Uddin v Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd

Subject Matter

FACTORY — Dangerous machinery (fencing) — Revolving shaft in upper storey of factory — Whether “transmission machinery” — Machine intended to be driven by mechanical power — Unfenced shaft — Whether breach of duty by employers of workmen to fence — Factories Act, 1937, ss 17, 152

[1965] 2 QB 15; [1965] 2 WLR 327

FACTORY — Dangerous machinery (manufacture) — Persons liable — Machine intended to be driven by mechanical power — Manufacturer's obligation — Whether any duty upon factory employer or occupier — Factories Act, 1937, s 17

[1965] 2 QB 15; [1965] 2 WLR 327

FACTORY — “Persons employed” — Unauthorised act — Unauthorised act in unauthorised place by workman — Workman injured by unfenced revolving shaft — Injury sustained during working hours — Whether duty to fence — Whether employers in breach of duty — “Employed” — Factories Act, 1937, s 14 (1)

[1965] 2 QB 15; [1965] 2 QB 582; [1965] 2 WLR 1183; [1965] 2 WLR 327

STATUTE — Construction — Side note — Cannot be used as aid to construction — Factories Act, 1937, s 17

[1965] 2 QB 15; [1965] 2 WLR 327

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