(1) Every employer shall:
  (a) take all possible and reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and health of the workers at the workplace;
  (b) ensure systematic and effective identification of existing and new hazards and risks at the workplace on a regular basis;
  (c) arrange for annual training of safety and health representatives, approved by the Government, and bear all expenses thereof;
  (d) get, at his own expense, the workers vaccinated and inoculated against occupational diseases at such intervals as may be prescribed;
  (e) ensure the provision and application of processes, systems of work and tasks that are safe and without risks of harm to health;
  (f) ensure the provision and maintenance of tools, machinery, equipment, and appliances that are safe and without risks of harm;
  (g) make arrangements to control and prevent physical, chemical, biological, radiological, ergonomic, psycho-social, or any other hazards to the workers and other persons at the workplace;
  (h) provide such information, instructions, training, and supervision as are necessary or required under this Act and the rules;
  (i) keep the workplace in a safe, clean, orderly, and harm-free condition, and provide and maintain safe means of access to and egress from the workplace;
  (j) inform the workers, in an understandable manner and in accessible written form, before any work commences, of the hazards associated with their work, the risks involved, and the preventative and protective measures that need to be taken;
  (k) provide, where necessary and at his own expense, if hazards cannot otherwise be eliminated or controlled, adequate protective clothing and protective equipment as may be approved by the Government, to prevent risks of harm and adverse effects on health;
  (l) maintain in the general register particulars of all accidents, including dangerous occurrences, commuting accidents, and suspected cases of occupational diseases at the workplace, and submit extracts thereof to the Government;
  (m) provide, where necessary, adequate first aid arrangements and other measures to deal with emergencies, dangerous occurrences, accidents, and industrial disasters;
  (n) ensure the establishment and efficient functioning of a safety and health committee and the recognition of safety and health representatives;
  (o) take all practical measures for the prevention of fires or explosions and for the provision of safety measures in the event of fire or explosion.

(2) The employer shall record particulars of any accident or harm occurring at the workplace and shall take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the event is investigated to determine the cause of such accident or harm.

(3) Wherever two or more undertakings engage in activities simultaneously at one workplace, the employers of each undertaking shall collaborate in applying the provisions of this Act.