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Section 13 of Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A: Duties of employee

    

(1) Every employee shall, while at the workplace—
(a) ensure his own safety and health and that of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at the workplace;
(b) co-operate with his employer or any other person in the discharge of any duty or requirement imposed on the employer or that other person by this Act or any regulation made hereunder;
(c) at all times wear or use any protective equipment or clothing provided by the employer for the purpose of preventing risks to his safety and health;
(d) comply with the safety and health procedures, requirements and instructions given by a person having authority over him for his own or any other person’s safety;
(e) report to the supervisor, any situation which he has reason to believe would present a hazard and which he cannot correct;
(f) report to his supervisor any accident or injury that arises in the course of or in connection with his work; and
(g) with regard to any duty or requirement imposed on his employer or any other person by or under any other relevant statutory provision, co-operate with the employer or other person to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with.
(2) An employee who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

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