Full notified Rule text
100. Dangerous manufacturing process or operation under section 82.- (1) The following manufacturing process or operation when carried on in any factory are declared to be dangerous manufacturing process or operation under clause (a) of section 82:-
1. Manufacture of aerated water and processes incidental thereto.
2. Electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by use of an electrolyte containing chromic acid or other chromium compounds.
3. Manufacture and repair of electric accumulators.
4. Glass manufacture.
5. Grinding or glazing of metals.
6. Manufacture and treatment of lead and certain compounds of lead.
7. Generation of gas from dangerous petroleum, as defined in the Petroleum Act, 1934 (Central Act No. 30 of 1934).
8. Cleaning or smoothing, roughening etc., of articles by a jet of sand metal short or grit or other abrasive propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam.
9. Lining and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto.
10. Manufacture of chemical and processes incidental thereto.
11. Manufacture of pottery and processes incidental thereto.
12. Printing presses and type foundries-certain lead processes carried therein.
13. Manufacture of bangles and other articles from cinematograph film and toxic and inflammable solvents.
14. Compression of oxygen and hydrogen produced by the Electrolysis of water.
15. Handling and processing of Asbestos, manufacture of any article of Asbestos and any other process of manufacture or otherwise in which Asbestos is used in any
form.
16. Manipulation of stone or any other material containing free silica.
17. Handling and Manipulation of corrosive (liquids and substances).
18. Manufacture or Manipulation of Carcinogenic Dye Intermediates.
19. Process of extracting vegetable oils from oil cakes in Solvent Extraction Plant.
20. Manufacture or Manipulation of manganese and its compounds.
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22. Carbon Disulphide Plants.
23. Manufacture and Manipulation of Dangerous Pesticides.
24. Operations involving high Noise levels.
25. Manufacture of Rayon by Viscose Process.
26. Highly Flammable Liquid and Flammable Compressed Gases.
27. Operation in Foundries.
28. Fireworks Manufacturing and Match Factories.
(2) The provisions specified under clause (b), (c) and (d) of section 82 and in the Schedules annexed hereto shall apply to any class or description of factories wherein dangerous manufacturing process or operation specified in each Schedule are carried out.
(3) Notwithstanding the provision specified in the schedules appended to this rule, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, by issue of orders in writing to the manager or occupier or both, direct them to carry out such measures, and within such time, as may be specified in such order with a view to removing conditions dangerous to the health of the workers, or to suspend any process, where such process constitutes, in the opinion of the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator , imminent danger of poisoning or toxicity.
(4) Any register or record of medical examination and tests connection therewith required to be carried out under any of the schedules annexed hereto in respect of any workers shall be kept readily available to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and shall be preserved till the expiry of one year after the workers ceases to be in employment of the factory or for the time period specifically prescribed in any of the Schedule below, whichever is higher.
(5) No pregnant woman shall be employed in any part of a factory wherein or near thereby a dangerous manufacturing process or operation is carried out. However, before employing any woman other than pregnant women in a factory wherein dangerous manufacturing process or operation is carried out, the occupier shall ensure that engineering control is installed, safety training, prescribed medical examination, specialised Personal Protective Equipment, as may be notified by the State Government, are provided.
(6) The Permit to work system shall inter alia include the observance of the following precautions while carrying out any specified work to be subjected to the permit to work system;-
(a) all work subject to the permit to work system shall be carried out under the supervision of a knowledgeable and responsible person;
(b) all parts of plant or machinery or equipment on which permit to work system is carried out, shall remain isolated from other parts throughout the period of permit to work and the place of work including the parts of plant, machinery shall be rendered safe by cleaning, purging washing etc.;
(c) all work subject to the permit to work system shall have predetermined work procedures which integrate safety with the work. Such procedures shall be
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reviewed whenever any change occurs in material or equipment so that continued safety is ensured;
(d) persons who are assigned to carry out the permit to work system shall be physically fit in all respects taking into consideration the demands and nature of the work before entering into the confined space. Such persons shall be adequately informed about the correct work procedures as well as the precautions to be observed while carrying out the permit to work system;
(e) adequate rescue arrangements wherever considered necessary and adequate first aid, rescue and resurrection arrangements shall be available in good working condition near the place of work while carrying out the permit to work system for use in emergency;
(f) adequate rescue arrangements wherever considered equipment shall be used while carrying out the 'permit to work system';
(g) after completion of work subject to the 'permit to work system’, the person responsible shall remove all the equipment and tools and restore to the original condition so as to prevent any danger while carrying out a regular process; and
(h) Alternate power supply arrangements shall be made and interlocked with the normal power supply system so as to ensure constant supply of power to the facilities and equipment meant for compliance with requirements of the schedules made under this rule.
(7) There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed in dangerous operation process,-
(a) a wash place under cover with either,-
(i) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe, without plug and of sufficient length to allow of at least 60 cms. for every ten such persons employed at any one time and having a constant supply of water taps of jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 cms.; or
(ii) at least one wash basin for every ten such persons employed at any one time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of clean water:
(iii) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials renewed daily;
and
(iv) a sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleansing materials.
(b) there shall in addition be provided means of washing facilities if required by notice in writing from the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
(8) Before each meal and before the end of the day's work, at least ten minutes, in addition to the regular meal times, shall be allowed for washing to each worker or employee:
Provided that if there be one basin or 60 cms. of trough for each such person this sub-
rule shall not apply.
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(9) Sufficient bath accommodation to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be provided along with sufficient supply of soap and clean towels.
(10) No food, drink, Paan and supari or tobacco shall be consumed or brought by any worker into any work-room in which any dangerous operation process is carried on.
(11) The occupier of all the factories carrying out processes covered under section 82, shall provide,-
(a) for all the workers working in a shift, mess room facility, which are well ventilated and provided with sitting facilities along with the provision of drinking water; and
(b) such facilities shall include suitable arrangements for cleaning and washing and shall be maintained in clean and hygienic conditions.
(12) The occupier of every factory carrying out any process covered under section 82 shall provide,-
(a) for all the workers employed in the process, cloak room facilities with lockers.
Each worker shall be provided with locker; and
(b) the cloak room facilities shall be located as far as possible near to the facilities
provided for washing. If it is not possible to locate the washing facilities the cloak room facilities shall have adequate and suitable arrangements for cleaning & washing.
(13) The occupier of every factory having licence of more than 100 workers and to which this rule applies, shall,-
(a) employ a qualified medical practitioner having qualification, training and experience in conducting a thorough Medical check-up against the hazards likely to creep in such type of process; and
(b) provide to the said medical practitioner the necessary facilities for the purpose referred to in clause (a);
(14) The record of medical examination and appropriate tests carried out by the said medical practitioner shall be maintained in a Health Register, which shall be kept readily available for Inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(15) Workers employed in processes covered under this rule shall be medically examined by a Medical Practitioner or Medical Officer in the following manner:-
(a) Once before employment, to ascertain physical suitability of the person to do the particular Job;
(b) Once in a period of 12 months or less as defined in the schedule, to ascertain the health status of the workers;
(c) The details of pre-employment and periodical medical examinations carried out as aforesaid shall be recorded in Health Register and maintained;
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(d) Any finding of the Medical Practitioner revealing any abnormality or unsuitability of any person employed in the process shall immediately be reported to the occupier. If the Factory Medical Practitioner is of the opinion that the worker so examined is required to be suspended from the process for health protection, he will advise the occupier accordingly, who shall not employ the said worker in the same process. However, the worker so suspended from the process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully in capacitated in the opinion of the Medical Practitioner, in which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated:
Provided that the Medical Officer on his own may examine any other workers whom he feels necessary to be examined for ascertaining the suitability of his employment in the processes covered under this rule or for ascertaining the health status of any other worker and his opinion shall be final.
(e) No person shall be newly appointed without the Certificate of Fitness granted by the Medical Practitioner. If the Medical Practitioner declares a person unfit for being appointed to work in the process covered in sub-rule (1) then such person shall have a right to appeal to the Medical Officer, whose opinion shall be final in this regard;
(f) The worker suspended from the process owing to the circumstances covered in sub-para (d) shall be employed again in the same process only after obtaining the Fitness Certificate from the Medical Officer and after making entries to that effect in the health register.
(16) In every factory carrying out dangerous operations,-
(a) Every worker employed in any of these processes to which this rule applies shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include such medical tests as mentioned in the Schedule related to the processes. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer.
(b) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a Medical Officer at least once in every twelve months. Such re-examination shall, wherever the Medical Officer considers appropriate include tests as specified in Schedules appended to this rule.
(c) The Medical Officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of Fitness.
The record of examination and re-examinations carried out shall be entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the custody of the manager of the factory. The record of each examination carried out under clause (a) and (b) above, including the nature and results of the tests, shall also be entered by the Medical Officer in a health register.
(d) The Certificate of fitness and the health register shall be kept readily available for Inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
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(e) If at any time the Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker, he shall make a record of his findings in the said certificate and the health register. The entry of his findings in those documents should also include the period for which he considers that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes.
(f) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in clause (e) above shall be re-
employed or permitted to work in the said processes unless the Medical Officer, after further examination again, certifies him fit for employment in those processes.
(17) In all the factories carrying out dangerous operation there shall be provided and maintained in good order an Occupational Health Centre with facilities as per scale laid down hereunder:
(a) For factories having licence upto 50 workers,-
(i) The services of a qualified medical practitioner, hereinafter known as Factory Medical Practitioner, available on a retainership basis, in his notified clinic near to the factory for seeking medical help during emergency. He will also carry out the pre-employment and periodical medical examinations.
(ii) A minimum of five persons trained in first aid procedures, amongst whom at least one shall always be available during the working period:
(iii) A fully equipped first aid box.
(iv) List of hazardous substance, chemicals and dangerous operations along with Material Safety Data Sheets.
(b) For factories employing 51 to 200 workers,-
(i) The occupational health centre shall have a room having a minimum floor area of 15 sq.m. with floor and walls made of smooth hard and impervious surface and shall be adequately illuminated, ventilated and equipped:
(ii) A part time Factory Medical Practitioner will be in overall charge of the Centre who shall visit the factory minimum twice in a week and whose services shall be readily available during emergencies.
(iii) There shall be one qualified and trained dresser-cum-compounder on duty throughout the working period.
(iv) A fully equipped first aid box.
(v) List of hazardous substance, chemicals and dangerous operations along with Material Safety Data Sheets.
(c) For factories employing above 200 workers,-
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(i) There shall be one full time Factory Medical Practitioner for factories employing up to 500 workers and one more Medical Practitioner for every 1000 workers or part thereof.
(ii) The occupational health centre in this case shall have a minimum of 2 rooms each having a minimum floor area of 15 sq. m. each with floors and walls made of smooth, hard and impervious surface and shall be adequately illuminated, ventilated and equipped.
(iii) There shall be one trained nurse, one dresser-cum-compounder and sweeper-cum-ward boy throughout the working period.
(iv) The occupational Health Centre in this case shall be suitably equipped to manage medical emergencies.
(v) List of hazardous substance, chemicals and dangerous operations along with Material Safety Data Sheets.
(18) In every factory having licence for more than 500 workers and carrying out dangerous operation, there shall be provided and maintained in good condition a fully equipped ambulance van as may be prescribed and manned by a full time driver-cum-mechanic and a helper, trained in first aid for the purposes of transportation of serious cases of accidents or sickness. The ambulance van shall not be used for any purpose other than the purpose stipulated herein and will always be available near the Occupational Health Centre.
SCHEDULE I Manufacture of Aerated Waters and processes incidental thereto.
1. Fencing of machines.- All machines for filling bottles or siphons shall be so constructed, placed or fenced, as to prevent, as far as may be practicable, a fragment of a bursting bottle or siphons from striking any person employed in the factory,
2. Face guards and gauntlets.- (1) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition for the use of all persons engaged in filling bottles or siphons-
(a) suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat; and
(b) suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the whole hand and arms:
Provided that,-
(i) provision of this clause shall not apply where bottles are filled by means of an automatic machine so constructed that no fragment of a bursting bottle can escape; and
(ii) where a machine is so constructed that only one arm of the bottle at work upon it is exposed to danger, a gauntlet need not be provided for the arm which is not exposed to danger.
(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition for the use of all persons engaged in corking, crowning, screwing, wiring, foiling, capsuling, sighting or levelling bottles of siphons—
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(a) suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat; and
(b) suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the arm and at least half of the palm and the space between the thumb and forefinger.
3. Wearing of face-guards and gauntlets.- All persons engaged in any of the processes specified in clause 2 shall, while at work in such processes, wear the face guards and gauntlets provided under the provisions of the said clause.
SCHEDULE II Electrolytic plating or Oxidation of Metal articles by use of an Electrolytes containing chromic acid or other chromium compounds 1. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Electrolytic chromium process" means the electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by the use of an electrolyte containing chromic acid or other chromium compounds.
(b) "Bath" means any vessel used for an electrolytic chromium process or for any subsequent process.
2. Exhaust draught.- An efficient exhaust draught shall be applied to every vessel in which an electrolytic chromium process is carried on. Such draught shall be provided by mechanical means and shall operate on the vapour or spray given off in the process, as near as may be, at the point of origin. The exhaust draught appliance shall be so constructed, arranged and maintained as to prevent the vapour or spray entering into any room or place in which work is carried on.
3. Floor of work-rooms.- The floor of every room containing a bath shall be impervious to water. The floor shall be maintained in good and level condition and shall be washed down at least once a day.
4. Protective clothing.- (1) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain in good and clean condition, the following articles of protective clothing for the use of all persons employed on any process at which they are liable to come in contact with liquid from a bath and such clothing shall be worn by the persons concerned—
(a) water-proof aprons and bibs; and
(b) for persons actually working at a bath loose-fitting rubber gloves and rubber boots or other water-proof footwear.
(2) the occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed suitable accommodation for the storage and adequate arrangements for the drying of the protective clothing.
5. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in the electrolytic chrome process shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examinations shall include tests for Chromium in urine and nasal septum perforation.
6. Cautionary placard.- A cautionary placard in the language of the majority of the workers employed shall be affixed in a prominent place in the factory where it can be easily and conveniently read by the workers.
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SCHEDULE III Manufacture and Repair of Electric Accumulators
1. Savings.- This Schedule shall not apply to the manufacture or repair of electric accumulators or parts thereof not containing lead or any compound of leads or to the repair on the premises, of any accumulator forming part of a stationery battery.
2. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Lead process" means the melting of lead or any material containing lead, casting, pasting, lead burning, or any other work, including trimming, or any other abrading or cutting of pasted plates involving the use, movement or manipulation of, or contact with, any oxide of lead.
(b) "Manipulation of raw oxide of lead" means any lead process involving any manipulation or movement of raw oxides of lead other than its conveyance in a receptacle or by means of an implement from one operation to another.
3. Separation of certain processes.- Each of the following processes shall be carried on in such a manner and under such conditions, as to secure effectual separation from one another, and from any other process-
(a) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead;
(b) Pasting;
(c) Drying of pasted plates;
(d) Formation with lead burning ("tacking") necessarily carried on in connection therewith; and
(e) Melting down of pasted plates.
4. Air space.- In every room in which a lead process is carried on, there shall be at least 14 cubic metres of air space, for each person employed therein, and in computing this air space, no height over 3.5 metres shall be taken into account.
5. Ventilation.- Every work-room shall be provided with inlets and outlets of adequate size as to secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the room.
6. Distance between workers in pasting room.- In every pasting room, the distance between the center of the working position of any paster and that of the paster working nearest to him, shall not be less than 1.5 metres.
7. Floor of work-rooms.- (1) The floor of every room in which a lead process is carried on shall be,-
(a) of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water:
(b) maintained in sound condition; and
(c) kept free from materials, plant, or other obstruction not required for, or produced in, the process carried on in the room.
(2) In all such rooms other than grid casting shops, the floor shall be cleaned daily after being thoroughly sprayed with water at a time when no other work is being carried on in the room.
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(3) In grid casting shops, the floor shall be cleaned daily.
(4) Without prejudice to the requirements of sub-clause (1), (2) and (3) where manipulation of raw oxide of lead or pasting is carried on, the floor shall also be,-
(a) kept constantly moist while work is being done;
(b) provided with suitable and adequate arrangements for drainage; and
(c) thoroughly washed daily by means of a hose pipe.
8. Work-benches. - The work-benches at which any lead process is carried on shall,-
(a) have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition:
(b) be kept free from all materials or plant not required for, or produced in, the process carried on there at;
(c) all such work-benches other than those in grid casting shops shall be cleansed daily either after being thoroughly damped or by means of a suction cleaning apparatus at a time when no other work is being carried on there at;
(d) all such work-benches in grid ousting shops, shall be cleansed daily; and
(e) every work-bench used for pasting shall,-
(i) be covered throughout with sheet lead or other impervious material;
(ii) be provided with raised edges; and
(iii) be kept constantly moist while pasting is being carried on.
9. Exhaust draught.- The following processes shall not be carried on without the use of an efficient exhaust draught,-
(a) Melting of lead or materials containing lead;
(b) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead, unless done in an enclosed apparatus so as to prevent the escape of dust into the work-room;
(c) Pasting;
(d) Trimming, brushing, filing or any other abrading or cutting of pasted plates giving rise to dust;
(e) Lead burning, other than,-
(i) 'tacking' in the formation room;
(ii) chemical burning for the making of lead lining for cell cases necessarily carried on in such a manner that the application of efficient exhaust is impracticable.
Such exhaust draught shall be effected by mechanical means and shall operate on the dust or fume given off as nearly as may be at its point of origin, so as to prevent it entering the air of any room in which persons work.
10. Fumes and gases from melting pots.- The products of combustion produce in the heating of any melting pot shall not be allowed to escape into a room in which persons work.
11. Container for dross.- A suitable receptacle with tightly fitting cover shall be provided and used for dross as it is removed from every melting pot. Such receptacle shall be kept covered while in the work-room, except when dross is being deposited therein.
12. Container for lead waste.- A suitable receptacle shall be provided in every work-room in which old plates and waste material which may give rise to dust shall be deposited.
13. Racks and Shelves in drying room.- The racks or shelves provided in any drying room shall not be more than 240 cms. from the floor not more than 60 cms in width. Provided that
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as regards racks or shelves set or drawn from both sides the total width shall not exceed 120 cms. Such racks or shelves shall be cleaned only after being thoroughly damped unless an efficient suction cleaning apparatus is used for this purpose.
14. Medical examination by Medical Officer.- Every worker employed in lead processes shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include tests for lead in urine and blood, ALA in urine, hemoglobin content, stippling of cells and steadiness test.
15. Protective clothing.- Protective clothing shall be provided and maintained in good repair for all persons employed in,-
(a) manipulation of raw oxide of lead;
(b) pasting; or
(c) the formation room;
and such clothing shall be worn by the persons concerned. The protective clothing shall consist of a water-proof apron and water-proof footwear, and, also, as regards persons employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in pasting, head coverings. The head coverings shall be washed daily.
SCHEDULE IV Glass Manufacture
1. Exemption.- If the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied in respect of any factory or any class of process that, owing to the special methods of work or the special conditions in a factory or otherwise, any of the requirements of this Schedule can be suspended or relaxed without danger to the persons employed therein, or that the application of this Schedule or any part thereof is for any reason impracticable, he may by certificate in writing authorise such suspension or relaxation as may be indicated in the certificate for such period and on such conditions as he may think fit.
2. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by mechanical means for the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fume so as to prevent them (as far as practicable under the atmospheric conditions usually prevailing) from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught shall be deemed efficient which fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gas, vapour, fume or dust originate.
(b) "Lead compound" means any compound of lead other than galena which when treated in the manner described below, yields to an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid a quantity of soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated as lead monoxide, five per cent, of the dry weight of the portion taken for analysis.
Explanation: The method of treatment shall be as follows:-
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3. Exhaust draught.- The following process shall not be carried on except under an efficient exhausted draught or under such other conditions as may be approved by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator, -
(a) The mixing of raw materials to form a "batch".
(b) The dry grinding, glazing and polishing of glass or any article of glass.
(c) All processes in which hydrofluoric acid fumes or ammoniacal vapours are given off.
(d) All processes in the making of furnace moulds or 'pots' including the grinding or crushing of used 'pots’.
(e) All processes involving the use of a dry lead compound.
4. Floors and work-benches.- The floor and work-benches of every room in which a dry compound of lead is manipulated or in which any process is carried on giving off silica dust shall be kept moist and shall comply with the following requirements,-
The floors shall be,-
(a) of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water;
(b) maintained in sound condition; and
(c) cleansed daily after being thoroughly spread with water at a time when no other work is being carried on in the room.
The work-benches shall,-
(a) have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition, and
(b) be cleansed daily either after being thoroughly damped or by means of a suction cleaning apparatus at a time when no other work is being carried on there at.
5. Use of Hydrofluoric Acid.- The following provisions shall apply to rooms in which glass is treated with hydrofluoric acid,-
(a) there shall be inlets and outlets of adequate size so as to secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the room;
(b) the floor shall be covered with gutta-percha and be tight and shall slope gently down to a covered drain;
(c) the work places shall be so enclosed in projecting hoods that openings required for bringing in the objects to be treated shall be as small as practicable; and
(d) the efficient exhaust draught shall be so contrived that the gases are exhausted downwards.
6. Storage and transport of Hydrofluoric Acid.- Hydrofluoric acid shall not be stored or transported except in cylinders or receptacles made of lead or rubber.
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7. Blow-pipes.- Every glass blower shall be provided with a separate blow-pipe bearing the distinguishing mark of the person to whom it is issued and suitable facilities shall be readily available to every glass blower for sterilizing his blow-pipe.
8. Protective clothing.- The occupier shall provide, maintain in good repair and keep in clean condition for the use of all persons employed in the process specified in clause 3 suitable protective clothing footwear and goggles according to the nature of the work and such clothing footwear, etc. shall be worn by the persons concerned.
9. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in processes specified in clause 2 shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include pulmonary function test and in suspected cases chest X-rays as well as test for lead in urine.
SCHEDULE V Grinding or Glazing of Metals and Processes Incidental thereto
1. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Grindstone" means a grindstone composed of natural or manufactured sandstone but does not include a metal wheel or cylinder into which block of natural or manufactured sandstone are fitted;
(b) "Abrasive wheel" means a wheel manufactured of bonded emery or similar abrasive;
(c) "Grinding" means the abrasion, by aid of mechanical power, of metal, by means of grindstone or abrasive wheel;
(d) "Glazing" means the abrading, polishing or finishing, by aid of mechanical power, of metal, by means of any wheel, buff, mop or similar appliance to which any abrading or polishing substance is attached or applied;
(e) "Racing" means the turning up, cutting or dressing of a revolving grindstone before it is brought into use for the first time;
(f) "Hacking" means the chipping of the surface of a grindstone by a hack or similar tool; and
(g) "Rodding" means the dressing of the surface of a revolving grindstone by the application of a rod, bar or strip of metal to such surface.
2. Exceptions.- (1) Nothing in this Schedule shall apply to any factory in which only repairs are carried on except any part thereof in which one or more persons are wholly or mainly employed in the grinding or glazing of metals.
(2) Nothing in this Schedule except clause 4 shall apply to any grinding or glazing of metals carried on intermittently and at which no person is employed for more than 12 hours in any week.
(3) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by certificate in writing, subject to such conditions as he may specify therein, relax or suspend any of the provisions of this Schedule
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3. Equipment for removal of dust.- No racing, dry grinding or glazing shall be performed without,-
(a) a hood or other appliance so constructed, arranged, placed and maintained as substantially to intercept the dust thrown off;
(b) a duct of adequate size, air tight and so arranged as to be capable of carrying away the dust, which duct shall be kept free from obstruction and shall be provided with proper means of access for inspection and cleaning, and where practicable, with a connection at the end remote from the fan to enable the Inspector-cum-Facilitator to attach thereto any instrument necessary for ascertaining the pressure of air in the said duct; and
(c) a fan or other efficient means of producing a draught sufficient to extract the dust:
Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator , may accept any other appliance that is, in his opinion, as effectual for the interception, removal and disposal of dust thrown off as a hood, duct and fan would be.
4. Restriction on employment on grinding operations.- Not more than one person shall at any time perform the actual processes of grinding or glazing upon a grindstone, abrasive wheel or glazing appliance:
Provided that this clause shall not prohibit the employment of persons to assist in the manipulation of heavy or bulky articles at any such grindstone, abrasive wheel or glazing appliance.
5. Glazing.- Glazing or other processes, except processes incidental to wet grinding upon a grindstone shall not be carried on in any room in which wet grinding upon a grindstone is done.
6. Hacking and rodding.- hacking or rodding shall not be done unless during the process either,-
(a) an adequate supply of water is laid on at the upper surface of the grindstone; or
(b) adequate appliances for the interception of dust are provided in accordance with the requirements of clause 3.
7. Examination of dust equipment.- (a) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least once in every six months be examined and tested by a competent person, and any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as practicable.
(b) A register containing particulars of such examination and test shall be kept in a form approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
8. Medical Examination.- Every worker employed in grinding or glazing of metal processes incidental thereto shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include pulmonary function test and in suspected cases chest X-rays.
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SCHEDULE VI Manufacture and treatment of lead and certain compounds of lead
1. Exemptions.- Where the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that all or any of the provisions of this Schedule are not necessary for the protection of the persons employed, he may by certificate in writing exempt any factory from all or any of such provisions, subject to such conditions as he may specify therein.
2. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Lead Compound" means any compound of lead other than galena which, when treated in the manner described below, yields to an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, a quantity of soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated as lead monoxide, five percent of the dry weight of the portion taken for analysis. In the case of paints and similar products and other mixtures containing oil or fat the "dry weight" means the dry weight of the material remaining after the substance has been thoroughly mixed and treated with suitable solvents to remove oil, fats, varnish or other media.
Explanation: The method of treatment shall be as follows:-
A weighted quantity of the material which has been dried at 100 degree C and thoroughly mixed shall be continuously shaken for one hour, at the common temperature with 1,000 times its weight of an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid containing 0.25 per cent by weight of hydrogen chloride. This solution shall thereafter be allowed to stand for one hour and then filtered. The lead salt contained in the clear filtrate shall then be precipitated as lead sulphide and weighed as lead sulphate.
(b) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localized ventilation affected by heat or mechanical means, for the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fumes so as to prevent them (as far as practicable under the atmospheric conditions usually prevailing) from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught shall be deemed efficient which fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gas, vapour, fumes or dust originate.
3. Application.- This Schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of factories in which any of the following operations are carried on:-
(a) Work at a furnace where the reduction or treatment of zinc or lead ores is carried on.
(b) The manipulation, treatment or reduction of ashes containing lead, the dissolve rising of lead or the melting of scrap, lead or zinc.
(c) The manufacture of solder or alloys containing more than ten percent of lead.
(d) The manufacture of any oxide, carbonate, sulphate, chromate, acetate, nitrate or silicate of lead.
(e) Handling or mixing of lead tetra-ethyl.
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(f) Any other operation involving the use of a lead compound.
(g) The cleaning of work-rooms where any of the operations aforesaid are carried on.
4. Requirements to be observed.- No person shall be employed or permitted to work in any process involving the use of lead compounds if the process is such that dust or fume from a lead compound is produced therein, or the persons employed therein are liable to be splashed with any lead compound in the course of their employment unless the provisions of clause 5 to 9 are complied with.
5. Exhaust draught.- Where dust, fume, gas or vapour is produced in the process, provision shall be made for removing them by means of an efficient exhaust draught so contrived as to operate on the dust, fume, gas or vapour as closely as possible to the point of origin.
6. Certificate of fitness. - A person medically examined under clause 7 and found fit for employment shall be granted by a Medical Officer a certificate of fitness and such certificate shall be in the custody of the Manager of the factory. The certificate shall be kept readily available for inspection by any Inspector-cum-Facilitator and the person granted such a certificate shall carry with him, while at work, a token giving reference to such certificate.
7. Medical Examination. - (1) The person so employed shall be medically examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment in such process and thereafter shall be examined by the Medical Officer at intervals of not more than three months, and a record of such examinations shall be entered by the Medical Officer in the special certificate of fitness granted under clause 6.
(2) If at any time the Medical Officer is of opinion that any person is no longer fit for employment on the grounds that continuance therein would involve special danger to health, he shall cancel the special certificate of fitness of that person.
(3) No person whose special certificate of fitness has been cancelled shall be employed unless the Medical Officer, after re-examination, again certifies him to be fit for employment.
8. Protective clothing.- Suitable protective overalls and head coverings shall be provided, maintained and kept clean by the factory occupier and such overalls and head coverings shall be worn by the person employed.
9. Cleanliness of work-rooms, tools etc.- The rooms in which the persons are employed and all tools and apparatus used by them shall be kept in a clean state.
SCHEDULE VII Generation of gas from dangerous petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act, 1934
1. Flame traps.- The plant for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act, 1934 and associated piping and fittings shall be fitted with at least two efficient flame traps so designed and maintained as to prevent a flash back from any burner to the plant. One of these traps shall be fitted as close to the plant as possible. The plant and all pipes and valves shall be installed and maintained free from leaks.
2. Generating building or room.- All plants for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act, 1934 erected after the coming into force of the provisions specified in this Schedule, shall be erected outside the factory building proper in a separate
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well-ventilated building (hereinafter referred to as the "generating building"). In the case of such plant erected before the coming into force of the provisions specified in this Schedule there shall be no direct communication between the room where such plants are erected, (hereinafter referred to as "the generating room") and the remainder of the factory building.
So far as practicable, all such generating rooms shall be constructed of fire-resisting materials.
3. Fire extinguishers.- An efficient means of extinguishing petrol fires shall be maintained in an easily accessible position near the plant for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act, 1934.
4. Plant to be approved by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.- Petrol gas shall not be manufactured except in a plant for generating petrol gas the design and construction of which has been approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
5. Escape of petrol.- Effective steps shall be taken to prevent petrol from escaping into any drain or sewer.
6. Prohibition relating to smoking.- No person shall smoke or carry matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark in the generating room or building or in the vicinity thereof and a warning notice in the language understood by the majority of the workers shall be posted in the factory prohibiting smoking and the carrying of matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark into such room or building.
7. Access to petrol or container.- No unauthorised persons shall have access to any petrol or to a vessel containing or having actually contained petrol.
8. Electric fittings.- all electric fittings shall be of flame- proof construction and all electric conductors shall either be enclosed in metal conducts or be lead-sheathed.
9. Construction of doors.- All doors in the generating room or building shall be constructed to open outwards or to slide and no door shall be locked or obstructed or fastened in such a manner that it cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside while gas is being generated and any person is working in the generating room or building.
10. Repair of containers.- No vessel that has contained petrol shall be repaired in a generating room or building and no repairs to any such vessel shall be undertaken unless live stream has been blown into the vessel and until the interior is thoroughly steamed out or other equally effective steps have been taken to ensure that it has been rendered free from petrol or inflammable vapour.
SCHEDULE VIII Cleaning or smoothing, roughening etc. of articles by a jet of sand, metal shot or grit or other abrasive propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam
1. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(i) "Blasting" means cleaning, smoothing, roughening, or removing of any part of the surface of any article by the use as an abrasive of a jet of sand, metal shot, or grit or other material, propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam;
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(ii) "Blast enclosure" means a chamber, barrel, cabinet or any other enclosure designed for the performance of blasting therein;
(iii) "Blasting chamber" means a blasting enclosure in which any person may enter at any time in connection with any work or other-wise; and
(iv) "Cleaning of castings" where done as an incidental or supplemental process in connection with the making of metal castings, means the freeing of the casting from adherent sand or other substance and includes the removal of cores and the general smoothing of a casting, but does not include the free treatment.
2. Prohibition of Sand Blasting.- Sand or any other substance containing free silica shall not be introduced as an abrasive in to any blasting apparatus and shall not be used for blasting.
3. Precautions in connection with Blasting Operations.-
(1) Blasting to be done in blasting enclosure.- Blasting shall not be done except in a blasting enclosure and no work, other than blasting and any work immediately incidental thereto and clearing and repairing of the enclosure including the plant and appliances situated therein, shall be performed in a blasting enclosure. Every door, aperture and joint of blasting enclosure shall be kept closed and air-tight while blasting is being done therein.
(2) Maintenance of blasting enclosure.- Blasting enclosure shall always to be maintained in good condition and effective measures shall be taken to prevent dust escaping from such enclosures, and from apparatus connected therewith, into the air of any room.
(3) Provisions of separating apparatus.- There shall be provided and maintained for and in connection with every blasting enclosure, efficient apparatus for separating so far as practicable. Abrasive which has been used for blasting and which is to be used again as an abrasive, from dust or particles of other materials arising from blasting and no such abrasive shall be introduced into any blasting apparatus and used for blasting until it has been so separated.
(4) Provision of ventilating plant.- (a) There shall be provided and maintained in connection with every blasting enclosure efficient ventilating plant to extract, by exhaust draught effected by mechanical means, dust produced in the enclosure. The dust extracted and removed shall be disposed of by such method and in such a manner that it shall not escape into the air of any room; and
(b) every other filtering or settling device situated in a room in which persons are employed, other than persons attending to such bag or other filtering or settling device, shall be completely separated from the general air of that room in an enclosure ventilated to the open air.
(5) Operation of ventilating plant- The ventilating plant provided for the purpose of clause
(4) shall be kept in continuous operation whenever the blasting enclosure is in use whether or not blasting is a actually taking place therein and in the case of blasting chamber, it shall be in operation even when any person is inside the chamber for the purpose of cleaning or any repair work.
4. Inspection and Examination.- (1) Every blasting enclosure shall be specially inspected by a technical person, employed in the factory, at least once every week in which it is used for blasting. Every blasting enclosure, the apparatus connected therewith and the ventilating
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plant, shall be thoroughly examined and in the case of a ventilating plant tested by a competent person at least once in six months.
(2) Particulars of the result of every such inspection, examination and test shall forthwith be entered in a register which shall be kept in a register and shall be available for inspection by any workman employed in or in connection with blasting in the factory. Any defect found on any such inspection, examination or test shall be immediately reported by the person carrying out the inspection, examination or test to the occupier, manager or, other appropriate person and without prejudice to the foregoing requirements of this Schedule, shall be removed without available delay.
5. Provisions of protective helmets, gauntlets and overalls.- (1) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all persons who are employed in a blasting chamber, whether in blasting or any work connected therewith or in cleaning such a chamber, protective helmets of National or International Standard and every such person shall wear the helmet provided for his use whilst he is in the chamber and shall not remove it until he is outside the chamber.
(2) Each protective helmet shall carry a distinguishing mark indicating the person by whom it is intended to be used and no person shall be allowed or required to wear a helmet not carrying his mark or a helmet which has been worn by another person and has not since been thoroughly disinfected.
(3) Each protective helmet when in use shall be supplied with clean and not unreasonably cold air at a rate or not less than 0.17 cubic metres per minute.
(4) Suitable gauntlets and overalls shall be provided for the use of all persons while performing blasting or assisting at blasting, and every such person shall while so engaged wear the gauntlet and overall provided.
6. Precautions in connection with cleaning and other work.- (1) Where any person is engaged upon cleaning of any blasting apparatus or blasting enclosure or of any apparatus of ventilating plant connected therewith or the surroundings thereof or upon any other work in connection with any blasting apparatus or blasting enclosure or with any apparatus or ventilating plant connected therewith so that he is exposed to the risk of inhaling dust which has arisen from blasting.
(2) In connection with any cleaning operation referred to in clause (5), and with the removal of dust from filtering or setting devices all practicable measures shall be taken to dispose of the dust in such a manner that it does not enter the air of any room. Vacuum cleaners shall be
provided and used wherever practicable for such cleaning operations.
7. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in the processes referred to in clause 1 shall be examined within 15 days of this employment. Such examination shall include tests for lead in blood and urine, 'ALA' in urine, haemoglobin content, stippling of cells and steadiness test.
8. Maintenance of vacuum cleaning plant.- Vacuum cleaning plant used for the purpose of this Schedule shall be properly maintained.
9. Power to exempt or relax.- If the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that if any factory or any class of factory, the use of sand or other substance containing free silica as an
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SCHEDULE IX Liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto
1. Cautionary notices.- (1) Cautionary notices as to anthrax shall be affixed in prominent positions in the factory where they may be easily and conveniently read by the persons employed.
(2) A copy of a warning notice as to anthrax shall be given to each person employed when he is engaged, and subsequently, if still employed, every year.
(3) Cautionary notices as to the effects of chrome on the skin shall be affixed in prominent positions in every factory in which chrome solutions are used and such notices shall be so placed as to be easily and conveniently read by the persons employed.
(4) Notices shall be affixed in prominent places in the factory stating the position of the "First-Aid" box or cupboard and the name of the person in-charge of such box or cupboard.
(5) If any person employed in the factory is illiterate, effective steps shall be taken to explain carefully to such illiterate person the content of the notice specified in sub- clause (1), (2), (3) and (4) and if chrome solutions are used in the factory.
2. Protective clothing.- The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition the following articles of protective clothing:
(a) water-proof footwear, leg covering, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes involving contact with chrome solutions, including the preparation of such solutions:
(b) gloves and boots for persons employed in lime yard; and
(c) protective footwear, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes, involving the handling of hides or skins, other than in processes specified in sub-
clauses (a) and (b):
Provided that the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots of National or International Standards.
3. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in any of these processes to which the
schedule applies shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination
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shall include skin test and dermatosis and detection of anthrax bacillus from local lesion by gram stain.
SCHEDULE X Chemical Works Preliminary PART-I 1. Application.- This schedule shall apply to all manufacture and processes incidental thereto carried on in chemical works.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) "Chemical Works" means any factory or such parts of any factory as are listed in Appendix 'A' to this schedule;
(b) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by mechanical or other means for the removal of gas, vapour, fume or dust to prevent it from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on;
(c) "bleaching powder" means the bleaching powder commonly called chloride of lime;
(d) "Chlorate" means chlorate or perchlorate;
(e) "caustic" means hydroxide of potassium or sodium;
(f) "Chrome process" means the manufacture of chromate or bichromate of potassium or sodium or the manipulation, movement or other treatment of these substances;
(g) "nitro or amino process" means the manufacture of nitro or amino derivatives of phenol and of benzene or its homologues, and the making of explosives with the use of any of these substances;
(h) "toxic substances" means all those substances which when they enter into the human body, through inhalation or ingestion or absorption through skin, in sufficient quantities cause fatality or exert serious affliction of health or chronic harmful effects on the health of persons exposed to it due to its inherent chemical or biological effects. In respect of substances whose TLV as specified in rules, exceeding the concentration specified therein would make the substance toxic;
(i) "emergency" means a situation or condition leading to a circumstance or set of circumstances in which there is danger to the life or health of persons or which could result in big fire or explosion or pollution to the work and outside environment, affecting the workers or neighbourhood in a serious manner.
demanding immediate action;
(j) "dangerous chemical reactions" means high speed reactions, run away reactions:
delayed reactions, etc. and are characterised by evolution of large quantities of
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(k) "manipulation" means mixing, blending, filling, emptying, grinding, sieving, drying, packing, sweeping, handling, using etc. of substance given in appendix A;
PART-II General requirements Applying to all the works in Appendix ‘A’
1. House-keeping.- (1) Any spillage of materials shall be cleaned up before further processing.
(2) Floors, platforms, stairways, passages and gangways shall be kept free of any obstructions.
(3) There shall be provided easy means of access to all parts of the plant to facilitate cleaning.
2. Improper use of chemicals.- No Chemicals or solvents or empty containers containing chemicals or solvents shall be permitted to be used by workers for any purposes other than in the processes for which they are supplied.
3. Cautionary notices and instructions.- (1) Cautionary notices in a language understood by the majority of workers shall be prominently displayed in all hazardous areas drawing the attention of all workers about the hazards to health, hazards- involving fire and explosion and any other hazard such as consequences of testing of material or substances used in the process or using any contaminated container for drinking or eating, to which the workers attention should be drawn for ensuring their safety and health.
(2) In addition to the above cautionary notice, arrangement shall be made to instruct and educate all the workers including illiterate workers about the hazards in the process including the specific hazards to which they may be exposed to, in the normal course of their work.
Such instructions and education should also deal with the hazards involved in unauthorised and unsafe practices including the properties of substances used in the process under normal conditions as well as abnormal conditions and the precautions to be observed against each and every hazard, Further, an undertaking from the workers shall be obtained within 1 month of their employment and for old workers employed, within one month of coming into operation of the rules, to the effect that they have read the contents of the cautionary notices and instructions, understood them and would abide by them. The training and instructions to all workers and all supervisory personnel shall include the significance of different types of symbols and colours used on the labels stuck or painted on the various types of containers and pipelines.
4. Evaluation and provision of safe guards before the commencement of process.- (1) Before commencing any process or any experimental work, or any new manufacture covered under appendix 'A' the occupier shall take all possible steps to ascertain definitely all the hazards involved both from the actual operations and the chemical reactions including the dangerous chemical reactions. The properties of the raw materials used, the final product to be made, and any by-products derived during manufacture, shall be carefully studied and
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provisions shall be made for dealing with any hazards including effects on workers, which may occur during manufacture.
(2) Information in writing giving details of the process, its hazards and the steps taken or proposed to be taken from the design stage to disposal stage for ensuring the safety as in sub-
para (1) above should be sent to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator at the earliest but in no within 60 days of commencing manufacture, handling, or storage of any of items covered under Appendix 'A' whether on experimental basis, or as pilot plant or as trial production, or as large scale manufacture.
(3) The design, construction, installation, operation maintenance and disposal of the buildings, plant and facilities shall be taken into consideration effective safe-guards against all the safety and health hazards so evaluated.
(4) The requirements under the sub-clause (1) to (3) shall not act in lieu of or in derogation to, any, other provisions contained in any act governing the work.
5. Authorised entry.- Authorised persons, only shall be permitted to enter any section of the factory or plant where any dangerous operations or processes are being carried on or where dangerous chemical, reactions are taking place or where hazardous chemicals are stored.
6. Examination of instruments and safety devices.- (1) All instruments and safety devices used in the process shall be tested before taking into use and after carrying out any repair to them and examined once in a month, by a competent employee of the factory, Records of such tests and examinations shall be maintained in a register.
(2) All instruments and safety devices used in the process shall be operated daily or as often as it is necessary, to ensure its effective and efficient working at all times.
7. Electrical installations.- All electrical installations used in the process covered in Appendix 'A' shall be of an appropriate type to ensure safety against the hazard prevalent in that area such as suitability against dust, dampness, corrosion, flammability and explosivity etc. and shall conform to the relevant ISI specifications governing their construction and use for that area.
8. Handling and storage of chemicals.- (1) The containers for handling and storage of chemicals shall be of adequate strength taking into consideration the hazardous nature of the contents. They shall also be provided with adequate labelling and colour coding arrangements to enable identification of the containers and their contents indicating the hazards and safe handling methods and shall conform to the respective ISI standards. The instructions given in the label shall be strictly adhered to. Damaged containers shall be handled only under supervision of a knowledgeable and responsible person and spillage shall be rendered innocuous in a safe manner using appropriate means.
(2) The arrangements for the storage of chemicals including charging of chemicals in reaction vessels and containers shall be such as to prevent any risk of fire or explosion or formation of toxic concentration of substances above the limits specified in rules.
(3) Without prejudice to the generally of the requirements in sub-clause (2), above, the arrangements shall have suitable ventilation facilities and shall enable the maintenance of safe levels in vessels and containers. Such arrangements shall also take into consideration, the
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(4) (a) Storage of chemicals and intermediate products, which are highly unstable or reactive or explosive shall be limited to the quantities required for two months use.
(b) Whenever the quantities laid down in the above item (a) are to be exceeded, the permission of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be obtained.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in item (a) and (b) above, the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator may direct any factory carrying out processes covered in Appendix 'A' to further limit the storage of hazardous substances to quantities less than two months on considerations of safety.
(5) Standby arrangements equal to the biggest container shall always be available to transfer the toxic substance quickly into the stand by storage facility if any defect develops in any of the containers resulting in the release of toxic substances.
(6) Any storage facility constructed using non-metallic material such as fiber glass Reinforced plastics (FRP), all glass vessels etc., shall have adequate strength to withstand the stress, if any, exerted by the contents and shall be properly anchored, working platforms, access ladders, pipelines etc. used in such storage facility shall not have any support on the structure of the storage facility and shall be independently supported.
9. Facility for isolation.- The plant and equipment shall be so constructed and maintained as to enable quick isolation of plant or part of plant or equipment, with appropriate indication.
One copy of the layout plan indicating the isolation facilities shall always be available with the security personnel's, the maintenance and the health and safety personnel and these isolation facilities shall be checked for its effectiveness once in a month.
10. Personal protective equipment.- (1) All workers exposed to the hazards in the processes covered by this schedule shall be provided with appropriate and approved type of personal protective equipment. Such equipment shall be in a clean sterile and hygienic condition before issue.
(2) The occupier shall arrange to inform, educate and supervise all the workers in the use of personal protective equipment while carrying out the job.
(3) As regards any doubt regarding the appropriateness of any personal protective equipment the decision of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator will be final.
11. Alarm systems.- (1) Suitable and effective alarm systems giving audible and visible indications shall be installed at the control room as well as in all strategic locations where process control arrangements are available so as to enable corrective action to be taken before the operational parameters exceed the predetermined safe levels or lead to conditions conducive for an outbreak of fire or explosion to occur. Such alarm systems shall be checked daily and tested every month at least once to ensure its performance efficiency at all times.
(2) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may direct such systems to be installed in case of plants or processes where toxic materials are being used and spillage or leakage of which may cause wide spread poisoning in or around the plant.
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12. Control of escape of substances into the work atmosphere.- (1) Effective arrangements such as, enclosure or by pass, or efficient exhaust draught, maintenance of negative pressure etc., shall be provided in all plants, containers, vessels, sewers drains, flues, ducts, and culverts, and burned pipes and equipment, to control the escape and spread of substances which are likely to give rise to fire or explosion or toxic hazards during normal working and in the event of accident or emergency.
(2) In the event of the failure of the arrangements for control resulting in the escape of substances in the work atmosphere immediate steps shall be taken into control the process in such a manner, that further escape is brought down to the safe level.
(3) The substances that would have escaped into the work atmosphere before taking immediate steps as required in sub-para (2), shall be rendered innocuous by diluting with air or water or any other suitable agent or by suitably treating the substances.
13. Control of dangerous chemical reactions.- Suitable provision, such as automatic and or remote-control arrangements shall be made for controlling the effects of "dangerous chemical reactions." In the event of failure of control arrangements automatic flooding or blanketing or other effective arrangements shall come into operation.
14. Testing, examination and repair of plant & equipment.- (1) All parts of plant, equipment and machinery used in the process which in the likely event of their failure may give rise to an emergent situation shall be tested by a competent person before commencing process and retested at an interval of two years or after carrying out repairs to it. The competent person shall identify the parts of the plant, equipment and machinery required to be tested as aforesaid and evolve a suitable testing procedure. In carrying out the test as mentioned above in respect of pressure vessels or reaction vessels the following precautions shall be observed, namely:-
(a) before the test is carried out, each vessel shall be thoroughly cleaned and examined externally and as far as practicable, internally also for surface defects, corrosion and foreign matter. During the process of cleaning and removal of sludge, if any, all due precautions shall be taken against fire or explosion, if such sludge is of pyrophoric nature or contains spontaneously combustible chemicals:
(b) as soon as the test is completed, the vessel shall be thoroughly dried internally and shall be clearly stamped with the marks and figures indicating the person by whom testing has been done, and the date of test: and
(c) any vessel which fails to pass the test or which for any other reason is found to be unsafe for use shall be destroyed or rendered unusable under intimation to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator :
(2) Specific parts of plant, equipment, machinery which in the likely event of failure may give rise to an emergent situation identified by occupier or manager shall be examined once in six months by the competent person,
(3) Records of testing an examination referred to in clause (1) and (2) shall be maintained as long as that part of the plant, equipment and machinery are in use,
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(4) All repair work including alteration, modification and addition to be carried out to the plant, equipment and machinery shall be done under the supervision of a responsible person who shall evolve a procedure to ensure safety and health of persons doing the work. When repairs or modification is done on pipelines, and joints are required to be welded, but welding of joints shall be preferred, wherever necessary, the responsible person shall regulate the aforesaid work through a 'permit to work system'.
15. Staging.- (1) All staging that is erected for the purpose of maintenance work or repair work or for work connected with entry into confined spaces and used in the processes included in Appendix 'A', shall be stable, rigid and constructed out of substantial material of adequate strength. Such staging shall conform to the respective Indian standard specifications,
(2) Staging shall not be erected over any closed or open vessel unless the vessel is so constructed and ventilated to prevent exposure of persons working on the stages.
(3) All the staging constructed for the purpose of this para shall have appropriate access which are safe and shall be fitted with proper hand rails to a height of one meter and toe board.
16. Seating arrangements.- The seating arrangements provided for the operating personnel working in processes covered in Appendix 'A' shall be located in a safe manner as to prevent the risk of exposure to toxic, flammable and explosive substances evolved in the work environment in the course of manufacture or repair or maintenance, either due to failure of plant and equipment or due to the substances which are under pressure, escaping into the atmosphere.
17. Entry into or work in confined spaces.- (1) The occupier of every factory to which the provisions of this schedule apply, shall ensure the observance of the following precautions before permitting any person to enter or work inside the confined spaces—
(a) identify all confined spaces and the nature of hazards that are encountered in such spaces. normally or abnormally, and arrange to develop the most appropriate safeguards for ensuring the safety and health of persons entering into or working inside, the confined spaces;
(b) regulate the entry or work inside the confined spaces through a 'permit to work system' which should include the safeguards so developed as required under sub clause (a) above:
(c) before testing the confined space for entry into or work, the place shall be rendered safe by washing or cleaning with neutralizing agents or purging with steam or inert gases and making adequate forced ventilation arrangements or such measure which will render the confined space safe:
(d) shall arrange to carry out such test as are necessary for the purpose by a competent person and ensure that the confined space is safe for the persons to enter or work.
Such testing shall be carried out as often as is necessary during the course of work to ensure its continued safety:
(e) shall arrange to educate and train the personnel who would be required to work in confined spaces about the hazard involved in the work. He shall also keep in readiness the appropriate and approved personal protective equipment including
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arrangements for rescue, resurrection and first aid, and shall arrange supervision of the work at all times by a responsible and knowledgeable person,
(2) The manager shall maintain a log book of all entry into or work in, confined space and such record shall contain the details of persons assigned for the work, the location of the work and such other details that would have a bearing on the safety and health of the persons assigned for this work. The log book so maintained shall be retained as long as the concerned workers are in service and produced to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator when demanded.
18. Maintenance work etc.- (1) All the work connected with the maintenance of plants and equipment including cleaning of empty containers which have held hazardous substances used in the processes covered in this schedule, shall be carried out under 'permit to work system' employing trained personnel and under the supervision of responsible person, having knowledge of the hazards and precautions required to deal with them.
(2) Maintenance work shall be carried out in such a manner that there is no risk to persons in the vicinity or to persons who pass by. If necessary, the place of such work shall be cordoned off or the presence of unconnected persons effectively controlled, 19. Safety sampling personnel.- The occupier shall ensure the safety of persons assigned for collecting samples by instructing them on the safe procedures, such personnel shall be
provided with proper and approved personal protective equipment, if required.
20. Ventilation.- Adequate ventilation arrangements shall be provided and maintained at all times in the process area where dangerous or toxic or flammable or explosive substances could be evolved. These arrangements shall ensure that concentration, which are either harmful or could result in explosion, are not permitted to be built up in the work environment.
21. Procedures for meeting emergencies.- (1) The occupier of every factory carrying out the works covered in Appendix 'A', shall arrange to identify all types of possible emergencies that could occur in the processes during the course of work or while carrying out maintenance work or repair work. The emergencies so identified shall be reviewed every year.
(2) The occupier shall formulate a detailed plan to meet all such identified emergencies including arrangements for summoning out-side help for rescue and firefighting and arrangements for making available urgent medical facilities.
(3) The occupier shall send the list of emergencies and the details of procedures and plans
formulated to meet the emergencies, to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
(4) The occupier shall arrange to install distinctive and recognisable warning arrangements to caution all persons inside the plant as well as the neighbouring community, if necessary, to enable evacuation of persons and to enable the observance of emergency procedures by the persons who are assigned emergency duties. All concerned must be well informed about the warning arrangements and their meaning. The arrangements must be checked for its effectiveness every month.
(5) The occupier shall arrange to suspend the further process work in a place where emergency is established and shall forthwith evacuate all persons in that area except workers who have been assigned emergency duties.
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(6) All the employees of the factory shall be trained about the action to be taken by them including evacuation procedures during emergencies.
(7) All emergency procedures must be rehearsed every three months and deficiencies, if any, in the achievements of the objectives shall suitably be corrected.
(8) The occupier shall arrange to have ten percent of the workers trained in the use of first aid firefighting appliances and in the rendering of specific first aid measures taking into consideration the special hazards of the particular process.
(9) The occupier shall furnish immediately on request the specific chemical identity of the hazardous substance to the treating physician when the information is needed to administer proper emergency or first aid treatment to exposed persons.
22. Danger due to effluents.- (1) Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the mixing of effluents from different processes and operations which may cause dangerous or poisonous gases to be evolved.
(2) Effluents which contain or give rise in the presence of other effluents to poisonous gases shall be provided with independent drainage systems to ensure that they may be trapped and rendered safe.
PART-III Fire and explosions risks
1. Sources of ignition including lighting installation.- (1) No internal combustion engine and no electric motor or other electrical equipment, and fittings and fixtures capable of generating sparks or otherwise causing combustion or any other source of ignition or any naked light shall be installed or permitted to be used in the process area where there could be fire and explosion hazards.
(2) All hot exhaust pipes shall be installed outside a building and other hot pipes or hot surface or surfaces likely to become hot shall be suitable protected.
(3) The classification of work areas in terms of its hazard potential and the selection of electrical equipment or other equipment that could constitute a source of ignition shall be in accordance with the respective Indian Standard.
(4) Where a flammable atmosphere may be prevalent or could occur, the soles of footwear worn by workers shall have not metal on them, and the wheels of trucks or conveyors shall be conductive types.
(5) All tools and appliances used for work in this area shall be of non-sparking type.
(6) Smoking in process areas where there are risks of fire and explosion shall be prohibited, and warning notices in the language understood by majority of workers shall be posted in the factory prohibiting smoking into specified areas.
2. Static electricity.- (1) All machinery and plant particularly, pipelines and belt drives, on which static charge is likely to accumulate, shall be effectively earthed. Receptacles for flammable liquids shall have metallic connections to the earthed supply tanks to prevent static sparking, where necessary, humidity shall be regulated.
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(2) Mobile tanker wagons shall be earthed during filling and discharge, and precautions shall be taken to ensure that earthing is effective before such filling or discharge takes place.
3. Lighting Protection.- Lighting protection arrangements shall be fitted where necessary and shall be maintained.
4. Process heating.- The method of providing heat for a process likely to result in fire and explosion shall be as safe as possible and where the use of naked flame is necessary, the plant shall be so constructed as to prevent any escaping flammable gas, vapour, or dust coming into contact with the flame, or exhaust gases, or other sources likely to cause ignition. Wherever possible, the heating arrangements shall be automatically controlled at a predetermined temperature below the danger temperature.
5. Leakage of flammable liquids.- (1) Provision shall be made to confine by means of bund walls, dikes sumps etc. possible leakages from storage vessels containing flammable liquid.
(2) Waste material in contact with flammable substances shall be disposed of suitably under the supervision of knowledgeable and responsible person.
(3) Adequate and suitable firefighting appliances shall be installed in the vicinity of such vessels.
6. Safety valves.- Every still and every closed vessel in which gas is evolved or into which gas is passed, and in which the pressure is liable to rise above the atmospheric pressure, shall have attached to it a pressure gauge, and a proper safety valve or other equally efficient means to release the pressure. These appliances shall be maintained in good condition.
7. Installation of pipeline etc.- All pipelines carrying flammable or explosive substances shall be protected from mechanical damage shall be examined by a responsible person once in a week to detect any deterioration or defects. or accumulation of flammable or explosive substances, and record kept of any defect found and repairs made.
8. Firefighting systems.- (1) Every factory having licence for more than 100 workers and carrying out processes listed in Appendix 'A' shall provide,-
(a) Trained and responsible firefighting squad so as to effectively handle the firefighting and lifesaving equipment in the event of fire or other emergency.
Number of persons in this squad will necessarily depend upon the size of risk involved, but in no case shall there be less than 8 such trained persons to be available at any time. The squad shall consist of watch and ward personnel fire pump man and departmental supervisors and operators trained in the operation of fire & emergency services.
(b) Squad leaders shall be trained from a recognised institution.
(c) Squad personnel shall be provided with clothing and equipment including helmets, boots and belts.
(2) Every factory having licence up to 100 workers and carrying out processes listed in Appendix 'A' shall provide-
(a) Trained and responsible firefighting squad so as to effectively handle the firefighting and lifesaving equipment in the event of fire or other emergency.
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(b) Squad personnel shall be provided with clothing and equipment including helmets, boots and belts.
(3) A muster roll showing the duties allocated to each member of the squad shall be prepared and maintained.
(4) The pump man shall be thoroughly conversant with the location of all appliances. He shall be responsible for maintaining all firefighting equipment in proper working order. Any defect coming to his notice shall be immediately be brought to the notice of squad leader.
(5) As far as practicable, the fire pump room and the main gate(s) of the factory be connected to all manufacturing or storing areas through telephone interlinked and placed in a convenient location near such areas.
PART-IV Risks of toxic substances
1. Leakage.- (1) All plants shall be so designed and constructed to prevent the escape of toxic substance. Where necessary, separate buildings, rooms, or protective structures shall be used for the dangerous stages of the process and the buildings shall be so designed as to localise any escape of toxic substances.
(2) Catch pits, and blind walls, dikes, or other suitable safeguards shall be provided to restrict the serious effects of such leakages. Catch pits shall be placed below joints in pipelines where there is danger involved to maintenance and other workers from such leakage.
2. Drainage.- Adequate drainage shall be provided and shall lead to cool action taken specifically provided for this purpose wherein deleterious material shall be neutralised, treated or otherwise rendered safe before it is discharged into public drains or sewers.
3. Covering of vessels.- (1) Every fixed vessels of structure containing any toxic substances and not so covered as to eliminate all reasonable risk of accidental contact or any portion of the body of a worker, shall be so constructed as to avoid physical contact.
(2) Such vessels shall unless its edge is at least 90 centimeters above the adjoining ground or platform, be securely fenced to a height of at least 90 centimeters above such adjoining ground platform.
(3) Where such vessels adjoin and the space between them clear of any surrounding bricks or other work is either less than 45 centimeters in width but is not securely fenced on both sides to a height of at least 90 centimeters, secure barriers shall be so placed as to prevent passage between them:
Provided that sub-clause (2) of this clause shall not apply to,-
(a) Saturators used in the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia; and
(b) that part of the sides of brine evaporating pans which require raking, drawing or filling.
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4. Continuous exhaust arrangement.- (1) Any process evolving toxic vapour, gas, fume and substance shall have, efficient continuous exhaust draught, such arrangement shall be interlocked in the process control wherever possible.
(2) In the event of failure of continuous exhaust arrangement means shall be provided to automatically stop the process.
5. Work Bench.- All the work benches used in processes involving the manipulation of toxic substances, shall be graded properly and shall be made of smooth impervious surface which shall be washed daily after the completion of work.
6. Waste disposal.- (1) There shall be provided a suitable receptacle made of non-absorbable material with a tightly fitting cover for depositing waste material soiled with toxic substances and the contents of such receptacle shall be destroyed by burning or using other suitable methods under the supervision of a responsible person.
(2) During the course of manufacture, whenever any batch or intermediate products having toxicity is rejected on considerations of quality, sufficient precautions shall be taken to render them in nouns or otherwise treat them or inactive them before disposal.
(3) The empty containers of toxic substances shall be cleaned thoroughly before disposal under the supervision of a responsible person.
PART-V Special Provisions 1. Special precautions for nitro or amino processes.- (1) Unless the crystallised nitro or amino substances or any of its liquor is broken or agitated in a completely enclosed process so as not to give rise to dust or fume, such process shall be carried on under an efficient exhaust draught or by adopting any other suitable means in such a manner as to prevent the escape of dust or fume in the working atmosphere.
(2) No part of the plant or equipment or implements which was in contact with nitro or amino compounds shall be repaired, or handled unless they have been emptied and thoroughly cleaned and decontaminated.
(3) Filling of containers with nitro or amino compounds shall be done only by using a suitable scoop to avoid physical contact and the drawing of the containers in the stove shall be done in such a manner that the hot and contaminated air from the stove is not drawn into the work room.
(4) Processes involving the steaming into or around any vessel containing nitro or amino compounds or its raw materials shall be carried out in such a manner that the steam or vapour is effectively prevented to be blown back into the working atmosphere.
(5) Suitable antidotes such as methylene blue injections shall always be available at designated placed of work for use during emergency involving the poisoning with nitro or amino compounds.
2. Special precautions for chrome processes.- (1) Grinding and sieving of raw materials in chrome processes shall be carried on in such a manner and under such condition as the secure effective separation from any other processes and under an efficient exhaust draught.
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(2) There shall be washing facilities located very near to places where wet chrome process such as leaching, acidification, sulphate settling, evaporation, crystallisation, centrifugation or packing are carried out, to enable quick washing of affected parts of body with running water.
(3) Weekly inspection of hand and feet of all persons employed in chrome process shall be done by a qualified nurse and record of such inspections shall be maintained.
(4) There shall be always available at designated places of work suitable ointment such as glycerine, Vaseline, etc. and water- proof plaster in a separate box readily accessible to the workers so as to protect against per-formation of nasal septum.
3. Special precautions for processes carried out in all glass vessels.- (1) Processes and chemical reactions such as manufacture of vinyl chloride, benzyl chloride etc. which are required to be carried out in all glass vessels shall have suitable means like substantial wire mesh covering to protect persons working nearby in the event of breakage of glass vessels.
(2) Any spillage of emission of vapour from the all glass vessel due to breakage, shall be immediately inactivated or rendered innocuous by suitable means such as dilution with water or suitable solvents so as to avoid the risks of fire or explosion or health hazards.
4. Special precautions for processes involving chlorate manufacture.- (1) Crystallisation, grinding or packing of chlorate shall not be done in a place used for any other purpose and such places shall have hard, smooth and impervious surfaces made of non-combustible material. The place shall be thoroughly cleaned daily.
(2) The personal protective equipment like overall etc. provided for the chlorate workers shall not be taken from the place of work and they shall be thoroughly cleaned daily.
(3) Adequate quantity of water shall be available near the place of chlorate process for use during fire emergency.
(4) Wooden vessels shall not be used for the crystallisation of chlorate or to contain crystallised ground chlorate.
5. Special precaution in the use of plants and equipment made from reinforced plastics.-
(1) All Plant and equipment shall conform to appropriate Indian Standard.
(2) Care shall be taken during storage, transport, handling and installation of plant and equipment to avoid accidental damage:
(3) All plants and equipment shall be installed in such a way as to ensure that loads are distributed as intended in design or as per the recommendations of the manufacturers.
(4) All pipe works shall be supported so that total loads local to the branches on the vessel or tank do not exceed their design values.
(5) After erection all plants and equipment shall be subjected to a pressure test followed by a thorough examination by competent person. The test and examination shall be as per relevant standard. A Certificate of test and examination by competent person shall be obtained and kept available at site.
(6) All plant and equipment shall be subjected to periodical test and examination and record maintained as per clause 14 in part II of this schedule:
(7) Plants and equipment during their use shall not be subjected to over filling or over loading beyond rated capacity.
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PART-VI Medical requirements
1. Decontamination facilities.- In all places where toxic substances are used in processes listed in Appendix 'A' the following provisions shall be made to meet an emergency,-
(a) Fully equipped first aid box;
(b) Readily accessible means of drenching with water, parts of body of persons, and clothing of persons who have been contaminated with such toxic and corrosive substances, and such means shall be as shown in the table below:-
No. of persons employed at any time No. of drenching showers Up to Between 50 persons 2 51 to 100 3 101 to 200 3 + 1 for every 50 persons thereafter 201 to 400 5 + 1 for every 100 persons thereafter 401 and 7 + 1 for every 200 persons above thereafter
(c) A sufficient number of eye wash bottles filled with distilled water or suitable liquid, kept in boxes or cupboards conveniently situated and clearly indicated by a distinctive sign which shall be visible at all times.
PART-VII Additional Welfare Amenities
1. Special bathing facilities.- (1) The occupier of any factory carrying out the process covered under appendix shall provide special bathing facilities for all the workers employed and such facilities shall be provided at the rate of 1 for 25 workers and part thereof. and shall be maintained in the clean and hygienic condition.
(2) The occupier shall insist all the workers employed in the process covered in Appendix 'B' to take bath after the completion of the days or shift work using the bathing facilities so
provided and shall also effectively prevent such workers taking bath in any place other than the bathing facilities.
(3) Not-withstanding anything contained in sub-para (1) above the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator may require in writing the occupier of any factory carrying out any other process for which in his opinion bathing facilities are essential from the health point of view, to provide special bathing facilities.
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Appendix 'A'
Any works or that part of works in which:-
(a) the manufacture, manipulation or recovery of any of the following is carried on:-
(i) Sodium, potassium, iron, aluminium, cobalt; nickel. copper, arsenic, antimony, chromium, zinc, selenium, magnesium, cadmium, mercury, beryllium and their organic and inorganic salts, alloys, oxides and any hydroxides;
(ii) ammonia, ammonium hydroxide and salts of ammonium;
(iii) the organic or inorganic compounds of sulphurous, sulphuric. nitric, nitrous hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, hydroiodic, hydro sulphuric, hydrobromic, boric;
(iv) Cyanogen compounds, cyanide compounds, cyanate compounds:
(v) Phosphorus and its compounds other than organophosphorus insecticides;
(vi) Chlorine.
(b) hydrogen sulphide is evolved by the decomposition of metallic sulphides, or hydrogen sulphide is used in the production of such sulphides;
(c) bleaching powder is manufactured or chlorine gas is produced in chloralkali plants:
(d) (i) gas tar or coal tar or bitumen or shale oil asphalt or any residue of such tar is distilled or is used in any process of chemicals manufacture:
(ii) tar based synthetic colouring matters or their intermediates are produced:
(e) nitric acid is used in the manufacture of nitro compounds;
(f) explosives are produced with the use of nitro compounds;
(g) aliphatic or aromatic compounds or their metallic and non-metallic derivatives or substituted derivatives, such as chloroform, ethylene glycol, formaldehyde, benzyl chloride, phenol, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, cobalt carbonyl tungsten carbide etc. are manufactured or recovered.
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Appendix B Concerning special bathing accommodation in pursuance of clause 4 of Part-IV
1. Nitro or amino processes.
2. All chrome processes.
3. Process of distilling gas or coal tar or processes of chemical manufacture in which tar is used.
4. Processes involving manufacturing, manipulation, handling or recovery of cyanogen compound, cyanide compound, cyanate compounds.
5. Processes involving manufacture of bleaching powder or production of chlorine gas in chloralkali plants.
6. Manufacture, manipulation or recovery of nickel and its compounds.
7. All processes involving the manufacture, manipulation or recovery of aliphatic or aromatic compounds or their derivatives or substituted derivatives.
Schedule XI Manufacture of Pottery and Process Incidental Thereto
1. Definitions.- For the purposes of this schedule,-
(a) "Pottery" includes earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, china tile and any other article made from clay or from a mixture containing clay and other materials such as quartz, flint, feldspar and gypsum;
(b) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation affected by mechanical or other means for removal of dust or fume so as to prevent it from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draughts, shall be deemed efficient which fails to remove effectively dust or fume generated at the point where dust or fume originates;
(c) "fettling" includes scalloping, towing, sand papering, sand sticking, brushing or any other process of cleaning of pottery ware in which dust is given off;
(d) "Lead less glaze" means a glaze which does not contain more than 1% of dry weight of a lead compound calculated as lead monoxide;
(e) "Low solubility glaze" means a glaze which does not yield to dilute hydrochloric acid more than five per cent of its dry weight of a soluble lead compound calculated as lead monoxide when determined in the manner described below:-
A weighted quantity of the material which has been dried at 100 degree C and thoroughly mixed shall be continuously shaken for one hour, at the common temperature with 1,000 times its weight of an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid containing 0.25 per cent by weight of hydrogen chloride. This solution shall thereafter be allowed to stand for one hour and then filtered. The lead salt contained in the clear filtrate shall then be precipitated as lead sulphide and weighed as lead sulphide;
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(f) "ground or powdered flint or quartz" does not include natural sands; and
(g) "potters’ shop" includes all places where pottery is formed by pressing or by any other process and all places where shaping, fettling or other treatment of pottery articles prior to placing for the biscuit, fire is carried on.
2. Efficient exhaust draught.- The following process shall not be carried on without the use of an efficient exhaust draught:-
(a) All processes involving the manipulation or use of a dry and unfretted lead compound;
(b) The fettling operations of any kind, whether on greenware or biscuit; provided that this shall not apply to the wet fettling, and the occasional finishing of pottery articles without the aid of mechanical power;
(c) The shifting of clay dust or any other material for making or other articles by pressure, except where,-
(i) this is done in a machine so enclosed as to effectually prevent the escape of dust, or
(ii) the material to be shifted so damp that no dust can be given off;
(d) The processing of tiles from clay dust, an exhaust opening being connected with each press. This sub-clause shall also apply to the pressing from clay dust of articles other than tiles, unless the material is so damp that no dust is given off;
(e) The fettling of tiles made from clay dust by pressure, except where the fettling is done wholly on, or with, damp material. This sub-clause shall also apply to the fettling of other articles made from clay dust, unless the material is so damp that no dust is given off;
(f) The process of loading and unloading of saggars where handling and manipulation of ground and powdered flint, quartz, alumina or other materials are involved.
(g) The brushing of earthenware biscuit, unless the process is carried on in a room
provided with efficient general mechanical ventilation or other ventilation which is certified by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories as adequate, having regard to all the circumstances of the case;
(h) Fettling of biscuit ware which has been fired empowered flint or quartz except where this is done in machines so enclosed as to effectually prevent the escape of dust.
(i) Ware cleaning after the application of glaze by dipping or other process;
(j) Crushing and dry grinding of materials for pottery bodies and saggars, unless carried on in machines so enclosed as to effectively prevent the escape of dust or is so damp that no dust can be given off;
(k) Sieving or manipulation of powdered flint, quartz, clay grog or mixture of these materials, unless it is so damp that no dust can be given off;
(l) Grinding of tiles on a power-driven wheel, unless an efficient water spray is used on the wheel;
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(m) Lifting and conveying of materials by elevators and conveyors unless they are effectively enclosed and so arranged as to prevent escape of dust into the air in or near any place at which persons are employed;
(n) The preparation or weighing out of flow material, lawning or dry colours, colouring, dusting and colour blowing;
(o) Mould making, unless the bins or similar receptacles used for holding plaster of Paris are provided with suitable covers; and
(p) The manipulation of calcined material, unless the material has been made and remains so wet that no dust is given off.
3. Carrying of processes.- Each of the following processes shall be carried on in such a manner and under such conditions so as to secure effectual separation from one another and from other wet processes,-
(a) Crushing and dry grinding or sieving of materials fettling, pressing of tiles, drying of clay and green ware. loading and unloading saggars; or
(b) All processes involving the use of dry lead compound.
4. Use of glaze.- No glaze which is not a lead less glaze or a low solubility glaze, shall be used in a factory on which pottery is manufactured.
5. Potter's Wheel.- The potter's wheel (jolly and jigger shall be provided with screens or so constructed, as to prevent clay scrapings being thrown off beyond the wheel).
6. Measures to be taken to prevent dust flowing.- (1) All practical measures shall be taken by damping or otherwise to prevent dust arising during cleaning of floors.
(2) Damp saw dust or other suitable material shall be used to render the moist method effective in preventing dust rising into the air during the cleaning process which shall be carried out after work has ceased.
7. Cleaning of floors.- The floors of potter's shops, slip houses, dipping, houses and ware cleaning rooms shall be hard, smooth and impervious and shall be thoroughly cleaned daily by a moist method.
8. Medical examination by the Medical Officer- (1) Every worker employed in any process mentioned under clause 3, shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include tests for lead in urine and blood, ALA in urine, haemoglobin content stippling of cells and pulmonary functions tests and chest X-
rays for workers engaged in processes mentioned in clauses (i) and (xiv) of clause 2 and pulmonary function tests and chest X-rays for the others. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer.
9. Protective equipment.- (1) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable overalls and head coverings for all persons employed in the processes mentioned in clause (2).
(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable aprons of water proof of similar material which can be sponged daily for the use of the dippers, dippers' assistants, throwers, jolly workers, casters, mould makers and filter press and pug mill workers.
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(3) Aprons provided in pursuance of sub-clause (2). shall be thoroughly cleaned daily by the wearer by sponging or other wet process. All overalls and head coverings shall be washed, cleaned and mended at least once a week and this washing, cleaning or mending shall be
provided by the occupier.
(4) No person shall be allowed to work in emptying sacks of dusty materials, weighing out and mixing of dusty materials and charging of ball mills and blunger's without wearing a suitable and efficient dust respirator.
10. Application.- The provisions contained in this Schedule shall not apply to a factory in which any of the following articles, but no other pottery is made: -
(a) unglazed or salt glazed bricks and tiles: and
(b) architectural terra-cotta made from plastic clay and either unglazed or glazed with a lead less glaze only.
11. Exemptions.- If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that all or any of the provisions of this Schedule are not necessary for, the protection of the persons employed in such factory, he may by a certificate in writing, exempt such factory, from all or any of such provisions, subject to such conditions, as he may specify therein. Such facilities may at any time be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator without assigning any reasons.
Schedule XII Printing Presses and type foundries-certain lead processes carried therein
1. Exemptions.- Where the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that all or any of the provisions of this schedule are not necessary for the protection of persons employed, he may by certificate in writing exempt any factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions as he may specify therein. Such certificate may at any time be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
2. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(1) "Lead material" means material containing not less than five percent of lead.
(2) "Lead process" means-
(a) the melting of lead or any lead material for casting and mechanical composing:
(b) the re-charging of machines with used lead material;
(c) any other work including removal of dress from melting pots, cleaning of plungers, and
(d) manipulation, movement or other treatment of lead material.
(3) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by heat or mechanical means, for the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fumes so as to prevent them escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught shall be deemed efficient which fails to remove gas, vapour, fume or dust at the point where they originate.
3. Exhaust draught.- None of the following processes shall be carried on except with an efficient exhaust draught,-
(a) melting lead material or slugs; and
(b) heating lead material so that vapour containing lead is given off;
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or unless carried on in such a manner as to prevent free escape of gas, vapour, fumes or dust into any place in which work is carried on, or, unless carried on in electrically heated and thermostatically controlled melting pots.
Such exhaust draught shall be effected by mechanical means and so contrived as to operate on the dust fume, gas or vapour given off, as closely as may be at its point of origin.
4. Separation of certain processes.- Each of the following processes shall be carried on in such a manner and under such conditions, as to secure effectual separation from one another and from any other process,-
(a) melting of lead or any lead material;
(b) casting of lead ingots;
(c) mechanical composing.
5. Container of dross.- A suitable receptacle with tightly fitting cover shall be provided and used for dross, as it is removed from every melting pot. Such receptacle shall be kept covered while in the work room near the machine except when the dross is being deposited therein.
6. Floor of work room.- The floor of every work room where lead process is carried on shall be,-
(a) of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water;
(b) maintained in sound condition; and
(c) shall be cleansed throughout daily after being thoroughly damped with water at a time when no other work is being carried on at the place.
7. Medical examination by Medical Officer.- Every worker employed in a lead process shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment such examination shall include tests for lead in urine and blood ALA in urine, stippling of cells and steadiness test. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer.
Schedule XIII Manufacture of bangles and other articles form cinematograph film and toxic and inflammable solvents 1. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) toxic and inflammable solvents means,-
(i) solvents like acetone, tetrachloroethene, alcohol, denatured spirit, phenol, any lacitate, butyle, acetate, di-acetone, alcohol and such other substances which in the opinion of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator are toxic and inflammable;
(ii) "bangle polish" and "bangle mixture" and such other solvents, by whatever trade name they are known, used in the manufacture of bangles and other articles from cellulose films;
(b) "suspension" means suspension from employment in any process in which toxic and inflammable solvents are used, by written certificates in the Health Register signed by the Medical Officer, who shall have the power of suspension, as regards all persons employed in any such process;
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(c) "approval" means approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator; and
(d) "first employment" means first employment in any manufacturing process referred to in this Schedule and also re- employment in manufacturing process following any cessation of employment for a continuous period of three calendar months.
2. Application.- This Schedule shall apply in respect of all factories or any part thereof in which the process of manufacture of bangles and other articles from cinematograph film or from toxic and inflammable substances or from both (hereinafter referred to as the said manufacturing process) is carried on.
3. Protective clothing.- Protective clothing shall be provided and maintained in good repair for all workers employed in the factory and such clothing shall be worn by the workers concerned. The protective clothing shall consist of a suitable apron and if so required by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or head coverings provided in that behalf. The head coverings so provided shall be washed daily.
4. Ventilation.- Every work-room in which cinematograph film or toxic and inflammable solvents or both are handled or manipulated or used shall be provided with inlets and outlets of adequate size so as to secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the room during working hours:
Provided that the preparation of "Cylinders" from cinematograph film and toxic and inflammable solvents, cutting of such cylinders into bangles and heat treatment of the bangle shall be carried out in an open space under cover, unless specially exempted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
5. Drying of cinematograph film.- (1) Drying of cinematograph film shall not be done except under such conditions, as will prevent the cinematograph film from coming into contract or proximity with any source of heat or heated surface in such a manner, as would render the cinematograph film liable to be ignited or decomposed.
(2) Loose unwound cinematograph film shall be enclosed during drying in such a manner that a person in a room will be protected as far as practicable from an outburst of flame.
(3) The temperature in any part of a drying enclosure for loose unwound cinematograph film other than a safety acetate film, shall not at any time exceeding 110 degree F. A thermometer shall be kept available in every room in which such drying is done.
(4) Boiling of raw films either alone or in conjunction with other chemicals or heating of bangles and other articles made of film shall be carried out in any open space.
(5) A sufficient number of buckets filled with water shall be provided near the places where bangles are subjected to heat treatment.
6. Storage of raw materials.- (1) Each roll or package of cinematograph film used in any of the said manufacturing process, shall except when required to be exposed for the purposes of the work carried on, be kept in a separate box, properly closed and constructed of metal or other approved metal.
(2) Without prejudice to the Cinematograph Film Rules, 1948, Municipal Rules and other rules in force, all cinematograph film not being actually used or manipulated, shall be kept in
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a room or chamber or similar enclosure approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
Toxic and inflammable solvents stock shall be stored in approved places or containers.
7. Disposal of Waste Films.- (1) All waste and scrap of cinematograph film shall be collected at frequent intervals during each day and be placed in strong metal receptacles fitted with self-closing lids and clearly marked with the words "Film Waster".
(2) No material liable to ignite spontaneously nor anything likely to ignite or decompose cinematograph film, shall be placed in the receptacle.
(3) At the end of each days' work, waste and scrap films shall be either transferred to a store-
room or removed from the premises.
(4) Waste films and shavings shall be destroyed by burning in an open place under controlled conditions. They shall not be allowed to be thrown or scattered in or about the premises of the Factory.
8. Prohibition for smoking.- (1) No person shall be allowed to smoke in any room in which cinematograph film is manipulated, used or stored.
(2) No open fire or light or any smoking materials or matches nor anything likely to ignite or decompose cinematograph film, shall be allowed in any store-room or any room in which cinematograph film or toxic inflammable solvents or both are stored, manipulated or used.
9. Caution with regard to electrical installation.- All electrical installations and fittings shall be of flame proof type.
10. Floor of work-rooms.- The floor of every work-room in which any of the said manufacturing processes are carried on, shall be,-
(a) of cement or similar material, so as to be smooth and impervious to water;
(b) maintained in sound condition;
(c) kept free from materials, plants or other obstruction not required for, or produced in, the process carried on in the room; and
(d) cleaned daily after being thoroughly sprayed with water at a time when no other work is being carried on in the room.
11. Time to be allowed for washing.- Before each meal and before the end of the days' work, at least ten minutes in addition to the regular meal times, shall be allowed for washing to each person who has been employed in any of the said manufacturing processes.
12. Facilities for bathing.- Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require any factory occupier to provide bath accommodation for all persons engaged in all or in any of the said manufacturing processes and also sufficient supply of soap and clean towels.
13. Firefighting appliances. -(1) Adequate means for extinguishing fires having regard to the amount of Celluloid present in the room at any one time, shall be kept constantly
provided for each work-room and store-room.
(2) The firefighting appliances shall be maintained in good condition and kept in a position which is easily accessible.
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(a) at least two separate exits are provided from every such room and two safe ways of escape from the building are available for all persons employed in the factory, and
(b) all doors and windows provided in connection with the means of escape are constructed to open outwards readily.
15. Cautionary notices.- (1) Cautionary notices explaining the dangers to which workers are exposed due to any of the said manufacturing processes being carried, shall be affixed in prominent positions in the factory where they may be easily and conveniently read by the persons employed. The said notices shall be printed in the languages understood by the majority of workers employed in the factory.
(2) If any person employed in the factory is illiterate, effective steps shall be taken to explain carefully to such illiterate person, the contents of the notices.
16. Exemptions.- If in respect of any factory. the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the process, or for any other reason, all or any of the provisions of this Schedule are not necessary for the protection of the persons employed in the factory, he may by a certificate in writing exempt such factory from all or any of the provisions, on such condition, as he may specify therein. Such certificate may at any time be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator without assigning any reasons.
Schedule XIV Compression of Oxygen and Hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water
(1) The room in which electrolyser plant is installed shall be separate from the plant for storing and Compressing the Oxygen and Hydrogen and also the electric generator room.
(2) The purity of oxygen and hydrogen shall be tested by a competent person at least once in every shift at the following points:-
(i) in the electrolysis room.
(ii) at the gas holder inlet. and
(iii) at the suction end of the compressor.
The purity figures shall be entered in the register and signed by the persons carrying out such test: provided that, if the electrolyser plant is fitted with automatic recorder of purity of oxygen and hydrogen with alarm lights, it shall be sufficient is the purity of the gases is tested at the suction end of the compressor only.
(3) The oxygen and hydrogen gases shall not be compressed, if their purity, as determined under clause (2) above, falls below 98% at any time.
(4) The bell of any gas holder shall not be permitted to go within 30 cms of its lowest position when empty and a limit switch shall be fitted to the gas-holder in such a manner as to switch off the compressor motor when this limit is reached.
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(5) There shall be at least two gas-holders for each kind of gas compressed and the gas-
holders for same gas shall be provided with suitable arrangements to ensure that no gas holder is connected to the compressor and to the electrolyser at the same time and only one gas-holder is connected to the compressor line at any one time.
(6) The water and caustic soda and potash used for making electrolytes shall be of standard suitable for electrolysis.
(7) Electrical connections at the electrolyser cells and at the electric generator terminals shall be so constructed, as to preclude the possibility of wrong connections leading to the reversal of polarity and in addition an automatic device shall be provided to cut off power in the event of reversal of polarity owing to wrong connections either at the switch board or at the electric generator terminals.
(8) Oxygen and hydrogen gas pipes shall be painted with distinguishing colours. Whenever a hydrogen pipe is opened for repairs or any other work, on reconnection the pipe shall be purged of all air before hydrogen is allowed to pass through that pipe.
(9) All electrical wiring and apparatus in the electrolyser room and hydrogen compression room shall be of flame-proof construction or enclosed in flame-proof fittings and no naked light or flame shall be allowed to be taken either in the electrolyser room or where compression and filling of the gases is carried on and such warning notices shall be exhibited in prominent places.
(10) No part of the electrolyser plant and the gas holders and compressor shall be subject to welding, brazing, soldering or cutting until steps have been taken to remove any explosive substance from that part and render the part safe for such operations and after the completion of such operations, no explosive substance shall be allowed to enter that part until the metal has cooled sufficiently to prevent risk of explosion.
(11) No work of operation, repair or maintenance shall be under-taken except under the direct supervision of a person who, by his training, experience and knowledge of the necessary precautions against risk of explosion is competent to supervise such work. No electric generator after erection or repairs shall be switched on to the electrolysers unless the same is certified by the competent person under whose direct supervision, erection or repairs are carried on to be in a safe condition and the terminals have been checked for the polarity as required by clause (7).
Every part of the electrolyser plant and the gas holders and compressor shall have a regular schedule of overhaul and checking and every defect noticed shall he rectified forthwith.
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SCHEDULE XV Handling and Processing of Asbestos, Manufacture of any Article or Substance of Asbestos and any other Processes of manufacture or otherwise in which Asbestos is used in any form 1. Application.-
(1) This schedule shall apply to all manufacturing processes as defined under clause (zi) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Code, carried on in a factory involving exposure of workers to asbestos and/or product containing Asbestos.
(2) The Government may, at any time, for the purpose of giving effect to any scientific proof obtained from specialised institutions or experts in the field, notification in the Office Gazette, make suitable changes in the said schedule:
(3) The provisions of this schedule shall apply to all workers exposed to asbestos in the factory and it shall be the responsibility of the occupier of the factory to comply with the provisions of the schedule in respect of the workers.
(4) (a) The occupier of the factory wherein asbestos or substances containing asbestos are in use, shall prepare work procedures and practices, in the light of scientific research and technological progress for approval by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and shall follow only such approved procedures.
(b) Notwithstanding anything mentioned in sub-clause (1) use of asbestos is prohibited in the manufacturing process as may be notified by the Government in this behalf.
(c) (i) spraying of all forms of asbestos is prohibited in a factory.
(ii) The prohibition in respect of spraying of asbestos referred to in sub-item (i) may be exempted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator if the Occupier represents that such spraying is inevitable certain purposes provided adequate measures for ensuring the safety and health of workers are undertaken by the occupier to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator .
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) “asbestos” means any fibrous silicate mineral and any admixture containing actionlite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite or any mixture thereof, whether crude, crushed or opened;
(b) “asbestos textiles” means yarn or clothes composed of asbestos or asbestos mixed with any other materials;
(c) “approved” means approved for the time being in writing by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator ;
(d) “breathing apparatus” means a helmet or face piece with necessary connection by means of which a person using it breathes air free from dust, or any other approved apparatus;
(e) “efficient exhaust draught” means a localised ventilation by mechanical means for the removal of dust so as to prevent dust from escaping into air of any place in
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which work is carried on. No draught shall be deemed to be efficient which fails to control dust produced at the point where such dust originates;
(f) “preparing” means crushing, disintegrating, and any other processes in or incidental to the opening of asbestos;
(g) “protective clothing” means overalls and head covering, which (in either case) will when worn exclude asbestos dust;
(h) “asbestos dust” means airborne particles of asbestos or settled particles of asbestos which are liable to become airborne in the factory;
(i) “airborne asbestos dust” means, for the purposes of measurement, dust particles measured by gravimetric assessment or other equivalent method;
(j) “respirable asbestos fibers” means asbestos fibers having diameter of less than 3 micrometer and a length to diameter ratio greater than 3:1; and
(k) “exposure to asbestos” means exposure to airborne respirable asbestos fibers or asbestos dust; whether originating from asbestos or from minerals, materials or products containing asbestos in the factory.
3. Demolition of plants or structures.-
No person shall carry out any demolition of plants or structures containing friable asbestos insulation material and removal of asbestos from building or structures in which asbestos is liable to become air-borne, unless he is recognized and duly empowered by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories as qualified to carry out such work in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule.
4. Tools and equipment.-
Any tools or equipment used in processes to which this schedule applies shall be such that they do not create asbestos dust above the permissible limit or are equipped with efficient exhaust draught.
5. Exhaust draught.-
(1) An effective exhaust draught shall be provided and maintained to control dust from the following processes and machines as per the relevant National Standards–
(a) manufacture and conveying machinery namely -
(i) preparing, grinding, or dry mixing machines;
(ii) carding, card waste and ring spinning machines, and looms;
(iii) machines or other plant fed with asbestos;
(iv) machines used for the sawing, grinding, turning, drilling, abrading or polishing; in the dry state, of articles composed wholly or partly of asbestos;
(b) cleaning, and grinding of the cylinders or other parts of a carding machine;
(c) chambers, hoppers or other structures into which loose asbestos is delivered or passes;
(d) work-benches for asbestos waste sorting or for other manipulation or asbestos by hand;
(e) workplaces at which the filling or emptying of sacks, skips or other portable containers, weighing or other process incidental thereto which is effected by hand, is carried on;
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(f) scale cleaning machines;
(g) mixing and blending of asbestos by hand; and
(h) any other process in which dust is given off into the work environment.
(2) Exhaust ventilation equipment provided in accordance with sub-clause (1) shall, while any work of maintenance or repair to the machinery, apparatus or other plant or equipment in connection with which it is provided is being carried on, be kept in use so as to produce an exhaust draught which prevents the entry of asbestos dust into the air of any work place.
(3) Arrangements shall be made to prevent asbestos dust discharged from exhaust apparatus being drawn into the air of any workroom.
(4) The asbestos bearing dust removed from any workroom by the exhaust system shall be collected in suitable receptacles or filter bags which shall be isolated from all work areas.
6. Testing and examination of ventilating systems.-
(1) All ventilating systems used for the purpose of extracting or suppressing dust as required by this schedule shall be as per the relevant Indian Standards, examined and inspected once every week by a responsible person. It shall be thoroughly examined and tested by a competent person once in every period of 12 months. Any defects found by such examinations or test shall be rectified forthwith.
(2) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests and the state of the plant and the repairs or alternations (if any) found to be necessary shall be kept and shall be available for inspection by an Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
7. Segregation in case of certain process.-
Mixing or blending of asbestos by the hand, or making or repairing of insulating mattresses composed wholly or partly of asbestos shall not be carried on in any room in which any other work is done.
8. Storage and distribution of loose asbestos. -
All loose asbestos shall, while not in use, be kept in suitable closed receptacles which prevent the escape of asbestos dust there from. Such asbestos shall not be distributed within a factory except in closed receptacles or in a totally enclosed system of conveyance.
9. Asbestos sacks. –
(1) All sacks used as receptacles for the purpose of transport of asbestos within the factory shall be constructed of impermeable materials and shall be kept in good repair.
(2) A sack which has contained asbestos shall not be cleaned by hand beating but by a machine, complying with clause 4.
(3) Asbestos sacks or receptacles which contain asbestos shall be disposed off in a safe manner.
10. Maintenance of floors and workplaces-
(1) In every room in which any of the requirements of this schedule apply,-
(a) the floors, work-benches, machinery and plant shall be kept in a clean state and free from asbestos debris and suitable arrangements shall be made for the storage of asbestos not immediately required for use; and
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(b) the floors shall be kept free from any materials, plant or other articles not immediately required for the work carried on in the room, which would construct the proper cleaning of the floor.
(2) The cleaning as mentioned in sub-clause (1) above shall so far as is practicable, as carried out by means of vacuum cleaning equipment so designed and constructed and so used that asbestos dust neither escapes nor is discharged into the air of any work place.
(3) When the cleaning is done by any method other than that mentioned in sub-clause (2) above, the persons doing cleaning work and any other person employed in that room shall be
provided with respiratory protective equipment and protective clothing.
(4) The vacuum cleaning equipment used in accordance with provisions of sub-clause (2) above, shall be properly maintained and after each cleaning operation, its surfaces kept in a clean state and free from asbestos waste and dust.
(5) Asbestos waste shall not be permitted to remain on the floors or other surfaces at the work place at the end of the working shift and shall be transferred without delay to suitable receptacles. Any spillage of asbestos waste occurring during the course of the work at any time shall be removed and transferred to the receptacles maintained for the purpose without delay.
(6) The occupier shall replace asbestos or of certain types of asbestos or products containing asbestos by other materials or products or shall use alternative technology, scientifically evaluated as harmless or less harmful, wherever this is possible.
(7) The occupier should take all the measures to prevent or control the release of asbestos in to the air and to ensure that the exposure limits or other exposure criteria are complied with and also reduce exposure to as low as a level as is reasonably practicable.
11. Breathing apparatus and personal protective equipment and clothing.-
(1) The occupier of every factory to which this schedule applies shall provide to workers personnel protective equipment such as hand gloves, shoes, helmets, goggles, earplug, aprons, safety belt, overall suit, etc. as per the relevant National or International Standards as may be required.
The approved breathing apparatus and appropriate work clothing as per the relevant National or international standards in consultation with the workers representatives and maintained in good conditions for use of every person employed –
(a) in chambers containing loose asbestos;
(b) in cleaning, dust settling or filtering chambers of apparatus;
(c) in cleaning the cylinders, including the defer cylinders, or other parts of a carding machine by means of hand-stickles;
(d) in filling, beating, or levelling in the manufacture or repair of insulating mattresses; and
(e) in any other operation or circumstances in which it is impracticable to adopt technical means to control asbestos dust in the work environment within the permissible limit.
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(2) Suitable accommodation in conveniently accessible position shall be provided for the use of persons when putting on or taking off breathing apparatus and protective clothing provided in accordance with this rule and for the storage of such apparatus and clothing when not in use.
(3) All breathing apparatus and protective clothing not in use shall be stored in the accommodation provided in accordance with sub- clause (2) above.
(4) All protective clothing in use shall be de-dusted under an efficient exhaust draught or by vacuum cleaning and shall be washed at suitable intervals. The cleaning schedule and procedure should be such as to ensure the efficiency in protective the wearer.
(5) All breathing apparatus shall be cleaned and disinfected at suitable intervals and thoroughly inspected once every month by a responsible person.
(6) A record of the cleaning and maintenance and of the condition of the breathing apparatus shall be maintained in a register provided for that purpose which shall be readily available for inspection by an Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
(7) No person shall be employed to perform any work specified in sub-clause (1) above for which breathing apparatus is necessary to be provided under that sub-clause unless he has been fully instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
(8) No breathing apparatus provided in pursuance of sub-clause (1) above which has been worn by a person shall be worn by another person unless it has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected since last being worn and the person has been fully instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
(9) No worker shall take home any work clothing or special protective clothing or personal protective equipment provided to him for protection against exposure to asbestos.
12. Separate accommodation for personal clothing.-
A separate accommodation shall be provided in a conveniently accessible position for all persons employed in operations to which this schedule applies for storing of personal clothing. This should be separated from the accommodation provided under sub-clause (2) of clause 10 to prevent contamination of personal clothing.
13. Prohibition relating to smoking.-
No person shall smoke in any area where processes covered by this schedule are carried on. A notice in the language understood by majority of the workers shall be posted in the plant prohibiting smoking at such areas.
14. Pictorial Cautionary notices. -
Cautionary notices in the form specified in appendix and printed in the language easily read and understood by the majority of the workers shall be displayed in prominent places in the workrooms where asbestos or substances containing asbestos are manufactured, handled or used.
15. Air monitoring.-
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To ensure the effectiveness of control measures in continuous or repetitive processes, the monitoring of asbestos fibres in air as well as personal monitoring of workers shall be carried out at least once in every shift and the result so obtained shall be entered in register and
(a) There should be no substantial change in workplace conditions.
(b) The results of the two (2) preceding measurements have not exceeded half the relevant control limit.
(c) All factories should adopt membrane filter test as per BIS standard… without fail.
16. Medical control measures. -
(1) The occupier of every factory in which a worker employed in the processes specified in clause 1 of this schedule, shall ensure that every worker employed be examined by a Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories/ Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such medical examination shall include sputum examination for asbestos bodies, pulmonary function test and chest X-ray –Posterior Anterior (PA) view to be compared with standard ILO Radiographs or Pneumoconiosis. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer.
(2) Every worker employed in the processes shall be re-examined by a Medical Officer at least once in every twelve months. Such re-examination shall, wherever the Medical Officer considers appropriate, include all the tests as specified in sub-clause (1) above except chest X-ray which shall be read by a radiologist specialised / trained in the field of reading ILO Radiographs or Pneumoconiosis and the chest x-ray which shall be carried out at least once in 3 years.
(3) Every worker employed in any of the aforesaid processes on the date on which the
schedule comes into force shall be radiologically examined by the qualified Radiologist at the cost of the occupier using a standard size x-ray plates and the power of the x-ray machine shall be more than 300 milliampere (mA). The report of such x-ray shall be submitted to the Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories / Medical Officer/ Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator within three months of the said date.
(4) If at any time the Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator/ Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment in the said process on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker he shall make a record of his findings in the said Certificate and the health register. The entry of his findings in these documents should also include the period for which he considers that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes. The person so suspended from the process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he fully is incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer, in which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(5) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-clause (4) above shall be re-
employed or permitted to work in the said processes unless the Medical Officer, after further examination, again certifies him fit for employment in those processes.
(6) If a worker already in employment and declared unfit by the Medical Inspector-cum-
Facilitator of Factories / Medical Officer shall not be allowed to work on any of the
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(7) For the purpose of medical supervision by the medical practitioner/ Medical Officer so appointed by the occupier shall be provided for his exclusive use a room in the factory premises which shall be properly cleaned, adequately lighted ventilated and furnished with a screen, a table with office stationary, chairs and other facilities and other instruments including x-ray arrangements for such examinations and such other equipment as may be prescribed by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator from time to time. The Factory Medical Practitioner so appointed shall perform the following duties,-
(a) maintain health register;
(b) undertake medical supervision of persons employed in the factory;
(c) look after health, education and rehabilitation of sick, injured or affected workers;
and
(d) carry out inspection of work rooms where dangerous operations are carried out and advise the management of the measures to be adopted for the protection of health of the workers employed therein.
(8) The Health Records of the workers exposed to asbestos, shall be kept up to a minimum period of 40 years from the beginning of the employment or 15 years after retirement or cessation of the employment, whichever is later and shall be accessible to workers concerned or their representatives.
(9) The record of Medical Examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the said medical practitioner, a certificate of fitness and health shall be maintained in a separate register approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and produced on demand.
17. Exemptions.-
(1) If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the processes or for any other reason, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing, which he may at his discretion revoke at any time, exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
(2) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may permit temporary derogation, through a notification in an official gazette, from the measures prescribed in this Schedule under conditions and within limits of time determined after consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers concerned.
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APPENDIX PICTORIAL CAUTIONARY NOTICE
(1) Asbestos/ asbestos dust which is used, handled or manipulated in this is very hazardous to health.
(2) Prolonged exposure to asbestos dust may lead to serious diseases like lung fibrosis (Asbestosis) and lung cancer.
(3) Entry is prohibited without protective equipment.
(4) Wear the protective Equipment’s to safeguard your health.
(5) No food stuffs or drinks shall be brought into this area.
(6) Smoking, eating food or drinking and chewing tobacco in this area is prohibited.
(7) Scrupulous cleanliness shall be maintained in this area.
(8) Dry sweeping in this area is prohibited. Any Spillage of asbestos shall be cleaned by vacuum cleaning only.
(9) A sack or container contaminated with asbestos shall not be cleaned by hand and is to be disposed off by an appropriate method
(10)All protective equipment and clothing shall be re-dusted by vacuum cleaning and stored in an appropriate place provided for the purpose
(11)Entry of unauthorized persons or authorized persons without proper protective equipment is prohibited.
(12)Report for the prescribed medical examinations and tests regularly to protect your own health.
(13)Report to your doctor immediately if you suffer from persistent breathlessness, chest tightness or cough.
SCHEDULE XVI Manipulation of stone, or any other material containing free silica 1. Application.-
(a) This schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of factories in which the below mentioned manufacturing activity containing free silica is carried on.
(b) The following manufacturing process shall be considered as manipulation of stone or other material containing free Silica:-
1.Stone Crushers 2.Gem and Jewellery 3.Slate Pencil Making 4.Agate Industry 5.Cement Industry 6.Pottery 7.Glass Manufacturing 2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) “manipulation” means crushing, breaking, chipping, dressing, grinding, sieving, mixing, grading or handling of stone or any other material containing free silica or any other operation involving such stone or material; and
(b) “stone or any other material containing free silica” means a stone or any other solid material containing not less than 5% by weight of free silica.
3. Preventive Control Measures.- No manipulation shall be carried out in a factory or part of a factory unless the following preventive control measures are adopted, namely:-
(i) Engineering Control Measures
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(1) Wet Methods:
(a) Airborne Silica Dust should be minimized or suppressed by applying water to the process or clean up;
(b) Water should be provided to drilling or sawing of concrete or masonry;
(2) Ventilation:
(a) An effective Local exhaust system should be provided and maintained to control/ remove silica dust from industrial processes.
(b) Dilution/ventilation may be used to reduce free silica dust concentration to below the permissible limits in large areas.
(c) Dust collectors /HEPA filter should be set up so that dust shall be removed from the source and all transfer points to prevent contaminating work areas.
(d) Ventilation systems should be kept in good working conditions.
(3) Isolation:
(a) Containment methods should be used while carrying out sand blasting.
(b) Cabins of vehicles or machinery cutting & drilling that might contain free silica should be enclosed and sealed.
(4) Dust Control:
(a) Vacuum System with High Efficiency Particle Air (HEPA) filter shall be used to remove dust from work areas and at all transfer points.
(b) The belt conveyors transferring crushed material shall be totally enclosed throughout its length:
Provided that such control measures as above said are not necessary if the process or operation itself is such that the level of dust created and prevailing does not exceed the permissible limit of Exposure specified in the rules.
(ii) Medical Control Measures.
(1) The occupier of every factory in which a worker employed in the processes specified in clause 1, shall ensure that every worker employed be examined by a Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories/ Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such medical examination shall include pulmonary function test and chest X-ray –Posterior Anterior (PA) view to be compared with standard ILO Radiographs or Pneumoconiosis. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer.
(2) Every worker employed in the processes shall be re-examined by a Medical Officer at least once in every twelve months. Such re-examination shall, wherever the Medical Officer considers appropriate, include all the tests as specified in sub-clause (1) except chest X-ray which shall be read by a radiologist specialised / trained in the field of reading ILO Radiographs on Pneumoconiosis and the chest x-ray which shall be carried out at least once in 3 years.
(3) Every worker employed in any of the aforesaid processes on the date on which the schedule comes into force shall be radiologically examined by the qualified Radiologist at the cost of the occupier using a standard size x-ray plates and the power of the x-ray machine shall be more than 300
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milliampere (mA). The report of such x-ray shall be submitted to the Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator / Medical Officer/ Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator within three months of the said date.
(4) If at any time the Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator / Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment in the said process on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker he shall make a record of his findings in the said Certificate and the health register. The entry of his findings in these documents should also include the period for which he considers that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes. The person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement facilities unless he fully is incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer, in which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(5) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-clause (4) above shall be re-employed or permitted to work in the said processes unless the Medical Officer, after further examination, again certifies him fit for employment in those processes.
(6) If a worker already in employment and declared unfit by the Medical Inspector-cum-Facilitator / Medical Officer shall not be allowed to work on any of the processes specified in clause sub-clause (1), unless he has been examined again along with standard size chest x-ray plate from a qualified Radiologist, at the cost of the occupier and has been certified to be fit to work on the said processes again.
(7) For the purpose of medical supervision by the Factory Medical Practitioner/ Medical Officer so appointed by the occupier shall be provided for his exclusive use a room in the factory premises which shall be properly cleaned, adequately lighted ventilated and furnished with a screen, a table with office stationary, chairs and other facilities and other instruments including x-ray arrangements for such examinations and such other equipment as may be prescribed by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator from time to time. The medical practitioner so appointed shall perform the following duties:-
(a) maintain health register;
(b) undertake medical supervision of persons employed in the factory;
(c) look after health, education and rehabilitation of sick, injured or affected workers;
(d) carry out inspection of work rooms where dangerous operations are carried out and advise the management of the measures to be adopted for the protection of health of the workers employed therein.
(8) The Health Records of the workers exposed to silicosis, shall be kept up to a minimum period of 40 years from the beginning of the employment or 15 years after retirement or cessation of the employment, whichever is later and shall be accessible to workers concerned or their representatives.
(9) The record of Medical Examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the said medical practitioner, a certificate of fitness and health shall be maintained in a separate register approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator , which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and produced on demand.
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(iii) Administrative Control Measures.
(1) Workplace/ Environment Monitoring: The occupier to ensure workplace / environment monitoring to be performed to determine magnitude of exposure/ concentration to evaluate engineering controls, selecting respiratory protection, work practices and the need for medical surveillance.
(a) Exposure/concentration measurements should be made in the employee’s actual breathing zone.
(b) Total sampling time shall be at least 7 hours.
(c) Workplace/ Environment Monitoring shall be repeated quarterly.
(d) The report of dust sampling by occupier shall be made available to the public.
(2) Training/ Awareness: Workers shall be trained in the following: -
(a) Health effects of free silica dust exposure.
(b) Operations and material that produce free silica dust hazards.
(c) Engineering controls and work practice controls that reduce dust concentration.
(d) The importance of good housekeeping and cleanliness.
(e) Proper use of personal protective equipment such as respirators etc.
(f) Personal hygiene practices to reduce exposure.
(3) House Keeping: Maintenance of floors-
(a) All floors or places where fine dust is likely to settle on and whereon any person has to work or pass shall be of impervious material and maintained in such condition that they can be thoroughly cleaned by a moist method or any other method which would prevent dust being airborne in the process of cleaning once at least during each shift.
(b) For this purpose, dry sweeping or compressed air shall be used for clean-
up of dust or wet methods or vacuum system with a HEPA filter shall be used.
(c) Dust on overhead ledges and equipment should be removed before it becomes air borne due to vibration, traffic and random air current.
(4) Change room and washing facilities-
(a) Washing and bathing facilities shall be conveniently located at a place easily accessible to the workers.
(b) Cloak room with individual lockers shall be provided for employees to store uncontaminated clothing.
(c) Workers shall take bath and change the work clothes before they leave the work site.
(d) Work clothes shall not be cleaned by blowing or shaking.
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(e) Eating/lunch areas shall be located away from exposed areas.
(5) Display of Notices:
(a) Warning signs / Posters shall be displayed conspicuously in a prominent place.
(b) The warning signs/poster shall contain the Hazards, precautions.
(c) The display of notice shall be in the local language and also in the language understood by the majority of the workers.
(6) Personal Protective Equipment The occupier of every factory to which this schedule apply shall provide the following PPEs as per relevant National Standards or International Standards and as applicable to a given workplace.
(a) Dust respirator.
(b) HEPA filter respirator or fume respirator.
(c) HEPA filter respirator with full face piece.
(d) Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
(e) Supplied air respirator with a full face piece, helmet or hood.
(f) SCBA with full face piece.
(g) Powered air purifying respirator with a HEPA filter.
4. Exemptions.- If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or in frequency of the processes or for any other reason, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing, which he may in his discretion revoke at any time, exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE XVII Handling and manipulation of corrosive substances 1. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) "Corrosive operation" means an operation of manufacturing, storing, handling, processing, packing, or using any corrosive substance in a factory; and
(b) "Corrosive substance" includes sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, carbolic acid, phosphoric acid, liquid chlorine, liquid bromine, ammonia, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide and a mixture thereof. and any other substance which the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette specify to be a corrosive substance.
540 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) 2. Flooring.- The floor of every workroom of a factory in which corrosive operation is carried on shall be made of impervious, corrosion and fire-resistant material and shall be so constructed as to prevent collection of any corrosive substance. The surface of such flooring shall be smooth and cleaned as often as necessary and maintained in a sound condition.
3. Protective Equipment.-
(a) The occupier shall provide for the use of all persons employed in any corrosive operation suitable protective wear for hands and feet, suitable aprons, face shields, chemical safety goggles and respirators. The equipments shall be maintained in good order and shall be kept in clean and hygienic condition by suitably treating to get rid of the ill effects of any absorbed chemicals and by disinfecting. The occupier shall also provide suitable protective creams and other preparations wherever necessary.
(b) The protective equipment and preparations provided shall be used by the persons employed in any corrosive operation.
4. Water facilities. -Where any corrosive operation is carried on, there shall be provided as close to the place of such operation as possible, a source of clean water at a height of 210 cms. (7 ft.) from a pipe of 1.25 cm. (1/2 in.) diameter and fitted with a quick acting valve so that in case of injury to the worker by any corrosive substance, the injured part can be thoroughly flooded with water. Water sprinkler system should be provided over the ammonia receiver. Whenever necessary, in order to ensure continuous water supply, a storage tank having a minimum length, breadth and height of 210 cm., 120 cm., respectively or such dimensions as are approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be provided as the source of clean water.
5. Cautionary Notice.- A cautionary notice in the following form and printed in the language which majority of the workers employed understand, shall be displayed prominently close to the place where any of the operations mentioned in clause 2 above is carried out and where it can be easily and conveniently read by the workers. If any worker is illiterate, effective steps be taken to explain carefully to him the contents of the notice so displayed.
Cautionary Notice Danger Corrosive substances cause severe burns and vapours thereof may be extremely hazardous. In case of contact immediately flood the part affected with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes.
Get Medical attention quickly.
6. Transport.-
(a) Corrosive substances shall not be filled moved or carried except in containers or through pipes and when they are to be transported in containers they shall be included in crates of sound construction and of sufficient strength.
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(b) A container with a capacity of 11.5 litres (2-1/2 gallons) or more of a corrosive substance shall be placed in a receptacle or crate and then carried by more than one person at a height below the waist line unless a suitable rubber wheeled truck is used for the purpose.
(c) Containers for corrosive substances shall be plainly labelled.
7. Devices for handling corrosive.-
(a) Tilting, lifting or pumping arrangements shall be used for emptying jars, carboys and other containers of corrosives.
(b) corrosive substance shall not be handled by bare hands but by means of a suitable scoop or other device.
8. Opening of Valves.- Valves fitted to containers holding a corrosive substance shall be opened with great care. If they do not work freely, they shall not be forced open. they shall be opened by a worker suitably trained for the purpose.
9. Cleaning of Tanks and Stills, etc.-
(a) In cleaning out or removing residues from stills or other large chambers used for holding any corrosive substance, suitable implements made of wood or other material shall be used to prevent production of ars-eniuretted hydrogen (Arsine).
(b) Whenever it is necessary for the purpose of cleaning or other maintenance work for any worker to enter chamber, tank, vat, pit or other confined space where a corrosive substance had been stored, all possible precautions required under sub-rule 33 and 34 of rule 110 of these rules shall, be taken to ensure the worker's safety.
(c) Wherever possible, before repairs are undertaken to any part to equipment in which a corrosive substance was handled, such equipment or part thereof shall be freed of any adhering corrosive substance by adopting suitable methods.
10. Storage.-
(a) Corrosive substances shall not be stored in the same room with other chemicals, such as turpentine, carbides. metallic powders and combustible materials, the accidental mixing with which may cause a reaction which is either violent or gives rise to toxic fumes and gases.
(b) Pumping or filling overhead tanks, receptacles, vats or other containers for storing corrosive substances shall be so arranged that there is no possibility of any corrosive substance overflowing and causing injury to any person.
(c) Every container having a capacity of twenty litres or more and every pipeline, valves, and fitting used for carrying corrosive substances shall be thoroughly examined by competent person] every year for finding out any defects and defects shall be removed forthwith. A register shall be maintained of every such examination made and shall be produced before the Inspector-cum-Facilitator whenever required.
542 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) 11. Safety Measures:- (1) All the system pipe line should be of welded joints instead of flanged joints.
(2) ISI valves should be provided in lines and periodical maintenance of valves should be checked.
(3) Whatever corrosive substance if coming out of valves should be taken to scrubber for neutralisation through a close circuit system.
(4) For the early detection of leakage of any corrosive substance sensitive devices should be
provided.
(5) Absorber of proper capacity should be provided.
(6) Stand by generator of adequate capacity should be provided in factories for toxic gases.
12. Fire Extinguishers and Fire-fighting Equipment.- An adequate number of suitable types of fire extinguishers or other firefighting equipment, depending on the nature of chemicals stored, shall be provided. Such extinguishers or other equipment shall be regularly tested and refilled. Clear instructions as to how the extinguishers or other equipment should be used, printed in the language which majority of the workers employed understand, shall be affixed near each extinguisher or other equipment.
13. Exemption.- If in respect of any factory on an application made by the Manager, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances, or the infrequency of the process or for any other reason to be recorded by him in writing, all or any of the provisions of this Schedule are not necessary for the protection of the persons employed therein, he may by a certificate in writing which he may at any time revoke, exempt the factory from such of the provisions and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE XVIII Manufacture or Manipulation of Carcinogenic Dye Intermediates
1. Application.- The schedule shall apply in respect of all factories or any part thereof where processes in which the substances mentioned clause 3and 4 are formed, manufactured, handled, or used and the processes incidental thereto in the course of which these substances are formed, are carried on. The processes indicated in this clause shall be referred to hereinafter as “the said processes”, and such a reference shall mean any or all the processes described in this clause.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule the following definitions shall apply, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ”controlled substances” means chemical substances mentioned in clause 4 of this schedule;
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(b) ”efficient exhaust draught” means localised ventilation effected by mechanical means for the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fume so as to prevent them from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught, shall be deemed to be efficient which fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gas, vapour, fume or dust originates; and
(c) ”prohibited substances” means chemical substances mentioned in clause 3 of this schedule.
3. Prohibited substances.- For the purpose of this schedule, the following chemical substances shall be classified as “prohibited substances” except when theses substances are present or are formed as a by-product of a chemical reaction in a total concentration not exceeding one percent :-
(a) beta-naphthylamine and its salts;
(b) Benzedrine and its salts;
(c) 4-amino biphenyl and its salts;
(d) 4-nitro diphenyl and its salts; and
(e) any substance containing any of these compounds.
4. Controlled substances.- For the purpose of this schedule, the following chemical substances shall be classified as “controlled substances” :-
(a) alpha-naphthylamine or alpha-naphthylamine containing not more than one percent of beta-naphthylamine either as a by-product of chemical reaction or otherwise, and its salts;
(b) ortho-tolidine and its salts;
(c) dianisdine and its salts;
(d) dichlorobenzidine and its salts;
(e) auramine; and
(f) magneta.
5. Requirements for processing or handling controlled substances.-
(1) Wherever any of the controlled substances referred to in clause 4 are formed, manufactured, processed, handled, or used, all practical steps shall be taken to prevent inhalation,
ingestion or absorption of the said controlled substance by the workers while engaged in processing that substance, and its storage or transport within the plant, or in cleaning or maintenance of the concerned equipment, plant, machinery and storage areas.
(2) As far as possible all operations shall be carried out in a totally enclosed system.
Wherever such enclosure is not possible, efficient exhaust draught shall be applied at the point where the controlled substances are likely to escape into the atmosphere during the process.
(3) The controlled substances shall be received in the factory in tightly closed containers and shall be kept so except when these substances are in process or in use. The controlled
544 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) substances shall leave the factory only in tightly closed containers of appropriate type.
All the containers shall be plainly labelled to indicate the contents.
6 .Personal protective equipment.-
(1) The following items of personal protective equipment shall be provided and issued to every worker employed in the said processes:-
(a) long trousers and shirts or overalls with full sleeves and head coverings.
The shirt or overall shall cover the neck completely; and
(b) rubber gum-boots.
(2) The following items of personal protective equipment shall be provided in sufficient numbers for use by workers employed in the said processes when there is danger of injury during the performance of normal duties or in the event of emergency :-
(a) rubber hand-gloves;
(b) rubber aprons; and
(c) airline respirators or other suitable respiratory protective equipment.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the manager to maintain all items of personal protective equipment in a clean and hygienic condition and in good repair.
7. Floors of workroom.- The floor of every workroom in which the said processes are carried on shall be,-
(a) smooth and impervious to water provided that asphalt or tar shall not be used in the composition of the floor,
(b) maintained in a state of good repair,
(c) with a suitable slope for easy draining and provided with gutters and
(d) thoroughly washed daily with the drain water being led into a sewer through a closed channel.
8 . Disposal of empty containers.- Empty containers used for holding controlled substances shall be thoroughly cleaned of their contents and treated with an inactivating agent before being discarded.
9. Manual handling.- Controlled substances shall not be allowed to be mixed, filled, emptied or handled except by means of a scoop with a handle. Such scoop shall be thoroughly cleaned daily.
10. Instructions regarding risk.- Every worker on his first employment in the said processes shall be fully instructed on the properties of the toxic chemicals to which he is likely to be exposed to, of the dangers involved and the precautions to be taken. Workers shall also be instructed on the measures to be taken to deal with an emergency.
11. Cautionary placards.- Cautionary placards in the form specified in appendix attached to this schedule and printed in the language of the majority of the workers employed in the said processes shall be affixed in prominent places frequented by them in the factory, where the placards can be conveniently read. Arrangements shall be made by
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the manager to instruct periodically all such workers regarding the precautions contained in the cautionary placards.
12. Obligations of the workers.- It shall be the duty of the persons employed in the said processes to submit themselves for the medical examination including exfoliative cytology of urine by the the qualified medical practitioner as provided for under these rules.
13. Washing and bathing facilities.- (1) The following washing and bathing facilities shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all workers employed in the said processes :-
(a) a wash place under cover having constant supply of water and provided with clean towels, soap and nail brushes and with at least one stand pipe for every five such workers;
(b) 50 percent of the stand pipes provided under clause (a) shall be located in bathrooms where both hot and cold water shall be made available during the working hours of the factory and for one hour thereafter;
(c) the washing and bathing facilities shall be in close proximity of the area housing the said processes;
(d) clean towels shall be provided individually to each worker; and
(e) in addition to the taps mentioned under clause (a), one stand pipe, in which warm water is made available, shall be provided on each floor.
(2) Arrangement shall be made to wash factory uniforms and other work clothes everyday.
14. Food, drinks, etc. prohibited in workroom.- No worker shall consume food, drink, pan, supari or tobacco or shall smoke in any workroom in which the said processes are carried on and no worker shall remain in any such room during intervals for meals or rest.
15. Cloak room.- There shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of the workers employed in the said processes,-
(a) a cloakroom with lockers having two compartments, one for street clothes and the other for work clothes, and
(b) a place separate from the locker room and the messroom, for the storage of protective equipment provided under clause 7. he accommodation so provided shall be under the care of a responsible person and shall be kept clean.
16. Mess room.- There shall be provided and maintained for the use of workers employed in the said processes who remain on the premises during the meal intervals, a messroom which shall be furnished with tables and benches and provided with suitable means for warming food.
17. Time allowed for washing.- Before the end of each shift 30 minutes shall be allowed for bathing for each worker who is employed in the said processes. Further, at least 10 minutes shall be allowed for washing before each meal in addition to the regular time allowed for meals.
546 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) 18. Medical facilities and records of examinations and tests.- (1) The occupier of every factory to which this schedule applies, shall,-
(a) employ a qualified medical practitioner for medical surveillance of the workers employed therein whose employment shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator ; and
(b) provide to the medical practitioner all the necessary facilities for the purpose referred to in item (a).
(2) The record of such examinations carried out by the medical practitioner shall be maintained in a separate, register, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
19. Medical examination.- (1) Every worker employed in the processes specified in clause 1 shall be examined by a medical practitioner within 15 days of his first employment. Such examinations shall include skin test for dermatitis and no worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the medical practitioner.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by a medical practitioner at least once in every three calendar months and such examination shall, wherever the medical practitioner considers appropriate, include all the tests in sub-
clause (1).
(3) The Medical practitioner after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in Form 23. The record of examination and re-examinations carried out shall be entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the custody of the manger of the factory. The record of each examination carried out under sub- clause (1) and (2), including the nature and the results of these test, shall also be entered by the medical practitioner in a health register in Form 24.
(4) The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
(5) If at any time the medical practitioner is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker, he shall make a record of his findings in the said certificate and the health register. The entry of his findings in those documents should also include the period for which he considers that the said person is unfit to work in the said process shall be provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the medical practitioner, in which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub- clause (5) shall be re-
employed or permitted to work in the said processes unless the medical practitioner, after further examination, again certifies him fit for employment in those processes.
20. Exemptions.- If in respect of any such factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the processes or
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for any other reason, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for the protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
APPENDIX Cautionary Placard/Notice Carcinogenic dye intermediates
1. Dye intermediates which are nitro amino derivatives or aromatic hydrocarbons are toxic. You have to handle these chemicals frequently in this factory.
2. Use the various items of protective wear to safeguard your own health.
3. Maintain scrupulous cleanliness at all times. Thoroughly wash hands and feet before taking meals. It is essential to take a bath before leaving the factory.
4. Wash off any chemical falling on your body with soap and water. If splashed with a solution of the chemical, remove the contaminated clothing immediately. These chemicals are known to produce cyanosis. Contact the medical officer or appointed doctor immediately and get his advice.
5. Handle the dye intermediates only with long handled scoops, never with bare hands.
6. Alcoholic drinks should be avoided as they enhance the risk of poisoning by the chemicals.
7. Keep your food and drinks away from work place. Consuming food, drinks or tobacco in any form at the place of work is prohibited.
8. Serious effects from work with toxic chemicals may follow after many years. Great care must be taken to maintain absolute cleanliness of body, clothes, machinery and equipment.
SCHEDULE XIX Solvent Extraction Plants Process of extracting Vegetable Oil from oil cakes in Solvent Extraction Plants
1. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule,-
(a) "Solvent Extraction Plant" means the plant in which the process of extracting vegetable oils from oil cakes by the use of solvents is carried on.
(b) "Solvent" means an inflammable liquid such as pentane hexane and heptane used for the recovery of vegetable oils.
(c) "Flame Proof' enclosure as applied to electrical machinery or apparatus means an enclosure that will withstand, when covers or other access doors are properly secured, an internal explosion of the flammable gas or vapour which may enter or which may originate inside the enclosure without suffering damage and without communicating internal inflammation (or explosion) to the external flammable gas or vapour.
548 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) 2. Location and layout.- (a) No solvent extraction plant shall be permitted to be constructed or extended to within a distance of 30 meters from the nearest residential locality.
(b) A 1.5 meter high continuous wire fencing shall be provided around the Solvent Extraction Plant up to a minimum distance of 15 meters from the plant.
(c) No person shall be allowed to carry any matches or mobile or an open flame or fire inside the area bound by the fencing.
(d) Boiler houses and other buildings where open flame processes are carried on shall be located at least 30 meters away from the Solvent extraction Plant.
(e) If godowns and preparatory processes are at less than 30 meters distance from the Solvent Extraction Plant, these shall be at least 15 meters distance from the plant, and a continuous barrier wall of non-combustible material 1.5 meters high shall be erected at a distance of not less than 15 meters from the Solvent Extraction Plant so that it extends to at least 30 meters of vapour travel around its ends from the plant to the possible sources of ignition.
3. Electrical installations.-
(a) All electrical motors and wiring and other electrical equipment installed or housed in Solvent Extraction Plant shall be of flame proof construction.
(b) All metal parts of the plant and building including various tanks and containers where solvents are stored or are present and all parts of electrical equipment not required to be energized shall be properly bounded together and connected to earth so as to avoid accidental rise in the electrical potential of such parts above the earth potential.
4. Restriction on smoking.- Smoking shall be strictly prohibited within 15 meters distance from Solvent Extraction Plant. For this purpose, "No Smoking" signs shall be permanently displayed in the area.
5. Precautions against friction.-
(a) All tools and equipment including ladders. chains and other lifting tackle required to be used in Solvent Extraction Plant shall be of non-sparking type.
(b) No machinery or equipment in any solvent extraction plant shall be belt driven, unless the belt used is of such a type that it does not permit accumulation of static electricity to a dangerous level.
(c) No person shall be allowed to enter and work in the Solvent Extraction Plant if wearing cloths made of nylon or such fibre that can generate static electrical charge, or wearing footwear which is likely to cause sparks by friction.
6. Fire Fighting Apparatus.-
(a) Adequate number of portable fire extinguishers suitable for use against flammable liquid fires shall be provided in the Solvent Extraction plant.
(b) An automatic water spray sprinkler system on a wet pipe or open-head deluge system with sufficient supply of storage water shall be provided over Solvent Extraction Plant and throughout the building housing such plant.
7. Precautions against power failure.- Provision shall be made for the automatic cutting off of steam in the event of power failure and also for emergency overhead water supply for
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feeding water by gravity to condensers which shall come into play automatically with the power failure.
8. Magnetic Separators.- Oil cake shall be fed to the extractor by a conveyor through hopper and a magnetic separator shall be provided to remove any pieces of iron during its transfer.
9. Venting.-
(a) Tanks containing solvents shall be protected with emergency venting to relieve excessive internal pressure in the event of fire.
(b) All emergency relief vents shall terminate at least 6 metres above the ground and be so located that vapours will not re-enter the building in which Solvent Extraction Plant is located.
10. Waste water.- Process waste water shall be passed through a flash evaporator to remove any solvent before it is discharged into a sump.
11. Ventilation.- The Solvent Extraction Plant shall be well ventilated and if the plant is housed in a building, the building shall be provided with mechanical ventilation with provision for at least six air changes per hour.
12. Housekeeping.-
(a) Solvents shall not be stored in an area covered by Solvent Extraction Plant except in small quantities which shall be stored in approved safety cans.
(b) Waste materials such as oily rags, other wastes and absorbents used to wipe off solvent and paints and oils shall be deposited in approved containers and removed from the premises at least once a day.
(c) Space within the Solvent Extraction Plant and within 15 metres from the plant shall be kept free from any combustible materials and any spills of oil or solvent, shall be cleaned up immediately.
13. Examination and repairs.-
(a) The Solvent Extraction Plant shall be examined by the competent person to determine any weakness or corrosion and wear once in every 12 months. Report of such examination shall be submitted to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator with his observation as to whether or not the plant is in safe condition to work.
(b) No repairs shall be carried out to the machinery or plant except under the direct supervision of the competent employee of the factory.
(c) Facility shall be provided for purging the plant with inert gas or steam before opening for cleaning or repairs and before introducing solvent after repairs.
14. Operating personnel.- The operation of the plant and machinery in the Solvent Extraction Plant shall be in the charge of such duly qualified and trained person are certified by the competent person to be fit for the purpose and no other person shall be allowed to operate the plant and machinery.
15. Vapour detection.- A suitable type of combustible gas indicator shall be provided and maintained in good working order and a schedule of routine sampling of atmosphere at
550 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) various locations as approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be drawn out and entered in a register maintained for the purpose.
16. Further precautions in cases of batch type Solvent Extraction Plants.- In case of batch type Solvent Extraction Plants, the following further precautions shall be observed:-
(a) When the solvent is removed from batch extractor by vacuum gauges shall be
provided and tests shall be carried out to ensure that a minimum vacuum of 650 mm (26") mercury is obtained and maintained steadily for a minimum period of 30 minutes before the extractor is allowed to be opened for discharge of cake or for persons to enter.
(b) When on opening the door of a batch extractor the extracted meal cannot be dislodged from the extractor freely, door shall be closed and the material reheated
(dry) under vacuum for at least 60 minutes before the door is reopened.
(c) Where solvent is removed by steam heating, the presence of the solvent shall be tested at the vent provided on the top of the vessel before opening the vessel.
(d) A log book of operations with the following particulars shall be maintained and made available on demand to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator:-
(i) vacuum gauge reading for each charge.
(ii) testing of continuity of electrical bending and earthing system,
(iii) loss of solvent every 24 hours or loss per tonne of raw materials used.
17. Exemption.— If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the processes for any other reasons, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for the protection of the workers in factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing (which he may in his discretion revoke at any time) exempt such factory from all or any of such provision subject to condition. if any, as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE XX Manufacture or manipulation of manganese and its compounds 1. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule:-
(a) "Manganese process" means processing, manufacture or manipulation of manganese or any compound of manganese or any ore or any mixture containing manganese.
(b) "First employment" means first employment in any manganese process and includes also re-employment in any manganese process following any cessation of employment for a continuous period exceeding 3 calendar months.
(c) "Manipulation" means mixing, blending, filling, emptying, grinding, sieving, drying, packing, sweeping, or otherwise handling of manganese, or a compound of manganese or an ore or mixture containing manganese.
(d) "Efficient Exhaust Ventilation" means localised ventilation effected by mechanical means for the removal of dust or fume or mist at its source of origin so as to prevent it from escaping into the atmosphere of any place where any work is carried on. No. draught shall be deemed to be efficient which fails to remove the
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dust or fume or mist at the point where it is generated and fails to prevent it from escaping into and spreading into the atmosphere of a work place.
2. Application.- This schedule shall apply to every factory in which or in any part of which any manganese process is carried on.
3. Exemptions.- Where the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to any exceptional circumstances, or infrequency of the process, or for any other reason, application of all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for the protection of the persons employed in any factory, he may, by an order in writing, which he may at his discretion revoke, exempt such factory from all or any of the provisions on such conditions and for such period as he may specify in the said order.
4. Isolation of a process.- Every manganese process which may give risk to dust, vapour or mist containing manganese, shall be carried on in a totally enclosed system or otherwise effectively isolated from other processes so that other plants and process and other parts of the factory and persons employed on other work of process may not be affected by the same.
5. Ventilation of process.- No process, in which any dust, vapour or mist containing manganese is generated, shall be carried out except under an efficient exhaust ventilation which shall be applied as near to the point of generation as practicable.
6. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in any manganese process shall be medically examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include, tests for detection of serum calcium, serum phosphate and manganese in blood and urine and also include steadiness tests and other neuro-muscular co-ordination tests.
7. Personal Protective Equipment.-
(i) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain in good and clean condition suitable overalls and head coverings for all persons employed in any manganese process and such overalls and head coverings shall be worn by the persons while working on manganese process.
(ii) The occupier of the factory shall provide suitable respiratory protective equipment for use by workers in emergency to prevent inhalation of dusts. fumes or mists. Sufficient number of complete sets of such equipment shall always be kept near the work place and the same shall be properly maintained and kept always in a condition to be used readily.
(iii) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed, suitable accommodation for the storage and make adequate arrangements for cleaning and maintenance of personal protective equipments.
8. Cautionary placard and instructions.- Cautionary notices in the form given below and printed in the language of the majority of the workers employed, shall be affixed in prominent places in the factory where they can be easily and conveniently read by the workers and arrangement shall be made by the occupier to instruct periodically all workers employed in a manganese process regarding the health hazards connected with their duties and the best preventive measures and methods to protect themselves. The notices shall always be maintained in a legible condition.
552 राजस्थानराज-पत्र,जून30,2026 भाग4(ग) Cautionary Notice Manganese and Manganese Compounds 1. Dust fumes and mists of manganese and compounds are toxic when inhaled or when ingested.
2. Do not consume food or drink near the workplace.
3. Take a good wash before taking meals.
4. Keep the working area clean.
5. Use the protective clothing and equipments provided.
6. When required to work in situations where dusts, fumes or mists are likely to be inhaled, use respiratory protective equipment provided for the purpose.
7. If you get severe headaches, prolonged sleeplessness or abnormal sensations on the body, report to the manager who would make arrangements for your examination and treatment.
SCHEDULE XXI Manufacture, Handling and use of Benzene
1. The schedule is made to provide protection against hazards of poisoning from benzene and shall apply in respect of factories or parts thereof in which benzene or substances containing benzene are manufactured, handled or used.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) 'Substances containing benzene' means substances wherein benzene content exceeds 1 per cent by volume.
(b) 'Substitute' means a chemical which is harmless or less harmful than benzene and can be used in place of benzene.
(c) 'Enclosed system' means a system which will not allow escape of benzene vapours to the working atmosphere.
(d) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by mechanical means for the removal of gases, vapours and dusts or fumes so as to prevent them from escaping into the air of any workroom. No draught shall be deemed to be efficient if it fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gases, vapours, fumes of dusts originate.
3. Prohibition and substitution.-
(a) Use of benzene and substances containing benzene is prohibited in the following processes:-
(i) Manufacture of varnishes, paints and thinners, and
(ii) cleaning and de-greasing operations.
(b)Benzene or substances containing benzene shall not be used as a solvent or diluent unless the process in which it is used is carried on in an enclosed system or unless the process is carried on in a manner which is considered equally safe as if it were carried out in an enclosed system.
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(c) Where suitable substitutes are available, they shall be used instead of benzene or substances containing benzene. This provision, however, shall not apply to the processes specified in Appendix ‘A’.
(d) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, subject to confirmation by the State Government, permit exemption from the percentage laid down in clause (2)(a) and also from the provisions of sub-clause (b) temporarily under conditions and within limits of time to be determined after consultation with the employers and workers concerned.
4. Protection against inhalation.-
(a) The process involving the use of benzene or substances containing benzene shall as far as practicable be carried out in an enclosed system.
(b) Where, however, it is not practicable to carry out the process in an enclosed system, the work room in which benzene or substances containing benzene are used shall be equipped with an efficient exhaust draught or other means for the removal of benzene vapours to prevent their escape into the air of the work room so that the concentration of benzene in the air does not exceed 25 parts per million by volume or 80 mg/m 3.
(c) Air analysis for the measurement of concentration or benzene vapours in air shall be carried out every 8 hours or at such intervals as may be directed by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator at places where process involving use of benzene is carried on and the result of such analysis shall be recorded in a register specially maintained for this purpose.
If the concentration of benzene vapours in air as measured by air analysis, exceeds 25 parts per million by volume or 80 mg./3m., the manager shall forthwith report the concentration to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator stating the reasons for such increase.
(d) Workers, who for special reasons are likely to be exposed to concentration of benzene in the air of the work-room exceeding the maximum referred to in clause (b) shall be
provided suitable respirators or face masks. The durations of such exposure shall be limited as far as possible.
5. Measure against skin contact.-
(a) Workers who are likely to come in contact with liquid benzene or liquid substances containing benzene, shall be provided with suitable gloves, aprons, boots and where necessary vapour tight chemical goggles made of material not affected by benzene or its vapours.
(b) The protective wear referred to in sub-clause (a) shall be maintained in good condition and inspected regularly.
6. Labelling.- Every container holding benzene or substances containing benzene shall have the word "Benzene" and approved danger symbols clearly visible on it and shall also display information on benzene content, warning about toxicity and warning about inflammability of the chemical.
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(a) The use of benzene or substances containing benzene by workers for cleaning their hands or their work clothing shall be prohibited.
(b) Workers shall be instructed on the possible dangers arising from such misuse.
8. Instructions as regards risks.- Every worker on his first employment shall be fully instructed on the properties of benzene or substances containing benzene which he has to handle and of the dangers involved. Workers shall also be instructed on the measures to be taken to deal within an emergency.
9. Cautionary notices.- Cautionary notices in the form specified in Appendix ‘B’ and presented in the language easily read and understood by the majority of the workers shall be displayed in prominent places in the work-rooms where benzene substances containing benzene are manufactured, handled or used.
10. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in processes mentioned in this schedule, shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment, such examination shall include tests for detection of phenol in urine and determination if urinary sulphide ratio and C.N.S.
and hematological tests. No. worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical Officer or Factory Medical Practitioner.
Appendix 'A' [Clause 3(c)]
(1) Production of benzene.
(2) Process where benzene is used for chemical synthesis.
(3) Motor spirits (used as fuel).
Appendix 'B'
[Clause 9]
CAUTIONARY NOTICE
(a) The hazards:-
(i) Benzene and substances containing benzene are harmful.
(ii) Prolonged or repeated breathing of benzene vapours may result in acute or chronic poisoning.
(iii) Benzene can also be absorbed through skin which may cause skin and other diseases.
(b) The preventive measures to be taken:-
(i) Avoid breathing of benzene vapours.
(ii) Avoid prolonged or repeated contact of benzene with the skin.
(iii) Remove benzene soaked or wet clothing promptly.
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(iv) If any time you are exposed to high concentration of benzene vapours and exhibit the sign and symptoms such as dizziness, difficulty in breathing, excessive excitation and losing of consciousness, immediately inform your factory manager.
(v) Keep all the containers of benzene closed or underground, if feasible.
(vi) Handle, use and process benzene and substances containing benzene carefully in order to prevent their spillage on floor.
(vii) Sensor with alarm system should be installed to detect benzene at appropriate places.
(viii) Maintain good house-keeping.
(c) The protective equipment to be used:-
(i) Use respiratory protective equipment in places where benzene vapours are present in high concentration.
(ii) In emergency, use self-generating oxygen mask or oxygen or air cylinder marks.
(iii) Wear hand gloves, aprons, goggles and guru boots to avoid contact of benzene with your skin and body parts.
(d) The first-aid measure to be taken in case of acute benzene poisoning:-
(i) Remove the clothing immediately if it is wetted with benzene.
(ii) If liquid benzene enters eyes, flush thoroughly for at least 15 minutes with clean running water and immediately secure medical attention.
(iii) In case of unusual exposure to benzene vapour, call a physician immediately.
Until he arrives, do the following:-
If the Exposed Person is Conscious:
(A) Move him to fresh air in open.
(B) Lay him down without a pillow and keep him quiet and warm.
If the Exposed Person is Unconscious:
(A) Lay him down preferably on the left side with the head low.
(B) Remove any false teeth, chewing gum, tobacco or other foreign objects which may be in his mouth.
(C) Provide him artificial respiration in case difficulty is being experienced in breathing.
(D) In case of shallow breathing or cyanosis (Blueness of skin, lips, ears, finger nail beds). He should be provided with medical oxygen. If needed, he should be given artificial respirations. Oxygen should be administered by a trained person only.
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SCHEDULE XXII Carbon Disulphide Plants 1. Application.-
(a) This Schedule shall apply to all electric furnaces in which carbon disulphide is generated and all other plants where carbon disulphide after generation, is condensed, refined and stored.
(b) These rules are in addition to and not in derogation of any of the provisions of the Code and rules made thereunder.
2. Construction, Installation & Operation.-
(a) The buildings in which electric furnaces are installed and carbon disulphide after generation is condensed and refined shall be segregated from other parts of the factory and shall be of open type to ensure optimum ventilation and the plant lay out shall be such that only a minimum number of workers are exposed to the risk of any fire or explosion at any one time.
(b) Every electric furnace and every plant in which carbon disulphide is condensed, refined and stored with all their fittings and attachments shall be of good construction, sound material and of adequate strength to sustain the internal pressure to which the furnace or the plant may be subjected and shall be so designed that carbon disulphide liquid and gas are in closed system during their normal working.
(c) The electric furnace supports shall be firmly grouted about 0.75 meters in concrete or by other effective means.
(d) Every electric furnace shall be installed and operated according to manufactures instructions and these instructions shall be clearly imparted to the personnel in-charge of construction and operation.
(e) The instructions regarding observance of correct furnace temperature sulphur doze, admissible current/power consumption and periodical checking of charcoal level shall be strictly complied with.
3. Electrodes.-
(a) Where upper ring electrode (s), made of steel are used in the electric furnace, they shall be of seamless tube construction and shall have arrangement for being connected to cooling water system through a siphon built in the electrodes or through a positive pressure water pump.
(b) The arrangement for cooling water referred to in clause (a) shall be connected with automatic alarm system which will actuate in the event of interruption of cooling water in the electrodes and give visible and audible alarm signals in the control room and simultaneously stop power supply for the furnace operation and to stop the further supply of water. The alarm system and the actuating device shall be checked every day.
4. Charcoal level indicator and vibrator.- Means shall be provided on each electric furnace for indicating the correct level of charcoal in the furnace and for vibrating the charcoal. This means shall be employed as often as necessary to maintain correct charge and level of the charcoal.
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5. Charcoal Separator.- A cyclone type of charcoal separator shall be fitted on the off take pipe between the electric furnace and sulphur separator to prevent entry of pieces of charcoal into the condensers and piping.
6. Rupture discs and safety seal.-
(a) At least two rupture discs of adequate size which shall blow off at a pressure twice the maximum operating pressure shall be provided on each furnace and shall either be mounted directly on the top of the furnace or each through an independent pipe as close as possible to the furnace.
(b) A safety water seal shall be provided and tapped from a point between the charcoal separator and the sulphur separator.
7. Pyrometer and Manometers.-
(a) Each electric shall be fitted with adequate number of pyrometers to make a correct assessment of the temperature at various points in the furnace. The dials for reading the temperatures shall be located in the control room.
(b) Manometer shall be provided for indicating pressure,-
(i) in the off take pipe before and after the sulphur separator; and
(ii) in primary and secondary condensers.
8. Check valves.- All piping carrying carbon disulphide shall be fitted with check valves at suitable positions so as to prevent gas from flowing back into any electric furnace in the event of its shut down.
9. Inspection and Maintenance of Electric furnaces.-
(a) Every electric furnace shall be inspected internally by a competent person,-
(i) before being placed in service after installation;
(ii) before being placed in service after reconstruction or repairs; and
(iii) periodically every time the furnace is opened for cleaning or de-ashing or for replacing electrodes.
(b) When an electric furnace is shut down for cleaning or de-ashing,-
(i) the brick lining shall be checked for continuity and any part found defective removed.
(ii) after removal of any part of the lining, referred to in (a) the condition of the shell shall be closely inspected, and
(iii) any plates forming shell found corroded to the extent that safety of the furnace is endangered shall be replaced.
10. Maintenance of records.- The following hourly records shall be maintained in a log book:-
(i) Manometer readings at the points specified in item (i) and (ii) of sub-clause (b) of clause7;
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(ii) Gas temperature indicated by pyrometer's and all other vital points near the sulphur separator and primary and secondary condensers;
(iii) Water temperature and flow of water through the siphon in the electrodes; and
(iv) Primary and secondary voltages and current and energy consumed.
11. Electrical apparatus, wiring and fittings.- All buildings in which carbon disulphide is refined or store shall be provided with electrical apparatus, wiring and fittings which shall afford adequate protection from fire and explosion.
12. Prohibitions relating to smoking.- No person shall smoke or carry matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark in buildings in which carbon disulphide is refined or stored, and a notice in the language understood by a majority of the workers shall be pasted in the plant prohibiting smoking and carrying of matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing naked light or spark into such rooms.
13. Means of escape.- Adequate means of escape shall be provided and maintained to enable persons to move to a safe place as quickly as possible in case of an emergency. At least two independent staircases of adequate width shall be provided in every building housing the furnaces at reasonable intervals at opposite ends. These shall always be kept clear of all obstructions and so designed as to afford easy passage.
14. Warnings in case of fire.- There shall be adequate arrangements for giving warnings in case of fire or explosion which shall operate on electricity and in case of failure of electricity by some mechanical means.
15. Firefighting equipment.-
(a) Adequate number of suitable fire extinguishers or other firefighting equipment shall be kept in constant for dealing with risks involved and depending on the amount and nature of materials stored.
(b) Clear instruction as to how the extinguishers or other equipment should be used printed in the language which the majority of the workers employed understand, shall be affixed to each extinguisher or other equipment and the personnel trained in their use.
16. Bulk sulphur.-
(a) Open or semi-enclosed spaces for storage of bulk sulphur shall be sited with due regard to the dangers which may arise from sparks given off by nearby locomotives etc.. and precautions shall be taken to see that flames smoking's and matches and other sources of ignition do not come in contact with the clouds of dust rising during handling of bulk sulphur.
(b) All enclosures for bulk sulphur shall be of non-combustible construction, adequately ventilated and so designed as to provide a minimum of ledges on which dust may lodge.
(c) The bulk sulphur in the enclosures shall be handled in such a manner as to minimise the
formation of dust clouds and no flame, smoking and matches or other sources of ignition shall be employed during handling and non-sparking tools shall be used whenever sulphur is shovelled or otherwise removed by hand.
(d) No repairs involving flames, heat or use of hand or power tools shall be made in the enclosure where bulk sulphur is stored.
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17. Liquid sulphur.- Open flames, electric sparks and other sources of ignition, including smoking and matches, shall be excluded from the vicinity of molten sulphur.
18. Training & Supervision.-
(a) All electric furnaces and all plants in which carbon disulphide is condensed, refined or stored shall be under adequate supervision at all times while the furnaces and plant are in operation.
(b) Workers in-charge of operation and maintenance of electric furnaces and the plants shall be properly qualified and adequately trained.
19. Washing facilities.- The occupier shall provide and maintain in a clean state and in good repair, for the use of all persons employed, wash place under cover with at least one tap or stand pipe, having a constant supply of clean water for every five such persons, the taps or stand pipes being spaced not less than 120 centimetres apart with a sufficient supply of soap and clean towels: provided that towels shall be supplied individually to each worker, if so ordered by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator. All the workers employed in the sulphur storage, handling and melting operations shall be provided with a nail brush.
20. Personal protective equipment.-
(a) Suitable goggles and protective clothing consisting of overalls without pockets, gloves and footwear shall be provided for the use of operatives,-
(i) when operating valves or cocks controlling fluids etc.;
(ii) drawing off of molten sulphur from sulphur pots; and
(iii) handling charcoal or sulphur.
(b) Suitable respiratory protective equipment shall be provided and stored in the appropriate place for use during abnormal conditions or in an emergency.
(c) Arrangements shall be made for the proper and efficient cleaning of all such protective equipment.
21. Unauthorised persons.- Only maintenance and repair personnel, persons directly connected with the plant operation and those accompanied by authorised persons shall be admitted into the plant.
SCHEDULE XXIII Manufacture and Manipulation of Dangerous Pesticides
1. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) 'Dangerous Pesticides' means any product proposed or used for controlling, destroying or repelling any pest or for preventing growth or mitigating effects of such growth including any of its formulations which is considered toxic under and is covered by the Insecticides Act, 1968 and the rules made thereunder and any other product, as may be notified from time to time by the State Government.
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(b) 'Manipulation' includes mixing, blending, formulating, filling, emptying, packing or otherwise handling.
(c) 'Efficient exhaust draught' means localized mechanical ventilation for removal of smoke, gas, vapour, dust, fume or mist so as to prevent them from escaping in the air of any work-room in which work is carried on. No exhaust draught shall be considered efficient if it fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gas, fume, dust, vapour or mist originates from the process.
(d) 'First Employment' means first employment in any manufacturing process to which this Schedule applies and also includes re-employment in the said manufacturing process following any cessation of employment for a continuous period exceeding three calendar months.
2. Application.- This Schedule shall apply in respect of all factories or any plant thereof in which the process of manufacture or manipulation of dangerous pesticide hereinafter referred to as the said manufacture or manufacturing process is carried on.
3. Instruction to workers.- Every worker on his first employment shall be fully instructed on the properties including dangerous properties of the chemicals handled in the said manufacturing process and the hazards involved. The employees shall also be instructed in the measures to be taken to deal with any emergency. Such instructions shall be repeated periodically.
4. Cautionary notice and Placards.- Cautionary notices and placards in the form specified in Appendix I of this Schedule and printed in the language of the majority of the workers shall be displayed in all workplaces in which said manufacturing process is carried on so that they can be easily and conveniently read by the workers. Arrangements shall be made by the occupier or the manager of the factory to periodically instruct the workers regarding the health hazards arising in the said manufacturing process and methods of protection. Such notices shall include brief instructions regarding the periodical clinical tests required to be undertaken for protecting health of the workers.
5. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in the processes mentioned in clause 1 shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination in respect of Halogenated pesticides shall include test for determination of the chemical in blood and in fat tissues EEG abnormalities and memory tests. In respect of organophosphorus compounds, such examination shall include test for depression of cholinesterase in plasma and red blood cells.
6. Protective clothing and protective equipment.-
(a) Protective clothing consisting of long pants and shirts or overalls with long sleeves and head coverings shall be provided for all workers employed in the said manufacturing process.
(b) (i) Protective equipments consisting of rubber gloves, gum boots, rubber aprons, chemical safety goggles and respirators shall be provided for all workers employed in the said manufacturing process.
(ii) Gloves, boots, aprons shall be made from synthetic rubber where a pesticide contains oil.
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(c) Protective clothing and equipment shall be worn by the workers supplied with such clothing and equipment.
(d) Protective clothing and equipments shall be washed daily from inside and outside if the workers handle pesticides containing nicotine or phosphorus and shall be- washed frequently if handling other pesticides.
(e) Protective clothing and equipment shall be maintained in good repair.
7. Floors and work benches.-
(a) Floors in every work room where dangerous pesticides are manipulated shall be of cement or other impervious material giving a smooth surface.
(b) Floors shall be maintained in good repairs, provided with adequate slope leading to a drain and thoroughly washed once a day with hose pipe.
(c) Work benches where dangerous pesticides are manipulated shall be made of smooth, non-
absorbing material preferably stainless steel and shall be cleaned at least once daily.
8. Spillage and waste.-
(a) If a dangerous pesticide during its manipulation splashes or spills on the work bench, floor or on the protective clothing worn by a worker, immediate action shall be taken for thorough decontamination of such areas or articles.
(b) Cloth, rags, paper or other material soaked or soiled with a dangerous pesticide shall be deposited in a suitable receptacle with tight fitting cover. Contaminated waste shall be destroyed by burning at least once a week.
(c) Suitable deactivating agents, where available, shall be kept in a readily accessible place for use while attending to a spillage.
(d) Easy means or access shall be provided to all parts of the plant for cleaning, maintenance and repairs.
9. Empty containers used for dangerous pesticides.- Containers used for dangerous pesticides shall he thoroughly cleaned of their contents and treated with an inactivating agent before being discarded or destroyed.
10. Manual handling.-
(a) A dangerous pesticide shall not be required or allowed to be manipulated by hand except by means of a long handled scoop.
(b) Direct contact of any part of the body with dangerous pesticide during its manipulation shall be avoided.
11. Ventilation.-
(a) In every work room or area where a dangerous pesticide is manipulated adequate ventilation shall be provided at all times by the circulation of fresh air.
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(b) Unless the process is completely enclosed, the following operations during manipulation of a dangerous pesticide shall not be undertaken without an efficient exhaust draught—
(i) emptying a container holding a dangerous pesticide,
(ii) blending a dangerous pesticide,
(iii) preparing a liquid or powder formulation containing a dangerous pesticide.
(iv) Changing or filling a dangerous pesticide into a container tank hopper or machine or small sized containers.
(c) In the event of a failure of the exhaust draught provided on the above operation, the above operations shall be stopped forthwith.
12. Time allowed for washing.-
(a) Before each meal and before the end of the day's work at least ten minutes in addition to the regular rest interval shall be allowed for washing to each worker engaged in the manipulation of dangerous pesticide.
(b) Every worker engaged in the manipulation of dangerous pesticides shall have a thorough wash before consuming any food and also at the end of the day's work.
13. Exemption.- If in respect of any factory the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the said manufacturing process or for any other reason, which he shall record in writing, all or any of the provision of this
Schedule are not necessary for the protection of the workers employed in the factory, he may, by a certificate in writing, exempt such factory from all or any of the provisions, on such conditions as he may specify therein. Such certificate may at any time be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator after recording his reasons therefor.
14. Manipulation not to be undertaken.- Manufacture or manipulation of a pesticide shall not be undertaken in any factory unless a certificate regarding its dangerous nature or otherwise is obtained from the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
Appendix-1 Cautionary Notice (Insecticides & Pesticides)
1. Chemicals handled in this plant are poisonous substances.
2. Smoking, eating food or drinking, chewing tobacco in this area is prohibited, no foodstuff or drink shall be brought in this area.
3. Some of these chemicals may be absorbed through skin and may cause poisoning.
4. A good wash shall be taken before meals.
5. A good bath shall be taken at the end of the shift.
6. Protective clothing and equipment supplied shall be used while working in this area.
7. Containers of pesticides shall not be used for keeping foodstuffs.
8. Spillage of the chemical on any part of the body or on the floor or work bench shall be immediately washed away with water.
9. Clothing contaminated due to splashing shall be removed immediately.
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10. Scrupulous cleanliness shall be maintained in this area.
11. Do not handle pesticides with bare hands, use scoops provided with handle.
12. In case of sickness like nausea, vomiting, giddiness the manager should be informed who will make necessary arrangements for treatment.
13. All workers shall be report for the prescribed medical tests regularly to protect their own health.
SCHEDULE XXIV Operations involving high Noise levels.
1. Application.- This schedule shall apply to all operations in any manufacturing process having high noise level.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) "Noise" means any unwanted sound.
(b) "High noise level" means any noise level measured on the A-weighted scale is 90 dB or above.
(c) "Decibel" means one-tenth of "Bel" which is the fundamental division of a logarithmic scale used to express the ratio of two specified or implied quantities, the number of "Gels" denoting such a ratio being the logarithm to the base of 10 of this ratio. The noise level (or the sound pressure level). Corresponds to a reference pressure of 20X10-5 newtons per square or 0.0002 dynes per square centimeter which is the schedule of hearing, that is the lowest sound pressure level necessary to produce the sensation of hearing in average healthy listeners. The decibel in abbreviated form is dB.
(d) "Frequency" is the rate of pressure variations expressed in cycles per second or hertz.
(e) "dBA" refers to sound level in decibels as measured on a sound level meter operating on the A-weighting net work with slow meter response.
(f) "A weighting" means making graded adjustments in the intensities of sound of various frequencies for the purpose of noise measurement, so that the sound pressure level measured by an instrument reflects the actual response of the human ear to the sound measured.
3. Protection against noise.- (1) In every factory suitable engineering control of administrative measures shall be taken to ensure, so far as is reasonable practicable that no worker is exposed to sound level exceeding the maximum permissible exposure levels specified in Tables 1 and 2.
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Table 1 Total time of Sounds pressure exposure level in dBA (Continuous or a number of short term exposures) per day in hours.
8 90 6 92 4 95 3 97 2 100 1.5 102 1 105 0.75 107 0.5 110 Less than 0.5 115
Note: 1. No exposure in excess of 115 dBA is to be permitted.
2. For any period of exposure falling in between any figure and the next higher or lower figure as indicated in column 1, the permissible sound pressure level is to be determined by extrapolation on a proportionate basis.
Table 2 Permissible Exposure levels of Impulsive or Impact Noise.
Peak Sound pressure level Permitted number of in in dB impulses or impacts per day 140 100 135 315 130 1000 125 3160 120 10000
Note: 1. No exposure in excess of 140 dB peak sound pressure level is permitted.
2. For any peak sound pressure level falling in between any figure and the next higher or lower figure as indicated in column 1, the permitted number of impulses of impact per day is to be determined by extrapolation on a proportionate basis.
(2) For the purpose of this schedule, if the variations in the noise level involve maximum at intervals of one second or less the noise is to be considered as a continuous one and the criteria given in Table 1 shall apply. In other cases, the noise is to be considered as impulsive or impact noise and the criteria given in table 2 shall apply.
(3) When the daily exposure is composed of two or more periods of noise exposure at different levels their combined effect should be considered, rather than the individual effect
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of each. The mixed exposure should be considered to exceed the limit value if the sum of the fraction C1/T1 + C2/T2 +………… Cn/Tn exceeds unity,-
Where the C1, C2 etc. indicate the total time of actual exposure at a specified noise level and T1, T2, etc. denote the time of exposure permissible at that level. Noise exposure of less than 90 dBA may be ignored in the above calculation.
(4) Where it is not possible to reduce the noise exposure to the levels specified in sub-clause
(1) above by reasonably practicable engineering control or administrative measures, the noise exposure shall be reduced to the greatest extent feasible by such control measures, the each worker so exposed shall be provided with suitable ear protectors so as to reduce the exposure to noise to the levels specified in sub-clause (1), above.
(5) Where the ear protectors provided in accordance with sub-clause (2) and worn by a worker cannot still attenuate the noise reaching near his ear, as determined by subtracting the attenuation value in dBA of the ear protectors concerned from the measured sound pressure level to a level permissible under Table 1 or Table 2 as the case may be, the noise exposure period shall be suitably reduced to correspond to the permissible noise exposures specified in sub- clause (1).
(6) (a) In all cases where the prevailing sound levels exceed the permissible levels specified in sub- clause (1) there shall be ad-ministered an effective hearing conservation programme which shall include among other hearing conservation measures, pre-employment and periodical auditory surveys conducted on workers exposed to noise exceeding the permissible levels, and rehabilitation of such workers either by reducing the exposure to the noise level or by transferring them to place where noise levels are relatively less or by any other suitable means.
(b) Every worker employed in areas where the noise exceeds the maximum permissible exposure levels specified in sub-clause (1), above, shall be subjected to an auditory examination by a Medical Officer within 14 days of his first employment thereafter, shall re-
examined at least once, every 12 months. Such initial the periodical examinations shall include tests which the Medical Officer may consider appropriate, and shall include determination of auditory thresholds for pure tones on 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 cycles per second.
SCHEDULE XXV Manufacture of Rayon by Viscose Process
1. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) "approved" means approved for the time being in writing by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator;
(b) "breathing apparatus" means a helmet or face piece with necessary connections by means of which the person using it in a poisonous, asphyxiating or irritant atmosphere breathes unpolluted air; or any other approved apparatus;
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(c) "churn" means the vessel in which alkali cellulose pulp is treated with carbon disulphide;
(d) "dumping" means transfer of cellulose exonthate from a dry churn to a dissolver;
(e) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation by mechanical means for the removal of any gas or vapour, so as to prevent it from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught shall be deemed to be efficient if it fails to control effectively any gas or vapour generated at the point where such gas or fume originates;
(f) "fume process" means any process in which carbon disulphide or hydrogen sulphide is produced, used or given off;
(g) "life belt" means a belt made of leather or other suitable material which can be securely fastened round the body with a suitable length of rope attached to it. each of which is sufficiently strong to sustain the weight of a man; and
(h) "protective equipment" means apron, goggles, face shields, footwear, gloves and overalls made of suitable materials.
2. Ventilation.- (1) In all workrooms where a fume process is carried on, adequate ventilation by natural or mechanical means shall be provided so as to control, in association with other control measures, the Concentration of Carbon-disulphide and hydrogen sulphide in the air of every work environment within the permissible limits.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements in sub-clause (1) an efficient exhaust draught shall be
provided and maintained to control the concentration of Carbon-di-sulphide and hydrogen sulphide in the air at the following locations:—
(a) dumping hoppers of dry churns,
(b) Spinning machines,
(c) hydro-extractors for yarn cakes,
(d) after treatment processes,
(e) trick rollers and cutters used in staple fibre spinning, and
(f) Spin baths.
(3) In so far as the spinning machines and trio rollers and cutters used in staple fibre spinning are concerned, they shall be, for the purpose of ensuring the effectiveness of the exhaust draught to be provided as required in sub- clause (1), enclosed as fully as practicable and
provided with suitable shutters in sections to enable the required operations to be carried out without giving rise to undue quantities of Carbon-di-sulphide and hydrogen sulphide escaping to the work environment.
(4) No dry churn shall be opened after completion of reaction without initially exhausting the residual vapours of Carbon-di- sulphide by operation of suitable and efficient arrangement for exhausting the vapours which shall be continued to be operated as long as the churn is kept opened.
(5) Whenever any ventilation apparatus normally required for the purpose of meeting the requirements in sub-clause (2), (3) and (4) is ineffective, fails, or is stopped for any purpose
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whatsoever, all persons shall be required to leave the work areas where the equipment or process specified in the above said sub-clause are in used as soon as possible and in any case not later than 15 minutes after such as occurrence.
(6) (a) All ventilating systems provided for the purposes as required in sub-clause (2), (3) and (4) shall be examined and inspected once every week by a responsible person.
It shall be thoroughly examined and tested by a competent person once in every period of 12 months. Any defects found by such examinations or test shall be rectified forthwith.
(b) A register containing particulars of such examinations and tests, and the state of the systems and the repairs or alterations, if any found to be necessary shall be kept and shall be available for inspection by an Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
3. Waste from Spinning machines.- Waste yarn from the spinning machines shall be dis posited in suitable containers provided with close fitting covers. Such waste shall be disposed off as quickly as possible after decontamination.
4. Lining of Dry Churns.- The inside surface of all dry churns shall be coated with a non-
sticky paint so that cellulose anthate will not stick to the surface of the churn. Such coating shall be maintained in good condition.
5. Air monitoring.- (1) To ensure the effectiveness of the control measures, monitoring of carbon-disulphide and hydrogen sulphide in air shall be carried out once at least in every shift and the record of the results so obtained shall be entered in a register specially maintained for the purposes.
(2) For the purpose of the requirement in sub-clause (1), instantaneous gas detector tubes shall not be used. Samples shall be collected over a duration of not less than 10 minutes and analysed by an approved method. The locations where such monitoring is to be done shall be as directed by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator .
(3) if the Concentrations of either carbon disulphide or hydrogen sulphide exceeds the permissible limits for such vapour or gas as laid down in rule 111, suitable steps shall be taken for controlling the concentration in air of such contaminants. A report of such occurrences shall sent to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator forthwith.
6. Prohibition to remain in fume process room.- No person during his intervals for meal, or rest shall remain in any room wherein fume process is carried on.
7. Protective equipment. -(1) The occupier shall provide and maintain, in good condition protective equipment as specified in the Table for use of persons employed in the processes referred to therein.
Table Process Protective equipment 1. Dumping overalls, face shields gloves and footwear all made of suitable material.
2. Spinning Suitable aprons gloves and footwear.
3. Process involving or likely to Suitable gloves and footwear.
involve contact with viscose solution
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5. Any other process involving Protective equipment as may be directed by the Chief contact with hazardous Inspector-cum-Facilitator by an order in writing.
chemicals
(2) A suitable room, rooms or lockers shall be provided exclusively for the storage of all the protective equipment supplied to workers and no such equipment shall be stored at any place other than the room, rooms or lockers so provided.
8. Breathing apparatus.- (1) There shall be provided in every factory where fume process is carried on sufficient supply of.—
(a) breathing apparatus;
(b) Oxygen and suitable appliances for its administration. and
(c) life belts.
(2) (a) The breathing apparatus and other appliances referred to in sub-clause (1) shall be maintained in good condition and kept in appropriate location so as to be readily available.
(b) The breathing apparatus and other appliances referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub- clause (1) shall be cleaned and disinfected at suitable intervals and thoroughly inspected once every month by responsible person.
(c) A record of the maintenance of the condition of the breathing apparatus and other appliances referred to in sub-clause (1) shall be entered in a register provided for that purpose which shall be readily available for inspection by an Inspector-cum-
Facilitator .
(3) Sufficient number of workers shall be trained and periodically retrained in the use of breathing apparatus and administering artificial respiration so that at least 2 such trained persons would be available during all the working hours in each room in which fume process is carried on.
(4) Breathing apparatus shall be kept properly labelled in clean, dry, light, proof cabinets and if liable to be affected by fumes, shall be protected by placing them in suitable containers.
(5) No person shall be employed to perform any work, specified in sub-clause (1) for which breathing apparatus is necessary to be provided under that sub-clause unless he has been fully instructed in the proper use of the equipment.
(6) No breathing apparatus provided in pursuance of sub-clause (1) which has been worn by a person shall be worn by another person unless it has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected since last being worn and the person has been duly instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
9. Electric fittings.- All electric fitting in any room in which carbon-disulphide is produced, used or given off or is likely to be given off into work environment, other than electric conductors shall either be enclosed in metal conducts spinning room shall be flame proof construction and all or be lead- sheathed.
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10. Prohibition relating to smoking etc.- No person shall smoke or carry matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark in a room in which fume process is carried on. A notice in the language understood by the majority of the workers shall be pasted at prominent locations in plant prohibiting smoking and carrying of matches, fire or naked light or other means of producing naked light or spark into such rooms:
Provided that fire, naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark may be carried on in such room only when required for the purposes of the process itself under the direction of a responsible person.
11. Cautionary notice and instructions.- (1) The following cautionary notice shall be prominently displayed in each fume process room:-
Cautionary Notice 1. Carbon disulphide (CS2) and Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) which may be present in this room are hazardous to health.
2. Follow safety instructions.
3. Use protective equipment and breathing apparatus as and when required.
4. Smoking is strictly prohibited in this area.
This notice shall be in a language understood by the majority of the workers and displayed where it can be easily and conveniently read. If any worker is illiterate, effective steps shall be taken to explain carefully to him the contents of the notice so displayed.
(2) Arrangements shall be made to instruct each workers employed in any room in which a fume process is carried on regarding the health hazard connected with their work and the preventive measures and methods to protect themselves. Such instructions shall be given on his first employment and repeated periodically.
(3) Simple and special instructions shall be framed to ensure that effective measures will be carried out in case of emergency involving escape of carbon disulphide and hydrogen sulphide. These instructions shall be displayed in the concerned areas and workers shall be instructed and trained in the actions to be taken in such emergencies.
12. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in the fume process shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment such examination shall include test for examination of exposure co- efficient (iodine azide test for urine), and cholesterol, as well as electrocardiogram (ECG) and Central Nervous System (CNS) test.
13. Exemptions.- If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the processes or for any other reasons, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing, which he may at his discretion revoke at any time, exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
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SCHEDULE XXVI Highly Flammable Liquids and Flammable Compressed Gases 1. Application.- These rules will be applicable to all factories where highly flammable liquids or flammable compressed gases are manufactured, stored, handled or used.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) "highly flammable liquid" means any liquid including its solution, emulsion or suspension which when tested in a manner specified by sections 14 and 15 of the Petroleum Act, 1934, (Central Act No. 30 of 1934) gives off flammable vapours at a temperature less than 32 degrees centigrade:
(b) "flammable compressed gas" means flammable compressed gas as defined in section 2 of the Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 2016 framed under the Explosives Act, 1884.
3. Storage.- (1) Every flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas used in every factory shall be stored in suitable fixed storage tank, or in suitable closed vessel located in a safe position under the ground, in the open or in a store room of adequate fire resistant construction.
(2) Except as necessary for use, operation or maintenance, every vessels or tank which contained a highly flammable liquid for flammable compressed gas shall be always kept closed and all reasonably practicable steps shall be taken to contain or immediately drain off to a suitable container any spill or leak that may occur.
(3) Every container, vessel, tank, cylinder, or store room used for storing highly flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas shall be clearly and in bold letters marked "Danger-
Highly Flammable Liquid" or "Danger-Flammable Compressed Gas." 4. Enclosed systems for conveying Highly Flammable Liquids.- Wherever it is reasonably practicable, highly flammable liquids shall be conveyed within factory in totally enclosed systems consisting of pipe lines, pump and similar appliances from the storage tank or vessel to the point of use. Such enclosed systems shall be so designed, installed, operated and maintained as to avoid leakage or the risk of spilling.
5. Preventing Formation of Flammable mixture with Air.- Wherever there is a possibility for leakage or spill of highly flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas from an equipment, pipe line. valve, joint or other part of a system, all practicable measures shall be taken to contain, drain off or dilute such spills or leakage as to prevent formation of flammable mixture with air.
6. Prevention of Ignition.- In every room work place or other location where highly flammable liquid or flammable combustible gas is stored, conveyed, handled or used or where there is danger of fire or explosion from accumulation of highly flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas in air, all practicable measure shall be taken to exclude the sources of ignition. Such precautions shall include the following:-
(a) All electrical apparatus shall either be excluded from the area of risk or they shall be of such construction and so installed and maintained as to prevent the danger of their being a source of ignition;
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(b) effective measure shall be adopted for prevention of accumulation of static charges to a dangerous extent;
(c) No person shall wear or be allowed to wear any foot wear having iron or steel nails or any other exposed ferrous materials which is likely to cause sparks by friction;
(d) smoking, lighting or carrying of matches, lighters or smoking materials shall be prohibited;
(e) transmission belts with iron fasteners shall not be used; and
(f) all other precautions, as are reasonably practicable, shall be taken to prevent initiation or ignition from all other possible sources such as open flames, frictional sparks, overheated surfaces of machinery or plant, chemical or physical- chemical reaction and radiant heat.
7. Prohibition of smoking.- No person shall smoke in any place where highly flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas is present in circumstances that smoking would give rise to a risk of fire. The occupier shall take all practicable measure to ensure compliance with this requirement including display of a notice indicating prohibition of smoking at every places where this requirement applies.
8. Fire Fighting.- In every factory where highly flammable liquid or flammable compressed gas is manufactured stored, handled or used, appropriate and adequate means of fighting a fire shall be provided. The adequacy and suitability of such means which expression includes the fixed and portable fire extinguishing systems, extinguishing material procedures and the process of firefighting, shall be to the standards and levels prescribed by the Indian standards applicable and in any case not inferior to the stipulations under the Code, rules, regulations and standards made thereunder.
9. Exemptions.- If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or infrequency of the processes or for any other reasons, all or any of the provisions of this schedule is not necessary for protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing, which he may at his discretion revoke at any time, exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE XXVII Operations in Foundries.
1. Application.- Provisions of this schedule shall apply to all parts of factories where any of the following operations or processes are carried on,-
(a) the production of iron castings or, as the case may be, steel castings by castings in molds made of sand, loam, molding composition or other mixture of materials, or by shell molding, or by centrifugal casting and any process incidental to such production;
(b) the production of non-ferrous castings by casting metal in molds made of sand, loam, metal, molding composition or other material or mixture of materials or by shell moldings, die- casting (including pressure die-casting), centrifugal casting of continuous casting and any process incidental to such production; and
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(c) the melting and casting of non-ferrous metal for the production of ingots. billets, slabs or other similar products, and the stripping thereof, but shall not apply with respect to,-
(i) any process with respect to the smelting and manufacture of lead and the Electric Accumulators;
(ii) any process for the purposes of a printing works; or
(iii) any smelting process in which metal is obtained by a reducing operation or any process incidental to such operation; or
(iv) the production of steel in the form of ingots; or
(v) any process in the course of the manufacture of solder or any process incidental to such manufacture; or
(vi) The melting and casting of lead or and lead based alloy for the production of ingots billets slabs or other similar products or the stripping thereof or any process. Incidental to such melting casting or stripping.
2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this schedule,-
(a) "approved respirators" means a respirator of a type approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator;
(b) "cupola or furnace" includes a receiver associated therewith;
(c) "dressing or fettling operations" includes stripping and other removal of adherent sand, cores runners, risers flash and other surplus metal from a casting and the production of reasonably clean and smooth surface, but does not include,-
(i) the removal of metal from a casting when performed, incidentally in connection with the machining or assembling of castings after they have been dressed or fettled, or
(ii) any operation which is a knock-out operation within the meaning of this
schedule;
(d) "foundry" means those parts of a factory in which the production of iron or steel or non-ferrous castings (not being the production of pig iron or the production of steel in the form of ingots) is carried on by casting in molds made of sand, loam, molding composition or other mixture of materials, or by shall molding or by centrifugal casting in metal molds lined with sand, or die casting including pressure die casting, together with any part of the factory in which any of the following processes are carried on as incidental processes in connection with and in the course of such production namely the preparation and mixing of materials used in foundry process the preparation of molds and cores, knock out operations and dressing or fettling operation;
(e) "knock-out operations" means all methods of removing casting from molds and the following operations, when done in connection therewith namely, stripping, coring out and the removal of runners and risers; and
(f) "pouring aisle" means an aisle leading from a main gangway or directly from a cupola or furnace to where metal is poured into molds.
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3. Prohibition of use of certain materials as parting materials.- (1) A material shall not be used as a parting material if it is a material containing compounds of silicon calculated as silica to the extent more than 5 percent by weight of the dry material:
Provided that this prohibition shall not prevent the following being used as a parting material if the material does not contain an admixture of any other silica:-
(a) Zirconium silicate (Zircon)
(b) Calcined china clay
(c) Calcined aluminous fire clay
(d) Sillimanite
(e) Calcined or fuses alumina
(f) Olivine
(g) Natural sand
(2) Dust or other matter deposited from a fettling or blasting processes shall not be used as a parting material or as a constituent in a parting material.
4. Arrangement and storage.- For the purposes of promoting safety and cleanliness in workrooms the following requirement shall be observed:-
(a) molding boxes, loam plates, ladles, patterns; pattern plates, frames, boards, box weights, and other heavy articles shall be so arranged and placed as to enable work to be carried on without unnecessary risk;
(b) suitable and conveniently accessible racks, bins or other receptacles shall be
provided and used for the storage of other gear and tools; and
(c) where there is bulk storage of sand, fuel, metal scrap or other materials or residues, suitable bins, bunkers, or other receptacles shall be provided for the purpose of such storage.
5. Construction of floors.- (1) Floors of indoor work-places in which the processes are carried on, other than parts which are of sand, shall have an even surface of hard material.
(2) No part of the floor or any such indoor work place shall be of sand except where this is necessary by reason of the work done.
(3) All parts of the surface of the floor of any such indoor workplace which are of sand shall, so far as practicable, be maintained in an even and firm condition.
6. Cleanliness of indoor workplaces.- (1) All accessible parts of the walls of every indoor workplace in which the processes are carried on and of everything affixed to those wall shall be effectively cleaned by a suitable method to a height of not less than 4.2 meter from the floor at least once in every period of fourteen months. A record of the carrying out of every such effective cleaning in pursuance of this clause including the date (which shall be not less than five months or more than nine months after the last immediately preceding washing, cleaning or other treatment).
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(2) Effective cleaning by a suitable method shall be carried out at least once every working day of all accessible parts of the floor of every indoor workplace in which the processes are carried one other than parts which are of sand: and the parts which are of sand shall be kept in good order.
7. Manual operations involving molten metal.- (1) There shall be provided and properly maintained for all persons employed on manual operations involving molten metal with which they are liable to be splashed, a working space for that operation:-
(a) which is adequate for the safe performance of the work, and
(b) which, so far as reasonably practicable, is kept free from obstruction.
(2) Any operation involving the carrying by hand of a container holding molten metal shall be performed on a floor all parts of which where any person walks while engaged in the operation shall be on the same level:
Provided that, where necessary to enable the operation to be performed without undue risk, nothing in this clause shall prevent the occasional or exceptional use of a working space on a different level from the floor, being a space provided with a safe means of access from the floor for any person while engaged in the operation.
8. Gangways and pouring aisles.- (1) In every work-room to which this clause applies constructed, reconstructed or converted for use as such after the making of this schedule and, so far as reasonably practicable, in every other work-room to which this clause applies, sufficient and clearly defined main/gangways shall be provided and properly maintained which:—
(a) shall have as even surface of hard material and shall, in particular, not be of sand or have on them more sand than is necessary to avoid risk of flying metal from accidental spillage;
(b) shall be kept, so far as reasonably practicable free from obstruction;
(c) if not used for carrying molten metal shall be at least 920 millimetres in width;
(d) If used for carrying molten metal shall be:-
(i) where truck ladles are used exclusively at least 600 millimetres wider than the overall width or the ladle;
(ii) Where hand shanks are carried by not more than two men, at least 920 millimetres in width;
(iii) where hand shanks are carried by more than two men, at least 1.2 metres in width; and
(iv) where used for simultaneous travel in both directions by men carrying hand shanks, at least 1.8 metres in width.
(2) In workroom to which this clause applies constructed, reconstructed or converted for use as such after the making of this schedule, sufficient and clearly, defined pouring aisles shall be provided and properly, maintained which,-
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(a) shall have an even surface of hard material and shall, in particular, not be of sand or have on them more sand than is necessary to avoid risk of flying metal from accidental spillage;
(b) shall be kept, so far as reasonably practicable, free from obstruction;
(c) if molten metal is carried in hand ladles or bull ladles by not more than two men per ladle, shall be at least 460 millimetres wide, but where any molds alongside the aisle are more than 510 millimetres above the floor of the aisle. The aisle shall not be less than 600 millimetres wide;
(d) if molten metal is carried in hand ladles or bull ladles by more than two men per ladle, shall be at least 760 millimetres wide;
(e) if molten metal is carried in crane, trolley or truck ladles, shall be of the width adequate for the safe performance of the work.
(3) Requirements of sub-clause (1) and (2) shall not apply to any workroom or part of a workman if, by reason of the nature of the work done therein, the floor of that work-room or, as the case may be, that part of a work room has to be of sand.
(4) In this clause "workroom to which this clause applies" means a part of a ferrous or non-
ferrous foundry in which molten metal is transported or used, and a workroom to which this clause applies shall be deemed for the purposes of this clause to have been constructed, reconstructed or converted for use as such after the making of this schedule if the construction, reconstruction or conversion thereof was begun after the making of this
schedule.
9. Work near cupolas and furnaces.- No person shall carry out any work within a distance of 4 metres from a vertical lines passing through the delivery end of any spout of a cupola or furnace, being a spout used for delivering molten metal, or within a distance of 2.4 metres from a vertical line passing through the nearest part of any ladle which is in position at the end of such a spout, except, in either case, where it is necessary for the proper use of maintenance of a cupola or furnace that work should be carried out within that distance of that work is being carried out at such a time and under such conditions that there is no danger to the person carrying it out from molten metal which is being obtained from the cupola or furnace or is in a ladle in position at the end of the spout.
10. Dust and fumes.- (1) Open coal, coke or wood fires shall not be used for heating or drying ladles inside a workroom unless adequate measures are taken to prevent, so far as practicable, fumes or other impurities from entering into or remaining in the atmosphere of the workroom.
(2) No open coal, coke or wood fires shall be used for drying molds except in circumstances in which the use of such fires is unavoidable.
(3) Mold stoves. core stoves and annealing furnace shall be so designed, constructed, maintained and worked as to prevent, so far as practicable, offensive or injurious fumes from entering into any workroom during any period when a person is employed therein.
(4) All knock-out operations shall be carried out:—
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(a) in a separate part of the foundry suitably partitioned off, being a room or part in which, so far as reasonably practicable, affective and suitably local exhaust ventilation and a high standard of general ventilation are provided; or
(b) in an area of the foundry in which, so far as reasonably practicable, effective and suitable local exhaust ventilation is provided, or where compliance with this requirement is not reasonably practicable, a high standard of general ventilation is
provided.
(5) All dressing or fettling operations shall be carried out:—
(a) in a separate room or in a separate part of the foundry suitably partitioned off: or
(b) in an area of the foundry set a part for the purpose:
and shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be carried out with effective and suitable local exhaust ventilation or other equally effective means of suppressing dust, operating as near as possible to the point of origin of the dust.
11. Maintenance and examination of exhaust plant.- (1) All ventilation plants used for the purpose of extorting, suppressing or controlling dust or fumes shall be properly maintained.
(2) All ventilating plants used for the purpose of extracting, sup-pressing or controlling dust or fumes shall be examined and inspected once every week by a responsible person. It shall be thoroughly examined and tested by a competent person at least once in every period of twelve months, and particulars of the results of every such examination and test shall be entered in an approved register which shall be available for inspection by an Inspector-cum-
Facilitator . Any defect found on any such examination and test shall be immediately reported in writing by the person carrying out the examination and test to the occupier or manager of the factory.
12. Protective equipment.- (1) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable protective equipment specified for the protection of workers,
(a) suitable gloves or other protection for the hands for workers engaged in handling any hot material likely to cause damage to the hands by burn, scald or scar, or in handling pig iron, rough castings or other articles likely to cause damage to the hands by cut or abrasion:
(b) approved respirators for workers carrying out any operations creating a heavy dust concentration which cannot be dispelled quickly and effectively by the existing ventilation arrangements.
(2) No respirator provided for the purposes of clause 1 (b) has been worn by a person shall be worn by another person if it has not since been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
(3) Persons who for any of their time-
(a) work at a spout of or attend to, a cupola or furnace in such circumstances that material therefore may come into contact with the body, being material at such a temperature that its contact with the body would cause a burn: or
(b) are engaged in, or in assisting with, the pouring of molten metal: or
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(c) carry by hand or move by manual power any ladle or mold containing molten metal; or
(d) are engaged in knocking-out operations involving material at such a temperature that its contact with the body would cause a burn:
shall be provided with suitable footwear and gaiters which worn by them prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, risk of burns to the feet and ankles.
(4) Where appropriate, suitable screens shall be provided for protection against flying materials (including splashes of molten metal and sparks and chips thrown off in the course of any process).
(5) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable accommodation for the storage and make adequate arrangements for cleaning and maintaining of the protective equipment supplied in pursuance of this clause.
(6) Every person shall make full and proper use of the equipment provided for his protection in pursuance of sub-clause (1) and (4) and shall without delay report to the occupier, manager or other appropriate person any defect in, or less of, the same.
13. Disposal of dross and skimming.- Dross and skimming removed from molten metal or taken from a furnace shall be placed forthwith in suitable receptacles.
14. Disposal of Waste.- Appropriate measures shall be taken for the disposal of all waste products from shell molding (including waste burnt sand) as soon as reasonably practicable after the castings have been knocked out.
15. Material and equipment left out of doors.- All material and equipment left out of doors (including material) and equipment so left only temporarily or occasionally) shall be so arranged and placed as to avoid unnecessary risk. There shall be safe means of access to all such material and equipment and, so far as reasonably practicable, such access shall be by roadways or pathways which shall be properly maintained. Such roadways or pathways shall have a firm and even surface and shall, so far as reasonably practicable be kept free from obstruction.
16. Medical Examination.- Every worker employed in a foundry shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first employment, such medical examination shall include pulmonary function tests and chest X-ray.
17. Exemption.- If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or in frequency of the processes or for any other reason, all or any of the provisions at this schedule is not necessary for protection of the workers in the factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by a certificate in writing, which be may at his discretion revoke at any time, exempt such factory from all or any of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE-XXVIII Fire Works Manufactories and Match Factories 1. Application.- The provisions of this Schedule shall apply to all manufactories and processes incidental thereto carried on in any Fire Works Manufactory or a match works and
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2. Definitions.- For the purpose of this Schedule,-
(a) "Fire Works Manufactory" means any factory or such parts of any factory wherein the following chemicals or combination of chemicals and materials are being used for the manufacture of crackers, sparklers, caps, fuses, blasting powder and fire works.
Saltpetre, Pyrotechnic Aluminium (sic Aluminium) Powder, Barium Nitrate, Charcoal, Potassium Chloride, Red Phosphorus, Gum, Dextrine, Strontium Nitrate, Magnesium Powder, Copper Coated Wires, Steel filings or iron filings, G.I. Wire.
Gun Powder (Black Powder).
(b) "Match works" means any factory or establishment which manufactures safety matches or colour matches by the use of chemicals mentioned in sub-clause (a).
(c) "Breathing apparatus" means a device covering mouth or nose with necessary connections by means of which a person using it in a poisonous asphyxiating or irritant atmosphere breathes ordinary air or any other suitable apparatus approved in writing by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator in this behalf.
3. Building.-
(a) The building of any fire works manufactory or match factory shall conform to the standards prescribed under the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 (Central Act No. IV of 1884), and the height of such buildings shall at no time be less than 3 meters.
(b) No building inside a fire works manufactory shall have a first floor at any time.
(c) In Match works, provided with a first floor, there shall be 2 staircases leading from the first floor to the ground floor irrespective of the number of persons employed in the first floor and one of he staircases shall be of masonry construction or non-inflammable materials.
(d) All doors shall open outwards and all the doorways shall be kept free from obstructions.
(e) All doors of workrooms shall not be less than 1.2 meters in width or less than 2 meters in height.
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(f) The floors of all work rooms including mixing sheds shall be completely covered by a rubber sheet having a smooth surface and having a thickness of at least 3 mm. If the floor cannot be covered by a single rubber sheet, more than one rubber sheet maybe used, so that each sheet is over lapped by the other at least 150 mm, and
(g) Mixing sheds shall be 30.5 meters away from all other sheds and be separated by baffle walls opposite each exit of the mixing shed.
4. House-Keeping.-
(a) Every part of ways, work, machinery and plant shall be maintained in a clean and tidy condition.
(b) Any spillage of materials shall be cleaned without delay.
(c) Close platforms, passages and gang ways shall be kept free of temporary obstructions.
5. Electrical Equipment.-
(a) If at any time use of electricity is allowed in the factory, all leads, etc., shall be in conduits with flame-proof junctions.
(b) Electrical supply shall never be through a lamp even with a non-conducting handle.
6. Protective clothing.-
(a) Under no circumstances clothes made of artificial fibre like terelene, etc. be allowed inside the factory.
(b) All workers shall be supplied with asbestos aprons especially to cover the chest, gonads and thighs.
(c) Breathing apparatus shall be used in mixing sheds to avoid workers inhaling poisonous fumes in the event of an untoward reaction.
(d) In mixing sheds where aluminium and magnesium powders are used "anti-stat" footwear to combat static electricity shall be supplied.
(e) All protective equipments shall be maintained in an efficient condition and also shall be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition.
7. Match Factories.- In match factories.-
(a) the residue of the head composition shall not in any way be mixed with the residue of the friction composition.
(b) The rooms comprising the two mixing departments namely, (i) head composition and (ii) friction composition shall be entirely separate from each other and the drains from these two departments shall be kept entirely separate.
(c) Rubbish containing the residues of the head composition and friction composition shall be kept and burnt separately.
(d) Department in which completed matches (matches with heads on) are stored shall be separated from all other departments by means of fire-proof walls and doors providing adequate means of escape in case of fire:
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(e) Splints, veneers and other materials in excess of the quantity required for the day's manufacture shall be kept in separate rooms of the factory where no manufacturing process is carried on. No manufactured material shall be stored anywhere in the factory compound for more than five days after the manufacture except in the storage godowns:
Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to splints and veneers in cases stored in peeling and box making departments.
(f) Store room for matches shall be entirely separated by fire-proof walls from the building used for manufacture.
(g) The racks in the dipped splints room shall have sides top and the rear part provided with non-inflammable materials.
(h) The process of packing shall be done in an area away from the place of manufacture to the satisfaction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator ; and
(i) No child shall be employed or permitted to work directly connected with the manufacturing process up to final production of match sticks.
8. Precaution to be taken in connection with manufacture of fuses used in crackers, etc.-
(a) Bundles of fuses shall be handled by carrying and not dragging them on the floor;
(b) drying of fuses after wrapping shall be carried out on platforms away from workrooms;
(c) cutting shall be done by experienced workers employed only for this purpose and under proper supervision;
(d) cutting shall be done on a large masonry platform covered with a tarpaulin and kept free from grit and pebbles;
(e) cutting shall be done on a raised platform so that workers can work standing. Cutting must be done by placing the fuse on wooden sleepers kept over blocks of wood. Brick shall not be used beneath the wooden reapers; and
(f) workers, while on dangerous operations, shall not wear clothing sewn with ferrous or steel buttons, buckles or attachments. They shall not carry on their persons, iron knives, keys, etc.
9. General.-
(a) No person other than a factory worker and/or an inspecting officer or others connected with the manufacturing process shall be allowed to enter the working area.
(b) Cardboard containers and trays without steel mails shall be used for storage and day-to-
day working purposes.
(c) During the manufacture of fuses only brass or non-ferrous knives shall be used and drying of fuses shall be away from all workrooms.
(d) Door mats shall be provided outside the workroom and near all drying platforms and where fuses are cut for the workers to clean their feet.
(e) At no time, mixing materials shall exceed the quantity that is required for the manufacture of mixing for half an hour operation only.
(f) For filiing up chemicals in the inner tubs of crackers, only aluminium or plastic rings shall be used and not galvanised iron rings.
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(g) Buckets, containers, hoops, locks, nails, screws, bolts, nuts, Knives, scissors, etc. made up of iron shall not be used within the factory premises.
(h) Wooden racks without iron nails shall be used for drying paper cap sheets, in amrocess factories.
(i) Wooden racks used for drying paper cap sheets shall be provided with asbestos or other fire resistant sheets on the three sides leaving the front side open.
(j) Dried paper cap sheets shall be carried in wooden trays with four compartments
(partitions) each compartment (partition) carrying a single sheet.
(k) Each manufacturing shed of a fire works shall have at least two doors facing each other.
The doors provided to the work sheds of adjacent rows shall not face each other.
(l) Not more than four persons shall be employed or allowed at any one time in any one building in which explosive is being manufactured.
10. Display of notices.- The following notices in the local language understood by the majority of workers shall be displayed at a conspicuous place in the factory.
(a) Smoking is strictly prohibited.
(b) No one shall carry matches or other igniting materials into the factory.
(c) No worker shall be in a workroom or area where no work has been assigned to him.
(d) If anything untoward happens in any shed all workers shall dash to the gates which serve as out gates of the factory and in no circumstances be curious to see what has happened in the affected shed.
(e) Any spillage of materials should be cleaned without any delay.
(f) Wearing of clothes made of artificial fibre like terrene, terelene, etc., is prohibited, clothing's sewn with ferrous or steel buttons or buckles or attachments should not be worn.
(g) Foot wears with iron nails should not be used.
(h) Workers should not carry with themselves iron knives and iron keys, etc.
11. Exemption.- If the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied in respect of any factory or any process that, owing to the special conditions or special methods of work or by reason of the frequency of the processes or for other reason the application of all or any of the provisions of the schedule to the factory or process, or for the persons employed in such factory or process is not necessary, he may by order in writing exempt such factory or part of the factory or process or any part of the process or person from all or any of these provisions subject to such conditions as he may deem expedient to ensure safety and health of the workers. The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may at any time in his discretion revoke such order without assigning any reason.
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