COUNTRY REPORT –SRI LANKA
Eng. P.L. Bulathsinghala
Factory Inspecting Engineer
Industrial Safety Division
Department of Labour
Sri Lanka.

Organization Chart
Department of Labour

Industrial Safety Division
District Factory Inspecting
Engineer’s Office 10

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Lack of regulations under the Factories Ordinance Factories Ordinance to be upgraded Number of Factory Inspecting Engineers Lack of resources, experts in formulating regulations,and legal drafts
 Training of Factory Inspecting Engineers
 SME’s commitment for OSH
 Enhancing Statistical data collecting system
 Standards for High Risk Machineries

Lack of regulations
 There are no regulations forFire Safety
Chemical Safety
Ergonomics

Electrical Safety
and many more

Responsibilities
 Enforcement and implementation of Factories Ordinance Inspection of factories
 Apporval of building plans Attend Coroners court to give expert evidence Investigation of accidents/complaints
 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 of Safety posters, Leaflets, Short films

Regulations
 Factories (No.1) Regulations 1960
 Factories (Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1965
 Factories (Dangerous Occurrences Notification)Regulations 1965

 Factories (Washing facilities General) Regulations 1965
 Factories (General Standards of Lighting) Regulations 1965
 Factories (Meal Room) Regulations 1965
 Factories (Steam Boiler Attendants Certificates ofcompetency) Regulations 1965

 Factories (Notifiable Industrial Diseases) Regulations 1972 Factories (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 1979

 Factories (First Aid) Regulations 1995

Number of Factory Inspecting Engineers
No. of Registered Factories (by 2016)27570

No. of Factory Inspecting Engineers

21

No. of Specialist Factory Inspecting
Engineers

3

20

100

90

NO. of Fatal Accidents

No. of Fatal Accidents

2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0

1566
1740
1755
1523
1449
1456
1313
1319
1344
1361
1251
1394
1564

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

27570

26198

25236

23844

22316

20870

19823

18096

16153

14751

30000

2009

2008

2007

13981

13196

0

2006

2005

10000

2017

76
64
60
80
71
68
76
67
68

20000

2015

2013

2011

30

4950

2009

40

2007

60

84
77

70

48

80

2005

No. of Registered Factories

No. of Nonfatal Accidents

No. of Nonfatal Accidents

Enhancing Statistical data collecting
systemReporting Industrial Accidents

Formal reporting

Throughunder the legislation

Media / Complaints

Under the Legislation
all the accidents
 Cause death to any person employed in the factory
 Disables any such person for more than three days from

earning full wages at work at which he was employed, or Make any such persons unconscious as a result of heatexhaustion ,electric shock, poisonous fumes or gases

are reportable to the District Factory Inspecting Engineer
using Form 10 immediately after the injury.

It is possible to get the information from thefollowing sources Hospitals in Health Department of Sri Lanka.
 Police Department of Sri Lanka.
 Insurance Companies of Sri Lanka.
 Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka.
 Department of Transport of Sri Lanka

Assisting Industries while overcoming issues