Industrial Safety Division

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Building a safer tomorrow, one regulation at a time

Department of Labour

Our commitment to safety is unyielding

Department of Labour

ඉදිකිරීම් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ වෘත්තිය සුරක්ෂිතභාවය

දූවිල්ලෙන් ආරක්ෂා වෙමු

තේ කර්මාන්තයේ අනතුරු වලක්වා ගනිමු

ගිනි ගල් යන්ත්‍රය සුරක්ෂිත උපකරණයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කිරීමට ඔබ සූදානම්ද?

ඇගලුම් කර්මාන්තශාලාවල සේවය කරන ඔබේ ආරක්ෂාව

කෘෂි කර්මාන්තයේදී රසායනිකයන් සුරක්ෂිතව පරිහරණය කිරීම

සුරක්ෂිත ඉදිකිරීම් වැඩ බිමක් සදහා

සුරක්ෂිතව විදුලිය භාවිතා කරමු

රබර් කර්මාන්තය ආශ්‍රිත

Our main objective is to ensure the Safety, Health and Welfare at each and every work place by enforcing the Factories Ordinance No 45 of 1942 with subsequent amendments. Our services are decentralised through ten District factory inspection Engineer’s offices at Anuradhapura, Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha, Galle, Jaffna, Kaluthara, Kandy, Kurunegala and Ratnapura.

Main Functions of the Division

Enforcement of the Factories Ordinance to ensure the Safety, Health & Welfare of workers in factories through the following activities.

✔ Enforcement and implementation of Factories Ordinance

✔ Inspection of factories

✔ Registration of Factories

✔ Registration of Steam Boilers in Industry

✔ Approval of building plans

✔ Attend Coroners court to give expert evidence

✔ Investigation of complaints

✔ Investigation of accidents

✔ Institute legal actions

✔ Conduct Safety awareness programs to prevent accidents

✔ Analysis of accidents

✔ Appointment of Authorized Officers

✔ Issue of certificates under the Factories Ordinance

✔ Making Safety posters, Leaflets, Short films

✔ Establishing and documenting safety and health committees

The other Important activities

Advisory services for improvement of work environment in factories
Participation in national committees with regard to Occupational safety & Health
Safety auditing of factories
Preparation of curriculum on Safety, Health & Welfare for educational institutions
Celebration of following events annually
- World safety and health day every year, 28th of April.
- National occupational safety and health week every year, 2nd week October.

Existing Legislation

✔ Factories Ordinance No.45 of 1942

Amendments

✔ Factories (Amendment) Ordinance No.22 of 1946

✔ Factories (Amendment) Act No.54 of 1961

✔ Factories (Amendment) Law No.12 of 1976

✔ Factories (Amendment) Act No.18 of 1998

✔ Factories (Amendment) Act No.33 of 2000

✔ Factories (Amendment) Act No.19 of 2002

✔ Factories (Amendment) Act No.04 of 2021

In addition to the above following regulations are also in effective

Factories (No.1) Regulations 1960
Factories (Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1965
Factories (Dangerous Occurrences Notification) Regulations 1965
Factories (Washing facilities General) Regulations 1965
Factories (Meal Room) Regulations 1965
Factories (Steam Boiler Attendants Certificates of competency) Regulations 1965
Factories (Notifiable Industrial Diseases) Regulations 1972
Factories (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 1979
Factories (First Aid) Regulations 1995
Factories (Registration of Factories and Approval of Factory Buildings) Regulations No. I of 2019
Factories (Registration of Steam Boilers) Regulations No.2 of 2019
Factories (Issue of certificates for examination of steam boilers and other pressure vessel) Regulations No. 3 of 2019
Factories (Protection of workers from excessive noise) Regulations No. 4 of 2019
Factories (General Standards of Lighting) Regulations No. 5 of 2019
Leaflet on first aid

Related documents (Forms)

General Register
Form CFIE 1
Factory Registration Application Form
Factory Building Plan Approval Application Form
Accident Notification Form (Form 10)
Dangerous Occurrences Notification Form (Form 12)
Industrial Diseases Notification Form (Form 13)
Steam Boiler_Registration Application Form
National Guidelines on Establishing Bipartite OSH Committees at Workplaces 2023

Downloads

Industrial Safety Division

Title	Sinhala	English	Tamil
General register	Download	Download	Download
Accident notification follow-up report ( CFIE-1 Form )	Download	Download	Download
Factory Registration Application Form	Download	Download	Download
Factory Building Plan Approval Application Form	Download	Download	Download
Accident Notification Form (Form 10)	Download	Download	Download
Dangerous Occurrences Notification Form (Form 12)	Download	Download	Download
Industrial Diseases Notification Form (Form 13)	Download	Download	Download
Steam Boiler Registration Application Form	Download	Download	Download
National Guidelines on Establishing Bipartite OSH Committees at Workplaces 2023	Download	Download	Download