diseases and Health Measures Required for Protecting Workers during Work,
And Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs No.6 of 2000 with respect to Organisation of
Industrial Safety in the Establishment,
And Order of the Minister of Health No.5 of 2001 with respect to Forming the
Public Medical Commissions and Determining their Powers,
And Order of the Minister of Health No.3 of 2001 with respect to Periodical Medical Examination for
Workers susceptible to Infection by Occupational Diseases,
And Prime Ministerial Edict No.1 of 2005 with respect to Replacing the Schedule of Occupational Diseases
attached to Order of the Minister of Health No.3 of 2001,
And upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
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For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Order, the following terms and expressions
shall have the meanings assigned against each of them, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. Establishment: Any site or place in which work is undertaken whether such work is industrial,
vocational, agricultural, services or such other activity.
2. Branch: Every separate location in which one of the establishment’s activities is carried on by any
worker.
3. Manager in Charge: An employer who undertakes the running of his business, his representative or
whoever assumes the actual manager’s powers in charge of running the business in case of a branch.
4. Occupational injury:
a) An injury which takes place as a result of an accident during the course of carrying out the duties
assigned to a worker by the employer, his representative or whoever acts on his behalf whether inside or
outside the site, or whilst traveling.
b) An injury that takes place while going to work, returning therefrom without stopping, lagging or
turning away from the normal route.
c) An injury that is inflicted upon a worker who is leaving his work station heading to the place where
eats his food inside the establishment or outside it, if such place is not available inside the establishment.
d) An injury that is a result of a sun stroke, heat exhaustion, heart attack or a stroke resulting from work
related stress.
e) An infection from any of the occupational diseases indicated in the Schedule attached to the Order of
the Minister of Health No.3 of 2001 with respect to Periodical Medical Examination for Workers susceptible
to Infection by Vocational Diseases.
5. Serious Injury:
a) Any fracture with the exception of fingers or toes fractures.
b) A total loss of any organ, body part or function thereof.
c) A dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or displacement of one or more of the spinal cord’s vertebrae.
d) A temporary or permanent loss of vision.
e) Any eye injury that requires medical treatment or follow up by a physician.
f) Injuries resulting from electrocution, shock, suffocation or heat exhaustion that will cause
unconsciousness and requires hospitalization of the injured person in hospital for over 24 hours.
g) Third degree burns.
h) Any injury that requires admitting the injured in the hospital for over 24 hours.
6. Work accident: Any accident resulting from work or related thereto and results in injuring certain
workers or loss of properties.
7. Occupational diseases: A disease of which a worker becomes infected as a result of carrying out the work
as determined by the Occupational Diseases and Causes thereof promulgated by Order of the Minister of
Health No.3 of 2001 with respect to Periodical Medical Examination for Workers Susceptible to Infection by
Vocational Diseases.
Article 2
The provisions of this Order shall be applicable to employers and their employees subject to the provisions
of the Labour Law for the Private Sector.
Article 3
A manager in charge in any establishment or branch thereof shall notify the Ministry of Labour of any injury
that results in:
1. Death of a worker.
2. A serious injury.
3. Any injury that results in the worker’s absence from work for a period of three successive days without
calculating the day in which the injury has taken place. If the day following the injury day is a holiday, it
shall be included in the days during which the worker has been absent from work.
Article 4
A manager in charge shall undertake to send Form No.(1) attached to this Order to notify the
Ministry of Labour of an employment injury that has taken place in accordance with Clauses (1 & 2) of the
preceding Article and the Ministry’s notification of the employment injury indicated in Clause (3) of the
preceding Article shall be made within ten days from the date of the occurrence of the employment injury
and receiving a confirmation from the Ministry proving such notification.
Article 5
A manager in charge at any establishment or branch shall notify the Ministry of Labour of any injury or
occupational diseases that he is aware of within ten days from the date of notification by sending Form No.(
2) attached to this Order and receiving a confirmation from the Ministry confirming such notification.
Article 6
A worker may, if his health condition permits, notify the Ministry of Labour in writing of an employment
injury inflicted upon him and resulted in a serious injury or an occupational disease.
Article 7
The Ministry of Labour shall conduct a technical investigation of occupational accidents, injuries and
diseases.
Article 8
A manager in charge shall not alter the accident’s marks with the exception of the ones that have been
removed or changed to rescue the injured worker or to prevent the continuation of any threat to other
workers at the site. Such manager shall, within 24 hours from the date of informing the Ministry of Labour,
be entitled to remove such marks.
Article 9
A manager shall lay down notification rules for occupational injuries and l diseases inside his establishment
and to instruct his workers to notify him of any occupational injuries that they may be subject to and to
circulate the recommendations and directives for the means and precautions that ensure avoiding their
recurrence in the future.
Article 10
In the event where a manager in charge is notified of the death of a worker who has sustained an
occupational injury which was previously reported to the Ministry in accordance with the provisions of
Article 3 of this Order, he shall inform the Ministry in writing within a period not exceeding one year from
the date of the injury and death.
Article 11
A manager in charge at every establishment shall, within the first quarter of every year and according to
Form No.(3) attached to this Order, supply the Ministry with statistics of employment injuries and
occupational diseases.
Article 12
A manager in charge shall maintain a register in which copies of the injuries and occupational forms that
have been reported in accordance with the provisions of this Order shall be deposited therein provided these
copies shall be retained for a period of no less than five years.
Article 13
Any provision that contravenes the provisions of this Order shall be revoked.
Article 14
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour shall implement this Order which shall come into effect from
the first day of the month after the lapse of three months from the date of its publication in the Official
Gazette.
Signed: Dr. Majeed bin Mohsen Al Alawi,
Minister of Labour.
Issued on: 9th Rabie Al Akher, 1427 Hijra,
Corresponding to: 7th May 2006 AD.
ORDER NO. 3/1978

THE ORGANISATION OF THE MEANS OF PROTECTION AGAINST OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
AND THE NECESSARY HEALTH PRECAUTINS FOR SAFEGUARDING WORKERS DURING
WORK
The Minister for Health;
In pursuance of paragraph two of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
Decree Law No. 23/1976 and in agreement with the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to all premises subject to the Labour Law for the Private Sector,
1976.
Article 2
Every employer shall take suitable and adequate precautions for safeguarding the workers against health
hazards during work. The employer shall provide the workers with precautionary measures against work
hazards and contingencies with respect to their safety.
The employer may not charge the workers or deduct from their wages any amount for the aforementioned
provisions.
Article 3
A worker shall not commit any act intended to frustrate the implementation of the instructions or misuse or
endanger the means prescribed for safeguarding the health and safety of his fellow workers. A worker shall
exercise great care in using the means of protection and in carrying out the instructions prescribed for safety
and protection from occupational diseases. He shall inform the employer of any defect or any default which
may be committed by fellow worker in the use of these means.
Article 4
The following shall be adhered to at the work-site;
1. The inner parts of the building and also the premises as used by the workers including offices, restaurants
and health utilities shall be continuously clean with particular emphasis on the kind of work in such
premises.
2. Ventilation shall be adequate and suitable.
3. The temperature of the place shall be endurable.
4. Means of lighting shall be adequate and suitable according to the conditions and specifications shown in
Schedule No. 1 attached to this Order, with particular emphases on the kind of work and its nature.
5. The size and dimensions of the building shall be such as to provide an adequate working place for all
the workers in the building provided that the space allotted to each worker shall, as for as practicable and
suitable, be not less than 11.5 cubic meters in dimension excluding the height of the work rooms which shall
be not less than 4 metres.
6. Each working area shall be equipped with an adequate and suitable cover to protect the worker in cases
of change in adverse weather.
7. Drinking water which does not endanger the health of workers, soap and clean towels as shown in
Schedule No.2 attached to this Order, shall be provided for the purposes of washing hands or bathing at the
end of work with particular emphasis on pursuance of health rules with regard to the disposal of waste.
Article 5
Those workers whose safety or health are exposed to danger due to work shall be provided with adequate
and suitable clothes for the purposes of safeguarding them provided that these clothes are made according to
the specifications prescribed by the Public Health Directorate.
The employer or his authorized representative shall specify an adequate and suitable place for the workers to
keep their personal clothes and also their protective clothing in case the nature of their work requires the
changing of their personal clothes before or after work.
Article 6
T he employer or his authorized representative shall set apart a dining room, separate form the place of work
and suitable for the number of workers who have their meals at the work site provided that the dining room
shall be equipped with an adequate number of tables and chairs.
Article 7
There shall be provided clean drinking water at suitable places accessible to the workers and also suitable
cups therefor except in the places where it can be obtained at a drinking fountain.
Article 8
In case the nature and kind of work requires the worker to perform his work while sitting, there shall be
provided an adequate number of suitable chairs to be designed in accordance with the nature, and king of the
work and the work position of the worker.
In case the circumstances of the work admit of a sitting position during the performance of the work without
causing any danger, there shall be provided suitable means of sitting.
Article 9
The employers who use machines or operational appliances or parts thereof at the work site, shall take
suitable measures to mitigate the degree of noise on the workers’ ears to 90 decibels or less.
Article 10
There shall be provided an adequate number of suitable lavatories in the establishment which shall be
maintained and the waste water discharged and they shall be connected to the public sewerage or septic tank
according to the conditions and specifications shown in the Schedule No.3 attached to this Order. These
lavatories shall be equipped with suitable lighting.
Article 11
The employer shall adopt scientific and suitable steps prescribed by the Directorate of Public Health so as to
prevent or reduce health hazards in work sites with particular emphasis on the following:
8. The performance of the industrial processes and others shall not endanger the health or safety of the
workers.
9. Removal of substances resulting from industrial processes that are hazardous to the health with particular
emphasis on the prevention of harmful radiation on the workers.
Article 12
The authorized health inspectors have right of entry into the establishments subject to the provisions of this
Order in order to ascertain how far these provisions have been observed and they have also the right to take
sample or samples of the substances used or handled in the industrial and other processes that may have
hazardous effects on the health and safety of the workers, for the purpose of analysing them in the
Government laboratories to see the extent of their effects and the communication of the laboratory results to
the employer or his authorized representative.
Article 13
The Minister for Health after an issue of an Order and in terms of a written report by the concerned
authorized inspector, may exempt from compliance of all or some of the conditions prescribed in the Order
for any premises or part thereof on condition that the safety and health of the workers in these premises shall
not be endangered.
Article 14
The premises may be wholly or partly closed in terms of the provisions of Article 93 of the labour Law for
the Private Sector for 1976 in case of the abstention by the employer of the implementation of the provisions
of this Order on the dates fixed by the Ministry or in the event of the existence of a grave danger to the
health of workers.
Article 15
This Order shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Ministry of Health
Ali Muhammad Fakhro
Dated: 7th March, 1978
SCHEDULE NO. 1
SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS CONCERNING THE NORMS FOR LIGHTING

IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER
1. Lighting at the work-site shall not be less than 60 lux measured horizontally at a height of one metre
form the surface of the floor and shall not be less than 10 lux in passageways.
2. In case of limited lighting for the performance of certain work whether by one individual worker or
group of workers, lighting shall be equipped with insulatory cover made of opaque substance, or any other
suitable device to prevent a glare to the eyes of the workers.
3. Adequate practical and suitable measures shall be taken to prevent the fall of shadows that may cause
strain to eyes or the occurrence of accidents.
SCHEDULE NO. 2
MINIMUM NUMBER OF WASH BASINS AND COMMUNAL WASHING FACILITIES
1. There shall be provided wash basins or communal washing facilities of an impervious and smooth
material according to the following proportions:
(a) for less than five workers - not less than one wash
basin.
(b) for every 20 workers in addition - One additional wash
to the aforementioned 5 and up basin or communal
to 100 workersadequate washing facilities for
every 20 workers.
(c) for more than 100 workers - one additional wash basin
or adequate communal
washing facilities for
every 25 workers..
2. Where communal washing facilities are provided, the distance between taps or showers shall be at least
half a metre and shall be connected to a mixer for an appropriate combination of the temperature of water.
3. It is preferable to operate the water taps by foot rather than by hand as far as possible.
4. There shall be provided brushes for cleaning nails where dirty or dusty substances are handled and in all
food-stuffs premises.
5. If those responsible for health deem it essential to provide baths for the purpose of protecting the
workers’ health, there shall be provided a bath for every six workers at least.
In the application of this schedule, the number of workers means the total number of workers present in the
establishment at any given point of time.
SCHEDULE NO. 3
SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR HEALTH UTILITIES
1. When both males and females work in the same premises, there shall be provided separate lavatories
according to the proportions shown below. These lavatories shall be separated or covered in such a manner
as to prevent any one inside being seen, even in case the door is left open, by any person of either sex
passing by.
2. Ventilation in any lavatory shall be adequate. The lavatory shall look over an open place and it shall not
be attached to the work-site except by a passage of adequate ventilation.
3. Health utilities shall be situated in an appropriate place so as to facilitate the workers reaching thereto,
and shall be covered and equipped with doors to be tightly closed.
4. The proportion of health utilities shall be as follows:
Sex Number Water closets. Urinals

Males 1-5 1 1
For every 25 workers or a part
of the additional 25 to 15 workers 1 --
Females 1-12 1 --
For every 20 or part of additional
workers20 to 12 1 --
5. Urinals shall be capable of being easily cleaned after use. In the event of European and native seats in the
water closets, the aforementioned proportions shall be followed.
In the application of this schedule, the number of workers means the total number of workers present in the
establishment at any given point of time.
ORDER NO. 3/2001
WITH RESPECT TO PERIODICAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR WORKERS

SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTION BY VOCATIONAL DISEASES
The Minister for Health,
Having reviewed the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976,
as amended,
and the Arab Agreement No.7 of 1977 with respect to Vocational Safety and Health promulgating its
accession by Legislative Decree No.2 of 1994,
and Order of the Minister for Health No.4 of 1976 with respect to the Formation of Medical Commissions
and Determining their Powers,
and Order of the Minister for Health No.5 of 1976 with respect to Vocational Diseases and the Industries and
jobs causing them,
and Order of the Minister for Health No.3 of 1978 with respect to Organising the preventive methods from
Vocational diseases and required precautions to protect workers during working hours,
and Order of the Minister for Health No.17 of 1986 with respect to the Formation of Appellate Medical
Committee to Re- examine Decisions of Institutions undertaking Treatment of Employment Injuries,
and the Model Resolutions with respect to Vocational Safety and Health issued by the GCC Labour and
Social Affairs Ministers Council at its session Nos.13 and 14 convened in Manama in the Month of January
1997 and in Doha in the Month of October 1997,
and Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No.14 of 1997 with respect to the Formation and
Powers of the Supreme Committee for Vocational Safety and Health, as amended,
and upon the recommendation of the Supreme Committee for Vocational Safety and Health convened on
19.9.1999,
and in agreement with the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,
and upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Health Ministry,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
For the provisions of this Order, the responsible Manager shall mean, the employer who personally
undertakes the management of his establishment or his representative or whoever assumes the actual powers
of the manager or the manager in charge of managing the business of the branch acts on his behalf, whoever
undertakes the actual powers of the Manager or the Director authorised with the administration of the work
for the branch.
Article 2
The responsible manager shall conduct periodical medical check-ups for the workers susceptible to be
infected with one of the vocational diseases listed in the tables attached to this Order and the competent
authority at the Ministry of Health shall fix the dates for the periodical medical examinations.
Article 3
When carrying out the periodical medical examination to show the following:
1. The condition of the blood, nervous, digestive and ural systems for workers susceptible to lead poisoning.
2. The condition of the digestive and nervous systems, skin and mucous membrane of workers susceptible to
arsenic poisoning.
3. The condition of the nervous, digestive and ural systems of workers susceptible to mercury poisoning.
4. The condition of the circulatory system and upper respiratory channels of workers susceptible to antimony
poisoning.
5. The condition of the lower jaw, bones, respiratory and digestive systems, blood, skin and eyes of workers
susceptible for phosphorus poisoning.
6. The condition of the blood nervous system and skin of workers susceptible to Pennzoil poisoning.
7. The condition of the respiratory, heart and mucous systems of workers susceptible to Sulfur poisoning.
8. The condition of the nervous systems, chest and skin of workers susceptible to manganese poisoning.
9. The condition of the respiratory system and eyes of workers susceptible to chlorine, fluorine and bromine
poisoning.
10. The condition of the workers skins susceptible to be affected by chrome and nickel.
11. The condition of the liver, kidney and nervous system of workers susceptible to poisoning by
chloroform, quadruple Chloro carbon, quadruple chloro ethyl, triple chloro Ethylene and other halogen
derivatives of idrocarbonic compounds of the fibroid group.
12. The condition of blood, eyes and the radiation absorption limit of workers susceptible to pathological
illnesses and symptoms arising form radioactive and x-ray materials.
13. The condition of the skin and eyes for workers likely to be affected by primary skin cancer, chronic
infection of skin and eyes.
14. The condition of workers eyes likely to be affected by heat and light.
15. The condition of the respiratory (chest) including the examination of the lung function and x-ray
examination for workers likely to suffer to pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis.
16. To carry out audiography for workers likely to be affected by vocational deafness.
17. To carry out x-rays for the wrist bones and vertebra for workers susceptible to diseases resulting from
various types of shaking and vibrations.
18. Any other details determined by the competent medical authority at the Ministry of Health.
Article 4
A preliminary general medical examination shall be conducted on every candidate to ensure the workers’
health and psychological fitness to carry out this work provided that such examination shall be conducted
prior to assuming his duties.
There shall be observed while conducting the medical examination, the nature of work and type of diseases
the candidate is susceptible thereto.
Article 5
The preliminary general and periodical medical examination results of every worker shall be registered and
recorded for every worker whose name is in the register prepared for this purpose.
Article 6
The Manager in charge shall remove the infected worker suffering from a vocational diseases from the
source of the infection either by giving him a sick leave or changing the location of his work if the medical
authorities at the Ministry of Health decide that the continuation of work at the infection source is considered
a threat to his health.
The worker suffering from a vocational diseased may not be returned to work unless proven by medical
examination to be fit to resume his duties.
The medical authority at the Ministry of Health, if the worker’s health state permits, shall recommend the
assignment of another work which suits his health status provided that he shall be away from the source of
the vocational diseases he is infected with.
Article 7
Total confidentiality shall be observed with regard to the results of the medical examination and shall not be
circulated except amongst the specialists. A copy of the details may be given to the worker upon a written
request from him.
Article 8
The manager in charge shall transfer the worker to the medical examination at the medical authorities
concerned at the Ministry of Health.
Article 9
The responsible manager shall be liable for the payment of the time of the periodical medical examination
and shall provide every possible facility and details required by the authority concerned with the examination
on the determined dates.
Article 10
The worker shall inform the manager in charge of any sickness case related to the profession and the
manager shall transfer him to the medical authorities concerned with the Ministry of Health to conduct the
required examinations.
Article 11
Every violation of the provisions of this Order shall be liable for a fine of no less than BD 50 and not
exceeding BD300. The fines shall be multiplied by the number of workers which the violation has affected
them in accordance with Article 165 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative
Decree No.23 of 1976.
Article 12
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health shall implement this Order which shall come into effect from
the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed: Faisal Radhi Al Moosawi,

Minister for Health.
Issued on: 24th Thulhejja, 1421 Hijra,
Corresponding to: 19th March 2001
ORDER NO. 6/1999
WITH RESPECT TO AMENDING ARTICLE 1 OF MINISTERIAL ORDER NO. 16 OF 1988

WITH RESPECT TO APPROVING CERTAIN REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES ON THE
RESULTS OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS IN
ESTABLISHMENTS
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,
having reviewed the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 23 of 1976,
as amended,
and the Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No. 14 of 1977 with respect to Determination
and Organisation of Services and Precautions for the Protection of Workers from the Hazards of Work on
Lifting Equipment,
and Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No. 32 of 1977 with respect to Determination and
Organisation of Precautionary Measures Vital for the Protection of Workers from the Hazards of Steam
Boilers, Steam Containers and Air Receivers,
and Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No. 10 of 1978 with respect to approving certain
Reports and Certificates on the Results of Occupational Safety Inspection and Examination in
Establishments,
and Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No. 16 of 1988 with respect to amending Article 1
of Ministerial Order No. 10 of 1978 with respect to approving certain Reports and Certificates on the Results
of Occupational Safety Inspection and Examination in Establishments,
and upon the submission of the Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
For the provisions of Article 1 of Ministerial Order No. 16 of 1988 with respect to amending Article 1 of
Ministerial Order No. 10 of 1978 with respect to approving certain Reports and Certificates on the Results of
Occupational Safety Inspection and Examination in Establishments, there shall be substituted the following:
“The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall approve the reports and certificates of inspections and
examinations which are conducted by the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFICATION
SOCIETIES, or the other associations and Organisations licensed as per the technical standards and
conditions approved by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in this respect and is attached to this Order
on Lifting Equipment and High Pressure Containers, in pursuance of Article 18 of Ministerial Order No. 14
of 1977 and Article 4 of Ministerial Order No. 32 of 1977”.
Article 2
The Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs shall implement this Order which shall come into effect
from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed: Abdul Nabi Abdulla Al Shoa’la
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
Issued on: 11th Safar, 1420 Hijra,
Corresponding to: 26th May, 1999.
TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS OF ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND

INDIVIDUALS WHO ISSUE REPORTS, CERTIFICATES, TEST RESULTS AND
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY TESTS IN ESTABLISHMENTS ON LIFTING EQUIPMENT, STEAM
BOILERS, STEAM CONTAINERS AND AIR RECEIVERS
FIRST: ORGANISATIONS
1. It shall be one of the associations or organisations licensed by the Ministry of Commerce to carry on
such business activity.
2. It shall have an independent office in the State of Bahrain to pursue its business. Such office shall
comply with the specifications set forth by the Engineering Practice Committee.
3. The association or organisation shall have the ISO 9000 in the field of its business.
4. The association or organisation shall have an experience in the field of its business for a period of no less
than 10 years and has acquired a good international reputation.
5. It shall have an approved programme in the inspection, testing and certificate issue fields.
6. It shall have a sufficient number of qualified inspectors in proportion to the volume of its business.
7. The association or organisation shall be a registered member with the following international
organisations in accordance with the business activity to be carried on:
* Inspection of Lifting Equipment:
1. Lifting Equipment and Engineer Association (LEEA).
2. The International Federation for Inspection (IFIA).
* Inspection of Steam and Air Receivers
The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspector
8. The association or organisation shall be subject to constant inspection of its business by authorities
appointed for this purpose.
9. Any other standards determined by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
10. The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may exclude one or more of these criteria according to
circumstances.
SECOND: PERSONNEL EMPLOYED AT THE ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS
1. The Inspector at such organisations or Institutions shall have the suitable academic qualifications and
experience as determined by the organisations approved by the Ministry.
2. They shall be subject to continuous training by an authority appointed for this purpose.
3. Any other criteria determined by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
4. The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may exclude one or more of these criteria according to
circumstances.
ORDER NO. 6/2000
WITH RESPECT TO ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT
The Minister of Labour & Social Affairs,
Having reviewed the Labour Law for the Private Sector Promulgated by Legislative Decree No.23 of the
Year 1976, as amended,
And the Arab Agreement No.(7) of the Year 1977 with respect to Occupational Safety and Health to
which Accession thereto is Endorsed Pursuant to Decree No.(2) of the Year 1994,
And Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs No.(29) of 1976 with respect to Organisation of
Industrial Safety Bodies in Establishments, Determination and Organisation of the Necessary Services and
Precautions for Protection of Workers During the Work from Hazards of Work and Machinery,
And Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs No.(15) of 1977 with respect to the Determination
and organisation of the Services and precautionary Measures Necessary for protection of Workers During
Work from Dangerous Machinery,
And Model Resolutions with respect to Occupational Safety and Health adopted by the GCC Council of
Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs at the Sessions Nos. 13 and 14 held in Manama in January,1997 and
Doha in October 1997,
And Ministerial Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs No.(14) of 1997 with respect to
Formation and Duties of the High Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, as amended,
And upon the recommendation of the High Committee for Occupational Safety and Health adopted at the
meeting held on 19.9.1999,
And upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs,
Hereby Orders the Following:
Article 1
The following words and expressions set forth in this Order shall have the meanings assigned against each:
1 “Establishment” means any site or place in which the work is undertaken whether such work is
industrial, vocational, agricultural, service or such other work.
2. “Branch” means every separate location in which one of the Establishment’s activities is carried on.
3. “Manager in Charge” means an employer who undertakes the running of his business, his representative
or whoever assumes the actual manager’s powers or the manager in charge of running the business in case of
a branch.
4. “Serious Accident”*:
a. An accident which results in the death of a worker, loss of consciousness, injury to the head or chest,
amputation of a limb, injury to the eye or hospital admission within the first 24 hours after the accident. In
this respect, the advice of the establishment’s physician, if any, may be sought or the advice of a government
health facility.”
b. Fire, landslide or explosion resulting in losses to production or to production equipment.
c. An accident that results in injuries to more than one person.
Article 2
A manager in charge shall be deemed responsible for the safety of workers in his establishment.
Article 3
Subject to the exception provided for in Article 4 (3) and the last paragraph of Article 18, the provisions of
this order shall be applicable to all industrial and non-industrial establishments which employ 100 workers
or more in one site.
Every separate work site shall be deemed as an establishment where one area of business is undertaken
where the number of workers is 100 or more.
Further, an establishment, its branches and work sites shall be deemed as a single and integrated unit if the
number of workers therein is 100 or more. In such case, the officer in charge of the establishment’s head
office shall be deemed responsible for the industrial safety requirements.
Article 4
Every industrial establishment or branch thereof employing 100 workers or more shall appoint a full-time
officer or more in charge of industrial safety according to the job titles indicated in the establishment’s
* Amended by ministerial order no. (1) 2006.
job structure or shall set up a department to supervise the implementation of instructions with respect to the
safety of workers in the establishment, provided that the size of
such department shall be proportionate to the establishment’s responsibilities, type of business and size of
the workforce thereof.
Such department shall directly report to the manager in charge and shall be responsible for providing the
industrial safety requirements in the establishment.
Every industrial establishment or branch thereof which employers between 25 to 99 workers and every non-
industrial establishment or branch thereof employing 50 workers or more shall entrust to one of its
employees the responsibility to supervise industrial safety.
Article 5
The duties of the occupational safety officer shall be defined as follows:
1. Regular inspection of all work sites and ensuring availability of methods of protection from employment
risks and damages.
2. Inspection of accidents and injuries, reviewing, analysing, registering and writing report about them
containing the means and precautions ensuring the avoidance of their recurrence in the future.
3. Preparing statistics about employment injuries and serious accidents according to the business
requirements and as required by the relevant authorities.
4. Following up the availability of fire prevention facilities and fire- extinguishers.
5. Monitoring the periodical inspection of safety equipment and appliances and ensuring the recording of
results in special registers.
6. Reviewing and analysing the work sites and equipment used therein for determination of the risks arising
therefrom and methods of protection therefrom.
7. Choosing the appropriate kinds of personal protection equipment for the workers so as to ensure their
protection from the work hazards.
8. Drawing up an annual plan for enhancing the workers’ prevention awareness and enlightening them
about the occupational hazards and methods of protection therefrom by holding seminars, delivering
lectures, distribution of posters and preparation of occupational safety leaflets.
9. Attending occupational safety committee meetings.
Article 6
Occupational safety officers shall be holders of qualifications and have the expertise that qualifies them to
work in this field.
The following conditions shall be fulfilled in their selection:
1. The academic qualifications shall be suitable to the nature of business of the establishment to enable him
to identify the risk areas, analyse and study them and to introduce the precautions ensuring the
prevention thereof.
2. He shall be a holder of the qualifications and enjoying the expertise approved in this respect by the
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
3. He shall be experienced in the nature of business and activities of the establishment and fully
knowledgeable with respect to the national legislation with respect to occupational safety.
Article 7
An occupational safety committee shall be set up in the establishments which employ 100 workers or more
and its membership shall be as follows:
1. Manager in Charge Chairman.
2. Heads of departments or executive managers, Members
3. Occupational safety officers
4. Establishment’s physician, if he is one of the employees thereof.
5. A representative of the workers to be elected by the Joint Labour Committee from its workers.
6. A workers’ representative to be elected by the Joint Labour Committee from amongst its workers.
Where the establishment does not have such Committee, the Establishment’s management shall elect such
representative.
The occupational safety officer shall act as a rapporteur of the Committee and where there is more than one
officer in the establishment, the duties of rapporteur shall be undertaken by the most senior in rank.
In case there are several branches of the establishment that has occupational safety committees and sections,
the head office’s committee and section shall be responsible for supervision of the sections and committees
and shall co- ordinate the activities thereof.
Article 8
The occupational safety committee shall be responsible for investigating the conditions of work and causes
of accidents and injuries and Shall measures and precautions ensuring the non-recurrence thereof in future.
Article 9
The employer or his duly authorised representative shall notify the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of
the names of the Committee members upon the formation thereof or changing one of its members.
Article 10
The occupational safety committee shall meet on a regular basis at least once every month and shall meet
within a maximum of one week from the occurrence of a serious accident.
The committee’s meeting shall take place upon the summons of its chairman or rapporteur as shall be
deemed fit by the committee, provided that the invitation shall include the date and place of convening. It
shall be accompanied by the agenda of the meeting and any memoranda or details that should be distributed
to the members in respect of the topics on the agenda.
Article 11
The Committee’s agenda shall, in particular include the following items:
1. Follow up of the implementation of the occupational safety proposals that were previously proposed by
the Committee or the Occupational Safety Officer.
2. Discussing and analysing accidents and injuries that took place during the previous month.
3. Discussing the results of the duties of the Occupational Safety Officer.
4. Discussing results of inspections carried out by the Committee or required because of accidents.
5. Any proposals related to industrial safety that are presented to the Committee.
Article 12
The Committee members shall submit their proposals in writing to the Committee’s rapporteur at least one
week before the convention of its meeting. The Committee shall be empowered to discuss the important and
urgent matters under the topic of any new business.
Article 13
The Committee’s meeting shall be deemed validly convened in the presence of a majority of the members. If
the required quorum is not available, the meeting shall be postponed for one week during which an invitation
will be made in writing and all the members will be given notice for receipt thereof. In such case, convention
of the meeting shall be valid in the presence of any number of members regardless of their capacity.
The Committee’s resolutions shall be adopted by the members’ majority of votes and in case of a tie the
Chairman shall have a casting vote.
Article 14
The Committee’s rapporteur shall maintain minutes of its deliberations in a special register whose pages
shall carry serial numbers to be signed by the Committee’s Chairman and rapporteur. This register shall be
kept and maintained in such a manner as to facilitate its inspection by the occupational safety inspectors of
the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
Article 15
Every disruption of the Committee’s activities shall be deemed as a breach of the provisions of this order and
the person who causes such disruption shall be deemed criminally and disciplinarily liable, as the case may
be.
Article 16
The establishment shall train the workers in the field of occupational safety in keeping with their
responsibilities according to the instructions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in this respect.
Article 17*
The manager in charge in every establishment that is subject to this Order shall furnish the Ministry of
Labour and Social Affairs in the month of January of every year with statistics in an original and a copy
about the employment injuries using the Form No.(1) which is attached to this Order and a third copy thereof
shall be maintained in the establishment.
Article 18*
The Occupational Safety Committee Chairman or Occupational Safety Officer in any establishment or
branch shall notify the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of every serious accident that takes place at the
establishment within 24 hours of the occurrence thereof regardless of the number of workers. The
notification shall take place by using Form No.(2) which is attached to this Order.
The Officer in Charge shall notify the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the serious accidents
regardless of the number of workers without prejudice to the responsibility of the employer for providing
occupational safety in the establishment or any branch regardless of the number of workers.
Article 19
An establishment which entrusts a contractor with a certain contract and the contract that awards to a
subcontractor a certain job, shall notify the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the following at least
one week before the commencement of such job or contract:
a) Name of establishment or principal contractor.
b) Name of contractor or sub-contractor.
c) Type of contract.
d) Number of workers involved in such contract.
e) Place in which the job shall be undertaken.
f) Period required for carrying out the job.
Article 20
The responsibility for providing occupational safety equipment in contracting business for the employer and
contractor or principal contractor and subcontractor shall be as follows:
a) Fulfilment of the occupational safety conditions with respect to the place of work and its equipment
shall be the responsibility of the party who uses them.
b) Provision of the personal protection equipment for the workers shall be the responsibility of the party
who is empowered to enter into a contract with them.
Article 21
Subject to our approval, the Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs shall be empowered to request that
any other precautions be taken where this is required by the nature of operations in any industry, process or
establishment.
Article 22
The manager in charge shall be responsible for the following:
1. He shall inform the new workers before taking up their jobs of the risks that they may be exposed to and
the need to use the required protection methods prescribed for their occupation in addition to providing the
personal protection equipment and shall train them on using such equipment free of charge.
2. He shall ensure compatibility of the type of work, its conditions and the persons in charge of undertaking
it in terms of its health, psychological and technical aspects.
3. He shall exercise due care of the machinery and tools kept at his disposal and shall implement the safe
operation instructions of such equipment.
4. He shall provide adequate and suitable protection equipment for the protection of workers against the
work hazards and taking all the necessary steps for ensuring the use and wearing them by such
workers to maintain their safety and health.
5. He shall display guidance boards and posters in the work places as a means of precautionary notices for
prevention of hazards, provided that such guidelines shall be written in Arabic in addition to other languages
that are understood by the workers.
6. He shall carry out the periodical maintenance for all the equipment, appliances, machinery and work
places as required by the technical conditions.
7. He shall conduct an immediate investigation into employment accidents and injuries to get acquainted
with the reasons for occurrence of accidents and shall report them to the appropriate authorities to conduct an
official investigation for determining the responsibility and reaching practical solutions to avoid their
recurrence.
8. He shall include in the establishment’s disciplinary regulations or basic regulations of work the
possibility of payment of an award or giving a cash or intangible prize for the best workers who present
views, ideas, acts or deeds that are considered good examples for improvement of occupational safety in the
establishment.
9. he shall take the necessary precautions ensuring the protection of workers against hazardous materials by
always protecting them in a safe manner or in special places or by keeping them enclosed within suitable
barriers or fences. For their safekeeping, he shall always ensure that they are kept in tightly sealed containers
or vessels and shall indicate on them their names, proper method of using them, proper protection
methods or warnings against the hazards thereof.
Article 23
A worker shall ensure complying with the following:
1. He shall use the protection methods intended for each operation and shall maintain them and carry out
the instructions issued for his protection against injuries.
2. He shall not do any act or omission intended to violate the instructions, abuse or cause damages to the
facilities kept for maintaining the safety of co-workers.
3. He shall exercise adequate care of the machinery and tools kept at his disposal and shall implement the
instructions for safe operation of such equipment.
4. He shall wear the work uniform, if any, and shall not wear loose or torn clothes or neckties upon working
on machinery or equipment.
5. He shall ensure his personal hygiene and maintain his safety and that of others who may be affected by
his negligence in the course of performing his work.
6. He shall co-operate with the manager in charge in implementing the conditions provided for in this order
and in the events of disasters and risks threatening the safety of the work place or the persons working
therein.
7. He shall refrain from eating except in the places intended for this purpose.
8. He shall make every effort for making use of the training organised therefor by the employer in the areas
of occupational safety.
9. He shall immediately report to the officers in the establishment any injuries that are sustained by him
however minor it may be and any risks or circumstances which he believes constitutes a threat to him or to
his colleagues.
Article 24
The disciplinary regulations approved by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall include penalties
appropriate to the extent of the violation committed by the worker where he breaches his duties towards
occupational safety.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall award on an annual basis a merit certificate in addition to a
prize for the best establishment throughout the State that ensures complying with the industrial safety
instructions in the best possible manner.
Article 26
Ministerial order No.(29) of the Year 1976 with respect to Organisation of Industrial Safety Bodies in
Establishments, Determination and Organisation of the Necessary Services and Precautions for Protection of
Workers During Work from Risks Involving Machinery.
Article 27
Every person who violates the provisions of this Order shall be liable for a penalty of a fine which shall not
be less than BD50 and shall not be more than BD300. Several fines shall be imposed depending on the
number of workers in respect of whom the violation has taken place.
Article 28
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall implement this Order which shall
come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed: Abdul Nabi Abdulla Al Sho’ala,
Minister of Labour & Social Affairs.
Issued on: 27 Thulhejja 1420 Hijra
2nd April, 2000 A.D.
Form No.(1)*
Notification with Respect to Occurrence

of a Serious Occupational Accident
Establishment or Branch: ______________________________

Address: ___________________________________________
Type of Business: ____________________________________
Manager in Charge’s Name: ____________________________
Establishment’s or Branch’s Physician’s Name (if any):
________________________________________________
Occupational Safety Officer’s Name: ______________________
Details of the Serious Accident:
1. Place of the Accident: _______________________________
2. Date and Time of the Accident: ________________________
3. Type of Accident (Death/Fire/Explosion): _________________
4. Number of injured Workers: __________________________
5. Name of Injured Worker (Workers): ____________________
________________________________________________
Form No.(2) *
Clarification With Respect to
(a) Type of Business: Classification provided by the relevant Government authority must be used.
(b) Place of Accident: This means the factory, section or location in which the accident has taken place.
(c) How the Accident Took Place: Mention any of the following events:
1. Fall of persons.
2. Fall of items.
3. Mistake or collision between items or things.
4. Crushing between objects.
5. Exposure to electrical current or electrocution.
6. Exposure to or touching harmful materials.
7. Explosion.
8. Other accidents.
(d) Cause of Accident: Mention one of the following events:
1. Mechanically operated machines
2. Transport facilities and lifting equipment.
3. Dangerous machinery and equipment.
4. Radioactive materials.
5. Work environment.
6. Harmful germs and microbes.
7. Other causes.
(e) Injured Part: Mention one of the following:
1. Head 2. Neck
3. Trunk 4. Upper parts of the body.
5. Lower limbs 6. Different organs.
ORDER NO. 7/1976
RESPECTING THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST AID BOX THEIR QUANTITIES,

MAINTENANCE THEREOF AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSON ENTRUSTED
WITH THEIR SUPERVISION
in pursuance of Article 94 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976 promulgated by Amiri Decree Law
No. 23/1976 and in agreement with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs;
ORDERS
Article 1
Each employer shall provide at the place of work a First Aid Box with quantities of medicine in the manner
set out in the Schedule to this Order and in accordance with Article 4 hereof.
First Aid Boxes shall be as many as the number of places of work of the same employer.
Article 2
The prescribed contents and the quantities of the First Aid Box may be increased in certain cases and in
accordance with the requirements of certain industries, by a Ministerial Order make by the Minister for
Health in agreement with the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs.
Article 3
First Aid Boxes shall be located in places removed from employment hazards and shall be easily accessible.
The medicines shall be properly maintained in the boxes at as suitable a temperature as possible and in a
manner facilitating their use and shall be as adjacent as possible to a source of water in the establishment.
Article 4
The contents of a First Aid Box shall accord with the following: in the manner provided for by items 3, 4, 5,
14, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the Schedule to this Order with respect to establishments or their branches in
each of which 10 or less workers are employed;
In the manner provided for by items 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22A, 23, 25, of the Schedule to
this Order with respect to establishments or branches thereof in each of which more than 10 and up to 50
workers are employed; in the manner provided for by all the items contained in the schedule to this Order
with respect to establishments or branches thereof in each of which more than 50 workers are employed.
Article 5
The person responsible for the supervision of First Aid Treatment shall be qualified in the application of
medicines, materials and equipment prescribed in the Schedule to this Order. Such person shall, at least,
have successfully completed a course of training in Firs Aid, recognised as such by the Ministry of Health.
Article 6
This Order shall be come into operation from the date of its issue and it shall be published in the Official
Gazette.
Minister for Health
Ali Muhammed Fakhro.
Dated: 17th August, 1976
SCHEDULE
CONTENTS OF FIRST AID BOX
No. Items Quantity
1. Bandages 2, 3, 4, 6, inches width 2 of each size
2. Crepe bandages 2, 3, 4 inches width 2 of each size
3. Sticking plaster 1 roll
4. Sterilized cotton balls 1 packet
5. Sterilized bandages 3 inches width 1 packet
6. Sterilized bandages 6 inches width 2 packets
7. Sterilized eye pads 1 packet
8. Sterilized disposable bandages, 1 packer
different sizes of each size
9. Triangular slings 4
10. Anti-bleeding compressor 1
11. Scissors and forceps 1 of each
12. Safety pins 1 doz.
13. Paper, pen, torch ...
14. Ordinary bandage 2, 3, 4, 6 inches width 2 of each size
15. Pads ...
16. Acriflavin 100 cc
17. Savion 250 cc
18. Salt tablets 500
19. Panadol tablets 100
20. Aspirin tablets 100
21. Ointment for burns ...
22. Splints
a- Metal and wooden splints for limbs long

and small
b- Suspend splints of use under the knee

and elbow
23. Airway and tongue depressor
24. Portable aspirator, foot operated
25. Oxygen - portable oxygen respiration kit
26. Stretcher
ORDER NO. 8/1978
PRESCRIBING THE HEALTH AND HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKERS’ HOUSING

ACCOMMODATION
In pursuance of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Amiri Decree Law No.
23 of 1976; and of the Public Health Law promulgated by Amiri Decree Law No.3 of 1975 and of the
Building Construction Law promulgated by Amiri Decree Law No.13 of 1977; and with the agreement of the
Minister for Labour and Social Affairs;
ORDERS
Article 1
Every employer shall be required to provide the minimum standards of health as prescribed in this Order in
respect of the housing accommodation for his workers. New housing accommodation shall be constructed in
compliance with such prescribed requirements and the Municipality concerned.
Article 2
The area and interior arrangements for sleeping accommodation shall comply with the conditions prescribed
hereunder:
1. An area of not less than forty square feet shall be provided for each person and the height of the walls
shall be not less than ten feet.
2. No single room shall accommodate more than eight occupants thereof.
3. Each such room shall be provided with adequate beds and cupboards.
4. Each such room shall be provided with adequate means of ventilation.
5. Beds shall be not less than twelve inches above the floor level and each bed shall be separated from the
adjoining bed by not less than thirty-six inches on all sides.
Article 3
Each employer shall provide each housing unit with adequate kitchen facilities including drinking water,
washing facilities and suitable provision for the storage and preservation of foodstuffs.
Article 4
Each housing unit shall be provided with a water closet in compliance with the undermentioned conditions
and requirements:
(a) It shall not be more than one hundred and twenty feet distant from the door or any bedroom.
(b) It shall not open directly on to a kitchen or dining room.
(c) The distance from the water closet to the kitchen or dining room shall be not less than fifteen feet.
(d) The water closet shall comply with the conditions prescribed hereunder:
1. At least one such toilet for every eight persons provided that it shall be of a water-born flush-type
system.
2. At least one urinal for every fifteen persons.
3. At least one bathing shower for every ten persons.
4. At least one wash-basin for every ten persons.
5. Adequate changing accommodation.
Article 5
Adequate accommodation for laundering shall be attached to each housing unit.
Article 6
The floors of such facilities referred to in the aforementioned three Articles of this Order shall be constructed
of permanent impervious material with effective drainage and adequate lighting and ventilation.
Article 7
The water supply to each housing unit shall be obtained from a safe water source and fit for human
consumption in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the Ministry of Health. The supply of such
water for consumption by each person shall be not less than thirty- five gallons per day.
Article 8
Each housing unit shall be provided with adequate sanitary means for the disposal of waste water either by
use of the public drainage system, septic tank or soakage pit, as appropriate.
Article 9
The employer concerned or his authorised agent shall provide each housing unit with a suitable type and
adequate number of refuse containers in addition to sufficient means for extinguishing fire as shall be
approved by the Fire Service.
Article 10
The housing units and facilities relating thereto provided for workers shall be maintained in a clean and
sanitary condition and shall comply with the health requirement prescribed in this Order.
Article 11
The authorised inspectors shall be empowered to enforce the provisions of this Order so as to ensure
compliance therewith.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Order shall be liable to the penalties provided for
in Article 165 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976.
Article 12
This Order shall become effective three months after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Ministry of Health
Ali Muhammad Fakhro
Dated: 16th October, 1978
ORDER NO. 9/2006
MINISTERIAL ORDER WITH RESPECT TO AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF

MINISTERIAL ORDER NO.8 OF 1978 WITH RESPECT TO DETERMINIG THE HEALTH
CONDITIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR WORKERS’ ACCOMMODATION
The Minister of Health,

Having reviewed Law No.3 of 1975 with respect to Public Health, as amended,
And the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976, as amended,
And the Law on Constructional Organisation of Buildings promulgated by Legislative Decree No.13 of 1977
, as amended,
And Ministerial Order No.8 of 1978 with respect to Determining the Health Conditions and Specifications
for Workers’ Accommodation,
And recommendations of the Legal Sub-committee entrusted with the Review of Legislation and Orders
related to the Gudaibia Accommodation Fire adopted at its meeting convened on 01.08.2006,
And with the approval of Minister of Labour,
And upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
For the Provision of Ministerial Order No.8 of 1978 with respect to Determining the Health Conditions and
Specifications for Workers Housing Accommodation, there shall be added a new Article under No.10 (bis)
which shall read as follows:
“The Ministry of Labour shall be notified by an employer or whoever acts on his behalf of the
accommodation allocated for workers in terms of location, area and number of workers within a period not
exceeding fifteen days from the date of such allocation. The Ministry of Labour shall confirm this
notification in the register maintained for this purposes and notify the Municipalities and the Civil Defence
Thereof”.
Article 2
The Ministry’s Undersecretary shall implement this Order, which shall come into effect from the day
following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed : Nada Abbas Haffadh,

Minister of Health.
Issued on: 14th Sha’aban, 1427 Hijra,
Corresponding to: 7th September, 2006 AD.
ORDER NO. 10/1978
WITH RESPECT TO APPROVING SOME OF THE REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES ON THE

ESTABLISHMENTS.
The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

after referring to Labour Law for the private sector issued as per decree No.2 for the year 1976 and to
Ministerial Order No.14/l977 issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs with respect to
determining and organizing the services and precautions necessary for protecting the workers from the
dangers of work on lifting equipment, and to Ministerial Order No. 32/1977 issued by the Minister of Labour
and Social Affairs with respect to determination and regulation of necessary services and precaution for the
protection of workers from the hazards of steam boilers, steam containers and air receivers,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
We hereby cause the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to approve the reports and certificates of
inspections and examinations which are conducted by the Lloyds Register of Shipping on lifting equipment -
including the crane with variable loads boilers, steam containers and air receivers in the implementation of
Article 18 of the above mentioned Ministerial Order No.14/1977 and Article 4 of Ministerial Order NO.
32/1977 issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
Article 2
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and it shall come into effect from the date of enforcing
Ministerial Orders No.14/1977 and 32/1977 issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
respectively.
Signed: lsa bin Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Dated: 6 February 1978
ORDER NO. 12/1977
THE ORGANISATION OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION

OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN CONSTRUCTION, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs;

In pursuance of the first paragraph of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by
Amiri Decree Law No. 23/1976 and of Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social
Affairs with respect to the organisation of Industrial Safety Bodies in establishments, and determining and
organising the services and precautionary measures vital for protecting workers during work from the
hazards of work and machines;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to:
a. Building operations,
b. Works of civil engineering construction,
c. Shipbuilding,
Undertaken by way of trade or business or for the purpose of any industrial or commercial undertaking or by
or on behalf of the State or any municipal or public authority.
Article 2
INTERPRETATION
BUILDING OPERATION-Means the construction, structural alteration or repairs (including repainting and
repainting), or demolition of any steel reinforced concrete structure other than a building, any road,
airfeild ,sea defence or reclamation work, river works, a pipeline used for any purpose, and any harbour
docks, reservoir, aqueduct, sewer, sewage, work or gasholder and any civil or constructional engineering
work of similar nature to the foregoing.
SHIPBUILDING
Means building of a ship or marine ship of whatever kind, structural alteration or repair (including
repainting), renewal, equipping, dismantling or destruction of a ship.
COMPETENT
In relation to persons means a person who is properly trained and qualified and has sufficient experience for
the work and is not suffering from any physical defect or disability that would prevent him from carrying out
the work properly.
WORKING PLACE
Means any place at which any person has at any time to work.
SCAFFOLD
Shall have its ordinary meaning, covers all types of scaffold and includes any working platform, gangway,
ladder, step ladder or trestle together with any guard rails, toeboards and other safeguards and all fixing.
TYING - IN
Means rigidly connecting any scaffold to a building or other fixed structure.
Article 3
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Order, there shall be provided and maintained safe access to
and egress form every place at which any person at any time works and such work place together with its
access and agrees shall be made and kept safe.
‘Safe’ means free from danger of any kind and in particular means that all possible steps shall be taken by
provision of properly constructed gangways and platforms of adequate width, protected by guard rails and
toeboards and otherwise to ensure that no one can accidentally fall a distance of more than two metres.
Article 4
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Order, where work cannot safely be done from or on the
ground or from part of a building or other permanent structure there shall be provided, place and kept in
position for use and properly maintained either scaffolds, or where there can be used safety ladders, all of
which shall be sufficient and suitable and safe for the purposes. In the case of a building or a projected
building more than ten metres high all skeletal parts of the scaffolding shall be made of metal.
Article 5
No scaffold shall be erected, added to, altered or dismantled except by competent scaffolders. All materials
used for the work as well as the completed scaffold shall be inspected and passed by a foreman scaffolder
before being taken into use. Thereafter every scaffold shall be inspected by a competent person at least once
every week.
Article 6
1. Every scaffold and every part thereof shall be:
a. of good construction
b. of sufficient suitable sound material
c. of adequate strength (including where necessary bracing, strutting and tying-in) for the purpose for which
it is used; and
d. shall be properly maintained.
2. All material and parts for scaffolds shall when not in use kept under good condition and shall be properly
maintained.
3. Where any part of a scaffold is incomplete or is not in compliance with the requirements of this Order,
access to such part shall so far as practicable be effectively prevented by suitably marked physical barriers.
Article 7
1. Standards or uprights shall be:
a. vertical or slightly inclined towards the building
b. fixed sufficiently close together to secure the stability of the scaffold. (In general for a three storey
building a distance of 2.75 metres (eight feet) apart should be adopted).
2. Ledgers and putlogs shall be securely connected together and to uprights as necessary.
Article 8
a. Every ladder used as an access or as part of a scaffold or as a working place shall be properly secured to
prevent slipping or sliding at head or foot, and undue swaying.
b. be equally and properly supported on each stile,
c. project above any landing or working point for a distance of at least 1.125 metres (three feet six inches)
unless other adequate hand hold is provided,
d. no one shall be required to use a ladder as an access or a working place if the landing place or working
point is more than ten metres above the ground unless intermediate landing stages are provided at distances
of ten metres
e. Ladders may not be used in the following cases:
1. If a ladder has been repaired by means of nails, wire of rope.
2. If any of its steps are broken, lost or misplaced.
3. If it is painted in a manner that would render it difficult to find out any cracks in it.
Article 9
Every scaffold fitted with wheels shall:
a. be constructed with due regard to stability, if necessary including weights at the base and tying-in,
b. be used only on a firm, level surface,
c. have a locking device for the wheels which shall be properly secured when the scaffold is in use.
d. be moved only when it is unoccupied and then only by pressure at the base.
Article 10
Boatswains chairs, cages, skips etc., shall :
a. be of good construction, suitable and sound material, adequate strength, free from patent defect and
properly maintained,
b. be supported by outriggers or other fixings of adequate strength, and any chains or ropes used therewith
shall be securely attached to the chairs etc, and the outriggers or other supporters,
c. be provided with suitable means to prevent any occupant falling out, and be free of tools or other
obstructions which might endanger the occupant. In particular a skip or other receptacle should be at least
one metre deep.
d. be installed only under the direct supervision of a competent person.
Article 11
No scaffold, boatswains chair, skip or similar plant or equipment to any of the foregoing shall be used unless
if has been thoroughly inspected by a competent person before it is being used or since exposure to advice
weather or other conditions likely to have affected its stability.
Article 12
1 Every working platform or gangway or ladder stage from which a person is liable to fall a distance of more
than two metres shall be:

a. closely boarded,
b. at least 72 cm. Wide if used as a footing only,
c. If used for deposit of materials be wide enough to allow the full width as at (b) in addition to the material.
d. provided with guard rails to a height of at least on metre above the platform or any elevated working place
thereon and with toe-boards at least 15 cm. High, together designed to prevent or gangway. The distance
between the lowest rail and the toe-board shall in no case exceed 87 cm.
e. be so constructed that the space between the edges of the platform etc. and any building or structure be as
small as practicable and in no case exceed 33 cm.
2 EXEMPTIONS
The above requirements shall not apply to:
a. trestle scaffolds where platforms at least 42 cm. wide may be used without guard rails and toe-boards
provided that there is no danger of a fall of more than 3 meters.
b. working platform used for work on cylindrical structures where a platform at least 42 cm. Wide may be
used,
c. any working platform during the passage of goods an materials over an open side, where the guard rails an
toeboards may be removed or remain unerected for the duration of such passage,
d. any unobstructed gangway used as a walkway only, where the gangway may be at least 42 cm. wide only,
e. working platforms etc. above open joisting which must be at least 42 cm. Wide,
f. if the existing material circumstances render it practically impossible to apply Article 15, all possible
measures must be taken to guarantee the safety of the site of work.
Article 13
1. Any and every timber board forming part of a working platform or gangway shall be:
a. at least 3 mm. thick if supporting putlogs are not more than 1 metre apart, 38 mm. If 1.5 metres and 50
mm. Thick if supports are 2.75 metres apart,
b. be at least 20 cm. wide (except that boards 50mm thick shall be least 15 cm. wide),
c. be supported by at least three putlogs and
d. NOT project more than 11/2 times its thickness beyond its last support or be very tightly fastened so that
they may not overturn,
e. NOT so far as possible overlap another board.
2. Cracked or bent boards shall not be used under any circumstances.
Article 14
Stairs shall be provided throughout their length with hand rails on the open side or sides, of sufficient
strength to prevent the fall of persons therefrom.
Article 15
Open edges an openings in floors etc. From or through which a person is liable to fall a distance of more
than two metres shall be protected in the same way as working places.
Article 16
a. If a working platform, working place, gangway or stairs becomes slippery appropriate steps shall be taken
to remedy the condition.
b. Every working platform shall be left free from unnecessary obstructions and material and rubbish.
Article 17
a. Where any work is being done on a sloping roof there shall be provided at the edge of the roof below the
working place a working platform complying with Article 15 but wide enough to prevent any person who
slips down the roof from falling to the ground below.
b. Work and movement on such roof shall be carried out by means of crawling ladders properly constructed.
Article 18
No work on or near fragile materials shall be done unless adequate steps have been taken by the provision of
proper working platform gangways etc., to ensure that no person shall be in danger of falling on to or though
the fragile material.
Article 19
No scaffold shall be overloaded and any load placed thereon shall be evenly distributed.
Article 20
Where it is impracticable to comply with the requirements of Articles 12, 14, 15 or 17 the safety of persons
employed shall be ensured so far as possible by the use of safety nets or if these cannot be rigged, safety
belts. In the latter case no work shall be done unless safety belts are being worn.
Article 21
a. Where in connection with any process or any grinding, cleaning, blasting spraying or manipulation of any
material there is given off any dust or fumes of such a character and of such extent as likely to be injurious to
the health of the workers, all practicable measures shall be taken by the provision of an adequate closed
ventilating system or by the use of respirators.

b. No stationary internal combustion engine shall be used in any enclosed or confined space unless specific
provision is made for conducting the exhaust gases and any fumes from the engine into the open air, or other
steps are taken to prevent danger to the health of the workers from such gases.
Article 22
When the worker is conveyed to or from any working place by water, proper measures shall be taken for his
safe transport Vessels used for this purpose shall be of suitable construction, shall be properly maintained
and in good working order, shall be in charge of competent persons and shall not be overloaded.
Article 23
Where on or adjacent to the site of any industrial operations or works there is water into which the worker is
liable to fall with risk of drowning, suitable rescue equipment shall be provided and kept in any efficient
state and ready for use and measures shall be taken to arrange for the prompt rescue of the workers who are
in danger of drowning.
Where there is special risk of such fall from the edge of adjacent land or off a structures adjacent to or above
the water or off a floating stage secure fencing shall be provided near the edge to prevent such fall. Where
there is required movement of workers or materials over or close to the edge, fencing may be removed for
the time and to the extent necessary to permit such movement.
Article 24
On using mechanically propelled vehicles, fork-lifts, trucks, tractors and bull-dozers, no such vehicles shall
be used unless:
a. it is in the charge of and being driven by a competent person properly trained and licensed to drive with a
valid Bahraini licence,
b. it is in an efficient state; in efficient working order, and in good repair,
c. it is used only in a proper manner and is not loaded in such a way as to interfere with the safe operation of
the vehicle,
d. any riders are carried only on proper seats provided for the purpose.
Article 25
Demolitions shall only be carried out:
a. under a licence from the competent authorities,
b. under the direct and constant supervision of a competent person,
c. so far as possible by workers trained and experienced in the work,
d. after all services, such as water, gas and electricity supplied to the building or structure being demolished
have been given to the competent person by the person carrying out the disconnected by the relevant
authority and a certificate to that effect has been.
Article 26
1. All electric mains, switch and fuse boxes, cables and other electrical supply equipment shall be specially
and adequately protected and installed and maintained to eliminate danger from electric shock.
2. Before any operation or work to which this Order applies are commenced, and during the progress of such
works,all practicable steps shall be taken to prevent danger to persons employed from any live electric cable
whether under-ground or overhead or other apparatus, which is liable to be source of such danger whether
from the operation of lifting or excavating appliance or otherwise Steps to be taken shall include rendering
the cable to be source of such danger whether form the operation of lifting or excavating appliance or
otherwise. Steps to be taken shall include rendering the cable or apparatus electrically dead or the erection of
suitable barriers to prevent approach to the dangerous area.
Article 27
a. Loose materials, where not required for use and derbies of any kind shall not be placed or left so as to
restrict unduly the passage of workers upon platforms, gangways, floors or other places on site used a way as
to leave unobstructed passage.
b. In particular loose boards continuing projecting nails shall note be left in positions where there is danger
of any person being in such a way as to leave unobstructed passage.
Article 27
No worker shall be required to lift, carry of move any load so heavy as to be likely to cause him injury.
Article 28
a. Loose materials, where not required for use and debris of any kind shall not be placed or left so as to
restrict unduly the passage of workers upon platforms. Gangways, floors or other places to lift on site used
for such passage but shall be removed and safely stacked or stored in such a way as to leave unobstructed
passage.
b. In particular loose boards containing projecting nails shall not be left in positions where there is any
danger of any person being injured by such nails.
Article 29
Every working place and approach thereto, every place where raising or lowering operations are in progress
and all openings unsafe to persons employed shall be adequately and suitably lighted if necessary by
artificial light.
Article 30
Where there is carried on any process which gives rise to dust or particles of material or to radiation liable to
cause injury to the eyes of any workman, suitable goggles or effective screens shall be provided and used to
prevent such danger.
Article 31
Whehere there is carried out any process or work which is accompanied by sound that exceeds 90 (decibel),
the workers must be provided with car covers or any like means of protection to prevent any harm being
caused to the ear.
Article 32
The employers shall provide safety helmets, safety boots and other safety clothes, whenever necessary, to
prevent any injuries. The workers shall be bound to wear clothes, whenever necessary, to prevent any wear
such clothes in order to safeguard themselves against danger.
Article 33
Scaffold materials, tools and other waste material shall not be thrown, tipped or shot down from a height
where they are liable to cause injury but shall be properly lowered except where a properly constructed chute
is in use. Where during demolition work part of a building is being demolished or broken off and particular
work of demolition kept clear of the areas of possible danger.
Article 34
No person shall enter into or remain in any confined space in which there is reason to apprehend that the
proportion of oxygen in the air is or may becomes so low as to involve risk or persons being overcome,
unless either:
1. The space has been and remains adequately ventilated person (compressed oxygen must not be used for
the purpose) and a competent person has certified that it is safe for entry without breathing apparatus,
or
2. There is provided for his use and he is wearing breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose.
Article 35
1. No person shall enter or remain in any confined space in which there is reason to apprehend the presence
of any dangerous fumes to such extent as to involve risk of persons being overcome thereby, unless he is
wearing a breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Article, or a responsible person has
certified the space as being, for a specified period, safe for entry without breathing apparatus, and the period
so specified has not expired; but no person shall enter or remain in the space without breathing apparatus
unless he has been warned when the period so specified with expire.
2. A space shall not be certified under paragraph(1) of this unless:
a. effective steps have been taken to prevent any ingress of dangerous fumes,
and
b. any sludge or other deposit liable to give off dangerous fumes has been removed and the space contains no
other material liable to give off dangerous fumes.
and
c. the space has been adequately ventilated and rested for dangerous fumes and has a supply of air adequate
for respiration; but no account shall be taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph of any
deposit or other material liable to give off dangerous fumes in insignificant quantities only.
3. Where any worker is employed in any confined space to which paragraph (1) of this Order applies, there
shall be provided and kept readily available:
a. not less than two sets of breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Article at the site of
operations; and
b. not less than two additional sets of such apparatus in nearby stores; and
c. a lamp or torch of a safety type approved for the purpose of this Article with each set of breathing
apparatus; and
d. not less than two belts and ropes suitable for the purpose of rescue. The apparatus belts, ropes, lamps and
torches shall be maintained and shall be thoroughly examined, at least once a month or at such other
intervals as may be prescribed by a competent person; and a report on every such examination, signed by the
person making the examination and containing the prescribed particulars, shall be kept available for
inspection.
4. A sufficient number of workers shall be trained and practiced in the use of the apparatus mentioned in the
preceding paragraph of this Article and in a method of restoring respiration.
Article 36
1. No cylinder which contains or has contained oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour under pressure,
shall be installed or placed within fifteen feet of any substantial source of heat (including any boiler or
furnace when alight) other than the burner or blow-pipe operated from the cylinder plant.
2. No such cylinder shall be taken below the weather deck in the case of vessel undergoing repair, or below
the topmost completed deck in the case of a vessel under construction, unless it is installed or placed is in a
part of the vessel which is adequately ventilated to prevent any dangerous concentration of gas or fumes.
3. It shall be the duty of the workers employed to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Article.
Article 37
1. Pipes or hoses for the supply of oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour to any apparatus for cutting,
welding or heating metal shall be of good construction and sound material and be properly maintained.
2. Such pipes for hoses shall be securely attached to the apparatus and other connections by means of
suitable clips or other equally effective appliances.
3. Efficient reducing and regulating valves for reducing the pressure of the gases shall be provided and
maintained in connection with all cylinders containing oxygen or any inflammable gas or vaporous under
pressure while the gases or vapour from such cylinders are being used in any process of cutting , welding or
heating metal.
4. Where acetylene gas is used of cutting, welding or heating metal:,
a. a properly constructed and efficient back-pressure valve and flame arrestor shall be provided and
maintained in the acetylene supply pipe between each burner or blow-pope and the acetylene generator,
cylinder or container from which it is supplied and shall be placed as near as practicable to the burner or
blow-pipe, except that these requirements shall not apply where an acetylene cylinder serves only one burner
or blow-pipe; and
b. any hydraulic valve provided in pursuance of the preceding sub- paragraph shall be inspected on each day
by every person who uses the burner or blow-pipe on that day and it shall be the duty of every person
employed who uses the burner or blow-pipe to inspect the hydraulic valve accordingly;
c. the operating valves of burners or blow-pipe to which oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour is
supplied for the purpose of cutting, welding or heating metal shall be so constructed, or the operating
mechanism shall be so protected, that the valves cannot be opened accidentally.
Article 38
1. In the case of apparatus on board a vessel and used for cutting, welding or heating metal with the aid of
oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour supplied under pressure, the precautions specified in the following
paragraphs of this Article shall be taken when such use ceases for the day or for a substantial period and the
apparatus is to be left on board, but need not be taken when such use id discontinued merely during short
interruptions of work. The requirements in paragraph (3) of this Article shall not apply during a meal
interval.
2. Supply valves of cylinders, generators and gas mains shall be securely closed.
3. Moveable pipes or hoses used for conveying oxygen or inflammable gas or vapour shall, in the case of a
vessel undergoing construction, be brought to the topmost completed deck or, in the case of a vessel
undergoing repair, to a weather deck or in either case of some other place of safety which is adequately
ventilated to prevent any dangerous concentration of gas or fumes. Provided that where, owing to the nature
of the work, it is impracticable to comply with the foregoing requirements of this paragraph, the pipes or
hoses shall be disconnected from cylinders, generators or gas mains, as the case may be.
Article 39
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 41 hereof, no naked flame, fire of lamp (other than a safety
lamp of a type approved for the purpose of this Order) shall be permitted:
1. a. to be in any oil-tank in which the oil last carried was oil having a flash point of less than seventy- three
degrees Fahrenheit (Abel closed test)or was liquid methane, liquid propane or liquid butane, unless a naked
flame certificate has previously been obtained on the same day and is in force in respect of that oil-tank and
of any oil-tank, compartment or space adjacent thereto;
b. to be applied to the outer surface of any oil-tank in which the oil last carried was such oil as the aforesaid,
unless a naked flame certificate has previously been obtained on the same day and is in force in respect of
that oil tank;
c. to be applied to the outer surface of, or to be in any compartment or space adjacent to an oil-tank in which
the oil last carried was such oil as aforesaid, unless a naked flame certificate has previously been obtained on
the same day and is in force in respect of that compartment or space; Provided that where in any such case
referred to in the previous paragraphs of this sup-paragraph a competent analyst has certified that daily
naked flame certificates are unnecessary or are necessary only to a specified extent, such a daily certificate
need not be optioned or as the case may be, need only be obtained to the specified extent;
d. to be applied to the outer surface of, or to be in, any oil tank unless, since oil was last carried in that oil-
tank, a naked flame certificate has been obtained and is in force in respect of that oil tank;
e. to be applied to the outer surface of, or to be in any compartment or space adjacent to an oil-tank on board
or in a vessel unless, since oil was last carried as cargo in that oil-tank, a naked flame certificate has been
obtained and is in force in respect of that compartment or space.
2. No person (whether or not a person employed) shall introduce, have or apply any naked flame, fire or
lamp other than a safety lamp of a type approved for the purpose of this Order into, in or to any place where
they are prohibited by this Article.
3. In this Article the expression ‘competent analyst’ means an analyst who is competent to give a naked
flame certificate.
Article 40
1. No person (other than an analyst entering with a view to issuing a certificate of entry) shall, unless he is
wearing a breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Order, enter or remain in an oil-tank
unless, since the oil-tank last contained oil, a certificate of entry has been obtained in respect of the tank.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph (1) of this Article, no person (other than an analyst entering as aforesaid)
shall be allowed or required to enter or remain in an oil-tank in which the oil last carried was oil having a
flash point of less than seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit (Abel closed test) unless since the oil-tank last
contained oil, an analyst has certified that the atmosphere is sufficiently free from inflammable mixture.
3. It shall be the duty of the workers employed to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Article.
4. The provisions of this Article are without prejudice to he requirements of Articles 33 and 34 of this Order.
Article 41
Any naked flame certificate or certificates of entry may be issued subject to a condition that it shall not
remain in force after a time specified in the certificate.
Article 42
Every employer or shipowner for whom a naked flame certificate or certificate of entry is obtained shall
ensure that the certificate or a duplicate thereof is posted as soon as may be and remains posted in a position
where it may be conveniently read by all persons concerned.
During the course of work in any oil-tank or in any compartment or space adjacent thereto if any pipe or tank
joint is opened broken or any other event occurs so that there is a risk of oil vapour entering or arising in the
oil-tank or in any compartment or space adjacent thereto, shall be suspended and thereafter any certificate of
entry previously issued in respect of the oil-tank and any naked light certificate previously issued in respect
of the oil-tank or any compartment or space adjacent thereto shall be no longer in force an must be
withdrawn.
Article 43
1. Subject to the provision of Article 42 hereof, before a test for inflammable vapour is carried out with a
view to the issue of a naked flame certificate for the oil tank, that oil tank shall be cleaned and ventilated in
accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. The said cleaning and ventilation shall be carried out by the following methods:
a. the oil-tank shall be treated in such manner and for such period as will ensure the vaporization of all
volatile oil;
b. all residual oil and any sludge or other deposit in the oil-tank shall be removed therefrom;
c. after the oil-tank has been cleaned :-
i. all covers of manholes and other openings therein shall be removed and it shall be thoroughly ventilated by
mechanical or other efficient means with a view to the removal of all oil vapour; and then
ii. the interior surfaces, if any deposit remains thereon, shall be washed or scraped down.
Article 44
1. No work shall be permitted in any boiler, boiler-furnace or boiler-flue until it has been sufficiently cooled
to make work safe for the persons employed.
2. Before any person employed enters any steam boiler which one of a range of two or more steam boilers
a. al inlets through which steam or hot water might otherwise enter the boiler from any other part of the
ranges shall be disconnected from the part, or
b. all valves or taps controlling such, entry shall be closed and securely locked.
3. While persons employed remain in any steam boiler too” which this Article applies all such inlets as are
referred to in that paragraph shall remain disconnected or all such valves or taps as are therein referred to
shall remain closed and securely locked.
4. No person employed shall be allowed or required to enter or remain in, and no person shall enter or
remain in any steam boiler to which paragraph (2) of this Article applies unless that provisions of that
paragraph are being complied with.
Article 45
Adequate protection for the hands shall be available for all persons employed when using cutting or welding
apparatus to which oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour is supplied under pressure when engaged in
transporting or stacking plates etc.
Article 46
Lead paint shall not be applied in the form of a spray in he interior painting of any part of a ship, vessel,
building or structure.
Article 47
No cartridge operated tool shall be used unless it is so designed as to ensure that:
a. no accidental firing can take place as a result of dropping the tool and the tool can only be fire when it is
pressed hard against the working surface;
b. it is fitted with a splinter guard;
c. it is being operated by a person fully trained in its use and in the procedures to be followed in the case of a
misfire;
d. the area of operation is fenced off to prevent persons entering unseen by the tool operator.
Article 48
Any temporary structure including from work erected for the purpose of operations or works to which this
Order applies not being a scaffold shall (having regard to the purpose for which it is used) be of good
construction and adequate strength and stability, and shall be of sound material free from patent defect and
properly maintained.
Article 49
18. All practicable steps shall be taken by the use of temporary guys, stays, supports and fixings or otherwise
where necessary to prevent danger to any person through the collapse of any part of a building during any
temporary state of weakness or instability of the building or structure or part thereof before the building or
structure is completed.
19. Where any work is carried on which is likely to reduce so as to endanger any person the security or
stability of any part of an existing building or structure, or of a building or structure in course of constriction,
all practicable steps shall be taken by shoring or otherwise to prevent danger to any person from the collapse
of the building or structure or the fall of any part thereof.
Article 50
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may, by virtue of an Order made by him, exempt any particular
plants, equipment or process, from all or any of the terms and conditions stipulated herein, if he is satisfied
that the requirements in respect of which the exemption is given are not necessary for the protection of
persons involved.
Article 51
Article 12 of the Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No. 29/1976 referred to above shall be
revoked.
Article 52
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be effective after the lapse of three months
from the date of its publication.
Minister for Labour and Social Affairs

Isa Bin Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
ORDER NO. 12/2005
WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTION OF WORKERS DURING WORK FROM THE HAZARDS OF

FIRE IN ESTABLISHMENTS
Having reviewed the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976,
as amended,
And the Law on Constructional Organisation of Buildings promulgated by Legislative Decree No.13 of 1977
, as amended,
And Legislative Decree No.5 of 1990 with respect to Civil Defence,
And Decree No.2 of 1994 with respect to the Accession of the State of Bahrain to the Arab Convention No.7
of 1977 and the Arab Recommendation No.1 of 1977 with respect to Occupational Safety and Health,
And Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No.21 of 1977 with respect to the Regulation of
Services and Precautionary Measures for the Protection of Workers during Work from the Hazards of Fire,
And Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No.14 of 1998 with respect to the Formation and
Powers of the Supreme Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, as amended,
And the Bahraini Standard Specification issued by the Ministry of Commerce under No.208/1994 with
respect to Industrial Safety and Health Conditions – Buildings – Part Two: Fire Prevention,
And Order of the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs No.6 of 2000 with respect to organising
Occupational Safety within the Establishment,
And Order of the Minister for the Interior No.167 of 2002 with respect to approving the List for the
Prevention and Protection from Fire within the Establishments, as Bahraini requirements,
And upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour:
Hereby Orders the Following:
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall applicable to all establishments subject to the provisions of the Labour
Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976.
Article 2
In the application of the provisions of this Order, the following expressions shall have the meanings assigned
against each unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Maintained”: means kept in a good working condition and intended for use whenever required.
2. “Qualified Person” means any person who is suitably trained and has sufficient experience in his work.
3. “Competent Authority” means the Civil Defence General Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior.
4. “Work Site” means the place intended by the employer for the worker to perform his duties therein.
Work sites shall also include the following:
- Any place in the establishment where workers may be present.
- Any room, corridor, hall, chamber, staircase, road or any other place inside the establishment used by
the workers to enter or to exit the work site.
5. Responsible Manager: means an employer who personally undertakes the management of his
establishment, his representative or anyone who exercises the Manager’s actual powers or the Manager in
charge of running the business related to the branch.
6. Fire-fighting methods including:
- Manual Fire-fighting Equipment: They include manual equipment used for fire-fighting in its early
stages by ordinary persons present at the building.
- Fixed Fire-fighting Equipment and Facilities: A fixed network of extensions that includes what is used
for fire-fighting in its early stages by ordinary persons who are present at the work site and what is used by
trainees who receive training upon its use.
- Fixed Automatic Fire-fighting Equipment and Facilities: A fixed network of extensions with outlets
distributed in the areas required to be protected and fed by continuous sources of the appropriate firefighting
materials and is automatically operated.
7. Fire Alarm Systems:
- Manual Alarm System: a manually operated equipment by switches (call points) distributed in certain
areas and is operated by electrical power.
- Automatic Alarm System: an equipment operated by electrical power to detect the fire hazard.
Article 2
All commercial establishments and buildings, which are constructed after the effective date of this Order,
as well as all extensions and alterations to existing establishments shall be designed according to the
following:
1. Security and safety requirements set forth in the Constructional Organisation of Buildings.
2. The Bahraini Standard Specification issued by the Ministry of Commerce under No.208/1994 with
respect to Industrial Safety and Health Conditions – Buildings – Part Two: Fire Prevention.
3. Regulation concerning the requirements of prevention and protection against fire in establishments.
4. They shall comprise the facilities ensuring the prevention of the building’s collapse, eruption or spread of
fire or smoke from one part of the building to other parts.
It shall be prohibited to commence any new construction works or to make any extensions or modifications
to an existing establishment except upon reviewing the designs and approving them by a competent
authority.
Article 4
The Responsible Manager shall take the necessary precautions for protection of his workers or those who are
present at his work site from the hazards of fire. He shall provide them with services for their protection
against its hazards as well as the means of rescue and fire-fighting in the manner outlined in this Order.
It shall be prohibited for an employer to encumber workers or to deduct from their wages any amount in
consideration of providing such protection.
Article 5
The Responsible Manager shall carry out an evaluation of the hazards of fire at the work sites in the
establishment and shall take all the necessary measures and precautions to reduce the hazards of fire to the
minimum level.
Article 6
A worker shall be prohibited from doing any act or omission with the intent of preventing instructions,
abusing or causing damages to the facilities maintained for the protection of the health and safety of workers
in the establishment. A worker shall use the means of protection and shall look after the facilities kept in his
custody with due care and shall implement the instructions laid down for preservation of his health and
protection from the hazards of fire and shall not do any act that is likely to cause fire.
Article 7
Adequate and suitable fire-fighting facilities shall be provided and maintained at all work sites, provided that
they shall comply with the following:
1. They shall be fit for use on a continuous basis.
2. Their numbers and quality shall be suitable to the size and nature of the establishment’s operations.
3. Fire-fighting facilities shall be kept at conspicuous places that are easily accessible.
Article 8
A qualified person shall undertake the inspection of fire-fighting facilities at least once in every year and
after use on a regular basis, provided that the date of inspection, date of subsequent maintenance and name
of the person who has carried out the inspection shall be marked thereon.
Article 9
A periodical inspection shall be conducted upon fire-fighting equipment and facilities by an organization
recognized by the competent authority.
Article 10
All the facilities shall be provided with sufficient and suitable alarm systems in the case of fire that shall be
audible simultaneously in all parts of the establishment. The fitness of such devices for operation shall be
examined by a qualified person at least once every quarter and the inspection results shall be recorded in a
special register to be maintained in the establishment.
Article 11
The Responsible Manager shall train a sufficient number of workers on the use of fire-fighting facilities to
ensure taking the appropriate action in case of fire, provided that the training shall be undertaken by the
competent authority or by an organization approved by the latter.
Article 12
All establishments and work sites shall have sufficient and suitable means of escape in case of fire subject to
the following conditions:
1. Emergency exits shall be as follows:
a) Their number, capacity and dimensions shall be proportionate to the number of workers and nature of
operations, provided that the workers with special needs shall be taken into account.
b) They shall lead to safe areas and as quickly as possible.
c) They shall open outwards when individuals rush or when they exit.
d) They shall not be locked and can be easily opened from the inside whenever required.
e) The doors shall not be opened by a sliding or a revolving method.
f) They shall be lit and easily identifiable by clearly displaying on them the words “Emergency Exit” and
shall be placed at an appropriate height while providing emergency lighting for the exists in case of a power
cut.
2. All the passages leading to the fire exits shall be fire resistant, shall be clear of obstructions and shall
include emergency lighting so that the exit route can be adequately lit.
3. A signboard shall be displayed in a prominent place showing the instructions that must be followed
in case of a fire in the establishment. The signboard shall be in Arabic and English or any other language
understood by the worker whenever required.
4. There shall be safe assembly points for the workers in case of fire to be designated “Fire Assembly
Point”, and all the workers shall be made aware of its location.
Article 13
For protection against fire, the following requirements shall be fulfilled:
1. Making sure that there are no sparks, flames, any heat sources or any other source of fire especially
welding or tinning operations or any other operation in which high temperature is used in the places where
inflammable liquids or gases or other inflammable materials are available.
2. Use of safe vessels or tanks for handling and storage of inflammable liquids in special stores and in the
quantities to be determined by the competent authority.
3. No smoking shall be allowed at the work places which contain inflammable materials and instructions to
this effect shall be displayed at such places and penalties shall be inflicted upon anyone who violates them.
Article 14
An evacuation plan shall be prepared in cases of emergency and the workers shall be trained on the manner
of reporting fire when it is discovered and also the manner of using the alarm systems in the establishment.
An evacuation trial shall be conducted at least once in every year.
Other measures shall be taken ensuring that all the establishment’s workers have become well aware of the
means of escape, methods of using them and the steps to be followed in case of fire including training on the
use of fire-fighting equipment.
Article 15
It shall be strictly prohibited to use any work site except upon obtaining a fire safety certificate from the
competent authority.
The provision of this Article shall not be applicable to buildings under construction or on engineering works.
Article 16
The Minister of Labour may, by an order to be issued by him, exempt from the obligation in respect of all or
some of the requirements set forth in this Order any establishment or part of establishment if the safety of
workers in the establishment is not threatened.
Article 17
Ministerial Order No.(21) of the Year 1977 with respect to the Regulation of Services and Precautionary
Measures for the Protection of Workers during Work from the Hazards of Fire shall be revoked.
Article 18
All establishments or commercial buildings existing on the date of putting this Order into effect shall modify
their conditions in compliance with its provisions within three months from the effective date thereof.
Article 19
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour shall implement this Order which shall come into effect on the
day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed: Dr. Majeed bin Mohsin Al Alawi
Minister of Labour
Issued on 11th Jumada Al Awwal, 1426 Hijra
Corresponding to 18th July 2005 A.D.
ORDER NO. 13/1977
THE ORGANISATION OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION

OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF GRINDING WHEEL OPERATIONS

in pursuance of the first paragraph of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by
Amiri Decree Law No. 23/1976 and Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
with respect to organising the Industrial Safety Bodies in establishments and determining and organising the
services and precautions measures vital for protecting of workers from the hazards of work and machines;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to any grinding wheel used in any grinding or cutting operation,
carried out tat any place which is subject to the provisions of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976.
Article 2
The following expressions shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them, respectively:
‘abrasive wheel’ means
a. a wheel, cylinder, disc or cone which, whether or not any other material is comprised therein, consists of
abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds whether natural or artificial.
b. a mounted wheel or point and a wheel or disc having in either case separate segments of abrasive materiel.
c. a wheel or disc made in either case of metal, weed, cloth, felt, rubber or paper and having any surface
consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material.
d. a wheel, disc or saw to any surface of which is attached a rim or segments consisting in either case of
diamond abrasive particles. and which is, or is intended, to be power driven and which is for use in any
grinding or cutting operation; ‘approved’ means approved for the time being for the purposes of this Order
by certificates of the Director of Labour; ‹mounted wheel or point› means a wheel or point consisting in
either case of abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds whether natural or
artificial and securely and permanently mounted on the end of a mandrel or quill. ‘Overhead’ means in
relation to a mounted wheel or point that part of the mandrel or quill which is exposed between the collet in
which the mandrel or quill is held and the part of the abrasive material nearest to the said collet.
Article 3
Subsequent to the application of this Order:
1. No abrasive wheel having a diameter of more than 55 millimeters shall be taken into use unless the
abrasive wheel or its washer is clearly marked with the maximum permissible speed in revolutions per
minute specified by the manufacturer for that abrasive wheel.
2. No. abrasive wheel having a diameter of 55 millimeters of less shall be taken into use unless there is kept
permanently fixed in the room in which grinding is ordinarily carried out with that abrasive wheel a notice
clearly stating the maximum permissible speed in revolutions per minute specified by the manufacturer for
that abrasive wheel or for abrasive wheels of the class to which that abrasive wheel belongs and, in the case
of mounted wheels and points, the overhang permissible at that speed. Provided that when girding with such
an abrasive wheel is not ordinarily carried out in any one room the said notice shall be kept posted at a place
and in a position where it may be read by persons employed in grinding with that abrasive wheel.
3. No abrasive wheel shall be operated at a speed in excess of the maximum permissible speed in revolutions
per minute specified in accordance with the foregoing provisions for that abrasive wheel. Provided that
where the diameter of an abrasive wheel has been reduced its said maximum permissible speed may be
increased to that speed which bears the same proportion to the said maximum permissible speed as the
original diameter of the abrasive wheel bears to its reduced diameter.
Article 4
1. There shall be securely affixed to every power driving any spindle on which an abrasive wheel is, or is
intended to be mounted a notice specifying -
a. in case of each spindle (other than a spindle to which sub- paragraph (b) or (c) of this paragraph applies)
its maximum working speed;
b. in the case of any such spindle for which there are provided arrangements for operating the spindle for
which there are provided arrangement for operating the spindle at more than one specific working speed,
each such speed; and
c. in the case of any such spindle for which there are provided arrangements for operating the spindle at an
infinite number of working speeds within a specified range, the maximum and minimum working speeds of
the spindle.
2. No such spindle shall while an abrasive wheel is mounted on it be operated at a speed in excess of the
maximum working speed specified in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order for that
spindle.
3. The employer shall, when so required by an inspector, provide him with all such facilities and information
as are necessary to enable him to determine the working speed of any spindle, shaft, pulley, or other
appliance, which is used to operate an abrasive wheel.
4. The speed of every air driven spindle on which an abrasive wheel is mounted shall be controlled by a
governor or other device so that the speed of the spindle does not at any time exceed the maximum working
speed specified for that spindle in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article.
5. Every governor and other device used for controlling the speed of an air driven spindle on which an
abrasive wheel is mounted shall be properly maintained.
Article 5
Every abrasive wheel shall be properly counted.
Article 6
1. Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this Article, no person shall mount any abrasive wheel unless he -
a. has been trained in accordance with the Schedule to this Order,
b. is competent to carry out that duty, and
c. has been appointed by the employer to carry out that duty and every such appointment shall be made by a
signed and dated entry in, or signed and dated certificate attached to, a register kept for the purpose of this
Order.
2. Every person appointed under paragraph (1) (c) of this Article shall be furnished by the employer with a
copy of the entry of certificate of his appointment and of any entry revoking the same.
3. Any appointment made under paragraph (1) (c) of this Article may be revoked by the employer at any
time by signed and dated entry in the said register.
4. Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to a person who is undergoing training in the work of
mounting abrasive wheels and working under the immediate supervision of a competent person appointed
under the said paragraph (1).
Article 7
5. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Article, a guard shall be provided and kept imposition at every
abrasive wheel in motion.
6. Paragraph (1) of this Order shall not apply to an abrasive wheel where by reason of the work being done
thereat, or of the work which is ordinarily done thereat, or in case of a new wheel, is intended ordinarily to
be done (threat) or the nature of the wheel, the use of a guard is impracticable.
Article 8
Every guard provided in pursuance of this Order shall -
a. so far as is reasonable practicable, be of such a design and so constructed as to contain every part of the
abrasive wheel in the event of any fracture of the abrasive wheel or of any part thereof occurring while the
abrasive wheel is in motion;
b. be properly maintained and so secured as to prevent its displacement in the event of any such fracture as
aforesaid; and
c. enclose the whole of the abrasive wheel except such part thereof as is necessarily exposed for the purpose
of any work being done at that abrasive wheel
Article 9
10. Where the work which is ordinarily done at any abrasive wheel requires that the exposed are of the wheel
shall exceed 180 degrees measured at the centre of the wheel then, where practicable, the wheel used shall be
tapered from its centre towards its periphery by at least 6 percent on each side and shall be mounted between
suitable protection flanges.
11. Protection with this Article shall be of substantial construction and properly maintained flanges between
which any abrasive wheel is mounted in accordance and shall have the same degree of taper as the wheel and
shall -
a. in the case of a wheel of 300 millimeters or less in diameter, be of a diameter equal to at least half he
diameter of the wheel;
b. in the case of a wheel of more than 300 millimeters but not exceeding 750 millimeters in diameter, be of a
diameter equal to at least the diameter of the wheel less 150 millimeters; and
c. in the case of wheel of more than 750 millimeter in diameter, be of a diameter equal to at least the
diameter of the wheel less 300 the millimeters.
Article 10
All practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that any abrasive wheel used is suitable for the work for which
it is used to the extent necessary to reduce the risk of injury to persons employed.
Article 11
No abrasive wheel shall be used in a machine unless the said machine is provided with an efficient device or
efficient devices for starting and cutting off the power to the machine and the control or controls or device or
devices shall be in such a position and of such design and construction as to be readily and conveniently
operated by the person operating the machine.
Article 12
Where at any abrasive wheel there is a rest for supporting a work- piece that rest shall at all times while the
wheel is in motion be -
a. properly secured,
b. adjusted so as to be as close as practicable to the exposed part of the abrasive wheel,
c. every such rest as aforesaid shall be of substantial construction and properly maintained.
Article 13
The cautionary signs as to the danger arising from he use of abrasive wheels and the precautions to be
observes shall be affixed in every room in which grinding or cutting by means of abrasive wheels is
ordinarily carried out, or, where such grinding or cutting is not ordinarily carried out in a room, at a place
and in such a position where it may be easily seen by persons employed in grinding or cutting.
Article 14
15. The floor immediately surrounding every machine on which an abrasive wheel is, or is intended to be
mounted shall be maintained in good and even condition and shall, so far as practicable, be kept clear of
loose material and prevented from becoming slippery.
16. All reasonably practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that he floor of any room or place in which any
portable machine on which an abrasive wheel is mounted and used is in good and even conditions is kept
clear of loose material and is prevented from becoming slippery.
Article 15
17. No employed person using an abrasive wheel shall wilfully misuse or remove any guard, or wilfully
misuse any protection flanges or other appliance or any rest for a work- piece provided in pursuance of this
Order.
18. Every employed person shall make full and proper use of guards, protection flanges and of rests for
work-piece and if he discovers any defect in the same shall forthwith report such defect to the employer,
manager or other appropriate person.
Article 16
All practical steps shall be taken to ensure that storage, handling or transport of grinding wheels is carried
out in such a manner as to prevent their being damaged, taking into consideration the atmosphere to which
these machines may be exposed.
Article 17
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, may, be virtue of an Order to be made by him, exempt from all
or any of the requirements of this Order
- any particular grinding machine or type of grinding machines;
- any machine or part there of or a kind of machine or parts thereof;
- any operation or a series of operations or any particular kind or type of operation or a series of operations;
if he is satisfied that the requirements in respect of which the exemption is granted are not necessary for the
protection of workers.
Article 18
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into operation after the lapse of three
months form the date of its publication.
Isa Bin Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al Kahlifa
SCHEDULE
PARTICULARS OF TRAINING REQUIRED BY
PARAGRAPH (1) OF ARTICLE 6
The training shall include suitable and sufficient instruction in the following matters in relation to each class
or description of abrasive wheel in respect of which it is proposed to appoint the person being trained, that is
to say
1. Approved advisory literature relating to the mounting of abrasive wheels.
2. Hazards arising from the use of abrasive wheels and precautions which should be observed.
3. Methods of marking abrasive wheels as to type and speed.
4. Methods of storing, handling and transporting abrasive wheels.
5. Methods of inspecting and testing abrasive wheels to check for damage.
6. The functions of all components used with abrasive wheels, including flanges, washers, bushes and nuts
used in mounting and including knowledge of the j correct and incorrect methods of assembling all
components and correct balancing of abrasive wheels.
7. The proper method of dressing an abrasive wheel.
8. The adjustment of the rest of an abrasive wheel.
9. The requirements of this Order.
ORDER NO. 14/1977
THE ORGANISATION OF SERVICES AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES NECESSARY FOR THE

PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF WORK ON LIFTING EQUIPMENT
;The Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
in pursuance of paragraph one of Article 92 of the Labour of the Private Sector promulgated by Amiri
Decree Law No. 23/1976 and of Order No. 29/1976 with respect to organisating Industrial Safety Bodies in
establishments and determining and regulating the services and precautions required for the protection of
;workers form industrial hazards
ORDERS
Article 1
This Order shall apply to all lifting equipment and to all flitting operations where persons are employed
.either to operate or work with such equipment
Article 2
.Approved’ - means approved for the time being by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs‘
Hoist’ - means a lifting machine with a carriage platform or cage the movement of which is restricted by a‘
.guide or guides
Lifting equipment’- means a crank, winch or pulley block used for raising or lowering and a hoist, crane,‘
sheer legs, excavator, drag line, piling frame, aerial cable way or over-head runway, together with all the
.lifting gear necessary for the operations
Lifting gear’ - means a chain sling, rope sling or similar gear and a ring, link, hook, plat clamp, shackle,‘
.swivel or eye bolt
Scaffold, Competent Person and Tying in’ - shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Order‘
dealing with Safety of Working places and General Safety and Health of Premises concerned with
.Construction, Civil Engineering and Shipbuilding
Article 3
Any employer or the person acting in his place shall acquaint the worker before being employed of the
hazards of working on lifting equipment and the precautions to be taken for protection against such hazards.
He shall also take the necessary precautions for protecting the workers form the dangers of working on
lifting equipment and shall provide them with the necessary services for such protection as well as the
.necessary means of rescue, as mentioned in this Order
The employer may not charge the workers or deduct any amounts from their wages in consideration of
.providing such protection
Article 4
The worker shall not commit any action or negligence intended to hold up or misuse instructions or cause
harm to the means provided for the protection and safety of the workers employed. He shall execute the
instructions laid down for his safety and protection form the hazards of working on lifting equipment
Article 5
- Every piece of lifting equipment including all fixing or anchoring arrangements or other supports
a. shall be of good design and construction, sound material, adequate strength suitable quality and free from
,patent defect
,b. shall be properly maintained in accordance with established practices
.c. in the case of lifting machinery shall be inspected at least once a week by a competent person
Article 6
On every stage, gantry of other place where a lifting machine having a travelling or slewing motion is in use;
an unobstructed passageway not less than 70 cm. (2 feet) wide shall be maintained between any moving part
of the machine and any fixed object or fixtures or where this is impracticable, access to the danger area shall
.be prevented by all practicable means
Article 7
Any platform provided for a crane drive or signaller shall be treated as a scaffold and shall comply with all
requirements for scaffolds as laid down in the Order dealing with Safety of Working Places and General
.Safety and Health of Premises concerned with Construction, Civil Engineering Shipbuilding
Article 8
Every driver of power driven lifting equipment shall be provided with a suitable cabin to afford adequate
.protection form the weather
Article 9
Every drum or pulley around which the chain or wire rope of any lifting equipment is carried shall be of
suitable diameter and construction for the chain or rope used. Every chain or rope which terminates at a
winding drum of lifting equipment shall be properly secured there to and to least two turns of such chain or
.rope shall remain of the drum in every operating position
Article 10
Every crane, crab or winch shall be provided with an efficient brake or brakes or other safety device which
will prevent the fall of the load when suspended and by which the load can be effectively controlled whilst
.being lowered
Article 11
No pulley block or gin wheel suspended from or supported by a pole or beam shall be used for lifting or
lowering materials unless it is effectively secured to the pole or beam which shall themselves be properly
secured
Article 12
Where any crane or other lifting equipment is used on a soft or uneven surface or on a slope,appropriate
- precautions shall be taken to ensure stability. These include
,a. adequate and suitable ballasting
,b. use of outriggers
,c. anchoring and tying-in where necessary
.d. on soft surfaces use of wooden boards to prevent sinking
Article 13
- All rails and any track on which a crane moves shall .1
,a. be supported on a surface sufficiently firm to prevent undue movement of rails track
,b. have an even running surface, be sufficiently and adequately supported and be of adequate section
,c. in the case of rails be jointed by fish plates or double chairs
,d. be securely fastened to sleepers or bearers
e. be laid in straight lines or in curves of such radii that the crane can be moved freely and without
,danger of derailment
.f. be provided with adequate stops or buffers on each rail at each end of the track
.All rails, tracks and equipment referred to above shall be properly maintained
No person shall be employed or work on or near the wheel track of an overhead travelling crane in any .2
place where he would be liable to be struck by the crane unless there is in operation a permit-to- work
scheme and the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure that the crane cannot approach within
.twenty feet of such person
Article 14
a. Except where the hoisting drum and derricking drum are separately driven, or the mechanism driving the
derrickign drum is self locking, every crane having a clutch operated derricking boom shall be provided with
an effective interlocking arrangement. The inter-lock shall be such that the clutch can only be disengaged
.form the derricking drum when that drum is firmly held in a stationary position
b. No crane having a derricking boom shall be used in a way contrary to the conditions of the certificate of
.test and examination required under Article 17 of this Order
Article 15
.No crane shall be erected except under the supervision of a competent person
Article 16
a. No lifting or signalling equipment shall be operated other wise than by a person trained and competent to
operate such equipment and in the case of a crane, he shall be in possession of a certificate to that effect,
.except during training under the direct supervision of a competent person
b. If the person operating lifting equipment has not a clear view of the load, or where there is no load at the
point of attachment for a load, there shall be appointed and suitably stationed one or more competent persons
.as may be required to give the necessary signals to the operator
Article 17
No lifting equipment shall initially be taken into use or be used unless it has been tested and thoroughly .1
examined by a competent person. Such test and thorough examination to be repeated after every substantial
alternation or repair affecting its strength or stability, and in any circumstances in the case of hoists, every
.six months, and in the case of cranes, crabs or winches every fourteen months
The reports of such test and thorough examination, as required by the Law, shall be signed by the person
making the report. In an case, where the test and thorough examination reveals defects which would make
the equipment unsafe in operation, a copy of the report shall be sent immediately to the responsible manager
.of the establishment for necessary action
No lifting gear shall be initially taken into use or be used unless it has been tested and thoroughly .2
.examined by a competent person within the previous six months
Article 18
No lifting equipment shall be used unless there is existence a test certificate indicating its safe working load,
and in he case of a crane of variable operating radius, indicating the safe working load at various radii of the
.boom, pulley or crane and the maximum radius at which any boom may be worked
Under no circumstances shall any lifting equipment be operated in a way which causes the safe working load
.so indicated to be exceeded
Article 20
:Precautions on raising or lowering of loads shall be as follows
Where there is a lifted load which is equal to or slightly less than the safe working load of the lifting .1
equipment, he load shall be halted after the load has been raised a short distance before the operation is
.proceeded with
When more than one crane, winch or other lifting equipment is used to raise or lower a load, the .2
equipment shall be so arranged and fixed that no such equipment shall at any time be loaded beyond its safe
.working load or be rendered unstable during the raising or the lowering of the load
.A competent person shall be appointed to supervise all such operations .3
The hoisting mechanism of a crane shall not be used for any purpose other than raising or lowering a .4
load vertically unless such use will not endanger the stability of the crane and is supervised by competent
.person
Article 20
Every hook used for raising or lowering or as a means of suspension shall be provided with an efficient
.device so as to prevent the displacement of the sling or load from the hook
Article 21
Every sling used for raising and lowering shall be securely attached to the hook of the equipment and the .1
.method of attachment shall be such as to ensure that no part of the sling is damaged thereby
No double or multi-rope sling shall be used for raising or lowering except under the supervision of a .2
.competent person
Suitable packing pieces shall be used to ensure that edge of the load shall not come into contact with the .3
.sling
Article 22
A load shall not be raised, lowered or suspended on a chain or wire rope which had a knot tied in any .1
.part of he chain or rope under direct tension
No chain which is shortened or jointed to an other chain by means of bolts and nuts inserted through .2
.the links shall be used for raising, lowering or suspending any load
Article 23
- No hoist shall be used unless
a. The hoistway is suitably enclosed to prevent access at all points where any person is liable to be struck
by any moving part of the hoist and to prevent the fall of objects form the platform to points outside the
.hoistway
b. The hoistway enclosure at points where access is required is provided with gates, such gates to be kept
closed except when the platform is at rest or if it is necessary for the gates to be open to allow passage of
.persons, goods or materials
c. It is provided with efficient automatic devices to prevent the hoist falling in the event of a failure of the
.hoist rope or ropes
d. It is provided with efficient automatic devices which will ensure that the platform or cage does not over-
.run the highest point to which it is for the time being constructed to travel
Article 24
.A hoist shall be so constructed and installed that it can be operated from one point only
Article 25
Where a hoist is operated by means of a winch, the winch shall be so constructed that the brake is applied
when the control lever, handle or switch is not held in he operating position, and the winch shall not be a
winch fitted with a pawl and ratchet gear on which the pawl has to be disengaged before the platform can be
.lowered
Article 26
:No person shall be raised, lowered or carried by a power driven lifting appliance except
.a. On the driver’s platform in the case of a crane
.b. On a hoist designed for the carriage of persons
.c. On an approved suspended scaffold
d. Where the use of (b) or (c) is not practicable, in a suitable chair or cage or in a skip which shall be at
least three feet deep, such chair, cage or skip shall comply with the requirements of the Order dealing with
Safety of Working Places and General Safety and Health of Premises concerned with Construction, Civil
Engineering and Shipbuilding and shall be provide with suitable means to prevent persons falling out and to
.prevent dangerous spinning or tipping
Article 27
- No person shall be carried by a hoist unless it is provided with a cage which
a. Is so constructed as to prevent, when the gates are shut, any person from falling out or striking against or
being struck by any fixed or moving part of the hoistway or the hoist or by articles falling down the hoistway
.
b. Is fitted on every side form which access is provided to a landing place with a gate which shall have
efficient inter-locking or other devices to ensure that the gate cannot be opened except when the cage is at a
.landing place and that the cage cannot be moved away form any landing place until the gates are shut
c. Is provided with efficient automatic device to ensure that the cage comes to rest above the lowest point to
.which the cage could otherwise travel
Article 28
The reports required under this Order shall be kept on site of the operations unless the period of work on the
.site is less than six weeks, in which case they may be kept at the Head Office of the employer
Article 29
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may issue an Order to exempt form all or any of he provisions of
this Order, any particular plant or equipment or any class or description of plant or equipment or any
particular work or description work or description of work, if he is satisfied that the requirements in respect
.of which the exemption is granted are not necessary for the protection of the workers
Article 30
Article 13 of the Minister for Labour and Social Affair’s Order No. 29/1976 referred to above shall be
.revoked
Article 31
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into operation after the lapse of three
.months from the date of its publication
ORDER NO. 15/1977

PROTECTION OF WORKERS DURING WORK FROM THE HAZRDS OF DANGEROUS
MACHINERY
The Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs;

in pursuance of the first paragraph of Article 92 of the Labour Law for of the Private Sector promulgated by
Amiri Decree Law No. 23/1976 and of Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social
Affairs with respect to Industrial Safety Bodies in establishments and determining and organizing the
services and precautions measures vital for the protection of workers during work and machines;
ORDERS
Article 1
This Order shall apply to all premises subject to the provisions of the Labour Law for the Private Sector,
1976
Article 2
The following words have the meaning hereby assigned to them respectively:
‘Prime Mover’ means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy received
from steam, water, electricity, the combustion of fuel or other source.
‘Transimission machinery’ means every shaft, wheel drum, pulley, system of pulleys, coupling, clutch,
driving belt or other device by which the motion of a prime mover is transmitted to any machine or
appliance.
Article 3
a. a. It shall the duty of every worker to use all guards provided from his safety, not to remove them form
machines except as necessary for cleaning purposes when the machine is at rest, and to replace them as soon
as possible thereafter, and in any case before any machine is restarted.
b. b. It shall be the duty of any person who designs, manufactures imports or supplies any machine for use at
work:
i. to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the machine is so designed and constructed as to be safe
and without risks when properly used.
ii. to make available in connection with the use of the machine adequate information about the use for which
it has been designed or tested and to give any instruction to ensure that it will be safe and without risk when
in use,
iii. To carry out such testing and examination as may be necessary to the performance of the duty laid on
him.
Article 4
a. Every fly wheel and every moving party of any prime mover, every part of transmission machinery and
every dangerous part of other machinery (whether or not driven by mechanical power) shall be securely
fenced unless it is in such a position as to be as safe to every worker as it would be if securely fenced.
b. Secure fencing shall wherever possible take the form of fixed guards securely bolted into position and so
positioned as to prevent any access to the dangerous parts; where this is not possible due to the nature of the
operations interlocking guards so designed as to ensure that the machine cannot be operated unless the guard
is in position shall be fitted.
c. Where physical barriers are impracticable as in the case of press brakes and guillotines light beams or any
other effective means may be used which when interrupted immediately stop the movement of the dangerous
part, provided the circuit is continuously monitored and is of the fail-safe type.
d. Where a machine is used in such in sued in such a way that the work piece or parts (there-of) are liable to
fly out and endanger any person, suitable precautions by way of secure fencing or otherwise shall be taken to
prevent such danger.
e. Where the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is satisfied that there is available and suitable for use in
connection with machinery of any class, any type or description of safety device which prevents the
exposure of the dangerous part of machinery while in motion or stops a machine forthwith in case of danger,
the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may make Orders directing that the type or description of device
shall be provided for use in connection with such class of machinery as may be specified in the Orders.
Article 5
The provisions of item(a) of the foregoing article shall not apply to operations being carried out by
machinery attendant, mechanic or other competent person authorised in writing by the employed being a
person aged over 18 years, where such operations can only be carried out whilst the machinery is in motion
and the guards removed provided that :
a. every person carrying out the operation is wearing a close fitting single piece overall suit in good repair
which is fastened by means of having no exposed loose ends and has no external pockets other than a hip
pocked,
b. unless another person instructed as to the steps necessary in case of emergency is immediately available
within sight of the person carrying out the operation,
c. unless such steps as are necessary are taken to prevent any person, other than the person carrying out the
operation, from coming into contact with the exposed dangerous parts of the machinery,
d. the operations are confined to such inspections, examinations and immediately necessary lubrication as
cannot be done when the dangerous parts of machinery are securely fenced or at rest.
Article 6
Subject to the provisions of the foregoing Article, all fencing or other safe guards provided in accordance
with Article 4 hereof shall be of substantial construction and constantly maintained in good and efficient
working order and kept in position while the parts required to be fenced or safe guarded are in motion or use.
Article 7
No person under 18 years of age shall work at any machine to which this Order applies unless he has been
fully instructed as to the dangers arising in connection with it and the precautions to be observed and he has
received sufficient training in work at the machine and is under the constant direct supervision of a person
who has a thorough knowledge of the machine.
Article 8
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, by an Order to be made by him, exempt from all or any of the
requirements of this Order, any machine or part thereof, or any operation or a series of operations of any
kind thereof, if he is satisfied that the requirements in respect of which the exemption is granted are not
necessary for the protection of the workers.
Article 9
Article Nos. 3, 5, 7 and 9 of Order No. 29/1976 made by he Minister for Labour and Social Affairs referred
to above shall be revoked.
Article 10
This order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into operation after the lapse of three
months from the date of its publication.
ORDER NO. 16/1988
WITH RESPECT TO AMENDING ARTICLE ONE OF MINISTERIAL ORDER NO.10 OF 1978

WITH RESPECT TO APPROVING SOME OF REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES ON THE
ESTABLISHMENTS,
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs,
after referring to the Labour Law for the Private Sector issued as per Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976, as
amended, and Ministerial Order No.14 of 1977 issued by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with
respect to the determination and organisation of services and precautions for protection of workers from the
hazards of work on lifting equipment, and Order No.32 of 1977 issued by the Minister for Labour and Social
Affairs with respect to the determination and organisation of pre-cautionary measures vital for the protection
of workers from the hazards of steam boilers, steam containers and air receivers, and Ministerial Order No.
10 of 1978 issued by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with respect to approving some of the
Reports and Certificates on the Results of Occupational Safety Inspection and Examinations in
Establishments, and upon submission of the Ministry’s Undersecretary
HEREBY ORDERS THE FOLLOWING:
Article 1
For the provisions of Article 1 of Ministerial Order No.10 of 1978, there shall be substituted the following:
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall approve the reports and certificates of inspections and
examinations which are conducted by INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFICATION
SOCIETIES on lifting equipment and high pressure containers, in pursuance of Article 18 of the Ministerial
Order No. 14 of 1977, and Article 4 of the Ministerial Order No.32 of 1977 herein abovementioned”.
Article 2
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall implement this Order which shall
come into force from the date of its issue and be published in the Official Gazette.
Signed: Khalifa Bin Salman Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Dated: 9 November 1988
ORDER NO. 24/2007
WITH RESPECT TO BANNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION

SECTOR DURING SUMMER UNDER THE SUN
AND IN OPEN AREAS BETWEEN
12:00 NOON AND 04:00 P.M.

Having reviewed Article (92) of the Labour Law for the Private Sector promulgated by Legislative Decree
No.(23) of 1976, as amended,
And Ministerial Order No.(3) of 1978 with respect to Regulating Methods of Prevention from Occupational
Diseases and Health Precautions required to Protect Workers at work,
And upon approval of the Council of Ministers at its meeting held on 24.06.2007,
HEREBY ORDERS:
Article 1
Workers employed in the construction sector whose nature of work requires them to be under the sun and in
open areas shall be prohibited from working during the period from 12:00 noon and 04:00 p.m. during the
months of July and August of every year.
Article 2
An employer, subject to the provisions of this Order, shall draw up a timetable to determine the daily
working hours in accordance with the provisions of this Order, to be displayed in a prominent place in a
language which the worker understands in addition to Arabic to enable all the workers to read and labour
inspectors to notice during their inspection visits to the establishment.
Article 3
Any person who violates the provisions of this Order shall be liable for the penalties provided for in Article
165 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector.
Article 4
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour shall implement this
Order which shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Signed:
Dr. Majeed bin Mohsin Al Alawi, Minister of Labour.
Issued on: 24th Jumada Al Akher,
1428 Hijra, Corresponding to: 9th July, 2007AD.
ORDER NO. 25/1977
THE ORGANISATOIN OF SERVICES AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASUES NECESSARY FOR THE

PROTECTION OF WORKERS IN WORKPLACES

in pursuance of the first paragraph of article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by
with respect to the organisation of industrial Safety Bodies in establishments and determining and organising
the services and precautionary measures vital to protecting workers during work form the hazards of work
and machinery;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to all premises to which the above mentioned Labour Law the
Private Sector 1976 applies, except those establishments subject to the provisions of Order No. 12/1997
made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with respect to the determination and organisation of
precautionary measures vitals to the protection of workers engaged in construction, civil engineering and
shipbuilding.
Article 2
The following expression shall have the meaning assigned hereby to it newline ‘maintained in a safe
condition’ means kept safe at all times and includes proper construction and maintenance of the structure,
floor, etc,. and prohibits any temporary lack of safety.
Article 3
Each employer or the person acting in his place shall acquaint the worker before being employed of the
hazards of work and means of protection against such hazards. He shall also take the necessary precautions
for protecting the workers from the hazards of work and machinery and shall provide them with he necessary
services for such protection.
The employer may not charge the workers or deduct any amounts from their wages in consideration of
providing such facilities.
Article 4
The worker shall not embark upon any action or cause any failure which aims at hampering the execution of
instructions or the misuse, or causing damage to the means provided for the protection and safety of the
workers employed with him. He shall abide by the instructions laid down for his safety and safety and
protection from the hazards of work.
Article 5
a. All floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of sound construction and shall, so far as is
reasonably practicable, be kept free from any obstruction and from any substance likely to cause persons to
slip and shall be properly maintained in a safe condition.
b. For every staircase in a building or affording a means of exit from a building, a substantial hand-rail shall
be provided and maintained which, if the staircase has an open side, shall be on that side, and in the case of a
staircase having two open sides or of a staircase which, owing to the nature of its construction or the
condition of the surface of the steps or other special circumstances, is specially liable to cause accidents,
such a hand-rail shall be provided and maintained on both sides.
c. Any open side a staircase shall also be guarded by the provision and maintenance of a lower rail or other
effective means.
d. All openings in floors and walls, including opening through or from which a person is liable to fall a
distance of more than 2 metres shall be securely fenced, except in so far as the nature of the work renders
such a fencing impracticable.
e. All ladders shall be soundly constructed and properly maintained.
Article 6
a. There shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided in a safe condition, means of access to every
place at which any person has at any time to work, and every such place shall, so far as is reasonably
practicable, be made and kept safe for any person working there.
b. Where any person has to work at a place from which he will be liable to fall a distance more than 2
metres, then, unless the place is one which affords secure foot-hold, where necessary secure hand-hold,
means shall be provided, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, for ensuring his safety.
c. No machine with a travelling or swivelling carriage shall be so placed that a person would be liable to be
trapped between that carriage and any fixed object or part of the building - unless access to the trapping point
is prevented by secure fencing.
Article 7
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may exempt from he requirements of this Order premises, or part
of any premises, and any process, machinery or plant if he is satisfied that the requirements are unnecessary
or inappropriate.
Article 8
Article 1 of the above mentioned Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
shall be revoked.
Article 9
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be effective after 3 months from the date of its
publication.

Dated: 6th November, 1977
ORDER NO. 26/1977

PROTECTION OF THE EYES OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF WORK AND OF
MACHINES

in pursuance of the first paragraph of Article 92 of Labour Law for the Private Sector., promulgated by
with respect to the organisation of Industrial Safety Bodies in establishments and determining and organizing
the services and precautionary measures vital to protecting workers during work from the hazards of work
and machines;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to all the industrial premises to which the above-mentioned Labour
Law for the Private Sector 1976 applies.
Article 2
In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to
say :
Àpproved’ means approved for the time being for the purposes of this Order by the Minister for Labour and
Social Affairs.
Èye Protectors’ means any of the following (being equipment made to be worn by a person), that is to say,
goggles, visors, spectacles, and face screens.
`Foundry’ means any premises or part of the premises in which is carried on any operation or process
involving smelting and casting of metals of any kind and by any means.
`Person occasionally employed’ means, in relation to any week, a person who in that week is to be employed
in either or both of the following that is to say
a. in any one or more of the specified processes;
b. in a place where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to his eyes from the carrying on of the
process specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 of this Order.
on not more than two days and for a total of not more than fifteen minutes on any one day;
`Possession’ does not include ownership.
`Shield’ means a helmet or hand shield, being equipment made to be worn or held by a person.
`Specified process’ means any process specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Article 3
1. The employer of every person who is employed in any premises for any of his time shall provide for his
use :
a. in the case of a person employed in a process specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order, eye
protectors;
b. in the case of a person employed in a process specified in Part II of the said Schedule, a shield or a
sufficient number of fixed shields, and
c. in the case of a person employed in a process specified in Part Ill or Part IV of the said Schedule, eye
protectors or a shield or a sufficient number of fixed shields.
2. In addition, the employer shall, where necessary and so far as reasonably practicable, provide fixed shields
between adjacent positions in each of which persons employed in a process specified in paragraphs 6, 7 or 32
of Schedule I to this Order are working independently of the persons so employed in an adjacent position.
Article 4
Where any process specified in Schedule II to this Order is being carried on in an industrial premises and
persons other than those employed in that process are employed in a place where there is a reasonably
foreseeable risk of injury to their eyes from the carrying on of the process —
a. in the case of the processes specified in paragraph 3 of the said Schedule, eye protectors or a shield or a
sufficient number of fixed shields shall be provided by their employer for their use; and
b. in the case of any other process, a sufficient number of fixed shields shall be provided for their protection
by the employer of the persons employed in that process.
Article 5
Eye protectors provided in pursuance of Article 3 and/or 4 of this Order shall be given by the employer into
the possession of each person for whom they are provided except in the case of persons occasionally
employed for whose use a sufficient number of eye protectors shall be provided, maintained and kept readily
available by their employer.
Article 6
1. Where consequent upon a report under Article 9 it is confirmed that any eye protectors given into the
possession of a person in accordance with the last foregoing Article have been lost or destroyed or are so
defective as to be unsuitable for the purpose for which they were provided, the employer shall forthwith give
into the possession of the person for whom they were provided (unless he has ceased to be a person within
the protection provided for by Article 3 (a) or (c) or 4 (a) or unless this Order is being complied with in his
case, in accordance with this Order, by provision of a shield or fixed shields) eye protectors to replace those
lost, destroyed or defective.
2. The employer shall, in addition to any eye protectors provided in accordance with the last foregoing
Article, keep available as many eye protectors as will be sufficient, so far as can reasonably be foreseen, to
enable him to comply with the requirements of the foregoing paragraph.
Article 7
Eye protectors and shields provided in pursuance of these Regulations shall
a. be suitable for the person for whose use they are provided,
b. be made in conformity with an approved specification for eye protectors or shields, as the case may be,
which are appropriate to the specified process in which the said person is employed or from the carrying on
of which there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of the said person,
c. be marked in such a manner and accompanied by such particulars as may be approved in order to indicate
the purpose or purposes for which the eye protectors or shields were designed.
Article 8
Fixed shields provided in pursuance of this Order shall
a. when provided in pursuance of Article 3 (1) for the use of a person employed in a process specified in Part
II or Part III of Schedule I to this Order, be made in conformity with an approved specification for fixed
shields;
b. be properly maintained and, if it is necessary that they should be transparent, be kept clean; and
c. be so constructed and kept in position as to protect, so far as practicable, the eyes of the persons for whose
protection they are provided while these persons are carrying on a specified process, or while those persons
are employed in a place where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to their eyes from the carrying
on of such a process, as the case may be.
Article 9
1. Every person who is provided with eye protectors or shield in pursuance of this Order shall use the said
shield or eye protectors at all times while he is employed in a specified process or while he is employed in a
place where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to his eyes from the carrying on of the process
specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to this Order, as the case may be, except when Articles 3 (1), 4 (a)
and 8 are being complied within his case, in accordance with this Order, by the provision of fixed shields.
2. Every person who is provided with eye protectors or a shield in pursuance of this Order shall
a. take reasonable care of the said eye protectors or shield and not wilfully misuse them or it ; and
b. report forthwith to the employer or his agent the loss or destruction of or any defect in the said eye
protectors or shield.
3. Every person for whose use a fixed shield is provided in pursuance of this Order shall make full and
proper use of it.
Article 10
The provisions of Article 3 of the above-mentioned Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and
Social Affairs with regard to protection of the eyes, shall not be applicable.
Article 11
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may by Order exempt from all or any of the requirements of this
Order :
a. any industrial premises or part thereof;
b. any class or description of industrial premises or part thereof;
c. any machine, plant, apparatus, process, operation or work, or any class or description of machines, plant,
apparatus, operations, processes or works;
protection of persons employed.
Where such exemption is granted, a legible copy of the certificate, showing the condition, if any, subject to
which it has been granted, shall be kept posted in any premises to which the exemption applies in a position
where it may be conveniently read by the persons employed.
Article 12
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into effect after 3 months from the date
of its publication.

Isa Bin Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifs
Dated : 6th November, 1977.
SCHEDULE I
SPECIFIED PROCESSES
PART I
Processes in which approved eye protectors are required :
1. The blasting or erosion of concrete by means of shot or other abrasive materials propelled by compressed
air.
2. The cleaning of buildings or structures by means of shot or other abrasive materials propelled by
compressed air.
3. Cleaning by means of high-pressure water jets.
4. The striking of masonry nails by means of a hammer or other hand tool or by means of a power driven
portable tool.
5. Any work carried out with a hand-held cartridge operated tool, including the operation of loading and
unloading live cartridges into such a tool, and the handling of such a tool for the purpose of maintenance
repair or examination when the tool is loaded with a live cartridge.
6. The chipping of metal, and the chipping, knocking out, cutting out or cutting off of cold rivets, bolts, nuts,
lugs, pins, collars, or similar articles from any structure or plant, or from part of any structure or plant by
means of a hammer, chisel, punch, or similar hand tool, or by means of a power driven portable tool.
7. The chipping or scurfing of paint, scale, slag, rust or other corrosion from the surface of metal and other
hard materials by means of a hand tool or by means of a power driven portable tool or applying articles of
metal or such materials to a power driven tool.
8. The use of a high-speed metal cutting saw or an abrasive cutting-off wheel or disc which in either case is
power driven.
9. The pouring or skimming of molten metal in foundries.
10. Work at a molten salt bath when the molten salt surface is exposed.
11. The operation, maintenance, dismantling or demolition of plant or any part of plant, being plant or part of
plant which contains or has contained acids, alkalis, dangerous corrosive substances, whether liquid or solid,
or other substances which are similarly injurious to the eyes, and which has not been so prepared (by
isolation, reduction of pressure, emptying or otherwise), treated or designed and constructed as to prevent
any reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from any of the
said contents.
12. The handling in open vessels, or manipulation of acids, alkalis, dangerous corrosive materials, whether
liquids or solids, and other substances which are similarly injurious to the eyes, where in any of the
foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such
work from drops splashed or particles thrown off.
13. the driving in or on of bolts, pins, collars or similar articles to any structure or plant or to part of any
structure or plant by means of a hammer, chisel, punch or similar hand tool or by means of a power driven
portable tool, where in any of the foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes
of any person engaged in the work from particles or fragments thrown off.
14. Injection by pressure of liquids or solutions into buildings or structures or parts thereof where in the
course of any such work there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in
the work from any such liquids or solutions.
15. The breaking up of metal by means of a hammer, whether power driven or not, where there is a
reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work from particles or
fragments thrown off.
16. The breaking, cutting, cutting into, dressing, carving or drilling by means of a power driven portable tool
or by means of a hammer, chisel, pick or similar hand tool other than a trowel, or any of the following, that
is to say
a. glass, hard plastics, concrete. fired clay, plaster, slag or stone (whether natural or artificial);
b. materials similar to any of the foregoing;
c. articles consisting wholly or partly of any of the foregoing,
d. stonework, brick work or block work;
e. bricks, tiles or blocks (except blocks made of wood);
where in any of the foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person
engaged in the work from particles or fragments thrown off.
17. The use of compressed air for removing of swarf, dust, dirt or other particles, where in the course of any
such work there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work from
particles or fragments thrown off.
18. Work at a furnace containing molten metal, and the pouring or skimming of molten metal in places other
than foundries, where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in
any such work from molten metal.
19. Processes in foundries where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person
engaged in any such work from hot sand thrown off.
20. Work in the manufacture or repair of rope wire where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to
the eyes of any person engaged in the work from particles or fragments thrown off or from flying ends of
wire.
21. The operation of coiling wire, and operations connected therewith where there is a reasonably
foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from particles or fragments
thrown off or from flying ends of wire.
22. The cutting of wire or metal strapping under tension, where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of
injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from flying ends of wire or flying ends of metal
strapping.
23. Work in the manufacture of glass and in the processing of glass and the handling of broken glass, where
in any of the foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person
engaged in the work from particles or fragments thrown off.
PART II
Processes in which approved shields or approved fixed shields and where practicable suitable warning
notices are required
24. Any process involving the use of an exposed electric arc or an exposed stream of arc plasma.
PART III
Processes in which approved eye protectors or approved shields or approved fixed shields are required
25. The welding of metals by means of apparatus to which oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour is
supplied under pressure.
26. The hot fettling of steel castings by means of a flux-injected burner or air carbon torch, and the de-
seaming of metal.
27. The cutting, boring, cleaning, surface conditioning or spraying of material by means of apparatus (not
being apparatus mechanically driven by compressed air) to which air, oxygen or any flammable gas or
vapour is supplied under pressure excluding any such process elsewhere specified, where in any of the
foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work
from particles or fragments thrown off or from intense light or other radiation.
28. Any process involving the use of an instrument which produces light amplification by the stimulated
emission of radiation, being a process in which there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of
any person engaged in the process from radiation.
PART IV
Processes in which approved eye protectors or approved shields or fixed shields are required
29. Trueing or dressing of any abrasive wheel where in either of the foregoing cases there is a reasonably
foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work from particles or fragments thrown
off.
30. Work with drop hammers, power hammers, horizontal forging machines, and forging presses, other than
hydraulic forging machines, and forging presses, other than hydraulic presses, used in any case for the
manufacture of forgings.
31. The dry grinding of materials or articles by applying them by hand to a wheel, disc or band which in any
such case is power driven or by means of a power driven portable tool, where in any of the foregoing cases
there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work from particles
or fragments thrown off.
32. The fettling of metal castings, involving the removal of metal, including runners, gates and risers, and the
removal of any other material during the course of such fettling, where in any of the foregoing cases there is
a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in the work from particles or
33. The production of metal castings at pressure die casting machines where there is a reasonably foreseeable
risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from molten metal thrown off.
34. The machining of metals, including any dry grinding process not elsewhere specified, where there is a
reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from particles or
35. The welding of metals by an electric resistance process or a submerged electric arc, where there is a
reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person engaged in any such work from particles or
SCHEDULE II
Cases in which protection is required for workers at risk from but not employed in the specified process :
1. The chipping of metal, and the chipping, knocking out, cutting out or cutting off of cold rivets, bolts, nuts,
lugs, pins, collars, or similar articles from any structure or plant, or from any part of any structure or plant,
by means of a hammer, chisel, punch or similar hand tool or by means of a power driven portable tool where
in any of the foregoing cases there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person not
engaged in any such work from particles or fragments thrown off.
2. Any process involving the use of an exposed electric arc or an exposed stream of arc plasma.
3. Work with drop hammers, power hammers, horizontal forging machines and forging presses other than
hydraulic presses used in any case for the manufacture of forgings.
4. The fettling of metal castings, involving the removal of metal, including runners, gates, and risers, and the
removal of any other material during the course of such fettling, where in any of the foregoing cases there is
a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes of any person not engaged in any such work from particles
or fragments thrown off.
5. Any process involving the use of an instrument which produces light amplification by the stimulated
emission of radiation, where in any such process there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to the eyes
of any person not engaged in the process from radiation.
ORDER NO. 27/1977
THE ORGANISATOIN OF SERVICES AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WORKERS FOR THE

PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF WOODWORKING MACHINERY

in pursuance of the first paragraph of Article 92 of Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
Decree Law No. 23/1976 and of Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with
respect to the organisation of Industrial Safety Bodies in establishments and determining and organising the
services and precautionary measures vital to the protection of workers during work from the hazards of work
and machinery and Order No. 15/1977 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with respect to
the determination and organisation of the services and precantionary measures vital to protecting workers
during work from the hazard of the machinery;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to premises which use machines in wood-working and which are to
subject to the provisions of the abovementioned Labour Law for the Private Sector 1976.
Article 2
In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively;
‘approved’ means approved for the time being by Minister for Labour and Social Affairs.
‘circular sawing machine’ means a sawing machine comprising a saw bench (including a bench in the form
of a roller table and a bench incorporating a travelling table) with a spindle situated below the machine to
which a circular saw blade can be fitted for the purpose of dividing material into separate parts, but does not
include a multiple rip sawing machine, a straight line edging machine or any sawing machine in the
operation of which the blade is moved towards the material which is being cut;
‘narrow band sawing machine’ means a sawing machines designed to be fitted with a blade not exceeding 50
millimeters in width in the form of a continuous band or strip the cutting portion of which runs in a vertical
direction, but does not include a log band sawing machine or a band resawing machine;
‘sawmill’ means premises which are used solely or mainly for the purpose of sawing logs (including square
logs) into planks or boards;
‘squared stock’ means material having a rectangular (including square) cross section of which the
dimensions remain substantially constant throughout the length of the material;
‘surfacing’ means the planing of smoothing of the surface of material by passing it over cutters and includes
chamfering and bevelling, but does not include moulding, tenoning, rebating or recessing;
‘vertical spindle moulding machine’ includes a high-speed routing machine; and
‘wood working machine’ means any machine (including a portable machine) of a kind specified in Schedule
1 to there Regulation for use on all or any one or more of the following, that is to say, wood, cork and fibre
board and material composed partly of any of these materials.
Article 3
a. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Order the cutters of every wood working machine shall be
enclosed by a guard or guards to the greatest extent that is practicable having regard to the work being done
thereat, unless the cutters are in such position as to be as safe to every person employed as they would be if
so enclosed.
b. All guards provided in pursuance of the foregoing paragraph shall be of substantial construction.
Article 4
No person shall, while the cutters are in motion:
a. Make any adjustment to any guard on a wood working machine unless means are provided whereby such
an adjustment can be made without danger; or
b. Make any adjustment to any part of a woodworking machine, except where the adjustment can be made
without danger.
Article 5
a. At all times while the cutters are in motion, the guard and device required by this Order and all other
safeguards which render the machine safe shall be kept constantly in position and properly secured and
adjusted except when the nature of the work begin done, the use of any such guard, device or safeguard is
rendered impracticable:
b. Provided that the said exception shall not apply to use of any guard required by Article 16 (a. b), 20 (a), 21
, 26, 28 and 29.
c. The said guards, devices, and safeguards, and all such appliances as are mentioned in Article 12 (a) (i)
shall be properly maintained.
Article 6
Article 3, 14, 19, 24, 26, 28, 29 and 34 of this Order shall not apply to any machine in respect of which other
safeguards are provided which render the machine as safe as it would be if the provisions of this Order were
complied with.
Article 7
Every woodworking machine shall be provided with an efficient device (s) for starting and stopping the
machine and the control or controls of the device or devices shall be in such a position and of such design
and construction as to readily and conveniently operated by the person operating the machine.
Article 8
There shall be provided around every woodworking machine sufficient clear and unobstructed space to
enable the work being done at the machine to be done without risk of injury to persons employed.
Article 9
The floor or surface of the ground around every wood working machine shall be maintained in good and
level condition and free from chips and other loose material and shall not be allowed to become slippery in
any condition whatsoever.
Article 10
a. Effective provision shall be made for securing and maintaining a reasonable and safe temperature in every
room or other place (not in the open air) in which a woodworking machine is being worked.
b. There shall not be used in any such room or place as aforesaid any heating appliance other than an
appliance which the heating element or flame is so enclosed within the body of the appliance that there is no
likelihood of the accidental ignition of any material in that room or place by reason of contact with or
proximity to the heating element or any flame, except where the heating appliance is so positioned or
protected that there is no such likelihood.
c. No method of heating shall be employed which results in the escape in to the air of any such room or place
as aforesaid of any fume of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to
persons to persons employed therein.
Article 11
a. No person shall be employed on any kind of work at a woodworking machine unless:
1. he has been sufficiently trained at machines of a class to which that machine belongs in that kind of work
on which he is to be employed; and
2. he has been sufficiently instructed in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Article except where he works
under the adequate supervision of a person who has a thorough knowledge and experience of the working of
the machine and of the matters specified in paragraph (b) of this Article.
b. Every person, while being trained to work at a woodworking machine, shall be fully and carefully
instructed as to the dangers arising in connection with such machine, the precautions to be observed, the
requirements of these Regulations which apply and, in the case of a person being trained to operate a
woodworking machine, the method of using the guards, devices and appliances required by this Order.
c. Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Order, a person who has not attained the age of 18
years shall not operate any circular sawing machine fitted with a circular blade, any planing machine for
surfacing which is not mechanically fed, or any vertical spindle mounding machine, unless he has
successfully completed an approved course of training in the operation of such a machine. Save that where
required to do so as part of such a course of training, he may operate such a machine under the adequate
supervision of a person who has a thorough knowledge and experience of the working of the machine and of
the matters specified in paragraph (b) of this Article.
Article 12
a. Every employed person shall, while he is operating a woodworking machine:
1. Use and keep in proper adjustment the guards and devices provided in accordance with this Order and all
such safeguard as are mentioned in Article 6 of this Order , and
2. Use the spikes,push-sticks, push-blocks, jigs, holders and back stops provided in accordance with this
Order except when, because of the nature of the work being done, the use of the said guards, devices or other
safeguards or of the appliances mentioned in Article 5 (a) of this is order rendered impracticable.
b. It shall be the duty of every person, employed and trained in accordance with Article 11, who discovers
any defect in any woodworking machine or in any guard, device or appliance provided in accordance with
these provisions or in any guard, device of appliance provided in accordance with these provisions or in any
such safeguard as is mentioned in Article 6 (being a defect which may affect the safe working of a
woodworking machine) or who discovers that the floor or surface of the ground around an y woodworking
machine is not in good and level condition, or is slippery, to report the matter without delay to the employer,
manager or other appropriate person.
Article 13
No woodworking machine shall be sold, let or hired unless it complies with the provision of this Order.
Article 14
a. That part of the saw of every circular sawing machine which is below the machine table shall be guarded
to the greatest extent that is practicable.
b. There shall be provided for every circular sawing machine a riving knife witch shall be securely fixed by
means of a suitable device situated below the machine table, be behind and in a direct line with the saw
blade, have smooth surface, be strong, rigid and easily adjustable and fulfil the following conditions:
i. The edge of the knife nearer the saw blade shall form an arc of a circle having a radius not exceeding the
radius of the largest saw blade with which the saw bench is designed to be used.
ii. The knife shall be capable of being so adjusted and shall be kept so adjusted that is as close as practicable
to the saw blade, having regard to the nature of the work being done, and so that at the level of the machine
table the distance between the edge of the knife nearer to the saw blade and the teeth of the saw blade does
not exceed 12 millimeters.
iii. For a saw blade of a diameter of less than 600 millimeters, the knife shall extend upwards from the
machine table to a height above the machine table which is not more than 25 millimeters below the highest
point of the saw blade, and for a saw blade of a diameter of 600 millimeters or over, the knife shall extend
upwards from the machine table to a height of at least 225 millimeters above the machine table; and
iv. In the case of a parallel plate saw blade the knife shall be thicker than the plate of the saw blade.
c. Without prejudice the requirements of Article 16 (a) that part of the saw blade of every circular sawing
machine which is above the machine table shall be guarded with a strong and easily adjustable guard, which
shall be capable of being so adjusted and shall be kept so adjusted that it extends from the top of the riving
knife to a point above the upper surface of the material being cut which is as close as practicable to that
surface or, where squared stock is being fed to the saw blade by hand, to a point which is not more than 12
millimeters above the upper surface of the material being cut.
d. The guard referred to in the last foregoing clause shall have a flange of adequate depth on each side of the
saw blade and the said guard shall be kept so adjusted that the said flanges extend beyond the roots of the
teeth of the saw blade. Where the guard is fitted with an adjustable front extension piece, that extension
piece shall have along the whole of its length a flange of adequate depth in the side remote from the fence
and the said extension piece shall be kept so adjusted that the flange extend beyond the roots of the teeth of
the saw blade:
Provided that in the case of circular saving machines manufactured before the date of the coming into
operation of this order ,the requirements of the clause shall not apply until two years after the said date and
in the case of such machines,until the expiration of the said period, the said guard shall have along the what
of its length a flange of adequate depth on the side remote from the fence and shall be kept so adjusted that
the said flange extends beyond the roots of the teeth of the saw blade.
Article 15
a. In the case of a circular sawing machine the spindle of which is not capable of being operated at more that
one working speed, no saw blade shall be used thereat for dividing material in to separate parts which has a
diameter of less than six-tenths of the diameter of the largest saw blade with which the saw bench is
designed to be used.
b. In the case of a circular sawing machine which has arrangements for the spindle to operate at more than
one working seed, no saw blade shall be thereat for dividing material into separate parts which has a
diameter of less than six-tenths of the diameter of the largest saw blade which can properly be used at the
fastest working speed of the spindle at that saw bench.
c. There shall be securely affixed to every circular sawing machine a notice specifying the diameter of the
smallest saw blade which may be used in the machine in compliance with paragraph (a) or (b) (as the case
may be) of this Order.
Article 16
a. No circular sawing machine shall be used for cutting any rebate, tenon, mould or groove, unless that part
of the saw blade or other cutter which is above the machine is effectively guarded.
b. No circular sawing machine shall be used for a ripping operation (other than any such operation involved
in cutting a rebate, tenon, mould or groove ) unless the teeth of the saw blade project throughout the
operation through the upper surface of the material being cut.
c. No circular sawing machine shall be used for cross-cutting logs or branches unless the material being cut
is firmly held by a gripping device securely fixed to a travelling table.
Article 17
a. A suitable push- stick shall be provided and kept available for use at every circular sawing matching
which is fed by hand.
b. Except where the distance between a circular saw blade is and its fence is so great or the method of
feeding material to the saw blade such that the use of a push-stick can safely be dispensed with, the push-
stick so provided shall be used :
1. to exert feeding pressure on the material between the saw blade and the fence throughout any cut of 300
millimeters or less in length;
2. to exert feeding pressure on the material between the saw blade and the fence during the last 300
millimeters of any cut of more than 300 millimeters in length; and
3. to remove from between the saw blade and the fence pieces of material which have been cut.
Article 18
a. Except as provided in clause (c) of this Article, where any person(other than the operator) is employer at a
circular sawing machine in removing while the saw blade is in motion material which has been cut, that
person shall not for that purpose stand elsewhere than at the delivery end of the machine
b. Except as provided in clause (c) of this Article ,where any person (other than the operator) is employed at
a circular sawing machine in removing while the sawing machine in removing while the saw blade is in
motion material which has been cut, the machine table shall be constructed or shall be or extended over its
whole width (by the provision of rollers or otherwise) so that the distance between the delivery end of the
table or any such extension thereof and the up-running part of the saw blade is not less than 1200
millimeters.
Provided that this requirement shall not apply to moveable machines which cannot accommodate a blade
having a diameter of more than 450 millimeters.
c. The requirements of clause (a) and (b) of this Regulation shall not apply to a circular sawing machines
having a saw bench in the form of a roller table or a saw bench incorporating a travelling table which (in
either case) is in motion during the cutting operatoin.
Article 19
a. Every multiple rip sawing machine and straight line edging machine shall be provided on the operator’s
side of the in-feed pressure rollers with a suitable device which shall be of such design and so constructed as
to contain so far as practicable any material accidentally ejected by the machine and every such device shall
extend for not less than the full width of the said pressure rollers.
b. Every multiple rip sawing machine and straight line edging machine on which the saw spindle is mounted
above the machine table shall, in addition to the device required to be provided under clause (a) of this
Article, be fitted on the side remote from the fence with a suitable guard, which shall extend from the edge
of the said device along a line parallel to the blade of the saw at least 300 millimeters towards the axis of the
saw and shall be of such a design and so constructed as to contain as far as practicable any material
accidentally ejected from the machine.
c. In the case of multiple rip sawing machines and straight line edging machines manufactured before the
date of the coming into operation of this Order, the requirements of this Order shall not apply until two years
after the said date.
Article 20
a. The saw wheel of every narrow band sawing machine and the whole of the blade of every such machine,
except that part of the blade which runs downwards between the top wheel and the machine table, shall be
enclosed by a guard or guards of substantial construction.
b. That part of the blade of every such machine as aforesaid which is above the friction disc or rollers and
below the top wheel shall be guarded by the frontal plate which is as close as is practicable to the saw blade
and has at least one flange at right angles to the plate and extending behind the saw blade.
c. The friction disc or rollers of every such machine as aforesaid in clause (b) of this Article shall be kept so
adjusted that they are as close to the surface of the machine table as is practicable having regard to the nature
of the work being done.
Article 21
No planing machine shall be used for cutting any rebate, recess, tenon, or mould unless the cutter is
effectively guarded.
Article 22
Every planing machine for surfacing which is not mechanically fed shall be fitted with cylindrical cutter
block.
Article 23
a. Every planing machine for surfacing which is not mechanically fed shall be so designed and constructed
as to be capable of adjustment so that the clearance between the cutters and the front edge of the delivery
table does not exceed 6 millimeters (measured radially from the centre of the cutter block) and the gap
between the feed table and the delivery table is as small as practicable having regard to other operation being
performed, and no such planing machine which is not so adjusted shall be used for surfacing.
b. In the case of planing machines manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of this Order
the requirements of the foregoing clause of this Article shall not apply until twelve months after the said
date.
Article 24
a. Every planning machine for surfacing which is not mechanically fed shall be provided with a bridge guard
which shall be strong and rigid, have a length not less than the full length of the cutter block and a width not
less than the diameter of the cutter block and be so constructed as to be capable of easy adjustment both in a
vertical and horizontal direction.
b Every bridge guard provided in pursuance of clause (a) of this Order shall be mounted on the machine in a
position which is approximately central over the axis of the cutter block and shall be so constructed as to
prevent it being accidentally displaced from the position.
c. In the case of planing machines manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of this Order,
the requirements of this Order shall not apply until twelve months after the said date, and until the expiration
of the said period such machines for surfacing shall be provided with a bridge guard capable of covering the
full length and breadth of the cutting slot in the bench and so constructed as to be easily adjusted both in a
vertical and horizontal direction.
Article 25
a. While a planing machine which is not mechanically fed is being used for surfacing, the bridge guard
provided in pursuance of Article 24 shall be so adjusted as to enable so far as is thereby practicable, the work
being done at the machine to be done without risk of injury to persons employed.
b. Except as provided in clause (d) of this Article and in Order No. 27, when a wider surface of squared
stock is being planed or smoothed, the bridge guard so provided shall be adjusted so that the distance
between the end of the guard and the fence does not exceed 10 millimeters and the underside of the guard is
not more than 10 millimeters above the upper surface of the material.
c. Except as provided in clause (d) of this Article, when a narrower surface of squared stock is being planed
or smoothed, the bridge so provided shall be adjusted so that the end of the guard is at a point not more than
10 millimeters above the upper surface of the material and when a narrower surface is being planed or
smoothed the end of the guard is at a point not more them 10 millimeters from the surface of the said
material which is remote from the fence and the underside of the guard is not more than 10 millimeters
above the surface of the feed table.
d. When the planing or smoothing both of a wide a and of a narrower surface of squared stock is being
carried out, one operation immediately following the other, the bridge guard so provided shall be adjusted so
that when a wider surface is being planed or smoothed the underside of the guard is not more than 10
millimeters from the surface of the said material which is remote from the fence.
e. Except as provided in clause(f) of this Article, when the planing of squared stock of square cross section is
being carried out, the bridge guard so provided shall be adjusted in a manner which complies with the
requirements either of clause (b) or of clause (c) of this Article.
f. When the planing of two adjoining surfaces of square cross section is being carried out, one operation
immediately following the other, the bridge guard so provide shall be adjusted so that neither the height of
the underside of the guard above the feed table nor the distance between the end of the guard and the fence
exceeds the width of the material by more than 10 millimeters.
g When the smoothing of square cross section is being carried out, the bridge guard so provided shall be
adjusted in a manner which complies with the requirements either of clause (b)or of clause (c) or of clause
(f) of this Article .
Article 26
a. In addition to being provided with a bridge guard as required by Article 24 every planing machine for
surfacing which is not mechanically fed shall be provided with a strong, effective and easily adjustable guard
for that part of the cutter block which is on the side of the fence remote from the bridge guard.
b. In the case of planing machines manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of this Order,
the requirements of the foregoing clause of this Article shall not apply until twelve months after the said
date.
Article 27
When a wider surface of squared stock is being stock is being planed or smoothed and by reason of the
shortness of the materials the work cannot be done with the bridge guard adjusted as required by Article 25
(b), a suitable push-block having suitable handholds which afford the operator a firm grip shall be provided
and used.
Article 28
That part of the cutter block of a combined which is exposed in the table gap shall, when the said machine is
used for thicknessing, be effectively guarded.
Article 29
a. Every planing machine used for thicknessing shall be provided on the operator’s side of the feed roller
with sectional feed rollers, or other suitable devices which shall be of such a design and so constructed as to
restrain so far as practicable any work piece ejected by the machine.
b. Clause (a) of this Article shall not apply to any machine manufactured before the date of coming into
operation of this Order provided that:
1. not more than one work piece at a time shall be fed to any such machine: and
2. there shall be securely affixed to every such machine a notice specifying that only single pieces shall be
fed
Article 30
Every detachable cutter for any vertical spindle moulding machine shall be of the correct thickness for the
cutter block or spindle on which it is to be mounted and shall be so mounted as to prevent it, so far as
practicable, from becoming accidentally detached therefrom.
Article 31
Where straight fences are being used for the purposes of the work being done at a vertical spindle moulding
machine, the gap between the fences shall be reduced as far as practicable by a false fence or otherwise.
Article 32
Where by reason by the nature of the work being done at a vertical spindle mounding machine it is
impracticable to provide in pursuance of Article 3 of this Order a guard enclosing the cutters of the said
machine to such an extent that they are effectively guarded, but it is practicable to provide, in addition to the
guard required to be provided by Article 3,a jig or holder of such a design and so constructed as to hold
firmly the material being machined and having suitable handholds which afford the operator a firm grip, the
machine shall not be used unless such a jig or holder is provided.
Article 33
Every guard provided in pursuance of Article 3 for the cutters of any vertical spindle moulding machine shall
be of such a design and so constructed as to contain, so far as reasonably practicable, any part of the cutters
or their fixing appliances of any part thereof in the event of their ejection.
Article 34
Where the work being done at a vertical spindle moulding machine is work in which the cutting of the
material being machined commences otherwise then at the end of a surface of the said material and if it is
impracticable to provide a jig or holder provided in pursuance of Article 32 of this Order, the tailing end of
the said material shall be, if practicable, supported by a suitable back stop where this would prevent the said
material being thrown back when the cutters first make contact with it.
Article 35
No work shall be done on a vertical spindle moulding being work in which the cutting of the cutting of the
material being machined commences otherwise than at the end of a surface of the said material and during
the progress of the cutting the material is moved in the same direction as the movement of the cutters, unless
a holder provided in pursuance of Article 32 of this Order being used.
Article 36
Where the nature of the work being performed at a vertical spindle moulding machine is such that the use of
a suitable spike or push-stick would enable the work to be carried on without unnecessary risk, such a spike
or push-stick shall be provided and kept available for use.
Article 37
a. Where the motor driving a vertical spindle moulding machine (other than a high speed routing machine) is
designed to operate at two working speed the device controlling the opened of the motor shall be so arranged
that the motor cannot run at the higher of those speeds, without first running at the lower of those speeds.
b. In the case of machines manufactured before the coming into operation of this Order the requirements of
the foregoing Article of this Order shall not apply until twelve months after the said date.
Article 38
The blade of a sawing machine shall not be cleaned by hand while the blade is in motion.
Article 39
Effective exhaust appliances shall be provided and maintained at every planing machine used for
thicknessing other than a combined machine for surfacing and thicknessing, every vertical spindle moulding
machine, every multi-cutter moulding machine, every tenoning machine and every automatic lathe, for
collecting from a position as close to the cutter as practicable and to the extent that is practicable, the chips
and other particles of material removed by the action of the cutters and for discharging them into suitable
receptacle or place.
Provided that this Article shall not apply to any high-speed routine machine which incorporates means for
blowing away from the cutters the chips or particles as they are removed or to either of the following which
is not used for more than six hours in any week, that is to say, any vertical spindle moulding machine and
any tenoning machine.
Article 40
a. Every woodworking machine and every part thereof, including cutters and cutter blocks, shall be of good
construction, sound material and properly maintained.

b. Every woodworking machine, other than a machine which is held in the hand, shall be securely fixed to a
foundation, floor, or to a substantial part of the structure of the premises, save that where this is
impracticable, other arrangements shall be made to ensure its stability.
Article 41
The following provisions shall have effect in respect of any work done with any woodworking machine:
a. the lighting, whether natural or artificial, for every woodworking machine shall be sufficient and suitable
for the purpose for which the machine is used:
b. the means of artificial lighting for every woodworking machine shall be so placed or shaded as to prevent
glare and so that direct rays of light do not impinge of the eye of the operator while he is operating the
machine.
Article 42
Where any factory, or any part thereof, is mainly used for work carried out on woodworking machines, the
following provisions shall apply to that factory or part, as the case may be:
a. where on any day any person employed is likely to be exposed continuously for 8 hours to a sound level of
90 dB or is likely to be subject to an equivalent or greater exposure to sound such measures as are reasonably
practicably practicable shall be taken to reduce noise to the greatest extent which is reasonable practicable;
and suitable ear protectors shall be provided and made readily available for the use of every such person;
b. all ear protectors provided in pursuance of the foregoing clause shall be maintained, and shall be used by
the person for whom they are provided in any of the circumstances specified in clause (a) of this Article;
c. for the purposes of clause (a) of this Article the level of exposure which is equivalent to or greater than
continuous exposure for eight hours to a sound level of 90 dB shall be determined by an approved method.
Article 43
The provisions of the two aforementioned Order No.’s 29/1977 and 15/1977 shall not be applicable with
respect to machines used in woodworking.
Article 44
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may by Order exempt from all or any of the requirements of this
Order:
a. any particular woodworking machine or any type of woodworking machine; or
b. any operation or process or any class or description of operations or processes; or
c. any premises or any part of any premises or any class or description premises or parts thereof,
protection of person employed. Where such exemption is granted , a legible copy of the certificate, showing
the conditions (if any) subject to which it has been granted, shall be kept posted in any premises in which the
exemption applies in a position when it may be conveniently read by the persons employed.
Article 45
This Order shall be publish in the Official Gazette and is shall come into effect after three months of the date
of its publication.

Dated: 6th November, 1977
SCHEDULE I
Machines which are woodworking machines for the purposes of this Order according to Article 2 thereof :
1. Any sawing machine designed to be fitted with one or more circular blades.
2. Grooving machine.
3. Any sawing machine designed to be fitted with a blade in the form of a continuous band or strip.
4. Chain sawing machines.
5. Mortising machines.
6. Planing machines.
7. Vertical spindle moulding machines (including highs peed routing machines).
8. Multi-cutter moulding machines having two or more cutter spindles.
9. Tenoning machines.
10. Trenching machines.
11. Automatic and semi-automatic lathes.
12. Boring machines.
ORDER NO. 31/1977
PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FORM THE HAZARDS OF HIGHLY

FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES

in pursuance of paragraph one of Article 92 of Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
Decree Law No. 23/1976 and Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with
respect to the organisation of industrial Safety organs in establishments and determining and regulating the
necessary services and precautions for the protection of workers during work from the hazard of the
machinery;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to all establishments in which any highly flammable liquids and
liquefied petroleum gases are present for the purpose of or in connection with any industry, trade,
undertaking or business, provided that these establishments shall be subject to the provisions of the above
mentioned Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976.
Article 2
In this Order, the following expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them:
‘aqueous ammonia’ means ammonia gas dissolved in water;
‘commercial butane’ means a hydrocarbon mixture consisting predominantly of butane, butylene or any
mixture thereof,
‘dangerous concentration of vapours’ means a concentration greater than the lower flammable limit of the
vapours;
‘fire resisting structure’ means any of the following, that is to say, any building, part of a building, structure,
cabinet and enclosure which is constructed in conformity with a specification for fire resisting structures
being specification approved for the time being for the purposes of this Order;
‘highly flammable liquid’ means any of the following , other than aqueous ammonia, liquefied flammable
gas and liquefied petroleum gas, that is to say any liquid, liquid solution, emulsion or suspension which,
when tested in the manner specified in Schedule 1to this Order, gives off a flammable vapour at a
temperature of less than 32 degrees Celsius and, when tested in the manner specified in Schedule 2 to this
Order, supports combustion.
‘liquid flammable gas’ means any substance which at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a pressure of
760 millimeters of mercury would be flammable gas, but which is in liquid form as a result of the application
of pressure or refrigeration or both.
Article 3
Each employer or whoever deputises for him shall provide the necessary precautions for the protection of
workers during work from the hazards of highly flammable liquids and liquefied petroleum gases and
provide them with the services for their protection from the hazards of such gases in accordance with the
provisions of this Order.
The employer may not deduct any sum from the wages of the workers against the provision of such
protection.
Article 4
The worker shall not commit any act or omission with the object of preventing the execution of the
instructions or the misuse or causing damage to the facilities installed for the protection of he health and
safety of the workers employed with him.
He shall be required to use such means of protection and handle carefully whatever may be in his possession
and to carry out the instructions laid down for the maintenance of his health and for his protection against the
hazards of gases.
Article 5
1. Except as provided in Article 17 of this Order and except in the case of highly flammable liquids present
in any place in accordance with Clause No. 3 of Article 8 of this Order or being conveyed within the
establishment, all highly flammable liquids shall be stored -
a. in suitable fixed storage tanks in safe positions; or

b. in suitable closed vessels kept in a safe position in the open air and, where necessary, protected against
direct sunlight; or
c. in suitable closed vessels kept in a storeroom which either is in a safe position or is a fire resisting
structure; or
d. in the case of a workroom where he aggregate quantity of highly flammable liquids stored does not exceed
fifty litres, in suitable closed vessels kept in suitably placed cupboard or bin being a cupboard or bin which is
a fire resisting structure.
2. Except in the case of tanks and vessels which have been emptied and made free of vapour from highly
flammable liquids, all openings (other than those necessary for venting) in cupboards, bins, tanks and vessels
which have at any time been used for storing highly flammable liquids (whether or not for the time being
containing by highly flammable liquid) shall be kept closed except as necessary for the use, operation or
maintenance of these cupboards, bins, tanks and vessels.
3. Wherever highly flammable liquids are stored in accordance with Clause 1 of this Article, all reasonably
practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that any highly flammable liquid which leaks, is spilt or otherwise
escapes shall be contained or immediately drained off to a suitable container or to a safe place, or otherwise
treated to make it safe.
4. The aforementioned provisions shall not apply to highly flammable liquids in the fuel tanks of vehicles or
engines for the purpose of operating the vehicles or engines or any suitable small closed vessel containing
not more than 500 cc of highly flammable liquid.
Article 6
1. Except as provided in Clause 3 of this Article, every storeroom cupboard, bin tank and vessel used for
storing highly flammable liquid shall be clearly and boldly marked “Highly Flammable” or “Flashpoint
below 32C” or indication of flammability.
2. Where it is impracticable to mark any storeroom, cupboard, bin, tank or vessel in accordance with the
foregoing Clause, the words “Highly Flammable Liquid” shall be clearly and boldly display as near to it as
possible.
3. Nothing in the abovementioned provision shall apply to -
a. any of the following, that is to say, any cupboard, bin, tank or vessel, which contains spirits intended for
human consumption;
b. the fuel tanks of vehicles or engines which contain any highly flammable liquid for the purpose of the
vehicles or engines;
c. any suitable small closed vessel containing not more than 500 cc of highly flammable liquid;
d. any aerosol dispenser in which the amount of highly flammable liquid contained is not in excess of either
45 percent by weight of the total contents or 250 grammes in weight.
Article 7
1. Except as provided in Clauses (2), (3) and (6) (a) of this Article all liquefied petroleum gas not in use shall
be stored -
a. in suitable underground reservoirs below ground the surface of which is wholly or mainly in the open air,
or in suitable fixed storage tanks or suitable fixed storage vessels being tanks or vessels in safe positions
either in the open air or below ground the surface of which is wholly or mainly in the open air; or
b. in suitable moveable storage tanks or suitable moveable storage vessels kept in safe position in the open
air;or
c. in the pope-line and pumps or other appliances forming part of a totally enclosed pipeline system; or
d. in suitable cylinders kept in safe positions in the open air, or where this is not reasonably practicable, in a
storeroom constructed of non-combudstible material being a store room which is adequately ventilated,
which either is in a safe position or is a fire resisting structure and which is not use for nay purpose other
than the storage of liquefied petroleum gas or acetylene cylinders.
2. No liquefied petroleum gas other than in suitable cylinders or suitable pipe-lines shall be present in any
workplace and the number of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders or pipe-lines present at any one time in any
workplace shall be as small as is reasonably practicable having regard to the processes or operations being
carried on.
3. Every liquefied petroleum gas cylinders shall be stored until such time before first required for use of
manipulation as is reasonable, and when its contents have been expended shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable, be removed from the workplace and stored or refilled without delay.
4. Except as provided in Clause (6) of this Article, every tank, vessel, reservoir, cylinder and store room used
for storing liquefied petroleum gas shall be clearly and boldly marked “Highly Flammable - LPG” or
otherwise to the like effect.
5. Where it is impracticable to mark the tank, vessel, reservoir, cylinder or store room in accordance with the
foregoing Clause the words “Highly Flammable - L.P.G.” shall be clearly and boldly displayed as near to it
as possible.
6. a. Nothing in the foregoing provision apply to -
i. liquefied petroleum gas in the fuel tanks of vehicles or engines for the purpose of operating the vehicles or
engines;
ii. any suitable small closed vessel containing not more than 500 cc of liquefied petroleum gas.
a. Nothing in Clauses (4) and (5) and this Article shall apply to any aerosol dispenser in which the amount of
liquefied petroleum gas contained is not in excess of either 45 per cent by weight of the contents or 250
grammes in weight.
7. In this Article “cylinder” means any container designed, fabricated and tested in accordance with a
pressure vessel code for the time being approved for the purpose of this Order.
Article 8
1. Where highly flammable liquids are to be conveyed within a factory they shall, where it is reasonably
practicable to do so, be conveyed through a totally enclosed system incorporating pipe-lines and pumps or
similar appliances. Where conveyance of highly flammable liquids within industrial premises through such a
totally enclosed system is not reasonably practicable, they shall be conveyed in vessels which are so
designed and constructed as to avoid so far as is practicable the risk of spilling. A totally enclosed system
used for such conveyance shall so far as is practicable be so designed, constructed, installed, place and
maintained as to avoid leakage.
2. The quantity of any highly flammable liquid present at any one time in any workplace in course of
manufacture or for use or manipulation and in the process tanks, process vessels, pipelines pumps, plant
equipment and apparatus in the workplace shall be as small as is reasonably practicable having regard to the
processes or operations being carried on.
3. All reasonably practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that tanks or vessels containing any highly
flammable liquid do not leak. Every such tank and vessel shall be kept closed except as necessary during the
manufacture, use or manipulation of the highly flammable liquid therein, or for the operation or maintenance
of the tank or vessel, and every such tank and vessel shall be so designed, constructed and placed as to avoid
so far as is reasonably practicable the risk of spilling.
4. Where in any process or operation any highly flammable liquid is liable to be spilled or to leak, all
reasonably practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that any highly flammable liquid which is spilt or leaks
shall be contained or immediately drained off to a suitable container or to a safe place, or otherwise treated
to make it safe.
5. Any tank or vessel used to contain any highly flammable liquid, other than a fixed process tank, a fixed
process vessel, a fixed storage tank or a vessel, shall, when its contents have been expended, unless it has
been made free of vapour from the liquid or is to be immediately re-used, be removed without delay to a safe
place in the open air or to a suitably placed storeroom being a storeroom which is a fire resisting structure or
be placed in a suitably placed cupboard or bin being a cupboard or bin which is a fire resisting structure.
6. All such empty tank and vessels as aforesaid which have not been made free of vapour form the liquid
shall be kept in such a safe place or such a storeroom cupboard or bin as aforesaid until next required for use
or disposal, and any such tank or vessel shall be kept closed.
Article 9
1. No means likely to ignite vapour from any highly flammable liquid shall be present where a dangerous
concentration of vapours form highly flammable liquids may reasonably be expected to be present.
2. Where in any place a dangerous concentration of vapours from highly flammable liquids may reasonably
be expected to be present, any cotton waste or other material in that place which -
a. has been used in such a manner as to render the cotton waste or other material liable to spontaneous
combustion; or
b. is contaminated with an highly flammable with any highly flammable liquid,
3. Where any cellulose nitrate is present in any highly flammable liquid, all practicable steps shall be taken
to prevent the deposit of any solid residue resulting therefrom on any surface which is liable to attain a
temprature of 20 degrees Celsius.
4. Nothing in Clause(2) of this Article shall apply to lagging in position on pipe work.
Article 10
1. Where any highly flammable liquid is present in any workplace, steps shall be taken to prevent so far as is
reasonably practicable the escape of vapours from any such highly flammable liquid into the general
atmosphere of that or any other workplace.
2. Except as provided in Clause(5) of this Article, where a dangerous concentration of vapours from highly
flammable liquids may reasonably be expected to be evolved in any process or operation, the process or
operation shall, where reasonably practicable, be carried on within a cabinet or other enclosure which, in
either case, is effective to prevent the escape of such vapours into the general atmosphere of the workroom
or any other workroom, is adequately ventilated by mechanical means and is a fire resisting structure.
Provided that in the case of a batch-loaded box-type oven used to evaporate highly flammable liquid being
an oven with a cubic capacity of less than one and half cubic metres and having natural ventilation sufficient
to prevent the occurrence of dangerous concentration of vapours in the oven, the oven shall not be required
to be ventilated by mechanical means.
3. Except as provided in Clause (5) of this Article, where it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the
requirement of the foregoing Clause where in any workroom any such dangerous concentration of vapours
may reasonably be expected to be evolved in any process or operation, the work room shall have exhaust
ventilation provided by mechanical means, being exhaust ventilation adequate to remove such vapours from
the workroom.
4. A workroom required by the foregoing Clause to have exhaust ventilation shall be a fire resisting structure
with the exception of any of the following forming part of it, that is to say, any external doors, external
windows and external walls, any openings provided for ventilation and tops or ceiling of single story
building or of top floor rooms.
5. Nothing in Clause (2) and (3) of this Article shall apply to any room if the only work with highly
flammable liquids which is being carried on therein is particular to the room and if there is secured natural or
other ventilation of the room adequate to prevent the occurrence of a dangerous concentration of vapours
from the liquids.
6. Ventilation provided or secured in pursuance of this Article shall be kept in operation or use at all
necessary times.
7. All ducts, trunks and casings used in connection with ventilation provided or secured in pursuance of this
Article shall be fire resisting structures.
8. In the case of electric motors used in connection with exhaust ventilation systems provided in pursuance
of this Article which comprise ducts, being systems constructed or installed , after the date of enforcement of
this order or constructed or installed before that date and substantially reconstructed after that date, such
electric motors shall not be situated in the path of vapours from any highly flammable liquids being
exhausted by the systems.
9. All venting devices of fixed tanks and fixed vessels containing highly flammable liquid shall discharge to
a safe place, and where necessary, shall be provided with a suitable wire-gauze effective as a flame arrestor
or other suitable flame arrestor.
Article 11
1. Where a storeroom workroom, cabinet or enclosure is a fire resisting structure provision may be made in
its structure for pressure relief in the case of explosion and, in the case of a storeroom, for adequate natural
ventilation notwithstanding in either case, anything contained in any specification approved for the purposes
of the definition of the expression “fire resisting structure” contained in Clause 2 of this Article.
2. Where in pursuance of the foregoing Clause of this Article provision is made in a fire resisting structure
for pressure relief in the case of explosion such provision shall be so arranged that any pressure will vent to a
safe place.
Article 12
There shall be adequate and safe means of escape in case of fire from every room in which any highly
flammable liquid is manufactured, used or manipulated.
Article 13
1. Without prejudice to Clause 3 of Article 9, whenever as a result of any process or operation involving any
highly flammable liquid a deposit of any solid waste residue liable to give rise to a risk of fire is liable to
occur on any surface:
a. steps shall be taken where reasonably practicable to prevent as far as possible the occurrence of all such
deposits; and
b. where any such deposit occurs, effective steps shall be taken, as often as necessary to prevent danger, to
remove all such residues as aforesaid and put them in a safe place.
2. No removal of any such residue containing cellulose nitrate shall be effected by the use of an iron or steel
implement.
Article 14
1. No person shall smoke in any place in which any highly flammable liquid is present and the circumstances
are such that smoking would give rise to a risk of fire.
2. The occupier shall take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure compliance with the foregoing Clause
and such steps shall include -
a. the display at or as near as possible to every place to which the said Clause applies of a clear and bold
notice indicating that smoking is prohibited in that place; or
b. the display at every entrance to the factory at which employed persons entre of a clear and bold notice
indicating that smoking is prohibited throughout the factory except at those places where there is displayed a
notice indicating that smoking is permitted.
Article 15
1. Except where the sole purpose is to dispose of it as waste by burning it and except as provided in Clause (
3) of this Article, no highly flammable liquid shall be ignited except in plant or apparatus suitable for the
purpose of burning that highly flammable liquid safely and by the proper use of that plant or apparatus.
2. Where the sole purpose is to dispose of any highly flammable liquid as waste by burning it, it shall be
burnt either -
a. in plant or apparatus suitable for the purpose of burning that highly flammable liquid safely; or
b. by a competent person, in a safe manner and in a safe place.
3. The prohibition contained in Clause (1) of this Article shall not apply where highly flammable liquid is
burnt in order to provide persons with training in fighting fire if -
a. it is burnt by a competent person, in a safe manner and in a safe place; and
b. the training is carried out under the direct and continuous supervision of a competent person.
Article 16
There shall in every factory where any highly flammable liquid is manufactured, used or manipulated be
provided and maintained appropriate means for fighting fire, which shall be so placed as to be readily
available for use.
Article 17
The provisions of Article 11 of the aforementioned Order No. 29/1976 made by the Ministry for Labour and
Social Affairs shall not apply with respect to highly flammable liquids and liquefied petroleum gases.
Article 18
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may make an Order to exempt from all or any of the
requirements provided for in this Order:
a. any industrial premises or part thereof;
b. any class of industrial premises or part thereof;
c. any machine, plant, apparatus, process, operation or work, any class or description of the same;
d. any highly flammable liquid or liquid petroleum gas or work, any class or description of the same.
protection of person employed or any other persons who may be endangered.
Article 19
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and it shall come into effect after three month from the
date of its publication.

Date: 26th December, 1977.
SCHEDULE I
METHOD OF TEST BY FLASHPOINT
(CLOSED CUP METHOD)
SCOPE
1. The method describes a procedure for determining if a flammable liquid when maintained at the specified
temperature of 32°C and under the conditions of test, gives off sufficient flammable vapour at this
temperature to cause ignition on application of an external source of flame applied in a standard manner.
PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD
2. a. The test portion is heated in an Able closed cup in a suitable water-bath. The ignition trial is carried out
after the test portion has been maintained under equilibrium conditions for at least 10 minutes at 32°C at 760
mm of mercury or at the equivalent temperature having made due allowance for variation in barometric
pressure; see paragraph 5 (2) of this Schedule.
b. This procedure ensures that the air/vapour space above the test sample has attained the saturation
concentration of flammable vapour at the required temperature before the ignition trial is performed. The test
report records whether or not a flash occurs at this temperature.
APPARATUS
3. a. The test cup shall be the Abel closed cup and cover, with or without stirrer, constructed to the
dimensions specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 to this Schedule within the limits of accuracy prescribed by the
tolerances there stated. If the stirrer is used during the heating up period it should be stopped during the
ignition test. If the stirrer is removed, the aperture in the lid should be securely plugged before starting the
tests.
b. Any suitable water-bath capable of being adjusted to a temperature of 32°C and of adequate heat capacity
to meet the requirements of paragraph 5 (g) of this Schedule may be used. A bath fitted with a stirrer and an
adjustable thermostat is convenient.
c. The test cup shall be fitted with a thermometer which is immersed in the sample for measuring its
temperature. The water-bath shall be fitted with a thermometer of equal precision for measuring the water
temperature. The test cup thermometer shall be the Able oil cup Celsius thermometer (10°C to 65°C) (see
Table 4 to this Schedule for the specification).
d. A suitable support shall be provided for holding the test cup so that the lid and upper edge are horizontal
and the cup is immersed in direct contact with the water in such a position that the level of the test sample in
the cup is the same as that of the water in the water-bath.
SAMPLING
4. a. The sample shall be representative of the material being tested and shall be kept, prior to test, in an air
tight container.
b. Because of the possibility of loss of volatile constituents the sample shall receive only the minimum
treatment to ensure uniformity. After removing a portion for test, the sample container shall be immediately
closed tightly to ensure that no volatile flammable components escape from the container.
PROCEDURE
5. a. Obtain and prepare the test sample as described in paragraph 4 of this Schedule, and ensure that at all
times during this preparation its tempera-ture does not exceed 30°C.
b. Adjust the temperature of the bath and maintain it at 32°C (within an accuracy of — 0 + 0.5°C) or to the
corrected temperature after allowing for difference of barometric pressure from the standard (760 mm of
mercury or 1013 millibar) by raising the test temperature for a lower pressure at the rate of 1°C for each 30
mm of mercury (40 millibar) difference.
c. Carefully clean and dry the Abel cup, the cover and the cup thermometer and then cool to at least 30°C.
d. Fill the Abel cup with the test sample until the internal level indicator just disappears under the surface of
the liquid. Take care to avoid the formation of bubbles and contact between the sample and the cup wall
above the level indicator. If this occurs to a significant extent, empty the cup, prepare it again according to
paragraph 5 (c) of this Schedule and fill it with a fresh portion of the sample.
e. Immediately after filling the test cup, place the cover in position and support the cup in the bath so that the
cover is horizontal and the cup is immersed with the surface of the test portion at the same level as the water
in the bath.
f. Light the flame of the ignition device and adjust it to the size of the bead of diameter 3.5 ± 0.5 mm.
g. Ten minutes after the test portion has reached within 0.5°C of 32°C or the equivalent temperature adjusted
for barometric pressure difference per form the ignition trial by opening the slide, inserting and removing the
nozzle of the ignition device, and closing the slide again, in a period of 2.5 ± 0.5 seconds.
h. The material shall only be deemed to have finished if a comparatively large blue flame appears and
propagates over the surface of the liquid. In case of doubt the test should be repeated with a fresh portion of
the sample and if the doubt is not resolved by the second test, the sample should be regarded as having
flashed.
i. If a large blue flame does not appear as a flash but instead a continuous luminous flame bunts in the orifice
caused by opening the side when the ignition flame is introduced, the flashpoint will be considerably below
32°C.
REPORT OF THE TEST :

6. The test report should include the following information
1 The type and identification of the material under test.
2 The test temperature in Centigrade and barometric pressure in mm of mercury or millibar.
3 A statement as to whether a flash occurred in the course of carrying out the test procedure described in
paragraph 5 of this Schedule.
4 The date of the test.
TABLE 1
DIMENSIONS OF OIL CUP
Dimensions in mm
Cup, wall and bottom thickness 1.4 ± .1
Cup, internal diameter 49.5 — 52.0
Cup, internal depth 55 — 57
Flange, thickness 1.4 ± .1
Flange, width 12.5 — 13.5
Flange, distance of upper side from 8.2 — 10.8
top edge of cup

Gauge, thickness 3.35 ± .1
Gauge, distance of point from level of 17.7 — 17.9
upper edge of cup
TABLE 2
DIMENSIONS OF COVER
Dimensions in mm
Cover thickness 1.3 — 1.6
Cover, central hole, length 12.6 — 12.8
(in direction of slide)

width 10.0 — 10.3
Cover, peripheral holes, length
(in direction of slide) 4.9 — 5.1
width 7.5 — 7.7
Slide thickness 0.9 ± .1
Slide, width of upper surface 12.7 — 12.9
Lamp, overall length of jet 15 approx.
Lamp, bore of jet at end 1.46 — 1.71
Bead, diameter 3.0 — 4.0
Thermometer socket : Internal diameter 15.0 — 15.5
Length of short side measured from 13 approx.
under surface of cover

Length of long side measured from 19 approx.
under surface of cover

Distance of centre of socket from centre of cover 18 approx.
measured on the underside
The dimensions relating to the thermometer
socket are subject to
the correct placing of the thermometer
when in position.
Vertical depth of lowest part of thermometer

below centre of
underside of cover 35.5 — 40.5
TABLE 3
DIMENSIONS OF STIRRER
Dimensions in mm
Stem, length overall 99 — 104
Stem, length, lower end to point of

attachment blades 2.5 approx.
Stem, length, lower end to

upper surface of collar 46-51
Stem, length, upper surface of collar to
lower end of thread 48 — 53

Diameter of stem 3 approx.
Diameter of stem collar 6.3 approx.
Blades, thickness 1.4 ± .1
Blades, length excluding root 12.4—12.9
Blades, breadth (all corners of blades rounded) 7.7— 8.2
Blades, blade angle 45° approx.
Sleeve, length To suit stem

giving free
rotation with no
appreciable vertical
play
when screwed home
Diameter of bore Sliding fit on stem
Diameter of sleeve collar 6.3 approx.
TABLE 4
THERMOMETER SPECIFICATION
NAME Abel Oil Cup

Celsius (10°C — 65°C)
Range 10°C — 65°C
Graduation 0.5°C
Overall length 228 mm ± 10 mm
Stem diameter 6 — 7 mm
Bulb Shape Spherical
Bulb diameter 8.8 — 9.0 mm
Length of graduated portion At least 120.6 mm
Distance, bottom of bulb to 10°C mark 70 — 80 mm
Longer lines at each 1°C and 5°C
Figured at each 5°C
Expansion chamber Required
Top finish Plain
Scale error not to exceed 0.2°C
IMMERSION : A swelling is to be provided in the stem of the oil cup thermometer to ensure that the
thermometer can be fitted in its brass collar so that the distance from the top of the collar to the bottom of the
bulb is 61 ± 1.5 mm.
SCHEDULE 2
METHOD OF TEST FOR COMBUSTIBILITY
SCOPE
1. The method describes a procedure for determining if the product when heated under the conditions of test
and exposed to an external source of flame applied in a standard manner supports combustion.
PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD

2. a. A block of aluminium alloy, or other non-rusting metal of suitable heat, conductivity, with a concave
depression (called the well) is heated to the required temperature. A standard source of flame capable of
being swivel¬led over the centre of the well and at a given distance from it is attached to the metal block.
b. Two milliliters of product under test are transferred to the well and its combustibility characteristics are
noted in relation to the standard flame.
APPARATUS
3. a. A combustibility tester consisting of an aluminium alloy or non-rusting metal block of suitable heat
conductivity fitted with a concave depression or well. The metal block has a thermometer embedded in it. A
small gas jet on a swivel is attached to the metal block. The exact dimensions of the metal block, and its
well, the gas jet and its positioning, and the embedded thermometer are specified in Table 1 to this Schedule.
b. A simple gauge to check height of gas jet above the top of the well.
c. The thermometer in the metal block shall be a Celsius thermometer con-forming to the dimensions and
tolerance given in Table 2 to this Schedule.
d. A hot plate fitted with a temperature controlling device or other means of heating the metal block.
e. A stop watch or other suitable timing device.
f. A graduated pipette or hypodermic system capable of delivering two millilitres to an accuracy of ± 0.1 ml.
SAMPLING
4. a. The sample shall be representative of the material being tested and shall be kept prior to test in an
airtight container.
b. Because of the possibility of loss of volatile constituents the sample shall receive only the minimum
treatment to ensure uniformity. After removing a portion for test the sample container shall be immediately
closed tightly to ensure that no volatile flammable components escape from the container.
PROCEDURE
5. a. Set up the apparatus in a draught free area. Place the metal block on the hot plate fitted with a
temperature controlling device or heat the metal block by other suitable means so that its temperature is
maintained at 50°C (within an accuracy of — 0 + 5°C) or to the corrected temperature allowing for
difference of barometric pressure from the standard (760 mm of mercury or 1013 millibar) by raising the test
temperature for a higher or lowering the test temperature for a lower pressure at the rate of 1°C for each 30
mm of mercury (40 millibar) difference. Ensure that the top of the metal block is exactly level. Use a gauge
to check that the jet is 2.2 mm above the top of the well.
b. Using the pipette or graduated hypodermic syringe withdraw from sample container at least 2 ml. of the
test material and transfer 2 ml ± 0.1 ml of it to the well of the combustibility tester.
c. Immediately start the timing device.
d. Light the test flame with the jet in the ‘off position away from well. Adjust the size of the flame so that it
is spherical and approximately 4 mm in diameter. The size of the flame is matched to a 4 mm diameter circle
engraved in the surface of the combustibility tester.
e. After exactly one minute (at this time the test portion will be deemed to have reached the test temperature
as indicated by the thermometer embedded in the metal block) swing the test flame into a position exactly
central over the well. Hold it in this position for exactly 15 seconds and then return it to the ‘off position.
INTERPRETATION OF OBSERVATION
6. For the purpose of these Regulations a product will be deemed to support combustion, if when tested in
the manner set out above, either :
a. when the flame is over the well the product ignites and the combustion is sustained for more than 15
seconds when the flame is removed, or
b. when the flame is in the ‘off position the product flashes and burns.
REPORT OF TEST
7. The test report should include the following information
a. The type and identification of the material under test.
b. The test temperature in °C and barometric pressure in mm of mercury or millibar.
c. A statement as to whether the products support combustion as defined in paragraph 6 of this Schedule.
d. The date of the test.
TABLE 1
DIMENSIONS OF COMBUSTIBILITY TESTER
Dimensions in mm (a) Sample block details

62 ± 0.5 Diameter of block
36.5 ± 1.5 Height of block
95 ± 0.5 Diameter of flange
3.0 approx. Flange thickness
0.8 ± 0.2 Height of well ‘lip’ above flange
41.5 approx. Diameter of well ‘lip’
33.25 ± 0.25 Spherical radius of well
6.3 ± 0.1 Depth of well
Distance from top of block to
16.5 ± 0.6 thermometer hole
7.0 approx. Thermometer hole diameter
Dimensions in mm (b) Test gas jet details

3.5 ± 0.5 Outside diameter of jet
2.0 ± 0.3 Jet end tapered to
0.7 ± 0.1 Bore of jet
36.1 ± 0.1 Length of jet (from centre of axis to tip)
38.1 ± 0.1 Distance of axis from centre of well
4.0 approx. Flame gauge ring diameter
90° ± 10 `Swing’ of jet (from stop to stop)
2.2 approx. Height of jet above top of, well ‘lip’
TABLE 2
THERMOMETER SPECIFICATION
Type : Mercury in glass, nitrogen filled for horizontal operation
0°C — 1100C Range
Each degree C Graduation
20 mm ± 0.5 Overall length
6.5 mm. ± 0.5 Steam diameter
Elongated Bulb shape
5.0 mm. ± 1.0 Bulb diameter
12.0 mm ± 2.0 Bulb length
125 mm ± 10.0 Length of graduated portion
50 mm ± 2.0 Distance, bottom of bulb to 0°C mark
100C Longer lines at each
10°C Figured at each
Plain Top finish
0.50C Scale error not to exceed
Note: Seal thermometer in block with suitable thermal compound.
ORDER NO. 32/1977
PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF STEAM

BOILERS, STEAM
CONTAINERS AND AIR RECEIVERS

in pursuance of paragraph one of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
respect to the organisation of industrial safety organs in establishments. and determining and regulating the
necessary services and precautions for the protection of workers during work from the hazards of work and
machinery;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall be applicable to all establishments which are subject to the provisions of
the above mention Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976.
Article 2
In this Order the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively, that is to say :
`Steam boiler’ means any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure greater
than atmospheric pressure and includes any economiser used to heat water being fed to such vessel and
superheater used for heating steam.
`Safe working pressure’ in the case of a new steam boiler, steam or air receiver means that specified by the
maker, otherwise that specified in the last examition under Article 4 of this Order.
`Steam receiver’ means any vessel or apparatus (other than a steam boiler, steam container, steam pipe or
coil or a part of a prime mover) used for containing steam under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
`Steam container’ means any vessel (other than a steam pipe or coil) constructed with a permanent outlet into
the atmosphere or into a space where the pressure does not exceed atmospheric pressure and through which
steam is passed at approximately atmospheric pressure for the purpose of heating, boiling, drying,
evaporating or other similar purpose.
Àir receiver’ means
(a) any vessel (other than a pipe or coil or an accessory, fitting or part of a compressor) for containing
compressed air and connected with an air compressing plant.
(b) any fixed vessel for containing compressed air or compressed exhaust gases and used for the purpose of
starting an internal combustion engine.
(c) any fixed or portable vessel (not being part of a spraying pistol) used for the spraying by means of
compressed air of any paint, lacquer, varnish or similar material.
(d) any vessel in which oil is stored and from which it is forced by compressed air.
`Competent person’ means a person who is properly trained and has sufficient experience for the work.
Article 3
Every steam boiler, steam receiver and every part thereof including all fittings, steam containers and air
receivers shall be of sound construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from patent defect and
shall be properly maintained.
Article 4
Examination
1. All plant and equipment subject to this Order shall be when new provided with a certificate from the
maker stating the safe working pressure and the tests to which it has been subjected. Thereafter regular and
thorough examinations shall be carried out as follows :
a. Steam boilers : Every 12 months in accordance with the report forms given in Schedule 1 which is
attached to this Order.
b. Steam receivers and air receivers: Every 24 months in accordance with the forms given in Schedule II and
III respectively.
2. Every such examination shall be carried out by a competent and authorised person and in every case
where safe working pressure has to be reduced or the plant cannot be safely used until repairs have been
carried out, a copy of the report shall be sent within 24 days to the Director of Labour, Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs.
Article 5
No plant to which this Order applies shall be used unless it is fitted with or has attached to it or marked on it,
the following :
First : Steam Boilers
1. A suitable safety valve, separate from any stop-valve, which shall be so adjusted as to prevent the boiler
being worked at a pressure greater than the safe working pressure and shall be fixed directly to, or as close as
practicable to, the boiler;
2. A suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler to the steam pipe;
3. A correct steam pressure gauge connected to the steam space and easily visible by the boiler attendant,
which shall indicate the pressure of steam in the boiler in kilograms per square centimetre, and have marked
on it in a distinctive colour the maximum permissible working pressure.
4. At least one water gauge of transparent material or other type approved by the Director of Labour,
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, to show the water level in the boiler, together, if the gauge is of the
glass tubular type and the working pressure of the boiler normally exceeds three kilograms per square
centimetre, with an efficient guard provided so as not to obstruct the reading of the gauge;
5. Where the boiler is one of two or more boilers, a plate bearing a distinctive number which shall be easily
visible.
6. A means for attaching a test pressure gauge;
7. Unless externally fired, a suitable fusible plug or an efficient low water alarm device.
Second : Steam Receivers — (unless so constructed as to withstand safe working pressure of the boiler or the
maximum pressure which can be obtained in the pipe connecting the receiver to any source of supply)
1. A suitable reducing valve or other suitable automatic appliance to prevent the safe working pressure being
exceeded;
2. A suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the steam to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is
exceeded, or a suitable appliance for cutting off automatically the supply of steam as soon as the safe
working pressure is exceeded;
3. A correct steam pressure gauge, which must indicate the pressure of steam in the receiver in kilograms per
square centimetre;
4. A suitable stop-valve;
5. Except where only one steam receiver is in use, a plate bearing a distinctive number which shall be easily
visible.
Third : Air-receivers :
1. A suitable reducing valve to prevent the safe working load being exceeded (unless so constructed as to
withstand the maximum pressure obtainable from the compressor).
2. A suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the escape of air as soon as the safe working pressure is
exceeded.
3 A correct pressure gauge indicating the pressure in the receiver in kilograms per square centimetre.
4. A suitable appliance for draining.
5. A suitable manhole, a handhole or other means to allow the interior to be thoroughly cleaned.
6. Where more than one air-receiver is in use on premises, with a distinguishing mark which shall be easily
visible.
7. The safe working pressure so marked as to be plainly visible.
Article 6
No person shall enter or be in any steam boiler which is one of a range of two or more steam boilers unless :
a. all inlets through which steam, water or fuel might otherwise enter the boiler from any other part of the
range are disconnected from that part; or
b. all valves or taps controlling the entry of steam, water or fuel are closed and securely locked, and, where
the boiler has a blow-off pipe in common with one or more other boilers or delivering into a common blow-
off vessel or sump, such like shall be disconnected.
Article 7
Exemptions
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may make an Order to exempt from all or any of the conditions
provided for in this Order any premises or process or equipment if he is satisfied that the requirements in
respect of which the exemption is given are not necessary for the protection of workers.
Article 8
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and it shall come into effect after three months from the
date of its publication.
Isa Bin Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifs
Dated : 26th December, 1977
SCHEDULE 1
STEAM BOILERS
I. MANNER OF EXAMINATION
1. The manner in which a steam boiler shall be examined as required by Article 4 of this Order shall be
according to the provisions of this Schedule
a. before it is used in any premises; and
b. thereafter before the expiry of the prescribed period.
2. In the first place, the boiler shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person when it is cold after the
interior and exterior have been prepared in the manner described in this Schedule at para III, and secondly
except in the case of an economiser or superheater, the boiler shall be thoroughly examined by a compe¬tent
person when it is under normal steam pressure, and each part of the examination may be made by a different
person. The examination under steam pressure shall be made on the first occasion when steam is raised after
the examination of the boiler when cold, or as soon as possible thereafter, and the shall person making the
examination see that the safety valve is so adjusted as to prevent the boiler being worked at a pressure
greater than the maximum permissible working pressure to be specified in the report of the examination
pursuant to Article 4 of this Order.
3. The examination of a boiler in the manner specified in the preceding paragraph of this Schedule may, at
the discretion of the person making the examination, include all or any one or more of the following, that is
to say, hammer testing, drilling, lifting, proving a clear waterway through tubes, withdrawal of sample tubes
for determination of thickness, examination, testing or measurement by means of ultra sonic, radiographic,
magnetic or electronic devices or of tube calibration gauges, steam trial and hydraulic testing.
II. EXAMINATION OF BOILERS AFTER REPAIR
Where at any time there is carried out to any steam boiler the repair of a defect which, in the opinion of a
competent person, will affect its safe working, that boiler shall be examined by a competent person in such a
manner as will enable that person to satisfy himself that the repair has been properly carried out.
III. THE MANNER OF PREPARING A STEAM BOILER FOR EXAMINATION WHEN IT IS COLD
1. In addition to the steps required to be taken under paragraph I of this Schedule, the preparation of the
interior and exterior of a boiler for its thorough examination when cold in pursuance of Article 4 of this
Order shall, according as the person making the examination may require, consist of all or any one or more
of the following, that is to say :
a. the opening out, cleaning and scaling of the boiler; including the removal of doors from manholes,
mudholes and handholds;
b. the removal of firebars;
c. in the case of shell type boilers, the dismantling of firebridges (if made of brick) and all furnace protective
brickwork;
d. the opening out for cleaning and inspection of fittings including the pressure parts of automatic controls;
and
e. in the case of water-tube boilers, the removal of the drum internal fittings.
2. All brickwork, baffles and coverings must be removed for the purpose of the thorough examination to the
extent required by the person making the examination, but in any case, these parts must be removed to the
extent necessary to expose headers, seams of shells and drums :
a. not less frequently than once in every six years in the case of a steam boiler situated in the open or
exposed to weather or damp, and
b. not less frequently than once in every ten years in the case of every other steam boiler,
ANNEXURE 1
to
SCHEDULE 1
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

DIRECTORATE OF LABOUR
SAFETY AND HEALTH SECTION
REPORT OF EXAMINATION WHEN COLD OF STEAM BOILERS OTHER THAN

ECONOMISERS, SUPERHEATERS, STEAM TUBE OVENS, AND STEAM TUBE HOTPLATES
1. Name of Owner
2. Address of :
(a) Premises
(b) Head Office of Owner
Note: Address (b) is-required only in
the case of a boiler used

in a temporary location, e.g., on a
building operation, work of
engineering construction.
3. Description and distinctive number of boiler and type.
4. If the boiler is subject to any exemption this should be stated.
5. Date of construction
The history should be briefly given, and the examiner should state whether he has seen the last previous
report.
6. Date of last hydraulic test (if any) and pressure applied.
7. Quality and source of feed water.
8. Is the boiler in the open or otherwise exposed to the weather or to damp ?
9. Boiler :
a. What parts of seams, drums or headers are covered by brickwork ?
b. Date of last exposure of such parts for
the purpose of examination.
c. What parts (if any) other than parts
covered by brickwork and mentioned
above are inaccessible ?
d. What examination and tests were made?
(If there was any removal of brickwork,
particulars should be given here)
e. Condition of boiler
State any defects materially External :
affecting the safe working pressure. Internal :
10. Repairs (if any) required, and period within which they should be executed, and any other conditions
which the person making the examination thinks it necessary to specify for securing safe working.
12. Safe working pressure calculated from dimensions and from the thickness and data ascertained by the
present examination; due allowance being made for conditions of working if unusual or exceptionally severe.
13. Where repairs affecting the working pressure are required, state the safe working pressure :
a. before the expiration of the period
specified in 11 above.
b. after the expiration of such period if the
required repairs have not been
completed.
c. after the completion of the required
repairs.
14. Other observations

Subject to the reservation (noted above) of certain points for examination under steam pressure, * I certify
that on the boiler above described was sufficiently scaled, prepared and (so far as its construction
permits) made accessible for thorough examination and for such tests as were necessary for thorough
examination, and that on the said date I thoroughly examined this boiler, including its fittings and
attachments and that the above is a true report of the result.
Signature ................................... Counter Signature ....................
Qualification ............................... Name of Company or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Date ......................................... Date ......................................
Delete if not required. Where the examiner considers this necessary he may insert in his report any of the items, “subject to further report after examination *
.”under normal steam pressure
ANNEXURE 2
to
SCHEDULE I

Prescribed form for

REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF ECONOMISERS WHEN COLD
1. Name of Owner
2. Address of premises
3. Description and distinctive number of economiser, type and number of pipes
4. If the boiler is subject to any exemption, this should be stated
5. Date of construction.
The history should be briefly given and the examiner should state whether he has seen the last previous
report
6. Date of last hydraulic test (if any) and pressure applied
7. Quality and source of feed water
8. Is the economiser exposed to the weather ?
9. Are the dampers in proper working order ?
10. Economisers :
a. What parts, if any, are inaccessible ?
b. State number of top caps removed at examination.
c. State number of bottom caps removed at examination.
d. What examinations and tests were
made ?
e. Conditions of Economiser.
(State any defects materially External :
affecting the maximum permissible
working pressure). Internal:
11. Fittings and attachments

a. Are there proper fittings and attachments ?
b. Are all fittings and attachments in satisfactory condition (so far as ascertainable when not under pressure)?
which the person making the examination thinks is necessary to specify for securing safe working.
13. Maximum permissible working pressure calculated from dimensions and from the thickness and other
data ascertained by the present examination (due allowances being made for conditions of working if
unusual or exceptionally severe.)
14. Where repairs affecting the working pressure are required, state the maximum permissible working
pressure :
a. before the expiration of the period (a)
specified in 12 above
b. after the expiration of such period (b)
if the required repairs have not been
completed
c. after the completion of the required (c)
repairs
Subject to the reservation (noted above) of certain points for examination under pressure, * I certify that
on .................................................................... the economiser above described was sufficiently scaled,
prepared, and (so far as its construction permits) made accessible for thorough examination and for such tests
as were necessary for thorough examination, and that on the said date I thoroughly examined this
economiser, including its fittings and attachments, and that the above is a true report of the result.
Qualification ............................... Name of Company

or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Date ......................................... Date ......................................
* Delete if not required.
ANNEXURE 3
to
SCHEDULE I

Prescribed form for

REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF SUPERHEATER WHEN COLD
1. Name of Owner
2. Address
a. Premises
b. Head Office of owner
Address (b) is required only in the case of a heater used with a boiler in a temporary location
3. Description and distinctive number of superheater and type
4. If the boiler is subject to any exemption this should be stated.
5. Date of Construction.
The history should be briefly given, and the examiner should state whether he has seen the last previous
report
6. Date of last hydraulic test, (if any) and pressure applied
7. Superheater
a. What parts are covered by brickwork ?
b. Date of last exposure of such parts for
the purpose of examination.
c. What parts (if any) other than parts covered by brickwork, were inaccessible ?
d. What examination and tests were made ?
e. Condition of superheater External :
(State any defects materially
affecting the maximum permissible
working pressure). Internal :
8. Fittings and Attachments

a. Are there proper fittings and attachments?
b. Are all the fittings and attachments in satisfactory condition (so far as ascertainable when not under
pressure) ?
9. Repairs (if any) required, and period within which they should be executed and any other conditions
10. Safe working pressure calculated from dimensions and from the thickness and other data ascertained by
the present examination; due allowance being made for conditions of working if unusual or exceptionally
severe.
11. Where repairs affecting the working pressure are required, state the safe working pressure :
a. before the expiration of the period
specified in 9 above.
b. after the expiration of such period if the
repairs have not been completed.
c. after the completion of the required
repairs.
Subject to the reservation (noted above) of certain points for examination under steam pressure, * I certify
that on ....................................................... the superheater above described was sufficiently scaled, prepared,
and (so far as its construction permits) made accessible for thorough examination and for such tests as were
necessary for thorough examination, and that on the said date I thoroughly examined this superheater,
including itsfittings and attachments, and that the above is a true report of the result.
Qualification ............................... Name of Company or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Date ......................................... Date ......................................
* Delete if not required.
ANNEXURE 4
to
SCHEDULE I

1.Name of Owner
2. Address of
a. Premises
b. Head Office of Owner.
Address (b) is required only in the case
of a boiler used in a temporary location
3. Description and distinctive number of Boiler and type
4. If the Boiler is subject to any exemption, this should be stated
5. Condition (external)
6. Fittings and Attachments

(i) Is the safety valve so adjusted as to prevent the boiler being worked at a pressure specified in the last
report on examination when cold ?
(ii) (If a lever safety valve). Is the weight secured on the lever in the correct position ?
(iii) Is the valve securely sealed to prevent interference ?
(iv) Is the pressure gauge working correctly?
(v) Is the water gauge in proper working order ?
7. Repairs (if any) required, and period within which they should be executed and any other conditions
which the person making the examination thinks necessary to specify for securing safe working.
I certify that on ........................................... I examined the abovementioned Boiler under normal steam
pressure and that the above is a true report of the result.

or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Date ......................................... Date ......................................
SCHEDULE II
STEAM RECEIVERS
In the case of steam receivers the initial examination shall be carried out cold (see
Annexure I for report form) and a supplementary examination (see Annex¬ure II) under
normal working conditions :
ANNEXURE I
to
SCHEDULE II
STEAM RECEIVERS (WHEN COLD)
Report of the results of the thorough examination

required under Article 6 :
1. Name and address of maker or supplier ................................
2. Description and type of steam receiver .................................
3. Maker’s or supplier’s identity mark .......................................

Employer’s identity mark if
different from above ..........................................................
Location of steam receiver at
the place of work ..............................................................
4. Date of construction ..........................................................

The history should be briefly given and
the examiner should state whether he has seen
the latest previous report :
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
5. Date of last previous hydraulic test and pressure applied :

.......................................................................................
6. Date of last previous test of any nature,

with brief description of test :
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
7. Steam receiver : Condition as found

State any defects materially affecting the maximum
permissible working pressure ..............................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
8. Fittings and Attachments :

(a) Are there proper fittings and
attachments provided ? ................................................
(b) Are all the fittings and attachments in
satisfactory condition as far as ascertained
when not under pressure ? ...........................................
(c) State the pressure of protecting
safety valve(s) ...........................................................
(d) Date when set ............................................................
9. Repairs (if any) required and period within which they should be executed and any other conditions which
the person making the examination thinks necessary to specify for securing safe working
........................................................................................
........................................................................................
10. State the safe working pressure which the steam receiver was constructed to
withstand ..................................
11. State the safe working pressure of any boiler supplying

the steam receiver ............................................................
12. State the safe working pressure which can be obtained in the pipe connecting the receiver with any other
source of supply :........................................................................................
13. State safe permissible working pressure calculated from dimen-sions and from the thickness and other
data ascertained by the present examination. Due allowance being made for conditions of working if unusual
or exceptionally severe : .........................................................................................................
14. Other observations. State points for examination under normal steam pres¬sure and conditions of
working ........................... ........................................................................................
15. Subject to the reservations in (14), I certify that on the steam receiver above described was sufficiently
sealed, prepared, and so far as its construction permits, made accessible for thorough examina¬tion and for
such tests as were necessary for thorough examination, and that on the said date I thoroughly examined this
steam receiver, including its fittings and attachments and that the above is a true report of the result.
or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Certificate No. ............................ Date ......................................
Report No. ..............................
Date ......................................
16. Qualification if the certificate is given by a person who made the test and examination on his own
account
17. Name of Employer owning plant .................................... ........
Address of (a) Employer : ....................................................
(b) Head Office of Employer .................................................
Note : Address (b) is required only in the case of a steam receiver used in a temporary location, e.g., on a
building operation, work of engineering construction
TO BE KEPT READILY AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT A PLACE OF WORK
ANNEXURE II
to
SCHEDULE II
STEAM RECEIVERS (UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS)
Report of the results of the thorough examination required under Article 6:.
1. Name and address of employer owning plant ..........................

.........................................................................................
2. Description of plant .............................................................
3. Maker’s or supplier’s identity mark ........................................

Employer’s identity mark if
different from above ............................................................
Location of plant at
the place of work ................................................................
4. Date of thorough examination when cold

Report No ..........................................................................
5. Were: points reserved for examination under steam pressure seen under normal steam pressure and
conditions of working?
.........................................................................................
which the person making the examination thinks it necessary to specify for securing safe working :
.........................................................................................
.........................................................................................
7. Other observations .............................................................

.........................................................................................
.........................................................................................
8. I certify that on I examined the steam receiver above described under its normal steam pressure and the
above is a true report of the examination.

or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
9. Qualification if the certificate is given by a person who made the test and examination on his own
account
TO BE KEPT READILY AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT A PLACE OF WORK
SCHEDULE III
AIR RECEIVERS
The form of report is given at the Annexure
ANNEXURE TO SCHEDULE 1H
Report of the results of the thorough examination of air receiver required under Article 6 :
1. Name and address of ...........................................................

Maker and Supplier .............................................................
2. Description and type of receive .............................................

.........................................................................................
3. Maker’s or Supplier’s identity mark ........................................

Employer’s identity mark if different from above .....................
4. Date of construction (if ascertainable) ...................................

The history should be briefly given and the examiner should state whether he has seen the last previous
report (if applicable)
.........................................................................................
5. Date of last previous hydraulic test and the pressure applied :

.........................................................................................
6. Receiver :
(a) External condition (including cleanliness) .............................
(b) Hydraulic test pressure applied ...........................................
(c) Result of hydraulic test ......................................................
.........................................................................................
7. Fittings :
(a) Are the required fittings and appliances provided in accordance with Article 5 of this Order?
...................................................................................
(b) Are all the fittings and appliances properly maintained and in good condition ?
8. Repairs (if any) required and period within which they should be executed and any other conditions and
tests which the examiner thinkshecessary to specify for securing safe working
.........................................................................................
.........................................................................................
Safe working pressure calculated from dimensions and from the thickness or other data ascertainable by
the present examination; due allowance being made for conditions of working if unusual or exceptionally
severe.
.........................................................................................
9. Where repairs affecting the safe working pressure are required, state the safe working pressure :
(a) before the expiration of the period specified under 8 ..........
...................................................................................
(b) after the expiration of such period if such repairs have not been
completed ..................................................................
(c) after the completion of the required repairs
10. Other observations ..............................................................
.........................................................................................
.........................................................................................
11. I certify that on ...................................... I tested the receiver hydraulically and I examined the receiver
described above (delete item not applicable) and that the above is a true report of the results of my
examination/test.
or Association ..........................
Address .....................................
Report No. ..............................
Date ......................................
Qualification if the certificate is given by a person who made the
testand examination on his own account ....................................
TO BE KEPT READILY AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION

AT A PLACE OF WORK
This space may be used together with any continuation sheet for any other relevant remarks or observations
thought to be necessary and it may also be used as a continuation of any paragraph.
ORDER NO. 33/1977
PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF

ELECTRICITY
in pursuance of paragraph one of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
respect to organisation of industrial safety organsim establishments and determining and regulating the
necessary services and precautions for the protection of workers during work from the hazards of work and
machinery;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this shall apply to all premises which use electricity in their activities and which are
subject to the provisions of the abovementioned labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976.
Nothing in this Order shall apply to apparatus other than portable apparatus formatting part of the permenant
electrical installation of any premises if the apparatus or the istallation of which it is a part is used only for
the lighting thereof.
Article 2
The following words shall have the meanings here given:
“low voltage” A.C. 110 V or less where the mains voltage is reduced by a transformer centre tapped to earth
giving a resultant shock voltage of 55 V maximum D.C. voltage of 200 or less.
“mains voltage” 240 V A.C.
“high voltage” any higher voltage, than mains A.C. or D.C.
“systems” means an electrical system in which all the conductors and apparatus are electrically connected to
a common source of electromotive force.
“conductor” means electrical conductor arranged to be electrically connected to a system.
“apparatus” means electrical apparatus, and includes all apparatus, machines and fittings in which
conductors are used, or of which they form a part.
“circuit” means an electrical circuit forming a system or branch of a system.
“insulating stand” means a floor,
platform, stand or mat.
“insulating screen” means screen.
“insulating boots” means boots.
“insulating gloves” means gloves
(of such size, quality and construction according to the circumstance of the use thereof, that a person is
thereby adequately protected from danger.)
“covered with insulating material” means adequately covered with insulating material of such quality
and thickness that there is no danger.
“bare” means not covered with insulating material.
“dead” means at, or about, zero potential, and disconnected from any live system.
“live” means electrically charged.
“earthed” means connected to the general mass of earth in such manner as will ensure at all times an
immediate discharge of electrical energy without danger.
“substation” means any premises, or that part of any premises in which electrical energy is transformed or
converted except for the purpose of working instruments, relays, or similar auxilliary apparatus, if such
premises are large enough for a person to enter after the apparatus is in position.
“switchboard” means the collection of switches or fuses, conductors, and other apparatus in connection
therewith, used for the purpose of controlling the current in any system or part of a system.
“switchboard passage-way” means any passage - way or compartment large enough for a person to enter,
and used in connection with a switchboard when live.
“ authorised person” means (a) the employer, or (b) a contractor for the time under contract with the
employer, or (c) a person employed, appointed or selected by the employer , or by a contractor as aforesaid,
to carry out certain duties incidental to the generation, transformation, distribution, or use of electrical
energy, such employer, contractor, or person being a person who is competent for the purpose of the
regulation in which the term is used.
“competent”, in relation to persons means a person who is properly trained and qualified and has sufficient
experience for the work and is not suffering from any physical defect or disability that would prevent him
from carrying out the work properly.
“danger” means danger to health or danger to life or limb from shock, burn, or other injury to persons
employed, or from fire attendant upon the generation, transformation, distribution, or use or electrical
energy.
Article 3
Each employer in establishment subject to the provisions of this order or whoever deputizes for him shall
take the necessary precautions for the protection of workers during work from the hazards of electricity and
to provide them with the services of protection in accordance with the requirement of this Order.
The employer may not deduct any sum from the worker’s wages against the provision of such protection.
Article 4
The worker shall not commit any act or omission mean to prevent the execution of instructions, or misuse, or
inflict damage to the means provided for the protection of the health and safety of workers employed with
him. He shall be required to use the means of protection and to handle the means in his possession carefully
and to carry out the instructions laid down for the maintenance of his health and protection from the hazards
of electricity.
Article 5
All conductors shall either be covered with insulating material and further efficiently protected where
necessary to prevent danger , or they shall be so placed and safegguarded as to provent danger so far as is
reasonably practicable.
Article 6
1. Every switch, switch fuse, circuit-breaker, and isolating link shall be:
a. so constructed, placed, or protected as to prevent danger;
b. so constructed and adjusted as accurately to make and to maintain good contact;
c. provided with an efficient handle or other means of working; insulated from the system, and so
arranged that the hand cannot inadvertently touch live metal;
d. so constructed or arranged that it cannot accidentally fall or move into contact when left out of contact.
2. Every switch intended to be used for breaking a circuit and every circuit-breaker shall be so constructed
that it cannot with proper care be left in partial contact. This applies to each pole of double- pole or multiple
switches or circuit- breakers.
3. Every switch intended to be used for breaking a circuit and every circuit breaker shall be so constructed
that an arc cannot accidentally be maintained.
4. Every fuse and every automatic circuit-breaker used instead there of shall be so constructed and arranged
as effectively to interrupt the current before it so exceeds the working rate as to prevent danger from over-
heating, or from arcing or the scattering or hot metal or other substance when it comes into operation. Every
fuse shall be either of such construction or so protected by a switch that the fusible metal may be readily
renewed without danger.
5. Every electrical joint and connection shall be of proper construction as regards conductivity, insulation,
mechanical strength and protection.
Article 7
Efficient means, suitably located, shall be provided for cutting off all pressure from every part of a system,
as may be necessary to prevent danger.
Article 8
Efficient means suitably located shall be provided for protecting from excess of current every part of system
as may be necessary to prevent danger.
Article 9
1. Where one of the conductors of system is connected to earth, no single-pole switch, other than a link for
testing purposes or a switch for use in controlling a generator, shall be placed in such conductor or any
branch thereof.
A switch, or automatic or other cut- out may, however, be placed in the connection between the conductor
and earth at the generating station for use in testing and emergencies only.
2. Where one of the main conductors in the system is exposed or not insulated as in the case of the
conductors related to a central system, no switch or fuse or circuit-breaker may be fixed to this conductor or
any conductor connected thereto and it should no be earthed.
However, it is possible to use switches, fuses or circuit-breakers to disconnect a generator or transformers

which supply power provided that it is not at all possible to unearth any exposed conductor.
Article 10
Every motor, converter and transformer shall be protected by efficient means suitable placed, and so
connected that all pressure may thereby by cut off from the motor, converter or transformer as the case may
be, and from all apparatus in connection therewith; provided however, that where on point of the system is
connected to earth, there shall be no obligation to disconnect on that side of the system which is connected to
earth.
Every electrical motor shall be controlled by an efficient switches or switche for starting and stopping, so
placed as to be easily worked by the person in charge of the motor.
In every place in which machines are being driven by an electrical motor, there shall be means at hand for
either switching off the motor or stopping the machines if necessary to prevent danger.
Article 11
1. Every flexible wire for portable apparatus, for alternation currents or for voltage above 150 bolts direct
current, shall be connected to the system either by efficient permanent joints or connection, or by a properly
constructed connector.
In all cases where the person handling portable apparatus or pendant lamps with switches for alternating
current or voltages above 150 volts direct current would be liable to get a shock through a conducting floor
or conducting work, or otherwise, if the metal work of the portable apparatus became charged, the metal
work must be efficiently earthed and any flexible metallic covering of the conductors shall be itself
efficiently earthed and shall not it self be the only earth connection for the metal of the apparatus. And a
lamp-holder shall not be in a metallic connection with the guard or other metal work of a portable lamp.
2. In such places and in any place where the voltage exceeds low voltage, the portable apparatus and its
flexible wire shall be controlled by efficient means suitably located and capable of cutting off the current,
and the metal work shall be efficiently of earthed independently of any flexible metallic cover of the
conductors, and any such flexible covering shall it self be independently earthed.
Article 12
The general arrangement of switchboards shall, so far as reasonably practicable be such that :
a. All parts which may have to be adjusted or handled are readily accessible;
b. The course for every conductor may where necessary be readily traced;
c. Conductors not arranged for connection to the same system are kept well apart, and can where necessary
be readily distinguished;
d. All bare conductors are so placed or protected as to prevent danger from accidental short circuit.
Article 13
Every switchboard having bare conductors normally so exposed that they may be touched, shall, if not locate
in an area or areas set apart for the purposes thereof , where necessary by suitably fanced or enclosed.
No person except an authorised person, or a person acting under his immediate supervision, shall for the
purpose of carrying out his duties have access to any part of an area so set apart.
Article 14
All apparatus appertaining to a switchboard and required handling shall so far as practicable be so placed or
arranged as to be operated from the working platform of the switchboard, and all measuring instruments and
indicators connected there-with shall, so far as practicable, be so placed as to be observed from the working
platform. If such apparatus be worked or observed from any other place, adequate precautions shall be taken
to prevent danger.
Article 15
1. At the working platform of every switchboard and in every switchboard passage-way, if there be bare
conductors exposed or arranged to be exposed when live so that they may be touched , there shall be a clear
and unobstructed passage of ample width and height, with a firm and even floor. Adequate means of access,
free from danger, shall be provided for every switchboard passageway.
2. The following provisions shall apply to all such switch working platforms and passage-way unless the
bare conductors, whether overhead or at the sides of the passageways, are otherwise adequately protected
against danger by divisions or screens or other suitable means :
a. Those constructed for up to mains voltage switchboard shall have a clear height of not less than 7 ft.
and a clear width measured from bare conductor of not less than 3 ft.
b. Those constructed for high voltage switchboards shall have a clear height of not less than 8 ft. and a
clear width measured from bare conductor of not less than 3 ft. 6 in.
c. Bare conductors shall not be exposed on both sides of the switchboard passage-way unless either (I)
the clear width of the passage in the case of mains voltage not less than 4ft. 6 in. and in the case of high
voltage not less than 8ft, in each case measured between bare conductors, or (ii) the conductors on one side
are so guarded that they cannot be accidentally touched.
Article 16
In every switchboard for high voltage:
a. Every high voltage conductor within reach from the working platform or in any switchboard passage-
way shall be so placed or protected as adequately to prevent danger.
b. The metal case of all instruments working at high voltage shall be either earthed or completely enclosed
with insulating covers.
c. All metal handles of high voltage switches, and where necessary to prevent danger, all metal gear for
working the switches, shall be earthed.
d. When any work is done on any switchboard for high voltage the switchboard shall be made dead unless :
1. The section of the switchboard on which the work is done (hereinafter referred to a s ‘the relevant
section’) is made dead and every other section which is live is either (i) so separated from the relevant
section by permanent or removable divisions or screens as not to be a source of danger to persons
working on the relevant section, or (ii) in such a position or of such construction as to be as safe as if so
separated as aforesaid; or
2. the switchboard itself is so arranged as to ensure that the work is done without danger without
taking any of the precautions aforesaid.
Article 17
All parts of generators, motors, transformers, or other similar apparatus, at high voltage, and within reach
from any position in which any person employed may required to be, shall be so far as reasonably
practicable, so protected as to prevent danger.
Article 18
Where high voltage is transformed for use at a lower voltage or energy is transformed up to above low
voltage suitable provision shall be made to guard against danger by reason of the low voltage system
becoming accidentally charged above its normal voltage by leakage or contact from the higher voltage
system.
Article 19
1. Where necessary to prevent danger, adequate precautions shall be taken either by earthing or by other
suitable means to prevent any metal other than the conductor from becoming electrically charged.
2. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent any conductor or apparatus from being accidentally or
inadvertently electrically charged when persons are working thereon.
3. Where necessary adequately to prevent danger, insulating stands or screens shall be provided and kept
permanently in position, and shall be maintained in sound condition.
4. Portable insulating stands, screens, boots, gloves, or other suitable means shall be provided and used
when necessary adequately to prevent danger, and shall be periodically examined by an authorised person.
5. Each apparatus which is operated or supervised shall have ample space and access thereto.
6. All those parts of premises in which apparatus is placed shall be adequately lighted to prevent danger.
Article 20
All conductors and apparatus exposed to the weather, wet, corrosion, inflammable surroundings or
explosive atmosphere, or used in any process or for any special purpose other than for lighting or power,
shall be so constructed or protected and such special precautions shall be taken, as may be necessary
adequately to prevent danger in view of such exposure or use.
Article 21
No person except an authorised person or a competent person acting under his immediate supervision shall
undertake any work where technical knowledge or experience is required in order adequately to avoid
danger, and no person shall work alone in any case in which the Minister directs that he shall not. No person
except an authorised person, or a competent person over 21 years of age acting under his immediate
supervision, shall undertake any repair, alteration, extension, cleaning or such work where technical
knowledge or experience is required in order to avoid danger, and no one shall do such work
unaccompanied.
Where a contractor is employed, and the danger to be avoided is under his control, the contractor shall
appoint the authorised person, but if the danger to be avoided is under the control of the employer, the
employer shall appoint the authorised person.
Article 22
Instructions as to the treatment of persons suffering from electric shock shall be affixed to all premises where
electrical energy is generated, transformed, or used above low voltage; and in such premises, or classes of
premises, or classes of premises, in which electrical energy is generated , tranformed , or used at low
voltage as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs may direct
Article 23
1. Every sub-station shall be substantially constructed, and shall be so arranged that no person other than an
authorised person can obtain access thereto otherwise than by the proper entrance, or can interfere with the
apparatus or conductors therein from outside, and shall be provided with efficient means of ventilation and
be kept dry
2. Every sub-station shall be under the control of an authorised person, and none but an authorised person
or person acting under his immediate supervision shall enter any part thereof where there may be danger.
3. Every ground under sub-station and otherwise easily and safely accessible shall be provided with
adequate means of access by a door or trap-door, with a staircase or ladder securely fixed and so placed that
no live part of any switch-board or any bare conductor shall be within reach of a person thereon; provided
however, that the means of access to such sub-station shall be by a doorway and staircase if any person is
regularly employed therein, otherwise than for inspection or cleaning, or if the sub-station is not of ample
dimensions and there is therein either moving machinery other than ventilating fans, Or high voltage.
Article 24
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may make an Order to exempt from all or any of the
requirements provided for in this Order :
a. any particular system or part of a system;
b. any particular electrical apparatus or class of apparatus if it has been found that the requirements for
which exempts have been issued are not vital for the protection of workers.
Article 25
Article 3 of the aforementioned Order No. 29/1976 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with
respect to the precautions for the protection of workers from the hazards of electricity shall be revoked.
Article 26
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into effect three months after the date of
its publication.
Isa Bin Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al-khalifa
Dated : 26th December, 1977
ORDER NO. 34/1977
PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF THE

REPAIR AND DEMOLITION OF TANKS, DRUMS AND WORK IN CONFINED SPACES
in pursuance of paragraph one of Article 92 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, promulgated by Amiri
respect to organisation of industrial safety organs in establishments and determining and regulating the
necessary services and precautions for the protection of workers during work and from machinery, and to
Order No.
12/1977 made by the Minister for Labour and Social Affairs with respect to the determination and
organisation of precautionary measures vital to the protection of workers engaged in construction, civil
engineering and
shipbuilding;
ORDERS
Article 1
The provisions of this Order shall apply to all premises subject to the provisions of the Labour Law for the
Private Sector, 1976.
Article 2
According to this Order, the following expression shall have the meaning assigned to it:
‘competent’ shall mean the definition stipulated in Order No. 12/1977 made by the Minister for Labour and
Social Affairs with respect to the determination and organization of precautionary measures vital to the
protection of workers engaged in construction, civil engineering and shipbuilding.
Article 3
No plant, tank drum or vessel which has contained any explosive or flammable substance shall be subjected -
a. to any welding, brazing or soldering operation;
b. to any cutting operation which involves the application of heat; or
c. to any cutting operation involving the application of heat for the purpose of taking apart, demolishing or
removing the plant, thank, drum or vessel or any part of it,
until all practicable steps have been taken by steaming, boiling out or otherwise to remove the flammable
substance and any fumes arising from it or to reder them non-explosive or non-flammable; and if any plant
etc. has been subjected to any such operation, no explosive or flammable substance shall be allowed to enter
the plant etc. until the metal is cooled sufficiently to prevent any risk of ignition.
Article 4
Before a contractor undertakes any demolition of large tanks or a vessel whose capacity is 450 litres or more,
e.g. oil storage tanks, authority for the work undertaken shall be obtained from the Directorate of Labour at
the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
Article 5
Where work has to be done inside any chamber, tank, vat, pipe, flue or other confined space in which either
(a) dangerous fumes are likely to be present to such an extent as to involve risk to persons being overcome
thereby or (b) the proportion of oxygen in the air is liable to have been substantially reduced, the following
precautions shall be taken:
1. The confined space shall be provided with a manhole, which may be rectangular, oval or circular in
shape, and shall be not less than eighteen inches long and sixteen inches wide or (if circular) not less than
eighteen inches in diameter, or in the case of tank wagons and other mobile plant, not less than sixteen
inches long and fourteen inches wide or (if circular) not less than sixteen inches in diameter.
2. No person shall enter or remain in the confined space for any purpose unless he is wearing suitable
breathing apparatus and has been authorised to enter by a responsible person, and, where practicable, he is
wearing a belt with a rope securely attached and a person keeping watch outside and capable of pulling him
out is holding the free end of the rope.
3. Sub-paragraph two of this Article shall not apply in the cases where the confined space is safe for a
specified period, safe for entry without breathing apparatus and the period so specified has not expired, but
no person shall enter or remain the space unless he has been warned when that period will expire.
4. A confined space shall not be certified under subsection (3) of this Article unless:
a. effective steps have been taken to prevent any ingress of dangerous fumes; and
b. any sludge or other deposit liable to give off dangerous fumes has been removed and the space
contains no other material liable to give off dangerous fumes; and
c. the space has been adequately ventilated and tested for dangerous fumes and has a supply of air
adequate for reparation;
but no account shall be taken for the purpose of paragraph (b) of this subsection of any deposit or other
material liable to give off dangerous fumes in insignificant quantities only.
5. There shall be provided and kept readily available a sufficient supply of breathing apparatus, of belts and
ropes, and of suitable reviving apparatus and oxygen, and the apparatus, belts and ropes shall be maintained
and shall be thoroughly examined, at least once a month or at such other intervals as may be prescribed by a
competent person; and a report on every such examination, signed by the person making the examination
and containing the prescribed particulars, shall be kept available for inspection.
6. A sufficient number for persons employed shall be trained and practised in the use of the apparatus
mentioned in subsection (5) of this Article and in the method of restoring respiration.
Article 6
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs may by an Order grant exemption from compliance with any of
the requirements of the foregoing provisions of this Order in any case where he is satisfied that compliance
with these requirements is unnecessary or impracticable.
Article 7
This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette and it shall come into effect from the date of its
publication.
Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,
Isa Bin Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
Dated: 26th December, 1977

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Chapter 12 - CONDITIONS OF WORK Page 1 of 2

An employer shall provide workers employed in locations or establishments, to be prescribed by an Order

Note (i) Article 98

ORDER NO. 1/2006

WITH RESPECT TO PROCEDURES REQUIRED FOR REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL

The Minister of Labour,

Legislative Decree No.23 of 1976, as amended,

04.09.1976 with respect to the Implementing Procedures for the Insurance

Section against Occupational Accidents,

Public Medical Commissions and Determining their Powers,

And upon the submission of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour,

a) Any fracture with the exception of fingers or toes fractures.

b) A total loss of any organ, body part or function thereof.

d) A temporary or permanent loss of vision.

e) Any eye injury that requires medical treatment or follow up by a physician.

g) Third degree burns.

Signed: Dr. Majeed bin Mohsen Al Alawi,

Issued on: 9th Rabie Al Akher, 1427 Hijra,

Corresponding to: 7th May 2006 AD.

ORDER NO. 3/1978

The Minister for Health;

The following shall be adhered to at the work-site;

2. Ventilation shall be adequate and suitable.

3. The temperature of the place shall be endurable.

Ali Muhammad Fakhro

Dated: 7th March, 1978

SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS CONCERNING THE NORMS FOR LIGHTING

MINIMUM NUMBER OF WASH BASINS AND COMMUNAL WASHING FACILITIES

(b) for every 20 workers in addition - One additional wash

to the aforementioned 5 and up basin or communal

to 100 workersadequate washing facilities for

washing facilities for

4. The proportion of health utilities shall be as follows:

Sex Number Water closets. Urinals

For every 25 workers or a part

of the additional 25 to 15 workers 1 --

For every 20 or part of additional

ORDER NO. 3/2001

WITH RESPECT TO PERIODICAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR WORKERS

The Minister for Health,

Signed: Faisal Radhi Al Moosawi,

ORDER NO. 6/1999

WITH RESPECT TO AMENDING ARTICLE 1 OF MINISTERIAL ORDER NO. 16 OF 1988

The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,

Signed: Abdul Nabi Abdulla Al Shoa’la

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

Issued on: 11th Safar, 1420 Hijra,

Corresponding to: 26th May, 1999.

TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS OF ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND

* Inspection of Lifting Equipment:

1. Lifting Equipment and Engineer Association (LEEA).

2. The International Federation for Inspection (IFIA).

* Inspection of Steam and Air Receivers

The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspector

SECOND: PERSONNEL EMPLOYED AT THE ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS

ORDER NO. 6/2000

WITH RESPECT TO ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT

The Minister of Labour & Social Affairs,

Hereby Orders the Following:

b. Fire, landslide or explosion resulting in losses to production or to production equipment.

c. An accident that results in injuries to more than one person.

* Amended by ministerial order no. (1) 2006.

The duties of the occupational safety officer shall be defined as follows:

4. Following up the availability of fire prevention facilities and fire- extinguishers.