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.
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
| Additional Commissioner General of Labour (Engineering) | 0112508726 |
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| Commissioner of Labour (Industrial Safety) & Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer |
0112508783 |
| Deputy Commissioner of Labour (Industrial Safety) & Deputy Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer |
0112508227 |
| Office | 0112508773 |
+94 112 104 800