FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 29 Floors, passages and stairs.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 29

Floors, passages and stairs.

29.(1) All floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of sound
construction and properly maintained and shall, so far as is reasonably
practicable, be kept free from any obstruction and from any substance likely
to cause persons to slip.

(2) 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.

(3) Any open side of a staircase shall also be guarded by the provision and
maintenance of a lower rail or other effective means.

(4) All openings in floors shall be securely fenced, except in so far as the
nature of the work renders such fencing impracticable.

(5) All ladders shall be soundly constructed and properly maintained.

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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 29