Factories and Boilers Department, Kerala

The Department of Factories and Boilers is under the administration of the Ministry of Labour and Skills. The main responsibility of the Department is to check the compliance of factories with the Factories Act, 1948 and the Boilers Act, 1923. This department is conferred with statutory administration powers to confirm the safety, protection, health and welfare of about seven lakh workers in registered factories across Kerala and the overall public in the locality of hazard-prone factories through 20 different laws. The Department also has the compulsory function of eradicating work-related hazards, work-related diseases and manufacturing disasters. Director is the head of the Factories and Boilers Department. The department is split into 3 regions under which there are 22 factory divisions and other 25 additional factory divisions.