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No. Puducherry Tuesday 9th April 2013
(19 Chaitra 1935)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LABOUR DEPARTMENT
(G.O. MS. NO. 19/AIL/Lab./J/2013, dated 9th April 2013)
NOTIFICATION
Whereas, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry has proposed to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), the following rules;
And whereas, the draft rules which were issued in the Labour Department's notification under G. O. Ms. No. 4/AIL/Lab./J/2013,
dated 18th January 2013 were pre-published as required under sub-section (1)
of section 115 of the Factories Act, 1948 in the Extraordinary
[ 79 ] 80 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
Gazette No. 3, dated 21st January 2013 of the Government of Puducherry for information of the public, inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from all the persons likely to be affected thereby till the expiry of forty-five days from the date of publication of the said notification in the official gazette;
And whereas, no objection or suggestion has been received
within the abovesaid period;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be
called the Puducherry Factories (Amendment) Rules, 2013.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication
in the official gazette.
2. Amendment to rule 114A.— In the Puducherry Factories Rules, 1964, in rule 114A, for the existing Table-I, under Schedule thereunder, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:—
"TABLE -I
PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCES IN WORK ENVIRONMENT
Sl. Substance Permissible limits of exposure No. Time-weighted Short-term
Average exposure limit
concentration (STEL)
(TWA) (8 hrs.) (15 min.)
81
PART–II] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
5 Acrylonitrile-Skin (S.C) 2 4.5 – –
6 Aldrin-Skin – 0.25 – –
7 Allyl Chloride 1 3 2 6
8 Ammonia 25 18 35 27
9 Aniline-Skin 2 10 – –
10 Anisidine (o-, p-isomers)-Skin 0.1 0.5 – –
11 Arsenic and soluble – 0.2 – –
compounds (as As).
12 Benzene (H.C.) 0.5 1.5 2.5 7.5
13 Beryllium and Compounds – 0.002 – –
(as Be) (S.C.).
14 Boron trifluoride-C 1 3 – –
15 Bromine 0.1 0.7 0.3 2
16 Butane 800 1,900 – –
17 2-Butanone (Methyl-ethyl 200 590 300 885
Ketone-MEK).
18 n-Butyl acetate 150 710 200 950
19 n-Butyl alcohol-Skin-C 50 150 – –
20 Sec/tert, Butyl acetate 200 950 – –
21 Butyl mercaptan 0.5 1.5 – –
22 Cadmium-dusts and salts – 0.05 – –
(as Cd).
27 Carbon monoxide 50 55 400 440 82 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
31 Chlorobenzene 75 350 – –
(Monochlorobenzene).
32 Chloroform (S.C.) 10 50 – –
33 bis (Chloromethyl) ether 0.001 0.005 – –
(H.C.).
34 Chromic acid and chromates – 0.05 – –
(as Cr) (Water soluble).
35 Chrombus salts (as Cr) – 0.5 – –
36 Copper fume – 0.2 – –
37 Cotton dust, raw – 0.2* – –
38 Cresol, all isomers-Skin 5 22 – –
39 Cyanide (as CN)-Skin – 5 – –
40 Cyanogen 10 20 – –
41 DDT (Dichlorodiphenyl – 1 – –
trichloroethane).
42 Demeton-Skin 0.01 0.1 – –
43 Diazinon-Skin – 0.1 – –
44 Dibutyl phthalate – 5 – –
45 Dichlorvos (DDVP)-Skin 0.1 1 – –
46 Dieldrin-Skin 0.25 – – –
47 Dinitrobenzene 0.15 1 – –
(all isomers)-Skin.
48 Dinitrotoluene-Skin – 1.5 – – 83
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(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
57 Formaldehyde (S.C.) 1.0 1.5 2 3
58 Formic acid 5 9 – –
59 Gasoline 300 900 500 1,500
60 Hydrazine-Skin (S.C.) 0.1 0.1 – –
61 Hydrogen chloride-C 5 7 – –
62 Hydrogen cyanide-Skin-C 10 10 – –
63 Hydrogen fluoride(as F)-C 3 2.5 – –
64 Hydrogen peroxide 1 1.5 – –
65 Hydrogen Sulphide 10 14 15 21
66 Iodine-C 0.1 1 – –
67 Iron Oxide Fume – 5 – –
(Fe2 O3 (as Fe).
68 Isoamyl acetate 100 525 – –
69 Isoamyl alcohol 100 360 125 450
70 Isobutyl alcohol 50 150 – –
71 Lead, inorg, dusts and – 0.15 – –
fumes (as Pb).
72 Lindane-Skin – 0.5 – –
73 Malathion-Skin – 10 – –
74 Manganese dust and – 5 – –
compounds as (Mn)-C.
75 Manganese fume (as Mn) – 1 – 0.03
76 Mercury (as Hg)-Skin–
(i) Alkyl compounds – 0.01 – 0.03
(ii) All forms except alkyl vapour – 0.05 – –
77 Aryl and inorganic compounds – 0.1 – –
78 Methyl alcohol (Methanol)-Skin 200 260 250 310 84 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
80 Methyl isobutyl ketone 50 205 75 300
81 Methyl isocyanate-Skin 0.02 0.05 – –
82 Naphthalene 10 50 15 75
83 Nickel carbonyl (as Ni) 0.05 0.35 – –
84 Nitric acid 2 5 4 10
85 Nitric Oxide 25 30 – –
86 Nitrobenzene-Skin 1 5 – –
87 Nitrogen dioxide 3 6 5 10
88 Oil mist mineral – 5 – 10
89 Ozone 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6
90 Parathion-Skin – 0.1 – –
91 Phenol-Skin 5 19 – –
92 Phorate (Thimet)-Skin – 0.05 – 0.2
93 Phosgene (Carbonyl chloride) 0.1 0.4 – –
94 Phosphine 0.3 0.4 1 1
95 Phosphoric acid (yellow) – 1 – 3
96 Phosphorus (yellow) – 0.1 – –
97 Phosphorous pentachloride 0.1 1 – –
98 Phosphorus trichloride 0.2 1.5 0.5 3
99 Picric acid-Skin – 0.1 – 0.3
100 Pyridine 5 15 – –
101 Silane (Silicon tetrahydride) 5 7 – –
102 Sodium hydroxide-C – 2 – –
103 Styrene, monomer
(Phenylethylene). 50 215 100 425 107 Tetraethyl lead (as Pb)-Skin – 0.1 – – 85
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(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
108 Tolune (Toluol) 100 375 150 560
109 O-Toluidine-Skin (S.C) 2 9 – –
110 Tributyl phosphate 0.2 2.5 – –
111 Trichloroethylene 50 270 200 1,080
112 Uranium, natural (as U) – 0.2 – 0.6
113 Vinyl chloride (H.C.) 5 10 – –
114 Welding fumes – 5 – –
115 Xylene (o-,m-,p-isomers) 100 435 150 655
116 Zinc oxide–
(i) Fume – 5.0 – 10
(ii) Dust (Total dust) – 10.00 – –
117 Zirconium compounds (as Zr) – 5 – 10
ppm : P a r t s o f v a p o u r o r g a s p e r m i l l i o n p a r t s o f contaminated air by volume at 25o C and 760 mm. of
Mercury.
mg/m3 milligram of substance per cubic metre of air.
* : Not more than 4 times a day with at least 60 min.
internal between successive exposures.
Molecular weight
86 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
Substance Permissible time-weighted average concentration (TWA) (8 hours.)
Silica, SiO2 (a) Crystalline
(i) Quartz
10600
(1) In terms of dust count———————— mppcm
% Quartz + 10
10
(2) In terms of respirable ——————————— mg/m3 dust. % respirable Quartz + 2
30
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Respirable dust: Fraction passing a size-selector with the
following characteristics:
Aerodynamic Diameter ( m) % Passing Selector
(Unit density sphere)
2
90
2.5
75
3.5
50
5.0
25
10
0
."
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
G. SRINIVAS,
Joint Secretary to Government (Labour).
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