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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part - I Acts
Nil
Part - II Ordinances
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Part - III Delegated Legislation
Notification No. G.S.R. 45/C.A.37/2020/Ss.
133 and 135/2021, dated the 17th May,
2021, containing the draft rules, namely the
Punjab Occupational Safety, Health and
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Working Conditions Rules, 2021.
Part - IV Correction Slips, Republications and
Replacements
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PART III
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
NOTIFICATION
The 17th May, 2021
G.S.R. 45/C.A.37/2020/Ss.133 and 135/2021.- The Punjab
Government proposes to make the following draft rules in exercise of the
powers conferred by sections 133 and 135 of the Occupational Safety, Health
and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) and in supersession of ,-
(i) the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952;
(ii) the Punjab Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Rules, 1993;
(iii) the Punjab Welfare Officers (Recruitment and Conditions of Service)
Rules, 1952;
(iv) the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2008;
(v) the Punjab Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1973;
(vi) the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) (Punjab) Rules, 1983;
(vii) the Punjab Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963; made in exercise of
the powers conferred by section 112 of the Factories Act 1948, sections 40
and 62 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, section 35 of the Contract
Labour (Abolition and Regulation) Act, 1970, section 40 of the Motor Transport
Workers Act, 1961 as the case may be, which are repealed by section 143 of
the said the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020,
except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession,
are hereby notified, as required by section 137 (a) of the Code, for information
of all persons likely to be affected thereby.
Notice is hereby given that draft shall be taken into consideration
by the State Government on expiry of period of forty-five days from date of
publication this notification in official gazette, together with any objections or
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Commissioner, Punjab, Labour Bhawan, Model Welfare Centre, Phase-X
(Sector-64), S.A.S. Nagar or at email id [email protected] from any
person before expiry of period specified with respect to the rules namely:-
DRAFT RULES
1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) These rules may be cited
as the Punjab Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules,
2021.
(2) They shall extend to whole of the State of Punjab.
(3) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Appendix" means an appendix appended to these rules;
(b) "Code" means the Occupational Safety, Health and Working
Conditions Code, 2020 (Central Act No. 37 of 2020);
(c) "continuous process" means the materials either dried bulk or fluids
that are being processed and are continuously in motion, undergoing
chemical reaction and are subject to mechanical or heat treatment
or any other process specified by State Government;
(d) "designated authority" means an authority notified by State
Government under section 119 of the Code;
(e) "electronically" means any information submitted by email or
uploaded on the portal or making digital payment through any mode
for the purposes of Code;
(f) "first employment" means the first employment in any manufacturing
process to which the relevant Schedule applies and shall also include
re-employment in the manufacturing process following any cessation
of employment for a continuous period exceeding three calendar
months;
(g) "Form" means the form appended to these rules;
(h) "hazardous waste" means the hazardous waste as defined in clause
(17) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Hazardous and Other Wastes
(Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016;
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(i) "major accident" means an incident involving loss of life inside or
outside the establishment or ten or more injuries inside and/ or one
or more injuries outside or release of toxic chemical or explosion or
fire or spillage of hazardous chemical resulting in 'on-site' or 'off-
site' emergencies or damage to equipment leading to stoppage of
process or adverse effect to the environment;
(j) "medium enterprise" means an enterprise as defined in clause (g)
of section 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006 (Central Act No. 27 of 2006);
(k) "micro enterprise" means an enterprise as defined in clause (h) of
section 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Act, 2006 (Central Act No. 27 of 2006);
(l) "portal" means the website of the Labour department of Government
of Punjab for delivering services under the Code and the rules made
thereunder;
(m) "recognized university or institution" means,-
(a) any University, incorporated by law, by the Central or any
State Government; or
(b) any other University or institution which is declared by the
State Government to be a recognized University or institution
for the purposes of these rules;
(n) "quarter" means the period of three consecutive months beginning
on the 1st of January, the 1st of April, the 1st of July or the 1st of
October;
(o) "registering officer" means an officer appointed under section
3 of the Code;
(p) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to these rules;
(q) "section" means the section of the Code;
(r) "small enterprise" means an enterprise as defined in clause (m) of
section 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Act, 2006 (Central Act No. 27 of 2006);
(s) "wages" means the wages as defined in clause (y) of section 2 of 662
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the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act No. 29 of 2019); and
(t) "year" means the period of twelve months beginning from the 1st
day of January in any year.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined therein,
but defined in the Code, shall have the respective meanings as
assigned to them in the Code.
Section 2(1)(x) 3. Income from the sources.- For the purposes of clause (x) of sub-section
1 of section 2, the criteria for income from such sources means the income for
the dependents as per the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession)
Rules, 1988 as amended from time to time.
Section 2(1)(l) 4. Competent person.- (1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may
recognize any person as the competent person within such area and for such
period as may be specified for the purposes of carrying out tests, examination,
inspection and certification for such buildings, dangerous machinery, hoists
and lifts, lifting machines and lifting tackles, pressure plant, confined space,
ventilation system and such other processes of plant and equipment located in
an establishment as stipulated in the Code and the rules made there under, if
such person possesses the qualifications, experience and other requirements
specified in the Schedule appended to this rule:
Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may relax the
requirements of qualifications in respect of competent person if such a person
is exceptionally experience and knowledgeable:
Provided further that where it is proposed to recognise a person
employed under the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator as a competent person,
concurrence of the State Government shall be obtained and such a person
after being so recognised, shall not have the powers of an Inspector-cum-
Facilitator.
(2) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may recognise an institution of repute,
having persons possessing qualifications and experience as specified in the
Schedule appended to this rule, for the purposes of carrying out tests,
examinations, inspections and certification for buildings, dangerous machinery,
hoists and lifts, lifting machines and lifting tackles, pressure plant, confined
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located in an establishment as stipulated in the Code and the rules made
thereunder, a competent person within such area and for such period as may
be specified.
(3) The person to be recognised as the competent person under this rule
shall not be above the age of sixty-two years and shall be physically and medically
fit for the purpose of carrying out the requisite tests, examination and inspection.
(4) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may give a notice on portal or any
other medium in the month of May every year to recognise any person or
institute to be the competent person. The process of recognition may be
completed within a period of sixty days from last date of receipt of application(s).
(5) Every application shall be accompanied by a fee (non-refundable) of
rupees twenty five thousand and security (refundable without interest) of rupees
one lakh to be paid by the applicant through portal which shall be credited to
the treasury in the head of account as may be specified by State Government
from time to time. A record of such fee and security shall be maintained by the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(6) A person or institute seeking recognition under the Code shall apply in
Form-01 or Form-02, respectively.
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SCHEDULE
[Rule 4]
Serial Purpose for which Qualifications Experience Facilities
No. competency required
at disposal
1. Certification of buildings (a) Bachelors Degree (i) an experience of a
and their stability to be in Civil or structural minimum period of ten
Engineering or its years in design or
equivalent from construction or testing
recognized university; or repair of structures.
and Provided that
(b) A Member or experience for those
Associate Member of an who possesses master`s
(i) Institution of Civil degree shall be minimum
Engineers or of seven years.
(ii) The Institution of (ii) Knowledge of
Structural Engineers; or non-destructive testing,
(iii) The Institution of various standards and
Engineers (India) in Codes of practices that
civil engineering or are current and the effect
structural engineering. of the vibrations and
natural forces on the
stability of the building;
and
(iii) an ability to arrive
at a reliable conclusion
with regard to the safety
of the structure or the
building.
2. Dangerous Machines Bachelor's Degree in (i) an experience of Gauges for
Mechanical or working for a minimum measurement and
production Engineering period of ten years in:- instruments for
or its equivalent from (a) design or operation measurement of
recognized university. or maintenance or speed and any other
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and inspection of device to determine 665
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relevant machinery, the safety in the use
their guards, safety of the dangerous
devices and machine.
appliances.
(ii) Should :-
(a) be conversant with
safety devices and their
proper functioning
(b) be able to identify
defects and other causes
leading to the failure.
Provided that experience
for those who possesses
master`s degree shall be
minimum of seven years;
and
(c) have ability to arrive
at a reliable conclusion
with regard to proper
functioning of safety
devices, appliances and
machine guards
3. Hoists & Lifts Bachelor`s Degree in (i) an experience of
Mechanical or working for a minimum
Production engineering period of ten years in:-
or its equivalent from (c) design or erection or
recognized university. maintenance or
(d) test and inspection
procedure of hoists &
lifts.
Provided that experience
for those who possesses
master`s degree shall be
minimum of seven years.
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(ii) Should :-
(a) be conversant with the
current and relevant
codes of practices and
test procedures;
(b) conversant with other
statutory requirements
covering the safety of
hoists and lifts
(c) be able to identify
defects and arrive at a
reliable conclusion and
with regard to the safety
of hoists and lifts
4. Lifting Machines, Bachelor`s Degree in (i) an experience of
chains, Ropes and Mechanical or working for a minimum
Lifting Tackles Metallurgical or period of ten years in:-
Production Engineering (a) design or erection or
or its equivalent from maintenance or
recognized university (b) test and inspection
procedure of lifting
machines, chains, ropes
and lifting tackles.
Provided that experience
for those who possesses
master`s degree shall be
minimum of seven years.
(ii) Should :-
(a) be conversant with the
current and relevant
codes of practices and
test procedures.
(b) fracture machines and
metallurgy of the material
of construction; and 667
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(c) heat treatment or
stress relieving
techniques as applicable
to stress bearing
components and parts of
lifting machinery and
lifting tackles.
(d) Capable of
identifying defects and
arriving at a reliable
conclusion and with
regard to the safety of
lifting machinery, chains,
ropes and lifting tackles
5. Pressure Plants Bachelor`s Degree in (i) an experience of
Chemical or Mechanical working for a minimum
or Metallurgical or period of ten years in:-
Production Engineering (a) design or erection or
its equivalent from maintenance or
recognized university (b) testing, examination
and inspection procedure
of pressure plants
Provided that experience
for those who possesses
master`s degree shall be
minimum of seven years.
(ii) Should :-
(a) be conversant with
the current and relevant
codes of practices and
test procedures relating to
pressure plants;
(b) conversant with
statutory requirement
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unfired pressure vessels
and equipments operating
under pressure
(c) conversant with non-
destructive testing
techniques as are
applicable to pressure
vessels; and
(d) able to identify
defects and arriving at a
reliable conclusion and
with regard to the safety
of pressure plants.
6. Precautions against Bachelor`s Degree in (i) an experience of meters,
fumes, gases. Chemical engineering working for a minimum instruments
from recognized period of ten years in; & devices duly
university collection and analysis calibrated and
of environmental certified for
samples and calibration carrying out the
of monitoring tests and
equipments. certification of
Provided that experience safety in working
for those who possesses in confined spaces
master`s degree shall be
minimum of seven years.
(ii) should be
(a) Be conversant with
the hazardous properties
of chemicals and their
permissible limit values;
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current techniques
sampling and analysis of 669
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environmental
contaminants; and
(c) able to arrive at a
reliable conclusion as
regards the safety in
respect of entering and
carrying out hot work
7. Ventilation system as Bachelor`s Degree (i) a minimum of ten facilities for testing required under in Chemical or years experience in the ventilating
various schedules Mechanical design, fabrication, system instruments framed under Engineering its testing of ventilating and gauges for
Section-82 of the equivalent from system used for testing the
Code. . recognized extraction and Effectiveness of
university. collection of dust, extraction system
fumes and vapours and for dusts, vapours
other ancillary & fumes and any
equipment. Provided other equipment
that experience for needed for
those who possesses determining the
master`s degree shall efficiency and
be minimum of seven adequacy of these
years. systems. He shall
(ii) he shall be have the assistance
conversant with of a suitable
relevant codes of qualified technical
practice and test person who can
procedures that are come to a
current in respect of reasonable
ventilation and conclusion as to
extraction system for the adequacy of
fumes and system.
(iii) be able to arrive
at a reliable conclusion
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(7) If the qualifications and experience of the person(s) proposed to be
recognized are found to be in accordance with these rules, the person may be
called to appear for a test and interview before the Interview Board to be
constituted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(8) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator based on the result of test and
report of the interview Board and after satisfying himself as regards the
competence and facilities available at the disposal of the applicant, may recognise
the applicant as the competent person by issuing a certificate of competency
in Form-03 or such application shall be disposed of by rejecting the same
specifying reasons thereof.
(9) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, if he has reason to believe that a
competent person,-
(a) has violated any condition stipulated in the certificate of competency; or
(b) has carried out a test, examination and inspection or has acted in a manner
inconsistent with the intent or the purpose of the Code or the rules made
thereunder, or has omitted to act as required under the Code or the rules made
thereunder; or
(c) For any other reason to be recorded in writing,
may revoke the certificate or competency after giving an opportunity to the
competent person for being heard.
(10) If the certificate of competency is revoked, the security deposited by
the competent person shall be forfeited.
Section 2 (zb) 5. Hazardous Substance.- Hazardous Substance means any chemical along
with quantity as specified in the sub-clause (ii) and (iii) of clause (e) of rule 2
of the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989
as amended from time to time.
CHAPTER-II
REGISTRATION
Section 3 (2) 6. Registration of establishment.- (1) The application referred to in sub-
section (1) of section (3) of the Code, shall be made to the Registering Officer,
appointed under clause (b) of sub section (1) of section 3 of the Code, in Form-
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relating to the registration of establishment and proof of identity and address of
the employer. The applicant shall be responsible for veracity of all the information
submitted.
(2) Every application, referred to in sub-rule (1), shall be digitally or
electronically signed by the employer.
(3) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1), shall be accompanied by the
fee specified in the schedule under sub-rule 6.
(4) The employer in respect of any establishment registered under any Central
law shall update the registration particulars on the portal within six months
from date on which these rules come into force.
(5) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1), shall be accompanied by the
information on inter-state migrant workers in Form-05.
(6) The fee to be paid for registration of an establishment shall be as per the
Schedule given below:-
SCHEDULE
Number of employees to be employed Fee for Registration
Up to 20
1000
21-50
2000
51-100
3000
101-150
5000
151-200
7500
201-250
10000
251-500
12500
501-750
15000
751-1000
17500
1001-1500
20000
1501-2000
25000
2001-3000
30000
3001-5000
40000
Above 5000
50000 672
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(7) If there is any increase in the number of employees to be employed in the
establishment subsequent to its registration, then the differential amount as per
the schedule under sub-rule 6 shall be payable by the employer concerned.
Section 3 (3) 7. Grant of certificate of registration.- (1) The registering officer, after
receiving the application under sub-rule (1) of rule 6, shall register the
establishment and issue a certificate of registration electronically to the employer
thereof in such form and within such time and subject to such conditions as
may be prescribed by the Central Government
(2) The registering officer shall maintain a register in Form-06, showing the
particulars of establishment in relation to which the certificate of registration
has been issued by him.
Section 3 (3) 8. Amendment of registration certificate.- Where, the Registering
Officer is satisfied that a change has occurred in the particulars of the
establishment, as entered in the register in Form-06, he shall amend the said
register and record therein the change which has occurred and certificate of
registration shall be amended accordingly.
9. Late fee for registration.- If the application for registration is not made
Section 3 (1)
within the time, as specified in sub-section (1) of section 3, a late fee of twenty
five percent of fee payable as specified in the schedule under sub-rule (6) of
rule 6 shall be charged.
Section 3
10. Payment of Fees for registration.- The fees payable under rules 6
and 9 shall be paid through the portal. Such fee shall be credited to the treasury
in the head of account as may be specified by the State Government from time
to time.
Section 5 (1) 11. Notice of commencement and cessation.- The employer shall, before
the period of fifteen days of the commencement, give notice of commencement
in Form-07 on the portal and the employer shall, within the period of thirty
days of the cessation, submit a written notice in Form-08 on the portal.
CHAPTER-III
DUTIES OF EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEES ETC.
Section 6 (1) (c) 12. Medical examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of an
establishment shall arrange to conduct free of cost medical examination of all
the employees annually within one hundred and twenty days from the 673
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commencement of the year as per the Schedule given under this sub-rule:
Provided that the employees engaged in handling of hazardous substance
shall be medically examined bi-annually within thirty days from the 1st day of
January and July.
(2) The record of medical examination shall be maintained in Form-09 and
shall be made available to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator for inspection, whenever
required.
SCHEDULE
General Blood Urine X ray
Establishments
Establishments Blood Urine X ray PFT Sputum Audiometry Any Other
dealing with
(if applicable) test
Hazardous
recommeded
Process or
by Inspector-
Hazardous
cum-
Substance or
Facilitator -
Hazardous
cum-
Waste
Facilitator
declared
under the
code
Section 6 (1) (f) 13. Appointment letter to employee.- Every employer shall issue an
appointment letter to every employee required to work in an establishment in
Form-10.
14. Notice of accident.- (1) When any accident which results in the death Section 10 of any person or which results in such bodily injury to any person as is likely to
cause his death the employer of the establishment shall forthwith send a notice
thereof by telephone, special messenger or email to the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator and the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator within twelve hours from
time of accident.
(2) When any accident which results in the death of any person or which
results in such bodily injury to any person as is likely to cause his death, takes
place in an establishment, a notice shall also be sent to,- 674
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(a) District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
(b) the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station;
(c) the family of the injured or deceased person; and
(d) to the authorities of concerned State in case of inter-state migrant
worker.
(3) A notice given as required under sub-rule (1) shall be confirmed by the
employer of the establishment to the authorities mentioned in sub-rule (1) within
twenty-four hours of the accident by sending them a report in Form-11 in the
case of an accident causing death or bodily injury to any person.
(4) When any accident takes place in an establishment and it causes such
bodily injury to any person as prevents the person injured from working for a
period of forty-eight hours or more immediately following the accident the
employer of the establishment shall send a report thereof to the Inspector-
cum-Facilitator and Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator in Form-11 within twenty-
four hours after the expiry of the forty-eight hours from the time of the accident:
Provided that if in the case of an accident, death occurs of any
person injured by such accident after the notices and reports referred to in the
foregoing sub-rule have been sent, the employer of the establishment shall
forthwith send an intimation thereof by telephone, special messenger or email
to the authorities and persons mentioned in sub-rules (1) and (2):
Provided further that, if the period of disability from working for
forty-eight hours or more referred to in sub-rule (4) does not occur immediately
following the accident but later on occurs in more than one spell, the report
shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and Chief Inspector-Cum-
Facilitator in Form-11 within twenty-four hours immediately following the hour
when the actual total period of disability from working resulting from the accident
becomes forty-eight hours.
Section 11
15. Notice of Dangerous Occurrence.- (1) When any dangerous occurrence
specified in the Schedule given under this rule takes place in an establishment,
the employer of the establishment shall forthwith send a notice thereof by
telephone, special messenger or email within twelve hours to,-
(a) Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
(b) Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator;
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(c) the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station; and
(d) Inspector-Cum-Facilitator
(2) Any notice given as required under sub-rule (1) shall be confirmed
by the employer of the establishment to the authorities mentioned in
sub-rule (1) within twenty-four hours of the dangerous occurrence
by sending them a written report in Form-12.
SCHEDULE
The following class of occurrence shall be dangerous occurrence within the
meaning of this rule :-
(i) Bursting, of any plant or pipeline or equipment containing petroleum,
steam, compressed air or other substance at a pressure greater than the
atmospheric pressure;
(ii) Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist or other appliances
used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof, or the
overturning of a crane.
(iii) Explosion, explosion due to explosives, fire, leakage or release of harmful
toxic gases, bursting out, leakage or escape of any molten metal, or hot
liquid or gas causing bodily injury to any person or damage to any room
or place in which persons are employed;
(iv) Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage at pressure
greater than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or
any liquid or solid resulting from the compression of gas.
(v) collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoist or conveyors or other
similar equipment for handling building or construction material or
breakage or failure of rope, chain or loose gears; overturning of cranes
used in building or other construction work; falling of objects from height;
(vi) collapse of any wall, floor, gallery, roof bridge, tunnel, chimney, wall,
building or subsidence of soil or any other structure, platform, staging,
scaffolding or any means of access including formwork; contact work,
excavation and collapse of transmission;
(vii) Spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container;
(viii) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment within the
establishment;
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(ix) fall from height of any excavation, loading or transport machinery;
(x) an instantaneous failure of a pillar, part of a pillar or several pillars of coal
(i.e., a bump') in working below ground;
(xi) a rock-burst in working belowground; a premature collapse of any part
of the working;
(xii) a breakage, fracture or failure of an essential part of any machine or
apparatus whereby the safety of persons may be endangered;
(xiii) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery, or
interruption of normal mining operations;
(xiv) failure of dump or side in opencast working; a blowout;
(xv) a failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons
may be endangered; or spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing
burn injury to any person;
(xvi) a major uncontrolled emission of petroleum or chemical spillage;
Section 12
16. Notice of Disease.- (1) A notice in Form-13 shall be sent forthwith to
the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and to the
qualified medical practitioner by the employer of an establishment in which
disease specified in the Third Schedule appended to the Code occurs.
(2) The qualified medical practitioner shall send a report in writing to the
office of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator in Form-13 through E-mail within
forty eight hours from the time the disease specified in the Third Schedule
appended to the Code came to his knowledge.
Section 13 (d) 17. Manner of making report by employee.- The employee shall submit
the report in Form-14 to the Safety Officer or Employer with regard to unsafe
or unhealthy situation.
Section 14 (3) 18. Manner of sending report of action taken.- An Employer or Employee
of an establishment shall submit the report in Form-15 to the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator within twenty-four hours from the time remedial action is taken
with regard to the imminent danger.
CHAPTER-IV
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Section 17 (2) 19. Constitution of the Punjab Occupational Safety and Health Advisory
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(hereinafter referred to in these rules as the Board) shall consist of the following,
namely:-
(i) Administrative Secretary, Department of Labour, Punjab …..Chairperson
( ex-officio)
(ii) Administrative Secretary, Department of Industries, Punjab … member
(ex-officio)
(iii) Administrative Secretary, Department of Local Government, Punjab…
member (ex-officio)
(iv) Administrative Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Punjab… member (ex-officio)
(v) Administrative Secretary, Department of PWD (B&R), Punjab… member
(ex-officio)
(vi) Administrative Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Punjab…
member (ex-officio)
(vii) Administrative Secretary, Department of Water Supply & Sanitation,
Punjab … member (ex-officio)
(viii) Regional Director, Employees' State Insurance Corporation …. member
(ex-officio)
(ix) Director, Health Services, Punjab….. member (ex-officio)
(x) Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board…..member (ex-officio)
(xi) Three representatives of employers to be nominated by the State
Government….. members
(xii) Three representatives of employees to be nominated by State
Government….. member
(xiii) Three eminent persons connected with the field of occupational safety
and health, or representatives from reputed research institutions or similar
other discipline to be nominated by the State Government …members
(xiv) Labour Commissioner-cum-Director of Factories, Punjab …..member
secretary
(2) The terms of office of the members referred to in clauses (xi), (xii), and
(xiii) shall be of three years.
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Section 17 (2) 20. Notice of meeting and the agenda.- Notice intimating the date, time
and venue of every meeting together with agenda, to be discussed at the meeting,
shall be sent by registered post, email or by special messenger, to each member
fifteen days before the meeting:
Provided that when the Chairperson calls a meeting for the consideration
of any matter, which in his opinion is urgent, notice of not less than three days
shall be deemed sufficient.
Section 17 (2) 21. Absence from the State.- If any member leaves the State for a period
of not less than six months without intimation to the Chairperson, he shall be
deemed to have resigned from the Board.
Section 17 (2) 22. Transaction of business.- Every question considered at a meeting of
the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present
and voting and in the event of equal votes, the Chairperson shall have and
exercise a casting vote.
Section 17 (2) 23. Quorum.- No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Board,
unless at least ten members are present.
Section 17 (2) 24. Minutes of the meeting.- The minutes of every meeting, duly approved
by the Chairperson, shall be recorded by the Member- Secretary of the Board
which shall be a permanent record.
Section 17 (2) 25. Fees and allowances.- Every non-official member of the Board shall
be paid the fees and allowance for attending a meeting of the Board at such
rates as may be fixed by the State Government from time to time.
Section 17 (2) 26. Resignation.- A member of the Board, not being an ex-officio member,
may resign his office by a letter in writing addressed to the State Government
and the Office of such a member shall fall vacant from the date on which his
resignation is accepted by the State Government, or on the expiry of thirty
days from the date of receipt of the letter of resignation by the State Government,
whichever is earlier.
Section 17 (2) 27. Cessation of Membership.- If any member of the Board, not being an
ex-officio member, fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board,
without obtaining the leave of the Chairperson for such absence, he shall cease
to be member of the Board:
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member was prevented by sufficient cause from attending three consecutive
meetings of the Board, direct that such cessation shall not take place and on
such direction being made, such member shall continue to be a member of the
Board.
28. Disqualification for membership.- (1) A person shall be disqualified Section 17 (2) for being reappointed, and for being a member of the Board,-
(a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent
court; or
(b) if he is an undischarged insolvent; or
(c) if he has been or is convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of
the State Government, involves moral turpitude.
(2) If a question arises as to whether a disqualification has been incurred
under sub-rule (1) or not, the State Government shall decide the same.
Section 17 (2) 29. Removal from Membership.- The State Government may remove
from office any member of the Board, if in its opinion such a member has
ceased to represent the interest which he purports to represent in the Board:
Provided that no such member shall be removed, unless a reasonable opportunity
is given to him for making any representation against the proposed action.
Section 17 (2) 30. Manner of filling vacancies.- When a vacancy occurs or is likely to
occur in the membership of the Board, the Member Secretary of the Board
shall submit a report to the State Government and on receipt of such report,
the State Government may, by notification, nominate a person to fill the vacancy
and the person so nominated shall hold office for the remainder of the term of
office of the member in whose place he is nominated.
31 Collection and extraction of safety and health statistics.- (1) Every
Section 21 employer shall submit the details of occupational safety and health statistics to
the State Government as well as to the office of Director General, Labour
Bureau electronically on portal in such form and manner as may be prescribed
by the Central Government from time to time.
(2) Every inter-State migrant worker, whether employed or self-employed in
the State of Punjab, shall get himself registered on portal.
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(a) wherein one hundred and fifty or more employees are ordinarily
employed; or
(b) which handles an hazardous substance as defined in clause (zb) of
section 2 and employs fifty or more employees; or
(c) which carries on any hazardous process as defined in clause (za)
of section 2 or carries operation declared to be dangerous under
the Code and employs fifty or more employees, there shall be a
Safety Committee to be set up by the employer.
(2) The representatives for the management of Safety Committee shall
include;-
(a) a senior official, who by virtue of his position in the establishment
can contribute effectively to the functioning of the Committee. Such
a senior official shall be the Chairman of the Safety Committee;
(b) a Safety Officer or Medical Officer, wherever available and the
Safety Officer in such a case shall be the Secretary of the Safety
Committee; and
(c) a representative each from the human resource, production,
maintenance and purchase departments.
(3) The employees representatives of this Committee shall be elected by the
employees.
(4) The tenure of the Committee shall be two years.
(5) The Safety Committee shall meet as often as necessary but at least once
in every quarter. The minutes of the meeting shall be recorded and
produced to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator on demand.
(6) The Safety Committee shall have the right to, -
(a) ask for necessary information concerning health and safety of the
employees; and
(b) seek any relevant information concerning health and safety of the
employees.
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aims and objects outlined in the Health and Safety Policy of the
establishment;
(b) dealing with all matters concerning health, safety and environment
and to arrive at practicable solutions to problems encountered;
(c) creating safety awareness amongst all employees;
(d) undertaking educational, training and promotional activities;
(e) deliberating on reports of safety environmental and occupational
health surveys, emergency plans, safety audits, risk assessment
and implementation of the recommendations made in the reports;
(f) carrying out health and safety surveys and identifying causes of
accidents;
(g) looking into any complaint made on the likelihood of an imminent
danger to the safety and health of the employees and suggest
corrective measures; and
(h) reviewing the implementation of the recommendations made by it.
(8) Where owing to the size of the establishment, or any other reason, the
functions referred to in sub-rule (7) cannot be effectively carried out by
the Safety Committee, it may constitute such sub-committees, as may be
required to assist it.
33. Safety Officer.- (1) There shall be one Safety Officer,-
Section 22 (2)
(a) for factories employing between five hundred and one thousand
workers:
Provided that for the purposes of this clause, there shall be an
additional Safety Officer for every five hundred workers or a fraction thereof;
or
(b) for factories carrying on hazardous process or establishments
carrying on building or other construction works, employing between
two hundred fifty workers and five hundred workers.
Provided that for the purposes of this clause, there shall be an
additional Safety Officer for every two hundred fifty workers or a fraction
thereof.
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(2) A person shall not be eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer, unless
he,-
(i) possesses a degree of a recognised university or institution in any branch
of Engineering or Technology and has practical experience of working in a
factory or building or other construction work in a supervisory capacity for a
period of not less than two years or possesses a degree in Physics or Chemistry
from a recognised university or institution and has practical experience of
working in a factory or building or other construction work in a supervisory
capacity for a period of not less than five years, or possesses a recognised
diploma in any branch of engineering or technology and has practical experience
of working in a factory or building or other construction work in a supervisory
capacity for a period of not less than five years;
(ii) possesses a diploma or degree in industrial safety or occupational safety
and health recognised by All India Council for Technical Education or University
Grants Commission; and
(iii) has adequate knowledge of language spoken by majority of the workers
in the region in which the factory or building or other construction work where
he is to be appointed, is situated.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2), any person who
possesses a degree or diploma in Engineering or Technology of a recognised
university or institution and has an experience of not less than ten years in a
department of the Central Government or State Government which dealt with
the administration of the Factories Act, 1948 or the Indian Dock Labourers
Act, 1934 or the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 or deals with the Code
Occupational Health, Safety and Working Conditions Code 2020, shall also be
eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer:
Provided that in the case of a person who has been working as a
Safety Officer in an establishment for a period of not less than three years on
the date of commencement of these rules, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator
may, subject to conditions as he may specify, relax all or any of the above said
qualifications.
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establishment, as the case may be, shall inform the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator and the Inspector-cum-Facilitator of the area about appointment of
the Safety Officer or Chief Safety Officer within seven days from such
appointment.
(5) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may endorse such appointment after
satisfying himself.
(6) Where more than one Safety Officers are appointed in an establishment,
one of them shall be designated as the Chief Safety Officer and shall be the
overall in charge of the Safety functions as envisaged in sub-rule (10).
(7) The Chief Safety Officer or the Safety Officer in the case of an
establishment where only one Safety Officer is required to be appointed, shall
be given the status of a senior executive and shall work directly under the
control of the employer.
(8) The scales of pay and allowances to be granted to the Safety Officers,
including the Chief Safety Officer, and the other conditions of their service
shall be the same as those of the officers of corresponding status in the
establishment.
(9) Against the order of dismissal or discharge, a Safety officer shall have
the right of appeal to the State Government.
(10) Following shall be the duties of a Safety Officer, namely:-
(i) to advise and assist the management of the establishment in the fulfilment
of its obligations, statutory or otherwise, concerning prevention of personal
injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment;
(ii) to advise the concerned departments in planning and organising measures
necessary for the effective control of person injuries;
(iii) to advise on safety aspects in all job studies, and to carry out detailed job
safety studies of selected jobs;
(iv) to check and evaluate the effectiveness of the action taken or proposed
to be taken to prevent personal injuries;
(v) to advise the purchase and stores departments in ensuring high quality
and availability of personal protective equipment;
(vi) to advise on matters relating to plant safety inspections;
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(vii) to carry out plant safety inspections in order to observe the physical
conditions of work and the work practices and procedures followed by workers
and to render advice on measures to be adopted for removing the unsafe
physical conditions and preventing unsafe actions by workers;
(viii) to tender advice on matters relating to reporting and investigation of
industrial accidents and occupational diseases;
(ix) to investigate accidents;
(x) to investigate the cases of occupational diseases contracted and dangerous
occurrences reportable under the Code ;
(xi) to advise on the maintenance of such records as are necessary relating
to accidents, dangerous occurrences and occupational diseases;
(xii) to promote setting up of safety committees and act as advisor and convener
to such committees;
(xiii) to organise in association with the concerned departments of the
establishment campaigns, competitions, contests and other activities which will
develop and maintain the interest of the workers in establishing and maintaining
safe conditions of work and procedures; and
(xiv) to design and conduct either independently or in collaboration with the
training department of the establishment, suitable training and educational
programmes for the prevention of personal injuries.
(11) An employer of the establishment shall provide each Safety Officer with
such facilities, equipment and information as are necessary to enable him to
discharge his duties effectively.
(12) No Safety Officer shall be required or permitted to do any work which is
inconsistent with or detrimental to the performance of the duties specified in
sub-rule (10).
CHAPTER-V
HOURS OF WORK AND ANNUAL LEAVE WITH WAGES
Section 26 (2) 34. Conditions relating to weekly holidays.- (1) No worker shall be required
or allowed to work in an establishment on the first day of the week (hereinafter
referred to as the said day), unless-
(a) he has or will have a holiday for a whole day on one of the three days
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(b) the employer of the establishment has, before the said day or the substituted
day under clause (a), whichever is earlier,-
(i) delivered a notice at the office of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator of his
intention to require the worker to work on the said day and of the day which is
to be substituted, and
(ii) displayed a notice to that effect in the establishment:
Provided that no substitution shall be made which will result in any worker
working for more than ten days consecutively without a holiday for a whole
day.
(2) Notices given under sub-rule (1) may be cancelled by a notice delivered
at the office of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and a notice displayed in the
establishment not later than the day before the said day or the holiday to be
cancelled, whichever is earlier.
(3) Where, in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1), any worker
works on the said day and has had a holiday on one of the three days immediately
before it, that said day shall, for the purpose of calculating his weekly hours of
work, be included in the preceding week.
35. Conditions relating to compensatory holidays.- (1) Where, a worker Section 26 (2) is deprived of any of the weekly holidays for which provision is made under
sub-rule (1) of rule 34, he shall be allowed, within the month in which the
holidays were due to him or within the two months immediately following that
month, compensatory holidays of equal number of the holidays so lost.
(2) Except in the case of workers engaged in any work which for technical
reasons must be carried on continuously throughout the day, the compensatory
holidays to be allowed under sub-section (3) of section 26 shall be so spaced
that not more than two holidays are given in one week.
(3) The employer of the establishment shall display, on or before the end of
the month in which holidays are lost, a notice in respect of workers allowed
compensatory holidays during the following month and of the dates thereof, at
the place at which the notice of periods of work prescribed under section 31 is
displayed. Any subsequent change in the notice in respect of any compensatory
holiday shall be made not less than three days in advance of the date of that
holiday.
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(4) Any compensatory holiday or holidays to which a worker is entitled shall
be given to him before he is discharged or dismissed and shall not be reckoned
as part of any period of notice required to be given before discharge or dismissal.
(5) The employer shall maintain a Register in Form-16.
(6) The register maintained under sub-rule (5) shall be preserved for a period
of three years after the last entry in it and shall be produced before the Inspector-
cum-Facilitator on demand.
Section 27
36. Extra wages for overtime.- (1) In pursuance of section 27, where in
an establishment a worker works for more than eight hours in any day or for
more than forty-eight hours in any week, as the case may be, he shall in
respect of such overtime work be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his
ordinary rate of wages and shall be paid at the end of each wage period.
(2) In calculating overtime on any day, a fraction of an hour between fifteen
to thirty minutes shall be counted as thirty minutes and in case of more than
thirty minutes it shall be rounded and shall be counted as an hour on actual
basis.
(3) In calculating the wages or earnings in the case of a worker paid by the
month, the daily wages shall be 1/26th of his monthly wages; and in the case of
any other worker it shall be the daily wages or earnings, as the case may be.
(4) The spread over for the workers may exceed twelve hours in any one
day under the following works and circumstances in all establishments, except
those covered as factories, namely:-
(a) urgent repairs;
(b) work in the nature of preparatory or complimentary work;
(c) work which is necessarily so intermittent that the intervals during which
they do not work while on duty ordinarily amount to more than the intervals for
rest;
(d) work which for technical reasons must be carried on continuously;
(e) engaged in making or supplying articles of prime necessity which must
be made or supplied every day;
(f) engaged in a process which cannot be carried on, except during fixed
seasons;
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(g) engaged in a process which cannot be carried on, except at times
dependent on the irregular action of natural forces;
(h) engaged in an engine-rooms or boiler-houses or in attending to power-
plant or transmission machinery;
(i) engaged in a process on account of the break-down of machinery;
(j) engaged in the loading or unloading of railway wagons or lorries or trucks;
(k) exceptional press of work; and
(l) engaged in any work, which is notified by the State Government in the
Official Gazette as a work of public importance.
Section 27 37. Total number of hours of overtime.- The total number of hours for
overtime shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:—
(i) the total number of hours of work in any day shall not exceed twelve;
(ii) the spread over, inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not exceed
thirteen hours in any one day;
(iii) the total number of hours of work in any week, including overtime,
shall not exceed sixty; and
(iv) no worker shall be allowed to work overtime for more than seven
days at a stretch and the total number of hours of overtime work in
any quarter shall not exceed one hundred and twenty-five hours.
Section 31 (2) 38. Notice of periods of work.- (1) There shall be displayed and correctly
maintained in every establishment , a notice of periods of work for adults,
showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required
to work in Form-17.
(2) The periods shown in the notice required by sub-rule (1) shall be fixed
beforehand and copy shall be submitted to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(3) Where all the workers in an establishment are required to work during
the same periods, the employer of the establishment shall fix those periods for
such workers generally.
(4) Where all the workers in an establishment are not required to work during
the same periods, the employer of the establishment shall classify them into
groups according to the nature of their work indicating the number of workers
in each group.
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(5) For each group which is not required to work on a system of shifts, the
employer of the establishment shall fix the periods during which the group may
be required to work.
(6) Where any group is required to work on a system of shifts and the relays
are not to be subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the employer
of an establishment shall fix the periods during which each relay of the group
may be required to work.
(7) Where any group is to work on a system of shifts and the relays are to be
subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the employer of an
establishment shall draw up a scheme of shifts where under the periods during
which any relay of the group may be required to work and the relay which will
be working at any time of the day shall be known for any day.
(8) In the case of an establishment beginning work after the commencement
of the Code, a copy of the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be sent to the
Inspector-cum-Facilitator before the day on which work is to begin in an
establishment.
(9) Any proposed change in the system of work in any establishment which
will necessitate a change in the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be
notified to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator in duplicate before the change is made,
and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, no
such change shall be made until one week has elapsed since the last change.
CHAPTER-VI
REGISTERS, RECORDS, AND RETURNS
Section 33
39. Register of adult workers.- In every establishment a register of adult
workers in Form-18 shall be maintained.
Section 33
40. Workers Register of adolescent workers.- In every establishment a
register of adolescent workers in Form-19 shall be maintained.
Section 33
41. Attendance record.- (1) Muster-roll:-
(a) The employer of every establishment shall maintain a muster-roll
of all the workers employed in the establishment in Form-20
showing,-
(i) the name of each worker;
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(ii) the nature of his work; and
(iii) the daily attendance of the worker.
(b) In case of establishments employing more than hundred workers,
attendance shall be marked within one hour and in other cases
within half an hour of the start of the duty.
(2) Attendance Card
(a) No worker shall be required or allowed to work unless he has in his
possession attendance card with up to date entries, in Form-21 to be supplied
by the employer. The attendance card shall always remain with the worker.
The employer or his authorised person shall demand it only to make relevant
entries therein, whenever necessary.
(b) If a worker loses his attendance card, the employer shall provide him/her
with another copy duly completed from his record on payment of twenty-five
rupees within two days of the payment.
42. Register of accidents and dangerous occurrences.- The employer Section 33 of every establishment shall maintain a register of accidents and dangerous
occurrences in Form-22.
43. Register of leave with wages.- (1) The employer shall maintain a Section 33 register of leave with wages in Form-23 and the name of each worker shall be
entered in this register during the month, in which the worker is taken in
employment.
(2) The register of leave with wages shall be preserved for a period of three
years after the last entry in it and shall be produced before the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator on demand.
Section 33 44. Register of Overtime.- (1) The employer of every establishment, in
which workers are exempted by order or rule, shall keep a register in Form-24
showing the normal piece-work rate of pay, or the rate of pay per hour, of all
exempted workers. This register shall always be available for inspection.
(2) Period of overtime work shall also be entered in overtime slips which
shall be prepared in duplicate and an overtime slip duly signed by the employer
or by a person duly authorised by him shall be given to the worker immediately
after completion of the overtime work:
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Provided that if the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that
because of the nature of work carried out in the establishment, it is not possible
to issue daily slips to the workers he may permit issue of weekly slips to the
workers.
45. Register of wages.- The employer shall maintain a register of wages in
Section 33
respect of employees in such form, as may be prescribed by the rules made by
the appropriate Government under the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act No.
29 of 2019).
Section 33 (b) 46. Names of authorities.- There shall be a notice displayed at conspicuous
place near main entrance of the establishment carrying the names and address
of authorities under the Code in Form -25.
Section 33 (b) 47. Display of summaries.- The employer of every establishment shall
display a notice carrying summaries of the Code and rules made thereunder in
Form -26.
Section 33 (b) 48. Display of name and address of establishment.- (1) A board
containing the name and address of the establishment shall be displayed outside
the establishment near the main entrance.
(2) Two third of the upper area of the board to be displayed as per sub-rule
1 shall be in Punjabi language and the rest of the area shall be in any other
language recognized by the Constitution of India.
49. Wage Slip.- Every employer shall issue wage slips, electronically or
Section 33 (c)
otherwise, to the employees in such form, as may be prescribed, by the rules
made by the appropriate Government under the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central
Act No. 29 of 2019) on or before the payment of wages.
50. Annual return.- Every employer of an establishment shall send annually,
Section 33 (d)
a return relating to such establishment in Form-27 on the portal not later than
1st February following the end of each calendar year with a copy to the Director
General, Labour Bureau, electronically.
CHAPTER VII
INSPECTORS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES
Section 34 (5) 51. Qualifications and experience of Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.-
The State Government may appointment any person as the Chief Inspector-
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(1) Possesses Bachelor`s degree in Engineering in any discipline with at
least ten years experience as an Inspector under the Factories Act, 1948 or
Inspector-cum-Facilitator under the Code; or
(2) is an officer of Indian Administrative Service in the Punjab cadre.
52. Powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator for plantation.- The Inspector-
Section 35 (1) (iv) cum-Facilitator may ask for any type of record and may record statement of
any person in relation to the establishment or premises carrying plantation as
per clause (zx) of section 2.
53. Manner of taking samples of any article or substance found in any
Section 35 (1) (x) premises and work environment.- (1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator
shall recognise any laboratory accredited with the National Accreditation Board
for Testing and Calibration Laboratories for taking samples and giving analysis
report required under the Code.
(2) A notice on employer of the establishment from where or in vicinity of
which sample is to be taken shall be served in Form-28 by the Inspector-Cum-
Facilitator.
(3) The recognised laboratory on the order issued by the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator in writing or on request from the employer shall take samples.
(4) Sample shall be taken in the presence of employer himself or any person
authorised by him.
(5) Samples shall be collected in two parts and shall be placed in containers
which shall be sealed, marked and signed by the person collecting sample as
well as the employer or any person authorized by him.
(6) One part of sample collected and placed, shall be handed over to the
employer or his authorised person present and the other part one shall be sent
forthwith to the laboratory for analysis.
(7) The report of the laboratory shall be recorded in Form-29 in triplicate and
signed by the Analyst of the laboratory and sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator
from whom the order for sampling is received within seven days from the date
of completion of analysis of sample.
(8) The expenditure of the sampling and analysis shall be borne by the
employer of the establishment.
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(9) On receipt of the report from the laboratory, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator
shall send one copy of the same to the employer of establishment from whom
the sample was taken for analysis, the second copy shall be retained by him
for his record and the third copy shall be sent to the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator alongwith recommendation, for further action.
Section 35 (ix) 54. Other powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator.- An Inspector-cum-
Facilitator shall, for the purposes of the execution of the powers assigned to
him under the Code within the local limits of his jurisdiction, have power to do
all or any of the following things, namely:-
(a) to photograph any person, to inspect, examine, measure, copy, photograph,
sketch or test, as the case may be, any building or room, any plant, machinery,
appliance or apparatus, any register or document or anything provided for the
purpose of securing the health, safety or welfare of the employees employed
in an establishment;
(b) in the case of an Inspector-cum-Facilitator who is a duly qualified medical
practitioner, to carry out such medical examinations, as may be necessary for
the purposes of his duties under the Code.
(c) to prosecute, conduct or defend before a Court any complaint or other
proceeding arising under the Code or in discharge of his duties as an Inspector-
cum-Facilitator.
(d) to issue such orders to other departments or agencies to comply with the
orders issued under sections 3, 38 or any other section as specified.
Section 37
55. Qualifications and experience of experts to be empanelled.- The
qualifications, experience and eligibility for empanelment as an expert shall be
are as follows:-
(i) Bachelor`s Degree in engineering in any discipline;
(ii) experience of at least ten years in the field of occupational safety
and health;
(iii) diploma or degree in industrial safety or occupational safety and
health recognised by All India Council for Technical Education or
University Grants Commission;
(iv) medical fitness declared by the Civil Surgeon; and
(v) age not more than sixty two years.
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56. Manner of providing alternative employment.- Every occupier or Section 38 employers as the case may be, shall provide employment to the affected workers
in other areas of the establishment:
Provided that the wages of the affected person shall not be reduced
due to alternate employment.
Provided further that if the whole or a part of establishment working
as factory or building and other construction site is fully closed by an order,
then it shall be the duty of the occupier or employer, as the case may be, to pay
wages to the affected workers as per the Code of Wages, 2019 (Central Act
No. 29 of 2019) for the number of days for which the establishment remained
closed.
57. Qualifications for the appointment of medical practitioner as
Section 42 (1) medical officer in relation to establishment.- Following shall be the
qualifications for the appointment of medical practitioner as medical officer in
relation to factory, mines, plantation, motor transport undertakings and in any
other establishments namely:-
(i) Should possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in the
National Medical Commission Act, 2019, (Central Act No. 30 of 2019)
and should be enrolled on the National Register as defined in clause (m)
of section 2 or on the State Register as defined in clause (v) of section 2
of the aforesaid Act; and
(ii) in respect of factory carrying hazardous process or dangerous operations,
in addition to the qualifications mentioned in clause (i), a person should
possess a certificate of Training in Industrial Health of minimum three
months duration recognised by the State Government or should possess
a diploma in Industrial Health or equivalent.
58. Dangerous occupations or processes for medical examination.-
Section 42 (2) (a) Following shall be the dangerous occupations or processes for the purposes of
medical examination and certification, namely:-
(i) operations declared dangerous under section 82 of the Code;
(ii) factories carrying hazardous process as per Schedule 1 of the Code;
(iii) treatment of Biomedical waste;
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(iv) sewerage treatment;
(v) solid waste management;
(vi) marble cutting;
(vii) ready mix concrete;
(viii) hot mix concrete;
(ix) working at height;
(x) operation of crane or heavy duty machinery; or
(xi) such other ocuupation or process as may be notified by the State
Government from time to time, to be dangerous.
59. Medical Examination and certification of adolescent.- (1) A medical
Section 42 (2) (c)
officer shall, on the application of any adolescent or his parent or guardian
accompanied by a document signed by the employer of an establishment that
such person will be employed therein if certified to be fit for work in an
establishment, or on the application of the employer of the establishment in
which any adolescent wishes to work, examine such person and ascertain his
fitness for work in an establishment.
(2) The medical officer, after examination, may grant to such adolescent, in
Form-30, or may renew, a certificate of fitness to work in an establishment as
an adolescent, if he is satisfied that the adolescent has completed his fourteenth
year, has attained the prescribed physical standards and is fit for such work;
Provided that unless the medical officer has personal knowledge of
the place where the adolescent proposes to work and of the manufacturing
process in which he will be employed, he shall not grant or renew a certificate
under this sub-rule until he has examined such place.
(3) A certificate of fitness granted or renewed under sub-rule (2),
(a) shall be valid only for a period of twelve months from the date thereof;
(b) may be made subject to conditions with regard to the nature of the work
in which adolescent may be employed, or requiring re-examination of the
adolescent before the expiry of the period of twelve months.
(4) A medical officer shall revoke any certificate granted or renewed under
sub-rule (2), if in his opinion the holder of it is no longer fit to work in the
capacity stated therein in an establishment.
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(5) Where a certificate under this rule with reference to any adolescent is
granted or renewed subject to such conditions as are referred to in sub-rule
(3), the adolescent shall not be required or allowed to work in any
establishment, except in accordance with those conditions.
(6) A fee of rupees one thousand shall be payable for a certificate under this
rule and must be paid by the employer and shall not be recoverable from the
adolescent, his parents or guardian.
(7) Fee required under sub-rule (6) shall be paid on portal and shall be credited
to the treasury in the Head as may be specified by the State Government from
time to time.
(8) Medical Officer shall maintain record of examinations under this rule in
Form-31.
CHAPTER VIII
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF
WOMEN
Section 43 60. Conditions relating to safety, holidays and working hours or any
other condition to be observed by the employer.- Women employees
with their consent may be employed before 6:00 AM and beyond 7:00 PM
subject to the following conditions, namely:-
(a) it shall be the duty of the employer to prevent or deter the commission of
acts of sexual harassment and to provide the procedures for the resolution,
statement or prosecution of acts of sexual harassment by taking all steps
required;
(b) the employer shall take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment;
(c) in case of any criminal case, the employer shall initiate appropriate action
in accordance with the penal law without delay and also ensure that victims or
witnesses are not victimised or discriminated while dealing with the complaints
of sexual harassment and wherever necessary, at the request of the affected
worker, shift or transfer the perpetrator, if circumstances warrant. The employer
shall take appropriate disciplinary action if such conduct amounts to misconduct
in employment;
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itself and the said mechanism shall ensure time-bound treatment of complaints.
Such mechanism should be at any rate to provide, when necessary, a Complaint
Committee, a special counsellor or other support services including the
maintenance of confidentiality;
(e) such Complaint Committee shall be headed by a woman and not less
than half of its members shall be women, besides a non-governmental
organisation's representation in the Committee. Such person shall be familiar
with the issues of sexual harassment;
(f) the women employees shall be allowed to raise issues of sexual harassment
in the employees' meeting and other appropriate forum;
(g) the women employees shall be made aware of their rights in particular
by prominently notifying the guidelines on the subject;
(h) wherever there is a harassment at the instance of a third party, either by
an act or omission, the employer and person in charge of the establishment
shall take all steps necessary and reasonable to assist the affected persons in
terms of support and preventive action;
(i) the employer shall provide proper lighting not only inside the establishment,
but also surroundings of the establishment and to all places where the women
employees may move out of necessity in the course of such shift;
(j) the employer shall see that the women employees are employed in a
batch not less than ten and the total of the women employees employed in a
night shift shall not be less than 2/3rd of the total strength;
(k) sufficient women security shall be provided during the night shift at the
entry as well as exit points;
(l) sufficient number of work sheds shall be provided for the female
employees to arrive in advance and also leave after the working hours;
(m) separate canteen facility shall be provided for the female employees;
and
(n) separate transportation facility shall be provided wherever transportation
is provided by the employer or the occupier of the establishment;
(o) apart from the facilities, which are permissible under the Code, an
additional holiday shall be permitted for the women employees during their
menstruation period, which shall be a paid holiday for the night shifts;
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(p) the establishment shall provide appropriate medical facilities and also
make available at any time of urgency by providing necessary telephone
connections and where more than hundred women employees are employed
in a shift, a separate vehicle shall be kept ready to meet the emergent situation
such as hospitalisation, whenever there is a case of injury or incidental acts of
harassment etc;
(q) wherever the establishment provides boarding and lodging arrangements
for the women employees, the same shall be kept exclusively for the women
under the control of women wardens or supervisors;
(r) during night shift not less than 1/3rd-of strength of the supervisors or
shift-in-charge or foreman or other supervisory staff shall be women;
(s) there shall be not less than twelve consecutive hours of rest or gap between
the last shifts and the night shift whenever a woman employee is changed
from day shift to night shift and also from night shift to day shift;
(t) in other respects, the provisions of the Code and the rules of other statutory
provisions with respect to the hours of work and the payment of equal
remuneration and all other labour legislations shall be followed by the employer;
(u) the employer shall appoint not less than two female wardens per night
shift who shall go on round and work as Special Welfare Assistants;
(v) the women employees who work in night shifts and regular shifts shall
have a monthly meeting through their representatives with the employer once
in eight weeks as grievance day and the employer shall try to comply with all
just and reasonable grievances;
(w) the employer shall be at liberty to employ women employees as a whole
or in part during night shift, provided that the above directions are complied
with;
(x) the employer shall send a fortnightly report to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator
under the Code about the details of women employees engaged during night
shifts and shall also send express report whenever there is some untoward
incident to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and local Police station as well; and
(y) the area Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall strictly enforce the conditions
and make it a point to take note of the non-compliance in their inspection from
time to time.
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CHAPTER-IX
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTRACT LABOUR AND
INTER-STATE MIGRANTS
PART-I
Section 47 (3) 61. Conditions in respect of contract labour.- The licence issued under
sub section (1) of section 47 shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:-
(i) The licence shall be non-transferable;
(ii) except as provided in these rules, the fees paid for the grant, or as the
case may be, for renewal of the licence shall be non-refundable;
(iii) the rates of wages payable to the workers by the contractor shall as per
the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act No. 29 of 2019) and rules made there
under;
(iv) in case where the worker employed by the contractor performs the same
or similar kind of works as the worker directly employed by the employer of
the establishment, the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and other conditions
of service of the workers of the contractor shall be the same as applicable to
the workers directly employed by the employer of the establishment on the
same or similar kind of work;
(v) in every establishment where the number of workers are ordinarily
employed as contract labour is fifty, there shall be provided the facility of
crèche in accordance with rules made under sub-section (3) of section 24;
(vi) the licencee shall notify any change in the number of workers or the
conditions of work to the designated authority;
(vii) a copy of the licence shall be displayed prominently at the premises where
the contract work is being carried on; and
(viii) the contractor shall be liable to comply with the relevant provisions of the
Code.
Section 48 (1) 62. Issue of licence for contractor.- (1) Application for issuing license
shall be made in Form-32 to the designated authority on Portal.
(2) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall also be accompanied
by the security and fees at the rates specified in the Schedule given below:-
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SCHEDULE
Number of workers to be Fee for license Security to be engaged/employed by contractor deposited Up to 100 5000 50000 101-150 10000 100000 151-200 15000 150000 201-250 20000 200000 251-500 25000 250000 501-750 30000 300000 751-1000 40000 400000 1001-1500 50000 500000 1501-2000 60000 600000 Above 2000 75000 750000
(3) Payments as required under sub-rule (2) shall be paid through portal
which shall be credited to the treasury in the head of account as may be
specified by the State Government from time to time.
(4) After receiving application on portal, the designated authority shall issue
license in Form-33 within a period of forty five days specifying the conditions
laid down in rule 61.
Section 48 (3) 63. Renewal of license for contractor.- (1) Every contractor to whom a
license is issued under rule 62 shall make an application for renewal to the
designated authority on portal in the Form-32 thirty days before the expiry of
license.
(2) The designated authority shall renew the license in Form-33 within thirty
days from the date of receipt of application.
Section 48 (3) 64. Amendment of license for contractor.- (1) Every contractor to whom
license is issued under rule 62 or 63 shall make an application for any amendment
to the designated authority on portal in the Form-34 before any change or
within three days from such change.
(2) The fee for the amendment of a licence shall be rupees five hundred
rupees plus the amount of difference of security and fee required as per the
schedule under Rule 62.
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(3) After receiving application on portal, the designated authority shall amend
and issue the license to contractor in Form-33 within a period of three days.
Section 48
65. Late fee for license.- If the application for renewal or amendment is
not received within the time specified in sub-rule (1) of rules 63 and 64, a fee
of twenty five per cent in excess of the fee ordinarily payable for the licence
shall be payable on Portal.
66. Responsibility of contractor.- (1) A contractor shall be responsible for
Section 48 (4)
payment of wages to each worker employed by him as contract labour and
such wages shall be paid before the expiry of such period as prescribed under
rules made by the appropriate Government under the Code on Wages, 2019
(Central Act No. 29 of 2019).
(2) Every employer shall nominate a representative duly authorised by him
to be present at the time of disbursement of wages by the contractor and it
shall be the duty of such representative to certify the amounts paid as wages.
(3) It shall be the duty of the contractor to ensure the disbursement of wages
in the presence of the authorised representative of the employer.
(4) In case the contractor fails to make payment of wages within the period
specified in the Code on Wages, 2019 or makes short payment, then the
employer shall be liable to make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance
due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed by the contractor and
recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from any
amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by
the contractor.
(5) It shall be the duty of the contractor to look after the welfare of the
worker.
(6) It shall be the duty of the contractor to comply with the provisions of the
Code.
Section 48
67. Register of contractors.- A register of contractors shall be maintained
by the designated authority in Form-35 to whom license is issued under rules
62, 63 and 64.
Section 50 (1) 68. Intimation of work.- Every contractor, fifteen days before the
commencement of work, shall inform electronically in Form-36 to the Chief
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Facilitator of the area under which establishment is situated from which
contractor got work-order.
69. Manner of suspending or cancelling the Licence of contractor.-
Section 50 (2) Whenever it comes to the knowledge of the designated authority that any
contractor has not given intimation as required under sub-section (1) of section
50, it may start the proceeding to cancel or suspend the license within two
days of such knowledge and the following procedure shall be followed for
suspension or cancellation of license, namely:-
(a) the designated authority shall issue a show cause notice to the
contractor, electronically or otherwise, to explain his conduct;
(b) the contractor shall reply to the notice given under clause (a) within
twenty four hours from the time of receipt of such notice; and
(c) The designated authority shall examine such reply within the next
thirty six hours from the time of receipt of such reply and shall pass
speaking orders.
70. Refund of security.- (1) On expiry of the period of licence the contractor Section 48 and 55 (4) may, if he does not intend to have his licence renewed, make an application to
the designated authority for the refund of the security deposited by him under
rule 62.
(2) The designated authority shall, if it is satisfied that there is no breach of
the conditions of licence or there is no order under sub-section (4) of section
55, refund the security made to the contractor within thirty days from receipt
of application under sub-rule (1).
(3) If there is any order of making payments under sub-section (4) of section
55, the amount to be paid shall be deducted from the security deposit, and
balance, if any, refunded to the contractor.
(4) Record of security shall be maintained in Form-37.
71. Period of wages for contract labour.- It shall be the duty of every Section 55 (1) contractor to pay the wages to the contract labour as per the provisions of the
Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act No. 29 of 2019) and rules made there,
under by the appropriate Government.
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contractor may opt for any other mode subject to the following conditions,
namely:-
(i) establishment where contract labour is employed is at a distance of not
less than one kilometre from nearest bank;
(ii) there is no automated teller machine within the radius of one kilometre of
the establishment;
(iii) there is network hassle in the area;
(iv) When more than thirty three percent of total contract labour is not familiar
with banking transactions;
(1) The principal employer as well the contractor shall inform the
concerned Inspector-cum-Facilitator opting for a mode, other than
the mode (s) specified in sub-section (2) of section 55.
(2) The contractor shall prepare details of payment made through any
other mode and send a copy of the same to the principal employer
and the concerned Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
Section 55 (4) 73. Manner of payment of wages from security deposit.- In case the
contractor does not pay the wages to the contract labour employed by him and
principal employer has made due payments to the contractor,
(i) the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall prepare the details of payment
to be made and send the same to the designated authority to release
the payments from the security deposited by the respective
contractor;
(ii) the designated authority shall transfer the amount to the Inspector-
cum-Facilitator;
(iii) the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall disburse the amount among
contract labour and furnish details to the designated authority; and
(iv) the designated authority shall make entries in register to be maintained
in Form-37.
Section 56
74. Experience certificate to contract labour.- The contractor shall issue
an experience certificate to each person employed by adhering to the following
key points, namely:-
(i) must be on letter head of contractor;
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(ii) date of issue of certificate;
(iii) salutation or declaration "TO WHOM SOEVER IT MAY
CONCERN";
(iv) name of employee as per record;
(v) period of employment (from the date of joining to date of relieving);
(vi) designation or position;
(vii) remarks; and
(viii) seal and signature of contractor.
75. Form and manner of making application.- (1) The aggrieved party Section 57 (2) shall make an application in the Form-38 to the State Government.
(2) The State Government shall refer the matter, within seven days, to the
designated authority.
(3) The designated authority shall examine the matter within fifteen days from
the date of receipt.
(4) The designated authority shall submit report, within next two days, to the
State Government.
(5) The State Government shall pass an order within seven days from the date
of receipt of report.
PART-II
INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKERS
76. Journey allowance.- (1) The employer shall pay to every inter-State Section 61 migrant worker employed in his establishment, in a year a lump sum amount of
fare for to and fro journey to his native place from the place of his employment
based on the following conditions, namely:-
(i) the minimum service of the worker entitled for journey allowance
shall be one hundred and eighty days;
(ii) the journey allowance shall be provided for minimum second class
fare by train or bus; and
(iii) The employer shall pay a lump sum amount of one hundred rupees
per family member per day for the period of travel of the worker (if
family is staying with him at the location of his workplace) for food
during the journey.
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(2) the employer shall maintain a register of journey allowance in Form-39.
Section 63
77. Toll free help line number.- (1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator
shall establish a toll free number for inter-State migrants.
(2) A record of calls on toll free number shall be maintained in the format as
may be specified by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
Section 64
78. Manner of providing for study of inter-State migrant workers.-
The study of Inter-State Migrant workers may be conducted by any reputed
institution through its research scholars with or without the funding from State
Government.
PART-III
AUDIO-VISUAL WORKERS
79. Format of agreement.- The agreement to be entered into between the
Section 66 (2) (a)
producer and the employee of audio-visual programme as envisaged in clause
(a) of sub-section (2) of section 66 shall be in Form-40.
Section 66 (3) 80. Submission of agreement.- The copy of agreement shall be forwarded
by the producer of the audio-visual programme to the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator and the Inspector-cum-Facilitator concerned.
81. Dispute resolution Mechanism.- (1) There shall be a district level
Section 66 (4) (vii)
dispute resolution committee in each district to resolve the dispute arising out
of an agreement between the parties.
(2) The committee referred to in sub-rule (1) shall consist of the following,
namely:-
(i) Deputy Director of Factories,: Chairman
(ii) Assistant Labour Commissioner,: Member
(iii) Representative of Employee's Provident Fund Organisation,: Member
(iv) A social worker to be nominated by the Labour Commisioner, Punjab
(v) One eminent advocate to be nominated by the Labour Commisioner,
Punjab
(vi) Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer; : Convenor
(3) The District level committee on receiving a reference shall start conciliation
within three days from the date of such receipt.
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(4) The District level committee for resolving the dispute may hold a meeting
of the representatives of both parties jointly or of each party separately in the
office of the Chairman.
(5) The District level committee shall conduct the proceedings expeditiously
and decide the reference within forty five days from the date of start of
conciliation.
(6) The proceedings of dispute resolution shall be maintained by the concerned
Chairman.
PART-IV
BEEDI AND CIGAR WORKERS
82. License to use place or industrial premises for beedi and cigar
Section 74 (2) work.- (1) Any person who intends or allows to use any place or premise for
beedi or cigar work shall submit an application in Form-58 on portal for the
grant of license alongwith fee specified in Schedule-II under rule 149.
(2) A licence in Form-59 shall be granted by the authority designated under
section 119.
Section 74 (3) 83. Plan of place or industrial premises for beedi and cigar work.- The
plan of place or industrial premises to be used for beedi and cigar work shall be
as per the provisions of rules 86-94 of these rules.
Section 74 (6) 84. Renewal of licence for beedi and cigar work.- (1) A licence granted
under rule 82 shall be renewed by the authority designated under section 119.
(2) Every application for renewal of the licence shall be made on portal in
Form-58, along with fees specified in sub-rule (3), for a period of one year or
any further period up to five years, as the case may be, and shall be submitted
in accordance with sub-section (6) of section 74.
(3) The fees for renewal of licence for one year shall be the same as for the
grant thereof. In case an application for renewal has been made for a period
of one year or any number of years up to five years, the renewal fees shall be
number of years multiplied by the fees payable for renewal of licence for one
year, as specified in Schedule II under rule-149:
Provided that if the application for renewal, compete in all respects, is
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only on payment of a additional fee of twenty-five percent of the fees ordinarily
payable for the renewal of a licence for one year, for which the application has
been received late.
Section 74 (6) 85. Timeline for renewal or refusal to renew licence.- The authority
designated under section 119 shall renew or refuse to renew the license within
thirty days from the date of receipt of application for renewal.
PART-V
FACTORIES
Section 79
86. Submission of plans of factory.- (1) The State Government or the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require for the purposes of the Code,
submission of plans of building/structure/premises to be taken in use as a factory
which was either in existence on the date of commencement of the Code or
which had been constructed or extended since then.
(2) No building shall be constructed or shall be taken into use as a factory
unless plans in respect of such building are approved by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator.
(3) No additions or alterations or extensions in the existing factory shall be
made, except those specified in the Schedule given below and unless such
additions, alterations or extensions are approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator.
SCHEDULE
Serial No. Type of additions or alterations or extensions
1. Boundary Wall upto height of 4 Feet.
2. Rooms/Cabins to be used for clerical/managerial/Pantry purposes.
3. Security picket/ Guard Rooms
4. Sheds for Vehicle Parking
5. Canopies for Generator Sheds
6. Balcony/Chajjas.
7. Changes in Outer Gates.
8. Rooms to be used for Residential Purposes.
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Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator on portal along with the following
documents/forms, namely:-
(a) letter of allotment from the concerned agency which has developed
the industrial area or focal point or industrial park, if the factory is
situated in the industrial area or focal point or industrial park;
(b) letter regarding classification of land from the department of Town
and Country Planning, Punjab, if the site does not fall in the industrial
area or focal point or industrial park;
(c) particulars of rooms in Form-42;
(d) details of manufacturing process showing raw materials or by-
products or end product along with the quantity or capacity;
(e) list of chemicals to be used or stored or produced along with quantity;
(f) details of cess paid; and
(g) such other document as the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may
require.
(5) Every person applying under this rule shall appoint a person declared as
competent person under the Code for drawing of building plans or
structural drawings and for issuing the stability certificate of the building.
(6) The applicant and the competent person shall sign the application, plans,
structural drawings, specifications and the certificates as required in the
relevant forms and documents, before making submission.
(7) All dimensions in the plan shall be indicated in metric units.
(8) Colourings of plans shall be as under:-
Serial Item Site and Building Plan
No.
(on white background)
I Plot line Thick Black
II Building lines Thin Black
III Open space No colour
IV Construction to be approved Blue filled in
V Work proposed to be demolished Yellow filled in 708
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VI Proposed construction Brown filled in
VII Drainage & sewerage work Red dotted
VIII Water supply Green dotted
IX Already approved construction Orange filled in
X Revised/Altered building Pink filled in
XI Fire escapes Orange dotted
XII Any other Purple dotted
(9) The site plan to be sent along with the application shall be drawn to a
scale of 1: l00 for plots upto five hundred square meter in size and on a
scale of 1:500 for plots above five hundred square meter in size. This site
plan shall show the following:-
(a) boundaries of the site and any contiguous features;
(b) direction of the north point relative to the site;
(c) streets or roads adjoining the site with their width clearly dimensioned
and names, if any;
(d) area calculations, such as ground coverage, floor area ratio, parking
calculations, any other relevant calculations, as required;
(e) disposal of waste water, sewerage and storm water or storage of
hazardous waste;
(f) details of buildings or drains or structures or physical features falling
within five hundred meters of factory;
(g) prominent urban service points above or underground (like sewer
or water pipes, gas pipeline, transformers, electric poles or lines,
phone distribution boxes, etc.) within five hundred metres area; and
(h) such other particulars, as may be required by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator.
(10) The application shall consist of building plans, sections and elevations
shall be drawn to the scale 1: 100 and shall include,
(a) floor plans of all the floors together with covered area clearly
indicating the size and spacing of all framing members, sizes of
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fire-escapes, position and size of plant or machinery or equipment,
drinking water points, details of urinals or latrines, roof materials,
washing facilities or detrenching facilities, space for storing or drying
of clothes, crèche, rest-rooms, mess-rooms, canteens, ambulance
room or occupational health centre;
(b) one section from front showing the height of the building or room;
(c) one section through the staircase;
(d) the schedule indicating the size of the doors, windows, openings
and other methods of ventilation of each room or area;
(e) provision for differently-abled person, photovoltaic solar power plant,
rain water harvesting system wherever required.
Section 79 87. Approval of plans of factory.- On receiving an application on portal, if
the Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that the plans, forms and documents
are in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the rules made
thereunder, he may forward the application to the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator for acceptance or may raise the observations and thereafter, forward
the same to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator for consideration and further
action. The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator after being satisfied shall either
approve the plans or agreeing with the report of the Inspector-Cum-Facilitator,
return the application to the applicant for resolving the observations raised:
Provided that plans shall not be deemed to have been submitted till
such time, as they are resubmitted duly modified and corrected.
88. Stability Certificate.- (1) No manufacturing process shall be carried on Section 79 in any building or part thereof (whether newly constructed, re-constructed,
altered, repaired or extended) as a factory or increase in machinery or change
in process in any existing factory until a Certificate of Stability in Form-43 in
respect thereof, has been accepted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(2) The Certificate of Stability shall be signed by the competent person and
the occupier jointly, along with the tests and analysis reports relating to stability.
(3) The occupier shall submit the Certificate of Stability to the Inspector-
cum-Facilitator on portal. On receiving the application on portal, if the Inspector-
Cum-Facilitator, is satisfied that the Certificate of Stability and attached
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the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator for acceptance or may raise the observations
and thereafter, forward the same to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator for
consideration and further action. The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator after
being satisfied shall, either accept the Certificate of Stability or agreeing with
the report of the Inspector-Cum-Facilitator, return the application to the applicant
for resolving the observations raised.
(4) The Stability Certificate accepted under this rule shall be valid for five
years from the date of acceptance.
Section 79
89. Pre-approved plans.- Plans which have already been approved by the
Chief Inspector of Factories under the Factories Act, 1948 before the coming
into force of these rules, shall be deemed to have been approved under these
rules.
Section 79
90. Validity period of approval.- Every approval for the proposed building
plan shall become null and void, if no construction is started within one year
from the date of such approval.
Section 79
91. Revocation of approval.- The approval granted under these rules may
be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, if it is found that such
approval has been obtained by the occupier or manager by misrepresentation
of material facts or fraudulent document have been submitted along with the
application or otherwise or the majority of construction is not being done in
accordance with the approval granted.
Section 79
92. Maintenance of register for building plans.- The chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator shall maintain an online E-register in Form-44 for all building
plan applications received, permissions given or deemed to have been given or
refused or returned under these rules.
Section 79
93. Specifications of rooms.- (1) The internal height of a work room shall
be not less than 4.25 meters measured from the floor level to the lowest part of
the roof and if the roof is of corrugated iron which is neither covered with tiles
nor has an inner ceiling or lining of heat-resisting material with an air space of
at least 10 centimeters between it and the corrugated iron, the internal height
shall be not less than 5 meters:
Provided that in the case of building having a brick or concrete
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approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator:
Provided further that in case of factories employing less than one
hundred workers, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, where he is satisfied
that the conditions of work are reasonably good, exempt such factories from
the provisions of this sub-rule:
Provided further that the provisions of this sub rule shall not apply
to rooms intended for storage, godowns and like purposes and also rooms
intended solely for office purposes where only clerical work is done.
(2) There shall be provided at all times for each person employed in any
room of a factory where mechanical or electrical power is used, at least 36
square feet (3.35 square meter) of floor space exclusive of that occupied by
machinery and a breathing space of at least 500 cubic feet (14 cubic meter).
(3) The rooms of the factory shall meet the standards on lighting, over-
crowding, ventilation, fire-exits, latrines/urinals, drinking water, rest-room,
crèche, canteen, ambulance room etc. as may be prescribed by the Central
Government from time to time.
Section 79 94. Processing fee for building plans.- (1) Processing fee, in respect of
building plans, at the rate of rupees 2.80 per square feet shall be paid along
with the application,-
(a) if factory is on ground floor, on total plot area; and
(b) if factory is having floors, on total covered area or total plot area, whichever
is more.
(2) Processing fee to be paid under sub-rule (1) shall be paid on portal in
such manner as may be specified and shall be credited to the "HEAD" as may
be specified by the State Government from time to time.
95. Prohibition of running a factory without a valid licence.- (1) No
Section 79 occupier shall use any premises as a factory or carry on any manufacturing
process in a factory, unless a licence has been issued in respect of such premises
and is in force for the time being.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of the occupier of the factory to get a valid
license.
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submit an application in Form-58 on portal for the grant of license.
(2) A licence for a factory shall be granted in Form-59 by the designated
authority on payment of fees specified in Schedule-I under rule 149.
97. Amendment of factory licence.- (1) A licence granted under sub-rule
Section 79
(2) of rule 96 may be amended by the designated authority.
(2) A licensee shall get the licence amended if;
(i) name of the factory is to be changed;
(ii) number of workers as specified in the licence are to be increased;
(iii) motive power specified in KilloWatts in the licence is to be increased; or
(iv) manufacturing process is to be changed.
(3) A licensee who desires to have his licence amended, shall submit an
application on portal in Form-58 stating the nature of the amendment three
days before such change or within three days from such change if the
circumstances were such that the licensee could not make application for
amendment.
(4) The fee for the amendment of a licence shall be five hundred rupees plus
the amount of difference of fee required as per Schedule-I under rule-149.
(5) If the designated authority fails to amend the license within fifteen days,
then such license shall be deemed to have been amended.
Section 79
98. Renewal of factory licence.- (1) A licence shall be renewed by the
designated authority.
(2) Every application for renewal of the licence shall be made on portal in
Form-58 together with fees for a period of one year or any further period up to
ten years and shall be submitted not less than thirty days before the date on
which the licence expires.
(3) The fees for renewal of licence for one year shall be the same as for the
grant thereof. In case an application for renewal has been made for a period
of one year or any number of years up to ten years, the renewal fees shall be
the number of years multiplied by the fees payable for renewal of licence for
one year, as specified in the Schedule-I under rule 149.
99. Transfer of factory licence.- (1) The holder of a licence may, at any
Section 79
time before the expiry of the licence, apply for permission to transfer his licence
to another person.
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(2) Such application shall be made on portal in Form-58. The designated
authority shall transfer the license after duly satisfying himself.
(3) A fee of one thousand rupees shall be charged for such transfer.
(4) If the designated authority fails to transfer the license within seven days,
then such license shall be deemed to have been transferred.
100. Procedure on death or disability of factory licensee.- If a licensee
Section 79 dies or becomes insolvent, the person carrying on the business of such licensee
shall make an application for the amendment of the licence under in his own
name for the unexpired portion of the original licence.
(2) No fee shall be charged for such change if application is made within
thirty days from date of death or insolvency.
Section 79 101. Late fee in relation to factory license.- If the application for renewal
or amendments as the case may be, is not received within the time specified in
sub-rule (3) of rule 97 or sub-rule (2) of rule 98 or sub-rule (2) of rule 100, then
an additional fee of twenty five percent of the fee ordinarily payable for the
licence shall be payable for such renewal or amendment.
Section 79 102. Payment of fees in relation to factory license.- The fees required
under rules 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100 shall be paid on portal. Such fee shall be
credited to the treasury in the head as may be specified by the State Government
from time to time.
103. Suspension of factory license.- The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator Section 79 or the designated authority with the approval of the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator, may after giving the licensee concerned, reasonable opportunity to
show cause against the proposed action, suspend any license, if he is satisfied
that the license was obtained by the licensee through fraud or by
misrepresentation of facts or any other reason to be specified, and on such
suspension of licence, the licensee shall not be entitled to the refund of the
license fee.
104. Liability of owner.- The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may through Section 80 an order specify the liability of the owner and occupier jointly or separately on
receiving the application from the occupier and owner of the factory:
Provided that in case the occupier or owner does not apply for the same,
both occupier and owner shall be liable for the common services and facilities.
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Section 82
105. Dangerous operations.- (1) The following operations when carried on
in any factory are declared to be dangerous operations:-
(i) manufacture of aerated water and processes incidental thereto;
(ii) electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by use of an electrolyte
containing acids, bases or salts of metals such as chromium, nickel, cadmium,
zinc, copper, silver or gold;
(iii) manufacture and repair of electric accumulators;
(iv) glass manufacture;
(v) grinding or glazing of metals;
(vi) manufacture and treatment of lead and certain compounds of lead;
(vii) generation of gas from dangerous petroleum;
(viii) cleaning, smoothening or roughening etc. of articles by a jet of sand,
metal shot, grit or other abrasive propelled by a blast of compressed air of
steam;
(ix) liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto;
(x) carrying on of certain processes of lead and lead material in Printing
Presses and Type Foundries;
(xi) chemical works;
(xii) manufacture of pottery and ceramics;
(xiii) compression of Oxygen and Hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of
water;
(xiv) manipulation of stone or any other material containing free silica;
(xv) 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;
(xvi) handling and manipulation of corrosive substances;
(xvii) use of ovens and driers in factories;
(xviii) manufacture or Manipulation of Carcinogenic intermediates;
(xix) process extracting vegetable oils from oil cakes in solvent extraction
plants;
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(xx) manufacture or manipulation of manganese and its compounds;
(xxi) protection against hazards of poisoning arising from benzene;
(xxii) carbon disulphide plants;
(xxiii) operations involving high noise levels;
(xxiv) manufacture or manipulation of dangerous pesticides;
(xxv) manufacture of rayon by viscose;
(xxvi) highly flammable liquids and flammable compressed gases;
(xxvii) operation in foundries;
(xxviii) textile machinery except used in jute mills;
(xxix) process of melting in induction furnace;
(xxx) wood working machinery;
(xxxi) rubber mills;
(xxxii) centrifugal machines;
(xxxiii) power presses;
(xxxiv) shears, slitters and guillottine machines;
(xxxv) thermic fluid heaters;
(xxxvi) manufacture of chromic acid or manufacture or recovery of the
bichromate of sodium, potassium or ammonium; and
(xxxvii) welding/cutting operation with the use of LPG/Acetylene/Argon.
(2) The provisions specified in the Schedules annexed hereto shall apply to
such class or description of factories wherein dangerous operations specified
in each Schedule are carried out.
(3) (a) For the medical examination of workers to be conducted by the
medical officer as required by the Schedules annexed hereto, the occupier of
the factory shall pay fee at the rate of one hundred rupees per examination of
each worker;
(b) the fee specified in clause (a) shall be exclusive of any charges for
biological, radiological or other tests which may have to be carried out in
connection with the medical examination. Such charges shall be payable by
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(c) the fees to be paid for medical examination shall be paid online through
portal which shall be credited to the treasury in the head of account as may be
specified by the State Government from time to time.
(4) Wherever a periodical medical examination has been prescribed under
the different Schedules, the occupier shall send a return in Form-45, to the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, so as to reach him on or before the 5th day of
every month in respect of medical examination of the workers conducted during
the preceding month.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Schedules annexed to this rule,
the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may issue order in writing to the occupier, directing
him to carry such measures, and within such time, as may be specified in such
order with a view to remove conditions dangerous to the health of the worker
or to suspend any process, where such process constitutes in the opinion of the
Inspector-cum-Facilitator imminent danger of poisoning or toxicity.
(6) Any register or record of medical examinations and tests connected
therewith required to be carried out, under any of the Schedule annexed hereto,
in respect of any worker, shall be kept readily available to the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator and shall be preserved till the expiry of a period of one year after
the worker ceases to be in employment of the factory.
(7) For the purpose of this rule "Medical Officer" means a qualified medical
practitioner having qualification as prescribed under rule 57 and recognised by
the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
SCHEDULE I
MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS AND PROCESSES
INCIDENTAL THERETO
1. Fencing of machines. – All machines for filling bottles or syphons shall
be so constructed, placed or fenced, as to prevent, as far as may be practicable,
a fragment of a bursting bottle or syphon form 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: -
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(b) suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the whole hand and arms
Provided that:-
(i) paragraph 2(1) shall not apply where bottles are filled by means of
an automatic machine so constructed that no fragment of a bursting
bottle can escape.
(ii) Where a machine is so constructed that only one arm of the bottler
at work up to 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 labelling bottles or syphons –
( 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 paragraph 2 of this schedule shall, while at work in
such processes, wear the face guards and gauntlets provided under the
provisions of the said paragraph.
SCHEDULE – II
ELECTROLYTIC PLATING OR OXIDATION OF METAL
ARTICLES BY USE OF AN ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING
ACIDS, BASES
OR SALTS OF METALS SUCH AS CHROMIUM, NICKEL,
CADMIUM, ZINC, COPPER, SILVER, GOLD ETC.
1. Definitions – For the purposes of this Schedule –
(a) "electrolytic process" means the electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal
articles by the use of an electrolyte containing acids ,bases or salts of metals
such as chromium, nickel, cadmium, zinc, copper, silver, gold, etc.
(b) "bath" means any vessel used for an electrolytic process or for any
subsequent process; and
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from a bath.
2. Exhaust draught
(1) an efficient exhaust draught shall be applied to every vessel in which
an electrolytic process is carried on.
(2) The 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.
(3) 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.
(4) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by competent
person, and any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall
be rectified as soon as practicable.
(5) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall
be kept in Form 50
3. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and adolescent – No
pregnant women or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work at a
bath.
4. Floor of workrooms – The floor of every workroom 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.
5. Protective devices –
(1) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good and clean condition the
following articles of protective devices 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 devices shall be worn by the persons concerned
(i) waterproof aprons and bibs; and
(ii) for persons actually working at a bath, loose fitting rubber gloves and
rubber boots or other waterproof footwear, and chemical goggles.
(iii) The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed
suitable accommodation for the storage and drying of protective devices.
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6. Water facilities –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained in good repairs for the use of all
persons employed in electrolytic process and processes incidental to it-
(a) a wash place under cover, with either-
(i) a trough with a smooth impervious surface filled with a waste pipe , and
of sufficient length to allow at least 60cms for every 5 persons employed at
any one time, and having a constant supply of water from taps or jets above
the trough at intervals of not more than 60cms, or
(ii) at least one wash basis for every five such persons employed at any one
time, fitted with a waste pipe and having a constant supply of water laid on.
(iii) a sufficient supply of clean towels renewed daily, and soap or other suitable
cleaning material.
(2) In addition to the facility in sub-paragraph 1, an approved type emergency
shower with eye fountain shall be provided and maintained in good working
order. Whenever necessary, in order to ensure continuous water supply, storage
tank of 1500 litres capacity shall be provided as a source of clean water for
emergency use.
7. Cautionary placard – A cautionary placard in the form specified below
and printed 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.
CAUTIONARY NOTICE
(Electrolytic Plating)
(i) Chemicals handled in this plant are corrosive and poisonous.
(ii) Smoking, chewing tobacco, eating food or drinking, in this area is
prohibited. No food stuff or drink shall be brought in this area.
(iii) Some of these chemicals may be absorbed through the skin and
may cause poisoning.
( iv) A good wash shall be taken before meals.
(iv) Protective devices supplied shall be used while working in this area.
(vi) Spillage of the chemicals on any part of the body or on the floor
shall be immediately washed away with water.
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(vii) All workers shall report for the prescribed medical tests regularly
to protect their own health.
8. Medical examination by the Medical officer – (1) Every worker
employed in the electrolytic processes shall be examined by a Medical officer
before his first employment Such examination shall include X-ray of the chest
and –
(a) in case of chromium plating include examination for nasal septum
perforation and test for chromium in urine
(b) in case of nickel platting, test for nickel in urine; and
(c) in case of cadmium plating, test for cadmium in urine and -2
macroglobulin in urine.
(2) No worker shall be employed in any electrolytic process unless certified
fit for such employment by the Medical officer.
(3) Every worker employed in the electrolytic processes shall be re-examined
by a Medical officer at least once in every year, except in case of the workers
employed in cadmium, chromium and nickel plating processes for whom this
examination shall be carried our once in every six months. Such re-examination
shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as
specified under sub-paragraph (1) excluding the X-ray of the chest which shall
not be required normally to be carried out earlier then once in three years.
(4) The medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. The record of examination and re-examinations carried
out shall be kept in the custody of the occupier of the factory. The record of
each examination carried out under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) including the
nature and the results of the tests, shall also be entered by the Medical Officer
in a health register in Form-47.
(5) The certificate of fitness and the health register shall be kept readily
available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(6) If at any time the Medical officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fit for employment in the electrolytic processes on the ground that
continuance therein would involve danger to the health of the worker, he shall
make a record of his findings in the said certificate and the health register. The
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which he considers that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes.
The person declared unfit in such circumstances shall be provided with alternate
placement facility unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical
officer in which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(7) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (6)
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 these processes.
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
lead; or to the repair on the premises, of any accumulator forming part of a
stationary 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. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent – No
pregnant women or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any
lead process or in any room in which the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or
pasting is carried on.
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 other processes :-
a. manipulation of raw oxide of lend;
b. pasting;
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c. drying of pasted plates;
d. formation with lead turning (tacking)necessarily carried on in connection
therewith ; and
e. melting down of pasted plates.
5. Air space – In every room in which a lead process is carried on, there
shall be at least 14.2 cubic meters of air space for each person employed
therein, and in computing this air space no height over 3.75 meters shall be
taken into account.
6. Ventilation – Every workroom shall be provided with inlets and outlets of
adequate size as to secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the
room.
7. Distance between workers in pasting room – In every pasting room
the distance between the centre of the working position of any paster and that
of the paster working nearest to him shall not be less than 1.5 meters.
8. Floor of workrooms –
(1) The floor of every room in which 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 obstructions 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 cleansed
daily after being thoroughly sprayed with water at a time when no other work
is being carried on in the room.
(3) In grid casting shops the floor shall be cleansed daily.
(4) Without prejudice to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (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 hose pipe.
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9. Work-benches – The work-benches at which any lead process is carried
on shall –
(i) have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition
(ii) be kept free from all materials or plant not required for, or produced
in the process carried out there at, and all such work-benches other
than those in grid casting shops shall be;
(a) cleaned daily either after being thoroughly damped or by means
of suction cleaning apparatus at the time when no other work
being carried on there at and
(b) all such work-benches in grid casting shops shall be cleaned
daily;
( iii) every work-bench used for pasting shall-
(a) be covered throughout with sheet lead and other impervious
material;
(b) be provided with raised edges;
(c) be kept constantly moist while pasting being carried on.
10. Exhaust draught- (1) The following provisions shall not be carried on
without the use of an efficient exhaust draught:-
(a) Melting of lead or material containing lead.
(b) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead unless done in an enclosed
apparatus so as to prevent the escape of dust into work-room.
(c) Pasting
(d) Trimming, brushing, filing or any other abrading or cutting or pasted
plates giving rise to dust.
(e) Lead burning other than-
(i) "tacking" in the formation room
(ii) Chemical burning for making of lead linings for cell cases carried
on in such a manner that the application of efficient exhaust is
impracticable.
Such exhaust draught shall be affected by mechanical means and shall
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reason so as to prevent it entering the air of any room in which persons works.
2. (a) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall
at least once in every six months be examined and tested by
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 tests
shall be kept in Form 50.
11. Fumes and gasses from melting pots – The products of combustion
produced in the heating of any melting pot shall not be allow to escape into a
room in which persons work .
12. Containers 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 accept when
dross is being deposited therein.
13. Container for lead waste – A suitable receptacle shall be provided in
every workroom in which old plates and waste material which may give rise to
shall be deposited.
14. Racks and shelves drying room – The racks and shelves provided in
any drying room shall not be more than 2.4 m from the floor and not more than
60 cm in width provided that as regards racks or shelves set or drawn from
both sides the total width shall not exceed 1.2 m .
Such racks and shelves shall be cleaned only after being thoroughly damped
unless so efficient suction cleaning apparatus is used for this purpose.
15. Medical examination by the Medical officer – (1) every worker
employed in a lead processes shall be examined by a Medical officer within 15
days of his first employment. Such examination shall include test for lead in
urine and blood, ALA in urine, haemoglobin content, 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.
(2) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every 3 calendar months and such re-
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tests specified in subparagraph(1) .
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub paragraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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
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.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
16. Protective clothing- protective clothing shall be provided and maintained
in good condition for all person employed in-
(a) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead
(b) Pasting
(c) The formation room And such clothing shall be worn by the person
concerned.
The protective clothing shall consist of a water-proof apron and water-
proof footwear; and also as required persons employed in the manipulation of
raw oxide of lead or in the pasting the head covering shall be washed daily.
17. Mess room – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all
persons employed in a lead process and remaining on the premises during the
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tables and benches.
The mess room shall placed under the charge of a responsible person
and shall be kept clean.
18. Cloak room- there shall be provided and maintained for the use of all
persons employed in a lead process-
(a) a cloak room for clothing put-off during working hours with adequate
arrangements for drying the clothes, if wet. Such accommodation shall be
separate from mess room.
(b) separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective clothing
provided as per sub-rule (16)
19. Washing facilities – (1) There shall be provided and maintained in a
cleanly state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed in a lead
process –
(a) a wash place with either –
(i) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe without
plug, and of sufficient length to allow at least 60 centimetres for every five
such persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water
from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres;
or
(ii) at least one wash basin for every five such persons employed at any one
time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a adequate supply of water
laid on.
(iii) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials renewed
daily, which supply in case of pasters and person employed in manipulation of
raw oxide of lead shall include a separate marked towel for each worker; and
iv) a sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleansing material and of nail
brushes.
(b) There shall in addition be provided means of washing in close proximity
to the rooms in which manipulation of raw oxide of lead or pasting is carried on
if required by notice in writing from the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
20. Time allowed for washing – Before each meal and before the end of
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be allowed for washing to each person employed in the manipulation of raw
oxide of lead or in pasting.
Provided that if there is be one basin or 60 centimetres of trough
for each such person, this paragraph shall not apply.
21. Facilities for bathing- sufficient bath accommodation to the satisfaction
of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be provided to all the persons
engaged in manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in pasting and a sufficient
supply of soap and clean towels.
22. Foods, drinks etc. Prohibited in work-rooms- no food, drink, pan
and supari or tobacco shall be consumed or brought by any worker into any
work-room in which any lead process is carried on.
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 be certificate in writing authorize 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 purpose of this schedule –
(a) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by
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, 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 soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated
as lead monoxide, five percent of the dry weight of the portion taken analysis.
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The method of treatment shall be as follows:-
A weighed quantity of the material which has been dried at 100 degrees
centigrade 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.
3. Exhaust draught – (1) The following processes shall not be carried on
except under an efficient exhaust draught or such other conditions as may be
approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator:-
(a) the mixing of raw materials to form a "Bator";
(b) the dry grinding, glazing and polishing of glass or any article of glass;
(c) all processes in which hydrofluoric acid fumes or ammonical vapours are
given off;
(d) all processes in the making of furnace moulds or "pots" including the
grinding or crushing of used "pots"; and
(e) All processes involving the use of a dry lead compound.
(2) (i) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by competent person, and
any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as
practicable.
(ii) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall
be kept in Form 50.
4. Prohibition relating to women and Adolescent – No woman or
adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the operations
specified in paragraph 2 or at any place where such operations are carried on.
5. Floor 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 :-
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(i) of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water;
(ii) maintained in sound condition; and
(iii) cleansed daily after being thoroughly spread with water at a time when
no other work is being carried on the room; and
(b) The work-benches shall –
(i) have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition, and
(ii) 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
thereat.
6. 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 workplaces shall be so enclosed in projecting hoods that openings
required for the 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.
7. Storage and transport of hydrofluoric acid – Hydrofluoric acid shall not
be stored or transported except in cylinders or receptacles made of lead or
rubber.
8. 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 sterilising
his blow pipe.
9. Food, drinks, etc., prohibited in workrooms – No food, drink, pan and
supari or tobacco shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any
room or workplace wherein any process specified in paragraph 2 is carried on.
10. Protective clothing – The occupier shall provide, maintain in good repair
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specified in paragraph 2 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.
11. Washing facilities – (1) There shall be provided and maintained in a
cleanly state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed in the
processes specified in paragraph 2
(2) a wash place 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 centimetres for every five
such persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water
from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres;
or
(3) at least one wash basin for every five such persons employed at any one
time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having an adequate supply of water
laid on or always readily available;
(4) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable material renewed
daily with sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleansing material and of
nail brushes; and
(5) a sufficient number of stand pipes with taps the number and location of
which shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
12. Medical Examination by Medical officer – (1)Every workers employed
in processes specified in paragraph 2 shall be examined by the Medical officer
within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include
pulmonary function tests and in suspected cases chest X-ray as well as tests
for lead and urine. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of first
employment in the factory unless certified for such employment by the Medical
officer.
(2) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by
the Medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re-
examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include
tests as specified in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
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shall been entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the
custody of the occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under subparagraph(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fir for employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance
therein would involve special danger to the health of 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. The
person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which the person affected shall be suitable rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
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 blocks 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 a grindstone or abrasive wheel;
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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.
Exception – (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 paragraph 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
2. 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.
3. Restriction on employment on grinding operations – Not more than
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upon a grindstone, abrasive wheel or glazing appliance:
Provided that this paragraph 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.
4. 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.
5. Hacking and rodding – Hacking or rodding shall not be done unless during
the process either an adequate supply of water is laid on at the upper surface
of the grindstone or adequate appliances for the interception of dust are provided
in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3.
6. Examination of dust equipment – (1) All equipment for the extraction or
suppression of dust shall at least once in every six months be examined and
tested by competent person, and any defect disclosed by such examination
and test shall be rectified as soon as practicable.
(2) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be
kept in Form-49.
7. Medical examination by the Medical officer – (1) every worker
employed in grinding or glazing of metal and processes incidental thereto shall
be examined by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such
examination shall include pulmonary function tests and in suspected cases
chest X-rays. 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 said processes shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every 12 calendar months. Such re-examination
shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as
specified in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraphs (1)and (2), including the nature and the results of the 734
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tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fit for employment in the said processes on the found that continuance
therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker he shall make
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. The
person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
10. Exemption – 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 in respect of any factory if owing to the
special methods of work or otherwise such relaxation or suspension is
practicable without danger to the health or safety of the persons employed.
SCHEDULE – VI
MANUFACTURE AND TREATMENT OF LEAD AND CERTAIN
COMPOUNDS OF LEAD
1. Exemption – Where the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is
satisfied that all or any of the provisions of this any factory from all
or any of such provisions, subject to such conditions as he may
specify. Schedule are not necessary for the protection of thepersons
employed, he may by certificate in writing exempt
2. Definitions – For this purpose 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 735
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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. 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.
The method of treatment shall be as follows:-
A weighed quantity of the material which has been dried at 100 degree
centigrade 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 precipitate as lead sulphate
and weighed as lead sulphate;
(b) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by
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, fume, or dusts
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
desilvering 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) the handling or mixing of lead tetra-ethyl;
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(f) any other operation involving the use of a lead compound; and
(g) The cleaning of workrooms where any of the operations aforesaid are
carried on.
4. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent – No pregnant
women or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the
operations specified in paragraph 3.
5. 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 there in are liable to be splashed with any lead compound in
the course of their employment unless the provisions of paragraphs 5 to 13 are
complied with.
6. Exhaust draught – (1) 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 to contrived as to operate on the dust, fume, gas or vapour as
closely as possible to the point of origin.
(2) (i) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by competent person, and
any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as
practicable.
(ii) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be
kept in Form 50.
7. Medical examination by the Medical officer – (1) every worker
employed in the operations referred to in paragraph 3 shall be examined by a
Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall
include pulmonary function tests for lead in blood and urine, ALA in urine.
haemoglobin content, stippling of cells and steadiness 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.
(2) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every 3 calendar months. Such re-examination
shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as
specified insub-paragraph (1).
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(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under subparagraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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
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. The
person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
8. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in workroom – No food, drink, pan and
supari or tobacco shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any
worker in any workroom in which the process is carried on and no person shall
remain in any such room during intervals for meals or rest.
9. Protective clothing – Suitable protective overalls and head coverage shall
be provided, maintained and kept clean by the occupier and such overalls and
head coverings shall be worn by the persons employed.
10. Cleanliness of workrooms, 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.
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use of all persons employed suitable washing facilities consisting of –
(a) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe, without
plug, and of sufficient length to allow of at least two feet for every five such
persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water from
taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres; or
(b) At least one wash-basin for every ten persons employed at any one time,
fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of clean water;
together with, in either case, a sufficient supply of nail brushes, soap or other
suitable cleansing material and clean towels.
(2) The facilities so provided shall be placed under the charge of a responsible
person and shall be kept clean.
12. Mess room or canteen – The occupier shall provide and maintain for
the use of the persons employed suitable and adequate arrangements for taking
their meals. The arrangements shall consist of the use of a room separate
from any workroom which shall be furnished with sufficient tables and benches,
and unless a canteen serving hot meals is provided, adequate means of warming
the food. The room shall be adequately ventilated by the circulation of fresh
air, shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept
clean.
13.Cloakroom – The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of persons
employed, suitable accommodation for clothing not worn during working hours,
and for the drying of wet clothing.
SCHEDULE – VII
GENERATING PETROL GAS FROM DANGEROUS
PETROLEUM
1. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent – No pregnant
woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in or shall be
allowed to enter any building in which the generation of gas from dangerous
petroleum is carried on.
2.Flame traps – The plant for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum
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
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possible. The plant and all pipes and valves shall be installed and maintained
free form leaks.
3.Generating building or room – All plants for generation of gas from
dangerous petroleum erected after the coming into force of the provisions
specified in this schedule, shall be erected outside the factory building proper
in a separate well ventilated building (hereinafter referred to as "generating
building"). In the case of such plants 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.
4. 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.
5. Plant to be approved by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator – gas from
dangerous petroleum shall not be manufactured except in a plant for generating
gas, the design and construction of which has been approved by the Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
6. Escape of dangerous petroleum – Effective steps shall be taken to
prevent dangerous petroleum from escaping into any drain or sewer.
7. 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
generation 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.
8. Access to dangerous petroleum or container – No unauthorized person
shall have access to any dangerous petroleum or to a vessel containing or
having actually contained dangerous petroleum.
9. Electric fittings – All electric fittings shall be of flameproof construction
and all electric conductors shall either be enclosed in metal conduits or be
lead-sheathed.
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10.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 a 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.
11.Repair of containers- No vessel that has contained dangerous petroleum
shall be repaired in a generating room or building and no repairs to any such
vessel shall be undertaken unless live steam 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 dangerous
petroleum 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
(BLASTING REGULATIONS)
1. Definitions – For the purposes of this schedule –
(a) "blasting" means cleaning, smoothing, roughening, or removing of any
part of the surface of any article by the use of an abrasive of a jet of sand,
metal shot, or grit or other material, propelled by a blast of compressed air or
steam ;
(b) "blasting enclosure" means a chamber, barrel, cabinet or any other
enclosure designed for the performance of blasting therein;
(c) "blasting chamber" means a blasting enclosure in which any person may
enter at any time in connection with any work or otherwise; and
(d) "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 smoothening of a casting, but does not include the free
treatment.
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free silica shall not be introduced as an abrasive into any blasting apparatus
and shall not be used for blasting :
Provided that this clause shall come into force two years after the
coming into operation of this schedule.
Provided further that no woman or adolescent shall be employed or
permitted to work at any operation of sand blasting.
3. Precautions in connection with blasting operations – (1) 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 kept
closed and air tight while blasting is being done therein.
(2) Maintenance of blasting enclosure: Blasting enclosure shall always be
maintained in good condition and effective measures shall be taken to prevent
dust escaping from such enclosure, and from apparatus connected therewith,
into the air of any room.
(3) Provision 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:
Provided that this clause shall not apply, except in the case of blasting
chambers, to blasting enclosures constructed or installed before the coming
into force of this schedule, if the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is of opinion
that it is not reasonably practicable to provide such separating apparatus.
(4) Provision of ventilating plant: 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 manner that it shall not escape into the air of any room; and 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,
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ventilated to the open air.
(5) Operation of ventilating plant: The ventilating plant provided for the
purpose of subparagraph(4) shall be kept in continuous operation whenever
the blasting enclosure is in use whether or not blasting is actually taking place
therein, and in the case of a blasting chamber, it shall be in operation even
when any person is inside the chamber for the purpose of cleaning.
4. Inspection and examination – (1) Every blasting enclosure shall be
specially inspected by a competent person at least once in every week in
which it is used for blasting. Every blasting enclosure, the apparatus connected
therewith and the ventilating plant shall be thoroughly examined and in the
case of ventilating plant, tested by a competent person at least once in every
month.
(2) Particulars of the result of every such inspection, examination or test
shall forthwith be entered in a register which shall be kept in a form approved
by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator 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 avoidable
delay.
5. Provision 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 in any work connected therewith
or in cleaning such a chamber, protective helmets of a type approved by a
certificate of the Chief Inspector-Cum-Facilitator; and every such person shall
wear the helmet provided for this 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 of not less 170 litres per minute.
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(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 or 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, all practicable measures shall be taken to prevent such
inhalation.
(2) In connection with any cleaning operation referred to in paragraph 5, and
with the removal of dust from filtering or settling 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. Storage accommodation for protective wear – Adequate and suitable
storage accommodation for the helmets, gauntlets and overalls required to be
provided by paragraph 5 shall be provided outside and conveniently near to
every blasting enclosure and such accommodation shall be kept clean. Helmets,
gauntlets and overalls when not in actual use shall be kept in this
accommodation.
8. Maintenance and cleaning of protective wear – All helmets, gauntlets,
overalls and other protective devices or clothings provided and worn for the
purposes of this schedule, shall be kept in good condition and so far as is
reasonably practicable shall be cleaned on every weekday in which they are
used. Where dust arising from the cleaning of such protective clothing or devices
is likely to be inhaled, all practicable measures shall be taken to prevent such
inhalation. Vacuum cleaners shall, wherever practicable, be used for removing
dust from such clothing and compressed air shall not be used for removing
dust from any clothing.
9. Maintenance of vacuum cleaning plant – Vacuum cleaning plant used
for the purpose of this schedule shall be properly maintained.
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years of age shall be employed in blasting or assisting at blasting or in any
blasting chamber or in the cleaning of any blasting apparatus or any blasting
enclosure or any apparatus or ventilating plant connected therewith or be
employed on maintenance or repair work at such apparatus, enclosure or plant.
(2) No person under 18 years of age shall be employed to work regularly
within twenty feet of any blasting enclosure unless the enclosure is in a room
and he is outside that room where he is effectively separated from any dust
coming from the enclosure.
11. Power to exempt or relax – (1) If the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is
satisfied that in any factory or any class of factory, the use of sand or other
substance containing free silica as an abrasive in blasting is necessary for a
particular manufacture or process (other than the process incidental or
supplemental to making of metal castings) and that the manufacture or process
cannot be carried on without the use of such abrasive or that owing to the
special conditions or special method of work or otherwise any requirement of
this schedule can be relaxed without endangering the health of the persons
employed or that application of any such requirements is for any reason
impracticable or inappropriate, he may, with the previous sanction of the State
Government, by an order in writing exempt the said factory or class of factory
from such provisions of this schedule, to such an extent and subject to such
conditions and for such period as may be specified in the said order.
(2) Where an exemption has been granted under sub-paragraph (1), a copy
of the order shall be displayed at a notice board at a prominent place at the
main entrance or entrances to the factory and also at the place where the
blasting is carried on.
12.Medical examination by the Medical officer – (1) every worker
employed in any of the processes to which this schedule shall be examined by
a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination
shall include pulmonary function tests and chest X-rays. 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 said processes shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every 12 calendar months and such re-
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pulmonary function test and chest X-ray once in every three years.
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under subparagraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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
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. The
person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
SCHEDULE – IX
LIMING AND TANNING OF RAW HIDES AND SKINS AND
PROCESSES INCIDENTAL THERETO.
1. Cautionary notices – (1) Cautionary notices as to anthrax in the form
specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator 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 in the form specified by the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be given to each person employed when
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calendar 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 contents of the notice
specified in subparagraphs (1), (2) and (4) and if chrome solutions are used in
the factory, the contents of the notice specified in sub-paragraph (3).
2. Protective clothing – The occupier shall provide and maintain in good
condition the following articles of protective clothing :-
(a) waterproof footwear leg coverings, 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;
(c) protective footwear, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes
involving the handling of hides and skins, other than in processes specified in
subparagraphs(a) and (b) above :
Provided that:-
(i) the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots may be of rubber or leather,
but the gloves and boots to be provided under sub-paragraphs (a)
and (b) shall be of rubber.
(ii) the gloves may not be provided to persons fleshing by hand or
employed in processes in which there is no risk of contact with
lime, sodium sulphide or other caustic liquor.
3. Washing facilities, mess room and cloakroom – There shall be provided
and maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all persons
employed –
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plug, and of sufficient length to allow of at least 60 centimetres for every five
such persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water
from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres;
or
(b) at least on 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; together with, in either case, a sufficient supply of nail brushes, soap or
other suitable cleansing material and clean towels;
(c) a suitable mess room, adequate for the number remaining on the premises
during the meal intervals, which shall be furnished with sufficient tables and
benches and adequate means for warming food and for boiling water. The
mess room shall –
(i) be separate from any room or shed in which hides or skins are
stored, treated or manipulated;
(ii) be separate from the cloakroom; and
(iii) be placed under the charge of a responsible person; and
(d) the occupier shall provide and maintain for use of all persons employed
suitable accommodation for clothing put off during working hours and another
accommodation for protective clothing and also adequate arrangements for
drying up the clothing in both the cases, if wet. The accommodation so provided
shall be kept clean at all times and placed under the charge of a responsible
person.
4. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in workrooms – No food, drink, pan and
supari or tobacco shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any
workroom or shed in which hides or skins are stored, treated or manipulated.
5. Medical Examination by Medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in shall be examined by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment.
Such examination shall include 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 said processes shall be re-examined by
the Medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re-
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tests as specified in subparagraph(1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form- 47. The record of examination and re-examination carried out
shall be entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the custody
of the occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried out
under sub-paragraph (1) and (2),including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fir 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. The
person so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which can the person affected shall be suitable rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
SCHEDULE – X
CARRYING ON OF CERTAIN PROCESSES OF LEAD AND LEAD
MATERIAL IN PRINTING PRESSES AND TYPE
FOUNDRIES
1. Exemption – 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 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.
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2. Definitions – For the purpose of this schedule –
(a) "lead material" means material containing not less than five per cent of
lead;
(b) "lead process" means –
(i) the melting of lead or any lead material for casting and mechanical
composing;
(ii) the recharging of machines with used lead material;
(iii) any other work including removal of dross from melting pots and cleaning
of plungers; and
(iv) Manipulation, movement or other treatment of lead material.
(c) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by head
or mechanical means for the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fumes so as to
prevent them 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.
3. Exhaust draught –
(1) None of the following processes shall be carried on except with an efficient
exhaust draught 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:-
(a) melting lead material or slugs; and
(b) Heating lead material so that vapour containing lead is given off.
Provided that the aforesaid processes may be carried on without efficient
exhaust draught if they are carried on in such a manner as to prevent free
escape of gas, vapour, fume or dust into any place in which work is being done
or is carried on in electrically-heated and thermostatically controlled melting
pots.
(2) 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.
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(3) (a) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by 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 tests shall be
kept in Form 50.
4. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent – No pregnant
woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any lead
process.
5. 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 processes :-
(a) melting of lead or any lead material;
(b) casting of lead ingots; and
(c) Mechanical composing.
6. 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 workroom near the machine
except when the dross is being deposited therein.
7. Floor of workroom – The floor of every workroom 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
(a) 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.
8. Mess room – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all
persons employed in a lead process and remaining on the premises during the
meal intervals, a suitable mess room which shall be furnished with sufficient
tables and benches.
9. Washing facilities – (1) There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly
state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed in a lead process –
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(i) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe without
plug, and of sufficient length to allow at least 60 centimetres for every five
such persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water
from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres;
or
(ii) at least one wash basin for every five such persons employed at any one
time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a adequate supply of water
laid on or always readily available; and
(b) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials renewed
daily, with a sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleansing material.
10. Medical examination by Medical officer – (1) Every worker employed in
a lead processes 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 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.
(2) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every six calendar months. Such re-examination
shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as
specified in sub- paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under subparagraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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 752
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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 is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
11. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in workrooms – No food, drink, pan and
supari or tobacco shall be consumed or brought by any worker into any workroom
in which any lead process is carried on.
12. The occupier shall provide to all persons employed in lead process two full
sleeve overall every year, arrange for their weekly washing and maintain these
in good condition. The person employed in such a process shall wear these
overall while engaged in such work.
SCHEDULE – XI
CHEMICAL WORKS
PART I
1. Application – This schedule shall apply to all manufacture and processes
incidental there to 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 per chlorate;
(e) "caustic" means hydroxide of potassium or sodium;
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(f) "chrome process" means the manufacture of chromate or dichromate of
potassium or sodium, OT 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) the term `permit to work' system means the compliance with the procedures
laid down under Para 20 of Part II;
(i) "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 is specified in Rule-
131exceeding the concentration specified therein would make the substance
toxic;
(j) "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;
(k) "dangerous chemical reactions" means high speed reactions, runaway
reactions, delayed reactions, etc. And are characterised by evolution of large
quantities of heat, intense release of toxic or flammable gases or vapours,
sudden pressure build-up etc.;
(l) "manipulation" means mixing, blending, filling, emptying, grinding, sieving,
drying, packing, sweeping, handling, using, etc.;
(m) "approved personal protective equipment" means items of personal
protective equipment conforming to the relevant ISI specifications or in the
absence of it, personal protective equipment approved by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator;
(n) "appropriate personal protective equipment" means that when the protective
equipment is used by the worker, he shall have no risk to his life or health or
body; and 754
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(o) "confined space" means any space by reason of its construction as well as
in relation to the nature of the work carried therein and where hazards to the
persons entering into or working inside exist or are likely to develop during
working.
PART II
General Requirements
Applying to all the works in Appendix `A'
1. Housekeeping –
(1) Any spillage of materials shall be cleaned up before further processing.
(2) Floors, platforms, stairways, passages and gangways shall be free of any
obstructions.
(3) There shall be provided easy means of access to all parts of the 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 purpose other than in the processes for which they are supplied.
3. Prohibition on the use of food to be specified clearly – No food, drink,
tobacco, pan or any edible item shall be stored or heated or consumed on or
near any part of the plant or equipment.
4. 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
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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 one month of their employment 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 pipe
lines.
5. Evaluation and provision of safeguards 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 products to be
made and any by-products derived during manufacture, shall be carefully studied
and 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-paragraph (1) should be sent to the Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator at the earliest but in no case less than 15 days before
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 take into consideration effective
safeguards against all the safety and health hazards so evaluated.
(4) The requirements under the sub-Paragraphs (1) (2) and (3) shall not act
in lieu of or in derogation to, any other provisions contained in any Act governing
the work.
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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.
7. 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 six months, by a competent person. 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.
8. 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 explosively etc. And shall confirm to the relevant
ISI specifications governing their construction and use for that area.
9. 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 these Rules.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the requirements in sub- Para (2)
above, the arrangements shall have suitable ventilation facilities and shall enable
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shall also take into consideration, the type of flooring and the capacity of flooring
and the compatibility requirements of substances with other chemicals stored
nearby.
(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 clause (a) are to be
exceeded, the permission of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be
obtained.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (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 substances quickly into the standby storage facility
if any defect develops in any of the container resulting in the release of toxic
substances.
(6) Any storage facility constructed using non-metallic material such as Fibre
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.
10. 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, the maintenance
and the health and safety personnel and these isolation facilities shall be checked
for its effectiveness once in a month.
11. 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
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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.
12. 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 system 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.
13. 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, culverts, and buried pipes and
equipment, to control the escape and spread or 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
to control the process in such a manner, that further escape is brought down to
the safe level.
(3) he 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.
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14. 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.
15. 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 procedures. In carrying out
the test 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 matters. 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 pyropheric 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;
(c) and 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) All parts of plant, equipment, machinery which is the likely event of failure
may give rise to an emergent situation shall be examined once in a month by
the competent person.
(3) Records of testing and examination referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall be maintained as long as that part of the plant, equipment and machinery
are in use.
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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, butt welding of joints shall be
preferred. Wherever necessary, the responsible person shall regulate the
aforesaid work through a 'Permit to work system'.
16. 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 Paragraph shall have
appropriate access which are safe and shall be fitted with proper hand rails to
a height of one metre and toe board.
17. 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.
18. 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;
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(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 neutralising 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 tests 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 hazards involved in the work. He
shall also keep in readiness the appropriate and approved personal
protective equipment including arrangements for, rescue resurrection and
first aid, and shall arrange supervision of the work at all times by a
responsible and knowledgeable person.
(f) The occupier shall maintain a log of all entry into or work in, confined
spaces 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 log
book so maintained shall be retained as long as the concerned workers
are in service and produces to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator when
demanded.
19. 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
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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.
20. Permit to work system – 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 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 fir in all respects taking into consideration the demands and nature,
of the work before entering into the confined space. Such person 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) appropriate and approved personal protective 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 regular process.
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21. 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.
22. 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 concentrations, which are either harmful or could result in explosion, are
not permitted to be built up in the work environment.
23. 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 outside help for rescue
and fire fighting 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) 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
Paragraphs 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 18, 22, and this paragraph of Part II, Part III, Part
IV and Part V of this Schedule.
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(6) 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.
(7) All the employees of the factory shall be trained about the action to be
taken by them including evacuation procedures during emergencies.
(8) All emergency procedures must be rehearsed every three months and
deficiencies, if any, in the achievement of the objectives shall suitably be
corrected.
(9) The occupier shall arrange to have ten percent of the workers trained in
the use of First Aid Fire Fighting appliances and in the rendering of specific
hazards of the particular process.
(10) The occupier shall furnish immediately on request the specific chemical
identity of the hazardous substance to the treating physician where the
information is needed to administer proper emergency or first-aid treatment to
exposed persons.
24. 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 Explosion 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 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 suitably protected.
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(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 no metal on them, and the wheels of
trucks or conveyors shall be conductive type.
(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, pipe lines 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 statics parking. Where necessary, humidity shall be regulated.
(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 take place.
3. Lightning protection – Lightening protection arrangement 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 arrangement shall be automatically controlled at a pre-determined
temperature below the danger temperature.
5. Leakage of flammable liquids –
(1) Provision shall be made to confine by means of bund walls, dykes, sumps
etc. Possible leakages from storage vessels containing flammable liquids.
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suitably under the supervision of knowledgeable and responsible person.
(3) Adequate and suitable fire-fighting appliances shall be installed in the vicinity
of such vessels.
6. Safety valves – Every still and every closed vessel 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 relieve the pressure. These
appliances shall be maintained in good condition.
7. Installation of pipe line etc – All pipelines carrying flammable or explosive
substances shall be protected from mechanical damage and shall be examined
by a responsible person once a week to detect any deterioration or defects, or
accumulation of flammable or explosive substances, and record kept of any
defects found and repairs made.
8. Fire fighting systems –
(1) Every factory employing 250 or more persons and carrying out processes
listed in Appendix `A' shall provide –
(a) Trained and responsible fire fighting squad so as to effectively handle the
fire fighting and life saving 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 be less than 8 such trained persons to be available
at any time. The squad shall consist of watch & ward personnel, fire pump
man and departmental supervisors and operators trained in the operation of
fire &emergency services.
(b) Squad leaders shall preferably be trained in a recognised government
institution and their usefulness enhanced by providing residence on the premises.
(c) Squad personnel shall be provided with clothing and equipment including
helmets, boots and belts.
(2) A muster roll showing the duties allocated to each member of the squad
shall be prepared and copies supplied to each leader as well as displayed in
prominent places so as to be easily available for reference in case of emergency.
(3) The pump man shall be thoroughly conversant with the location of all
appliances. He shall be responsible for maintaining all fire fighting equipment
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be brought to the notice of squad leader.
(4) As far as is practicable, the fire pump room and the main gate(s) of the
factory be connected to all manufacturing or storing areas through telephone
inter lined 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 as to prevent the escape of
toxic substance. Where necessary, separate buildings, rooms, or protective
structures shall e used for the dangerous stages of the process and buildings
shall be so designed as to localise any escape of toxic substances.
(2) Catch pits, bund walls, dykes, 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 collection
tanks 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 vessel or structure containing any toxic substance and not so
covered as to eliminate all reasonable risk of accidental contact of any portion
of the body of a worker, shall be so constructed as to avoid physical contact.
(2) Such vessel shall, unless its edge is at least 90 centimetres above the
adjoining ground or platform, be securely fenced to a height of at least 90
centimetres above such adjoining ground or platform.
(3) Where such vessels adjoin and the space between them, clear of any
surrounding brick or other work is either less than 45 centimetres in width or is
45 or more centimetres in width, but is not securely fenced on both sides to a
height of at least 90 centimetres, secure barriers shall be so placed as to prevent
passage between them :
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(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.
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 the 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 innocuous or otherwise treat them or
inactivate them, before disposal.
(4) 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 intro 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
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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 drying of the containers
in the store 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 places 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 to secure effective separation
from any other processes and under an efficient exhaust draught.
(2) There shall be washing facilities located very near to places where wet
chrome processes 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 in a form approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(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 perforation of nasal
septum.
3. Special precautions for processes carried out in all glass vessels –
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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 vessel.
(2) Any spillage or 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 surface made of non-combustible material. The place shall be
thoroughly cleaned daily.
(2) The personal protective equipment likes 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 precautions in the use of plant and equipment made from
reinforced plastics –
(1) All plant and equipment shall conform to appropriate Indian or any other
National Standard.
(2) Care shall be taken during storage, transport, handling and installation of
plant and equipment to avoid accidental damage.
(3) All plant 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 manufacture.
(4) All pipe work 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 plant and equipment shall be subjected to a pressure test
followed by a thorough examination by a competent person. The test and
examination shall be as per relevant Standard. A certificate of test and 771
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examination by a 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 Paragraph 15 in Part II of this Schedule
(7) Plant and equipment during their use shall not be subjected to over filling or
overloading beyond rated capacity.
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 persons, 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 No. of drenching showers
time
Upto 50 persons
2
Between 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 above 7 + 1 for every 200 persons 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.
2. Occupational health centre – In all the factories carrying out processes
covered in Appendix `A' there shall be provided and maintained in good order
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(1) For factories employing up to fifty workers –
(a) the services of a qualified medical practitioner hereinafter known as Factory
Medical Officer, available on a retainer ship 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 as stipulated in
paragraph 4 of this Part.
(b) A minimum of five persons trained in first aid procedures, amongst whom
at least one shall always be available during the working period.
(c) A fully equipped first aid box.
(2) For factories employing 51 to 200 workers –
(a) The occupational health centre shall have a room having a minimum floor
area of 15 sq.m., with floors and walls made of smooth, hard and impervious
surface and shall be adequately illuminated, ventilated and equipped.
(b) A part-time Medical Officer will be in over all charge of the Centre who
shall visit the factory minimum twice in a week and whose services shall be
readily available during emergencies.
(c) There shall be one qualified and trained dresser-cum-compounder on duty
throughout the working period.
(d) A fully equipped first aid box.
(3) For factories employing above 200 workers –
(a) There shall be one full-time Factory Medical Officer for factories employing
upto 500 workers and one more medical officer for every 1000 workers or
part thereof.
(b) The occupational health centre in this case shall have a minimum of 2
rooms each having a minimum floor area of 15 sq.m. with floors and walls
made of smooth, hard and impervious surface and shall be adequately
illuminated, ventilated and equipped.
(c) There shall be one trained nurse, one dresser-cum-compounder and one
sweeper-cum-ward boy throughout the working period.
(d) The Occupational Health Centre in this case shall be suitably equipped to
manage medical emergencies.
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3. Ambulance van –
(1) In every factory carrying out processes covered in Appendix `A', there
shall be provided and maintained in good condition, a suitably constructed and
fully equipped ambulance van as per Appendix `C' 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 unless arrangements for procuring
such facility at short notice during emergencies have been made with the
nearby hospital or other places. 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.
(2) The relaxation to procure Ambulance Van from nearby places provided for
in sub para (1) above will not be applicable to factories employing more than
500 workers.
4. Medical examination –
(1) Workers employed in processes covered in Appendix `A' shall be medically
examined by Medical Officer in the following manner –
i. Once before employment, to ascertain physical suitability of the person
to do the particular job;
ii. Once in a period of 6 months, to ascertain the health status of the worker,
and
iii The details of pre-employment and periodical medical examinations carried
out as aforesaid shall be recorded in the prescribed Form-46 and 47.
(2) Any finding of the Medical Officer revealing any abnormality or unsuitability
of any person employed in the process shall immediately be reported to the
Medical officer who shall in turn, examine the concerned workers and
communicate his findings within 30 days. If the Medical officer is of the opinion
that the person so examined is required to be suspended from the process for
health protection he will direct the occupier accordingly, who shall not employ
the said worker in the same process. However, the person so suspended from
the process shall be provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is
fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in which case the
person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated :
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whom he feels necessary to be examined for ascertaining the suitability of his
employment in the process covered in Appendix `A' or for ascertaining the
health status of any other worker and his opinion shall be final.
(3) No person shall be newly appointed without the Certificate of Fitness granted
by the Medical Officer. If the Medical Officer declares a person unfit for
being appointed to work in the process covered in Appendix `A', such person
shall have a right of appeal to the Medical officer, whose opinion shall be final
in this regard.
(4) The worker suspended from the process owing to the circumstances covered
in sub-paragraph (2) 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.
PART VII
Additional Welfare Amenities
1. Washing facilities –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained in every factory for the use of all
the workers taps for washing, at the rate of one every 15 persons including
liquid soap in a container with tilting arrangements and nail brushes or other
suitable means for effective cleaning. Such facilities shall be conveniently
accessible and shall be kept in a clean and hygienic condition.
(2) If washing facilities as required above are provided for women, such facilities
shall be separate for them and adequate privacy at all times shall be ensured in
such facilities.
2. Mess room facilities –
(1) The occupier of all the factories carrying out processes covered in Appendix
`A' and employing 50 workers or more, shall provide for all the workers working
in a shift mess room facilities which are well ventilated and provided with
tables and sitting facilities along with the provision of cold and hygienic drinking
water facilities.
(2) Such facilities shall include suitable arrangements for cleaning and washing
and shall be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition.
3. Cloakroom facilities –
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(1) The occupier of every factory carrying out any process covered in Appendix
`A' shall provide for all the workers employed in the process cloak room facilities
with lockers. Each worker shall be provided with two lockers, one for work
clothing and another separately for personal clothing and the lockers should be
such as to enable the keeping of the clothing in a hanging position.
(2) The cloak room facilities provided in pursuance of sub-para (1) shall be
located as far as possible near to the facilities provided for washing in pursuance
of para 1(1). If it is not possible to locate the washing facilities the cloakroom
facilities shall have adequate and suitable arrangements for cleaning & washing.
4. Special bathing facilities –
(1) The occupier of any factory carrying out the process covered under Appendix
`B' shall provide special bathing facilities for all the workers employed and
such facilities shall be provided at the rate of 1 for 25 workers or less workers
than 25 workers, and shall be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition.
(2) The occupier shall insist all the workers employed in the processes covered
in Appendix `B' to take bath after the completion of the day's or shift work
using the bathing facilities so provided and shall also effectively prevent such
of those workers taking bath in any place other than the bathing facilities.
(3) Notwithstanding 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 his opinion bathing facilities are
essential from the health point of view, to provide special bathing facilities.
PART VIII
1. Duties of workers –
(1) Every worker employed in the processes covered in Appendix 'A' and
Appendix 'B' shall not make safety device or appliance or any guarding or
fencing arrangement, inoperative or defective and shall report the defective
condition of the aforesaid arrangements as soon as he is aware of any such
defect.
(2) Before commencing any work, all workers employed in processes covered
in Appendix 'A' shall check their workplace as well as the machinery, equipment
or appliance used in the processes and report any mal-function or defect
immediately to the supervisor or any responsible person of the management.
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(3) All workers shall co-operate in all respects with the management while
carrying out any work or any emergency duty assigned to them in pursuance
of this schedule and shall always use all the personal protective equipment
issued to them in a careful manner.
(4) All workers employed in the processes covered in Appendix `A' or Appendix
`B' shall not smoke in the process area or storage area. If special facilities are
provided by the management only such facilities should be used.
(5) All workers employed in the processes covered in Appendix `A' shall not
remain an unauthorised place or carry cut unauthorised work or improvise any
arrangement or adopt short out method or misuse any of the facilities provided
in pursuance of the Schedule, in such a manner as to cause risk to themselves
as well as or to others employed.
(6) The workers shall not refuse undergoing medical examination as required
under these rules.
PART IX
Restrictions on the employment of Women and Adolescent
(1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by an order in writing, restrict or
prohibit the employment of women and adolescent , in any of the processes
covered in Appendix `A' of this schedule on considerations of health and safety
of women and young persons.
(2) Such persons who are restricted or prohibited from working in the process
due to the order issued in pursuance of sub-para (1) above shall be provided
with alternate work which is not detrimental to their health or safety.
PART X
Exemptions
(1) Power of exemption – The State Government or subject to the control of
the State Government the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may exempt from
the compliance with any of the requirements of this Schedule partly or fully,
any factory carrying out processes covered in Appendix `A', if it is clearly and
satisfactorily established by the occupier that the compliance with any of the
requirement is not necessary to ensure the safety and health of persons employed
suitable and effective alternate arrangements are available to any of the
requirements covered in this schedule.
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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
organicand inorganic salts, alloys, oxides and hydroxides;
(ii) ammonia, ammonium hydroxide and salts of ammonium;
(iii) the organic or inorganic compounds of sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric, nitrous,
hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, hydriodic, hydro sulphuric, hydrobromic, boric;
(iv) cyanogens compounds, cyanide compounds, cyanate compounds;
(v) phosphorous and its compounds other than oregano phosphorus 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 chlor-
alkali 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 keystone peroxide, cobalt carbonyl, tungsten
carbide etc. Are manufactured or recovered.
Appendix `B'
Concerning Special Bathing Accommodation in pursuance of Para 4
of Part IV
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2. All chrome processes
3. Processes of distilling gas or coal tar or processes of chemical manufacture
in which tar is used
4.Processes involving manufacture, manipulation, handling or recovery of
cyanogens compound, cyanide compound, cyanate compounds
5. Processes involving manufacture of bleaching powder or production of
chlorine gas in chlor alkali 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.
Appendix `C'
Ambulance should have the following equipment :
General :
• An wheeled stretcher with folding and adjusting devices; Head of the stretcher
must
be capable of being tilted upward;
• Fixed suction unit with equipment;
• Fixed oxygen supply with equipment;
• Pillow with case;
• Sheets;
• Blankets;
• Towels;
• Emesis bag;
• Bed pan;
• Urinal;
• Glass
Safety equipment :
• Flares with life of 30 minutes
• Flood lights;
• Flash lights;
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• Fire extinguisher dry powder type;
• Insulated gauntlets.
Emergency care equipment :-
Resuscitation :
• Portable suction unit;
• Portable oxygen unit;
• Bag-valve-mask, hand operated artificial ventilation unit;
• Airways;
• Mouth gags;
• Tracheostomy adapters;
• Short spine board;
• I.V. Fluids with administration unit;
• B.P. manometer;
• Cugg;
• Stethoscope
Immobilisation
• Long & short padded boards;
• Wire ladder splints;
• Triangular bandage;
• Long & short spine boards.
Dressings :
• Gauze pads – 4" x 4" ;
• Universal dressing 10" x 36" ;
• Roll of aluminium foils;
• Soft roller bandages 6" x 5 yards;
• Adhesive tape in 3" roll;
• Safety pins;
• Bandage sheets;
• Burn sheet.
Poisoning :
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• Syrup of Ipecac; } } Pre packeted in doses
• Activated charcoal; }
• Snake bite kit;
• Drinking water.
Emergency Medicines:
• As per requirement (under the advice of Medical Officer only)
SCHEDULE – XII
MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY
1 Definitions – For the purposes of this schedule –
(a) "pottery" includes earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, china tiles, and any
other articles made from such clay or from a mixture containing clay and other
materials such as quartz, flint, feldspar, and gypsum;
(b) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation effected by
mechanical or other means for removal of dust or fume so as to prevent it
from escaping into air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught
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) "leadless glaze" means a glaze which does not contain more than one per
cent of its 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 weighed quantity of the material which has been dried at 100 degrees
centigrade and thoroughly mixed shall be continuously shaken for one hour at
the common temperature with 1000 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) "potter's 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 – (1) The following processes 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 un fritted lead
compound;
(b) the fettling operations of any kind, whether on green ware or biscuit, provided
that this shall not apply to the wet fettling, and to the occasional finishing of
pottery articles without the aid of mechanical power;
(c) the shifting of clay dust or any other material for making tiles or other
articles or other articles by pressure, except where –
(i) this is done in an machine so enclosed as to effectually prevent the escape
of dust; or
(ii) the material to be shifted is so damp that no dust can be given off;
(d) the pressing of tiles from clay dust, an exhaust opening being connected
with each press, and 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, and 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 as adequate having regard
to all the circumstances of the case;
(h) fettling of biscuit ware which has been fired in powdered flint or quartz
except where this is done in machines so enclosed as to effectually prevent
the escape of dust;
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(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;
(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 to any place in which persons are employed;
(n) preparation or weighing out of flow material, lawning of dry colours, colour
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) manipulation of calcined material unless the material has been made and
remains so wet that no dust is given off.
(2) (i) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by competent person, and
any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as
practicable.
(ii) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be kept
in Form 50
3. Carrying of process- Each of the following processes shall be carried on
in such a manner and under conditions so as to secure effectual separation
from one another and from another processes;
(a) crushing and dry grinding or sieving of materials, fettling, pressing of
tiles, drying of clay and green ware, loading and unloading saggers
(b) all processes involving use of dry lead compound
4 Use of glaze – No glaze which is not a leadless glaze or a low solubility
glaze shall be used in a factory in which pottery is manufactured.
5. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent - No pregnant
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woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the
operations specified in clause 2 or at any place where such operations are
carried on.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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 an adult male using a moist method.
9. Medical examination by Medical officer –
(1) Every worker employed in any process mentioned under paragraph 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. 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) All persons employed in any of the processes included under subparagraphs
3(a) and 3(n) shall be examined by a Medical officer once in every 3 calendar
months. Those employed in any other processes mentioned in the remaining
sub-paragraphs of paragraph 3 shall be examined by a Medical officer one in
every 12 calendar months. Such examinations in respect of all the workers
shall include all the tests as specified in sub-paragraph (1) except chest X-ray
which will be once in 3 years.
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. The record of examination and re-examinations carried
out shall be entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the
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out under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), including the nature and the results of
the tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in
Form-47.
(4) The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily
available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator. If at any time the
Medical officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment
in the said process on the ground that continuance there in 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-paragraph (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.
10. Protective equipment –
(1) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable overalls and hand coverings
for all persons employed in process included under paragraph 3.
(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable aprons of a of a waterproof
or 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.
(3) Aprons provided in pursuance of paragraph 10(2) shall be thoroughly cleaned
daily by the wearers 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 for by the occupier.
(4) No person shall be allowed to work in emptying sacks of dust materials,
weighing out and mixing of dusty materials and charging of ball mills and plungers
without wearing a suitable and efficient dust respirator.
11. Washing facilities –
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repair for the use of all persons employed in any of the processes specified
in paragraph 3 –
(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 one feet for every five such
persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of clean
water from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than two
minutes; or
(ii) at least one tap or stand pipe for every five such persons employed at any
one time, and having a constant supply of clean water, the tap or stand pipe
being spaced not less than 1.20 metres apart; and
(b) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials changed
daily, with a sufficient supply of soap and nail brushes.
12. Time allowed for washing – 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 person employed in any of the processes mentioned
in paragraph 2.
13. Mess room –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained for use of all persons remaining
within the premises during the rest intervals, a suitable mess room providing
accommodation of 0.93 square meter per head and furnished with –
(a) a sufficient number of tables and chairs or benches with back rest;
(b) arrangements for washing utensils;
(c) adequate means for warming food; and
(d) adequate quantity of drinking water.
(2) The room shall be adequately ventilated by the circulation of fresh air and
placed under the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept clean.
14. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in workrooms – No food, drink, pan and
supari or tobacco shall be brought into, or consumed by any worker in any
workroom in which any of the processes mentioned in paragraph 3 are carried
on and no person shall remain in any such room during intervals for meals or
rest.
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15. Cloakrooms etc. – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of
all persons employed in any of the processes mentioned in paragraph 2.
(a) a cloakroom for clothing put off during working hours and such
accommodation shall be separate from any mess room; and
(b) Separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective equipment
provided under paragraph 11
16. Applications – These provisions shall not apply to a factory in which any
of the following articles, but no other pottery, are 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 leadless glaze only.
17. Exemption – 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 certificate may at
any time be revoked by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator without assigning
any reasons.
SCHEDULE – XIII
COMPRESSION OF OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN PRODUCED BY
ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER
1. Location of electrolyte plant – The room in which electrolysis plant is
installed shall be separate from the plant for storing and compressing the oxygen
and hydrogen and also the electric generator room.
2. Testing of purity – (1)The purity of oxygen and hydrogen shall tested by a
competent person at least once in every shift at the following posts:-
(a) in the electrolysis room;
(b) at the gas holder inlet; and
(c) at the suction and of the compressor.
(2) The purity figures shall be entered in a register and signed by the persons
carrying out such test:
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Provided, however, that if the electrolysis plant is fitted with automatic
recorder of purity of oxygen and hydrogen with alarm lights, it shall be sufficient
if the purity of gases is tested at the suction and of the compressor only.
3. Restriction as to the compression – The oxygen and hydrogen gases
shall not be compressed if their purity as determined under paragraph 2 above
falls below 98%at any time.
4. Provision of negative pressure switch – In addition to the limit switch in
the gasholder, a sensitive negative pressure switch shall be provided in or
adjacent to the suction main for hydrogen close to the gas holder and between
the gas holder and the hydrogen compressor to switch off the compressor
motor in the event of the gas holder being emptied to the extent as to cause
vacuum.
5. Switch for gas holder – The bell of any gas holder shall not be permitted
to go within the 30 centimetres 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 the limit is reached.
6. Purity of caustic soda – The water, caustic soda and caustic potash used
for making lye shall be of standards suitable for electrolysis.
7. Precautions against reversal of polarity – Electrical connections at the
electolyser 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. Colouring of gas pipes – Oxygen and hydrogen gas pipes shall be painted
with distinguishing colours. Whenever an Hydrogen pipe is opened for repair
or any other work, on reconnection the pipe shall be purged of all air before
hydrogen is allowed to pass through that pipe.
9. Use of flameproof fittings – All electrical wiring and apparatus in the
electrolyser room shall be of flameproof construction or enclosed in flameproof
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.
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10. Prohibition of hot work – No part of the electrolyser plant and the gas
holders and compressor shall be subjected 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. Repair, etc. to be done under supervision – No work or operations,
repair or maintenance shall be undertaken 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/the
electrolysers unless the same is certified by the competent persons 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 paragraph 7.
12. Checking of plant – Every part of the electrolysis plant and the gas
holders and compressor shall have a regular schedule of overhaul and checking
and every defect noticed shall be rectified forthwith.
SCHEDULE – XIV
MANIPULATION OF STONE OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL
CONTAINING FREE SILICA
1. Application – This schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of factories
in which manipulation of stone or any other material containing free silica is
carried on.
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;
(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. Precautions in manipulation- No manipulation shall be carried out in a
factory or part of a factory unless one or more of the following measures, namely 789
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(a) damping the stone or other material being processed,
(b) providing water spray,
(c) enclosing the process,
(d) isolating the process, and
(e) providing localised exhaust ventilation are adopted so as to effectively
control the dust in any place in the factory where any person is employed, at a
level equal to or below the maximum permissible level for silica dust as laid
down in Table 2 appended to Rule-131
Provided that such 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 level referred to above.
4. Maintenance of floors-
(1) 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.
(2) The surface of every floor of every work room or place where any work is
carried on or where any person has to pass during the course of his work, shall
be cleansed of dust once at least during each shift after being sprayed with
water or by any other suitable method so as to prevent dust being airborne in
the process of cleaning.
5. Prohibition relating Adolescent - No adolescent shall be employed or
permitted to work in any of the operations involving manipulation or at any
place where such operations are carried out.
6. Medical examination by Medical officer –
(1) Every worker employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1, shall be
examined by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such
medical examination shall include tests for lead in urine and blood. ALA in
urine, haemoglobin content, stippling of cells and steadiness test. No worker
shall be allowed to work after15 days of his first employment in the factory
unless certified fit for such employment by the Medical officer.
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(2) 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 all the tests
as specified in subparagraph(1) except chest X-ray which will be once in 3
years.
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2),including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
8. 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.
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SCHEDULE – XV
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.
1. Application – This schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of factories
in which any of the following processes is carried on :-
(a) breaking, crushing, disintegrating, opening, grinding, mixing or sieving of
asbestos and any other processes involving handling and manipulation of
asbestos incidental thereto;
(b) all processes in the manufacture of asbestos textiles including preparatory
and finishing processes;
(c) making of insulation slabs or sections, composed wholly or partly of asbestos,
and processes incidental thereto;
(d) making or repairing of insulating mattresses, composed wholly or partly of
asbestos, and processes incidental thereto;
(e) manufacture of asbestos cardboard and paper;
(f) manufacture of asbestos cement goods;
(g) application of asbestos by spray method;
(h) sawing, grinding, turning, abrading and polishing in dry state of articles
composed wholly or partly of asbestos;
(i) cleaning of any room, vessel, chamber, fixture or appliance for the collection
of asbestos dust; and
(j) Any other processes in which asbestos dust is given off into the work
environment.
2. Definition – For the purpose of this Schedule –
(a) "asbestos" means any fibrous silicate mineral and any admixture containing
actionlite, amosite, anthophyllite, dhrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite or any mixture
thereof, whether crude, crushed or opened;
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mixed with any other material;
(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 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.
3. 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.
4. Exhaust draught –
(1) An efficient exhaust draught shall be provided and maintained to control
dust from the following processes and machines:
(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;
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(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;
(f) sack 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-paragraph
(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.
5. 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 examined and inspected once every
week by 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 in Form-49 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.
6. 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.
7. Storage and distribution of loose asbestos –
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which prevent the escape of asbestos dust threrefrom and such asbestos shall
not be distributed in the factory except in such receptacles or in totally enclosed
system of conveyance.
8. 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 paragraph 4.
9. 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
(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-rule (1) shall so for 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
subparagraph.
(2), 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
subparagraph(2), 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
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during the course of the work at any time shall be removed and transferred to
the receptacles maintained for the purpose without delay.
10. Breathing apparatus and protective clothing –
(1) An approved breathing apparatus and protective clothing shall be provided
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-strikes;
(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.
(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 washing not in use shall be
stored in the accommodation provided in accordance with sub-rule (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-paragraph
(1) for which breathing apparatus is necessary to be provided under that sub-
paragraph unless he has been fully instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
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(8) No breathing apparatus provided in pursuance of sub-paragraph (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 fully instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
11. Separate accommodation for personal clothing – A separate
accommodation shall be provided in a conveniently accessible position for all
persons employed in operation to which this schedule applies for storing of
personal clothing. This should be separated from the accommodation provided
under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 10 to prevent contamination of personal
clothing.
12. Washing and bathing facilities –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good repair
for the use of all workers employed in the processes covered by the schedule,
adequate washing and bathing places having a constant supply of water under
cover at the rate of one such place for every 15 persons employed. The washing
places shall have standpipes place at intervals of not less than one metre.
(2) Not less than one half of the total number of washing places shall be
provided with bathrooms.
(3) Sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable material shall be provided:
Provided that such towels shall be supplied individually for each worker
if so ordered by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(4) Sufficient supply of soap and nail brushes shall be provided.
13. Mess room –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all worker employed
in the factory covered by this schedule, remaining on the premises during the
rest intervals, a suitable mess room which shall be furnished with:-
(a) sufficient tables and benches with back rest, and
(b) adequate means for warming food.
(2) The mess room shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person
and shall be kept clean.
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14. Prohibition of employment of Adolescent – No adolescent shall be
employed in any of the process covered by this schedule.
15. 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.
16. Cautionary notices –
(1) Cautionary notices shall be displayed at the approaches and along the
perimeter of every asbestos processing area to warn all persons regarding –
(a) hazards to health from asbestos dust,
(b) need to use appropriate protective equipment,
(c) Prohibition of entry to unauthorised persons, or authorised persons but
without protective equipment.
(2) Such notices shall be in the language understood by the majority of the
workers.
17. Air monitoring – To ensure the effectiveness of the control measures,
monitoring of asbestos fibre 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 purpose.
18. Medical examination by Medical officer –
(1) Every worker employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be
examined by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such
examination shall include pulmonary function test, tests for detecting asbestos
fibers in sputum and chest X-ray. 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 process referred to sub-paragraph (1) shall
be re-examined by a Medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar
months. Such examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers
appropriate, include all the tests specified in sub-paragraph (1) except chest
X-ray which will be carried out once in 3 years.
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
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out shall be entered in the certificate and the certificate shall be kept in the
custody of the occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-47.
(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 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 to work in the said processes. The person
so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternate placement
facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
shall be re-employed or permitted to work in the said processes unless the
Medical officer, after future examination, again certifies him fit for employment
in these processes.
20. 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 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.
SCHEDULE – XVI
HANDLING OR MANIPULATION OF CORROSIVE
SUBSTANCES
1. Definitions – For the purposes 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, 799
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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 corrosive substance.
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 resistance
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 equipment 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 centimetres from a pipe of 1.25 centimetres
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. Whenever necessary, in order to ensure continuous water supply,
a storage tank having a minimum length, breadth and height of 210 centimetres,
120 centimetres and 60 centimetres respectively or such dimensions as are
approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall 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 a corrosive operation is carried
out and where any of the operation 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 shall be taken to explain carefully to him the contents
of the notice so displayed.
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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.
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6. Transport – (1) 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 p laced in crates of sound construction and of sufficient
strength.
(2) A container with a capacity of 11.5 litres 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.
(3) Containers for corrosive substances shall be plainly labelled.
7. Devices for handling corrosive – (1) Tilting, lifting of pumping
arrangements shall be used for emptying jars, carboys and other containers of
corrosives.
(2) 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 tanks, stills, etc. – (1) 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 arseniuretted hydrogen (arsine).
(2) Whenever it is necessary for the purpose of cleaning or other maintenance
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where a corrosive substance had been stored, all possible precautions required
under rules framed under Schedule II of the Code shall be taken to ensure the
worker's safety.
(3) Wherever possible, before repairs are undertaken to any part of 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 – (1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) Every container having a capacity of twenty litres or more and every
pipeline, valve, and fitting used for storing or carrying corrosive substances
shall be thoroughly examined every year for finding out any defects, and defects
so found out 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.
11. Fire extinguishers and fire fighting equipment – An adequate number
of suitable types of fire extinguishers or other 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.
12. Exemption – If in respect of any factory on 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 anytime revoke, exempt
the factory from such of the provisions and subject to such conditions as he
may specify therein.
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SCHEDULE – XVII
USE OF OVENS AND DRIERS IN FACTORIES
1. Application- this schedule shall apply to ovens and driers, except those
used in laboratories and kitchens of any establishment and those which have a
capacity below 325 litres.
2. Definitions- for the purpose of this schedule, oven or drier means any
enclosed structure, receptacle, compartment or box which is used for baking,
drying or otherwise processing of any article or substance at a temperature
higher than that ambient temperature of air in the room of space in which the
oven or drier is situated, and in which the flammable or explosive mixture of air
and flammable substance is likely to be evolved with the enclosed structure,
receptacle, compartment or box or part thereof on account of article or substance
which is baked or dried or otherwise processed within it.
3. Separate electric connection- Electric power supplied to every oven or
drier shall be by means of separate circuit provided with an isolated switch.
4. Design, construction, examination and testing- (1) every oven or drier
shall be properly designed on sound engineering practice and be of good
construction, sound materials and adequate strength free from any patent defect
and safe, if properly used.
(2) no oven or drier shall be taken into use in factory for the first time unless a
competent person has thoroughly examined all its parts carried out the tests as
are required to establish that the necessary safe systems and control provided
for safety in operation for the processes for which it is to be used and a
certificate of such examination and tests signed by that competent person has
been obtained and are kept available for inspection.
(3) all parts of an oven or drier has undergone any alteration or repair which
has the effect of modifying any of the design characteristics, shall not be used
unless a thorough examination and tests as have been mentioned in clause (b)
have been carried by the competent person and a certificate of such
examination and tests signed by that competent person has been obtained and
are kept available for inspection.
5. Safety, Ventilation- (1) every oven or drier shall be provided with a positive
and effective safety ventilation system using one or more motor driven
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may be formed within the oven or drier and maintain the concentration of the
flammable substance in the air at safe level of dilution.
(2) The safe level of dilution referred to in clause (a) shall be so as to achieve
a concentration of concerned flammable material in air of not more than 25 %
of its lower explosive limit;
Provided that level of concentration in the air up to 50% of the lower
explosive limit of the concerned flammable substance may be permitted to
exist subject to installation and maintenance of an automatic device which:-
(a) Shows continuously the concentration of the flammable substance in air
present in the oven or drier at any instant;
(b) Sounds an alarm when the concentration of the flammable substance in air
presentin any part of oven or drier reaches a level of 50% of explosive limit
(c) Shuts down the heating system of the oven or drier automatically when the
concentration of the flammable substance in air present in any part of oven or
drierreaches a level of 60% of lower explosive limit,is provided to the oven or
drier and maintained in the efficient working condition.
(d) No oven or drier shall be operated without its safety ventilation system
working inefficient manner.
(e) no oven or drier shall be operated with a level of dilution less than what is
referred in clause (b)
(f) exhaust ducts of safety ventilation system should be so designed and placed
that their ducts discharge the mixture of air and flammable substance away
from the workroom and not near windows or doors or other openings from
where the mixture could re-enter the work room.
(g) The fresh air admitted into the oven or drier by means of safety ventilation
system shall be circulated adequately by means of circulating fans or fans
through all parts of the oven or drier so as to ensure that their are no location
where the flammable substance can accumulate in the air become pocketed to
any dangerous degree.
(h) Throttling dampers in any safety ventilation system should be so designed
by cutting away the portion of damper or otherwise that system will handle at
least the minimum ventilation rate required for safety when they are set in
their maximum throttling position.
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6. Explosion panels – (1) every oven or drier having an internal total space
of not less than half cubic meter shall be provided with suitably design explosion
panel so as to allow the release of the pressure of any possible explosion
within the oven or drier through explosions vents. The area of opening of any
access doors which are provided with suitable arrangements for their release
in case of an explosion shall not be less than2200 sq cm for every 1 cu m of the
volume of the oven or drier. The design of the explosion panel and doors as
stated above shall be such as to secure their complete release under an internal
pressure of 0.25 kg/sq cm.
(2) The explosion releasing panel shall, as far as practicable, be situated on the
roof of the oven or drier or at those portions of the walls where persons don't
remain in connection with operation of oven or drier.
7. Inter locking arrangement – In each oven or drier efficient inter locking
arrangement shall be provided and maintain to insure that
(a) All ventilating fans and circulating fans whose failure would adversely
effect the ventilation rate of flow pattern, are in operation before any mechanical
conveyor that may be provided for feeding the article or substances to be
processed in the oven or drier, input into operation
(b) Failure of any the ventilating or circulating fans will automatically stop any
conveyor as referred to in clause (a) as may be provided as well as so the
fume supply by closing the shut of valve and shut off the ignition in the case of
gas or oil fired ovens and in case of electrically heated oven switch off the
electrical supply to the heater
(c) The afore said mechanical conveyor is set in operation before the said shut
off valve can be energies
(d) The failure of the aforesaid conveyor will automatically closed the said
shut off valve in the case of oven and drier heated by gas , oil or steam and
deactivate the ignition system or cut off the electrical heater in the case of
electrically heated ovens are furnaces
8. Automatic ventilation; - Every oven or drier heated by oil, gas, steam or
electricity shall be provided with an efficient arrangement for automatic
ventilation consisting of at least three volume changes with fresh air by operation
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oven or drier of any mixture of air and flammable substance before the heating
system can be activated and before the conveyor can be placed in position.
9. Temperature control – Every oven or drier shall be provided with an
automatic arrangement to ensure that the temperature which does not exceed
a maximum temperature required in respect of the particular process is being
carried out
10. Multi stage processes – Whatever material are to be processed in
ovens or driers in successive operation suitable arrangements should be provided
to ensure that the operating temperature necessary for safe operation at each
stage are maintain within the design limit
11. Combustible substances not to drip on electrical heater or burner
flame –
Effecting arrangement shall be provided in every oven or drier to prevent
dripping of combustible substances on electrical heater or burner flame used
for heating.
12. Periodical examination, testing and maintenance – (a) All parts of
every oven or drier shall be properly maintain and thoroughly examined and
the various control as mentioned in the schedule and the working of the oven
or drier shall be tested at frequent interval to ensure its safe operation by a
responsible person authorized by the occupier or manager in this behalf who
by his experience and knowledge of necessary precaution against risk of
explosion, is fit to undertake such work
(b) A register shall be maintained in which the details of various tests carried
out from time to time under clause (a) shall be entered and every entry shall be
signed by the person making the test.
13. - Training of operator – No person shall be assigned any task connected
with operation of any oven or drier unless his has completed 18 yrs of a and is
properly trained
14. Polymerizing machine – (a) Printed fabric shall be thoroughly dried by
passing them over drying canes or through hot flue or other equally effecting
means before the same is allowed to pass through polymerizing machines
(b) Infra ray heater of polymerizing machines shall be cut off while running the
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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 process of manufacturing or
manipulation of a carcinogenic Dye Intermediates (here in referred to as the
said manufacturing processes) is carried on.
Provided that Paragraphs 25 and 26 shall only to the a process involving
manufacturing, manipulation of compounds mentioned in Appendix B ( here in
referred to as the said manufacturing processes B)
PART-I
2. Definition – (a) For the purpose of this schedule a nitro or amino compounds
means a nitrated or aminated compound of aromatic hydrocarbons mentioned
in Appendix A or B attached there to.
(b) "Approved "means approved by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(c) "Omitted"
(d) "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
(e) Manipulation shall include mixing, blending, filling, emptying, grinding, sieving,
drying, packing, sweeping, handling, using or chemical processing of a nitro-
amino compound.
(f) "Air line respirator" means a helmet or face piece with necessary connections
by means of which a person using it in a poisonous or irritatant atmosphere
breathes ordinary air or any suitable apparatus approved in writing by Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
3. 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
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such workers regarding the precautions contained in the cautionary placards.
4. Prohibition relating to employment of pregnant women and
Adolescent – No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be employed or
permitted to work in any room in which the said processes are carried on.
5. Air space- in every room in which the said manufacturing process is carried
on there shall at least 15 cubic-meters of air space excluding any space occupied
by machinery equipments or any other article for each person employed there
in and in computing this air space no height over 4.25 meters shall be taken into
account.
6. Efficient exhaught draught- unless the said process is completely enclosed
so as to not to give rise to dust or fume it shall not be carried on without the use
of an efficient exhaught draught when a nitro oa amino compound;
(a) Is introduced into a tank, hopper, machine, or container or filled into cartridge;
or
(b) Is ground, crushed, mixed, sieved, or blended.
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. Work benches- work benches on which a nitro or amino compound is
manipulated shall-
(a) Have a smooth impervious surface preferably of stainless steel; and
(b) Be washed daily with hose-pipe or cleaned by means of suction cleaning
apparatus at the time when no other work is carried on there at.
9. Waste disposal –
(1) There shall be provided a suitable receptacle made of non-absorbable
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paper or other material soiled with a nitro or amino compound.
(2) Such receptacle shall be destroyed by burning or using other suitable methods
under the supervision of a responsible person.
10. Disposal of empty containers – Empty containers used for holding
compounds included under Appendix-A shall be thoroughly cleaned of their
contents and treated with an inactivating agent before being discarded.
11. Decontamination of Pits, Tanks etc.-
(a) before a worker enters a pit, tank, kettle or any other confined space which
contains a nitro or amino compound it shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned.
(b) No part of the plant which contains nitro or amino compounds shall be
repaired or opened for repairs unless it has been emptied of such compounds
and thoroughly cleaned &decontaminated.
(c) Records of such treatments shall be maintained in a register approved by
the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and the register shall be made available
for inspection when required by Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
12. 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
13. Protective wears- the occupier shall provide, maintain clean and in good
condition protective clothing and other equipments as specified in the table
below:-
TABLE
Process Protective clothing and other
equipments
(i) For manipulation of (a) Long trousers and shirts
compounds or
Mentioned in Appendix-A overalls with full sleeves
and head
coverings. The shirt or
overall shall
cover the neck
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(b) rubber hand gloves,
rubber
aprons, rubber gum boots
and airline respirator
For manipulation of compounds (a) White clean clothing
(ii) Mentioned in Appendix-B mentioned in (A) as above
in
addition to white clean
shirts. Singlet and protective
equipments as mentioned in
(a) above
(b) White long sleeve apron
14. 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.
15. Medical examination by medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be examined by a Medical
officer within15 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 officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every three calendar months and such
examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include
all the tests in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. The record of examination and re-examinations carried
out shall be entered in the Certificate and the Certificate shall be kept in the
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out under sub-paragraph (1) and (2), including the nature and the results of this
test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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 to work in the said process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in
the opinion of the Medical officer, in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
16. 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.
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clothes every day.
17. Washing and bathing- (a) all the workers employed in the said
manufacturing process shall carefully wash their hands and faces before taking
food or leaving factory.
(b) Bath register- the workers employed in the said manufacturing process
shall take bath at factory premises and will enter their names in the bath register
as token of having done so.
18. 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.
19. Cloakroom – 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 mess room, for the storage
of protective equipment provided under paragraph 7. The accommodation so
provided shall be under the care of a responsible person and shall be kept
clean.
20. 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 mess room which shall be furnished with tables and benches
and provided with suitable means for warming food. The mess room shall be
placed under the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept clean.
21. Time allowed for washing – Before each meal and the end of the day at
least 10 minutes addition to the regular interval shall be allowed for washing to
each person who has been employed in the said process.
22. Drying stoves- (a) every drying stove shall be efficiently ventilated to the
outside air in such a manner that hot air from stove shall not be drawn into any
work room.
(b) No person shall enter into stove to remove the contents until a free current
of air has been passed through by mechanical means.
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of cleaning or repairing machinery or operating any process where vapours of
betanaphthyl amine are evolved.
24. Testing of atmosphere- Amines in the atmosphere of the work room
where the manufacturing process is carried on shall be estimated once in
every week and records of such estimations shall be made available when
required by an Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
PART-II
25. Separation of process- the said manufacturing process 'B' shall be carried
on in rooms which shall not communicate with the other rooms except through
a passage open entirely to outside atmosphere.
26. Limitation of exposure- (a) no worker under the age of 40 years shall
be engaged in the factory for the said manufacturing process 'B for the first
time after the date on which these rules come into force.
(b) before the end of the day at least one hour shall be allowed for bathing to
each person who is employed in the said manufacturing process 'B' including
the time allowed under paragraph 22.
27. 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 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 be 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.
APPENDIX-A
[SEE PARAGRAPH 2, 10, 13]
The benzenes, Toulenes, Xylenes, having undergone nitration once or several
times (nitro,dinitro and trinitro benzene and its homologues) and chlorinated
compounds, naphalenes, having undergone nitration once or several times,
anilines and its homologues( toludine, Xylidine, cuminide) anisidine, phenetidine
and their chlorinated nitrated and alkyl led compounds (dimethylailine,
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APPENDIX-B
[SEE PARAGRAPH 2 & 13]
1. Alphanaphthylamine
2. betanaphthylamine
3. Benzidine and its salts
4. dianisidine
5. Toludine
6. Dichlorobenzidine
APPENDIX – C
CAUTIONARY PLACARD/NOTICE
1. Nitro and amino compounds are aromatic hydro carbons are dangerous .In
this factory you have to handle them carefully.
2. All items of protective wear provided should be made use of to safeguard
your health.
3. Maintain cleanliness at all times. Before meals wash hands and feet. A bath
before leaving the factory is essential taking care to wash the hands well.
4. If any chemicals falls on your body wash it off immediately with soap and
water. Change clothing at once. If soap with a cynoticnitromino compound
contact the appointed doctor immediately.
5. Do not handle any nitro or amino compounds bare hand. Use a long handle
scoop.
6. Avoid alcoholic drinks as these can cause risk of poisoning.
7. In case of illness contact the factory manager and the appointed doctor.
8. Don't chew, eat, drink or smoke in the work room or with soiled hands.
Keep food and drinks away from the work place.
9. If you work with betanaphthylamine or benzedine or its salt
alphanapthalymine or dianisidine :-
(a) Remember the serious effects will follow after a number of year if great
care is not taken to observe absolute cleanliness of body, close, missionary and
tools
(b) At meal time wash face and hands twice with soap and water to remove all
chemicals; wear a long sleeve clean apron while eating
(c) Before leaving the factory take a bath using soap and water twice after
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SCHEDULE – XIX
PROCESS OF EXTRACTING OILS AND FATS FROM
VEGETABLES AND ANIMAL SOURCES IN SOLVENT
EXTRACTION PLANTS
1. Definitions – For the purposes of this schedule –
(a) "solvent extraction plant" means a plant in which the process of extracting
oils and fats from vegetable and animal sources by use of solvents is carried
on;
(b) "solvent" means an flammable liquid such as pentane, hexane and heptane
use for the recovery of vegetable oils;
(c) "flameproof 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;
(d) "competent person" for the purpose of this schedule shall be at least a
member of the Institution of Engineers ( India) or an Associate Member of the
said Institution with 10 years experience in a responsible position as may be
approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator:
Provided that a graduate in mechanical engineering or chemical technology
with specialised knowledge of oils and fats and with a minimum experience of
5 years in a solvent extraction plant shall also be considered to the a competent
person.
Provided further that the State Government may accept any other
qualifications if in its opinion they are equivalent to the qualifications aforesaid.
2. Location and layout – (1) No solvent extraction plant shall be permitted to
be constructed or extended to within a distance of 30 meters from the nearest
residential locality.
(2) A 1.5 meter high continuous wire fencing shall be provided around the
solvent/extraction plant upto a minimum distance of 15 meters from the plant.
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inside the area round by the fencing.
(4) 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;
(5) If god owns and preparatory processes are at a distance of less than 30
metres from the solvent extraction plant, these shall be at least 15 meters
distant 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 – (1) all electrical motors and wiring and other
electrical equipment installed or housed insolvent extraction plant shall be of
flameproof construction.
(2) 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 energised shall be properly bonded 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 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 – (1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) No person shall be allowed to enter and work in the solvent extraction plant
if wearing clothes made of nylon or such other fibre that can generate static
electrical charge, or wearing footwear which is likely to cause sparks by friction.
6. Fire fighting apparatus – (1) Adequate number of portable fire
extinguishers suitable for use against flammable liquid fires shall be provided in
the solvent extraction plant.
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(2) 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 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 conveyer
through a hopper and a magnetic separator shall be provided to remove any
pieces of iron during pressure in the event of fire.
9. Venting – (1) Tanks containing solvents shall be protected with emergency
venting to relieve excessive internal pressure in the event of fire.
(2) All emergency relief vents shall terminate at least 6 meters 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 which
should be located within the fenced area but not closer than 8 meters to the
fence.
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 – (1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) Space within the solvent extraction plant and within 15 meters from the
plant shall be kept free form any combustible materials and any spills of oil or
solvent, shall be cleaned up immediately.
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13. Examination and repairs – (1) 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 supplied
to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator with his observation as to whether or not the
plant is in safe condition to work.
(2) No repairs shall be carried out to the machinery or plant except under the
direct supervision of the competent person.
(3) 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
persons as 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. Employment of women and Adolescent – No woman or adolescent
shall be employed in the solvent extraction plant.
16. Vapour detection – A suitable type of flameproof and portable combustible
gas indicator shall be provided and maintained in good working order and a
schedule of routine sampling of atmosphere at various locations as approved
by the chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be drawn out and entered in a
register maintained for the purpose.
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 or 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 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 conditions, if any, as he may specify therein.
SCHEDULE – XX
MANUFACTURE OR MANIPULATION OF MANGANESE AND
ITS COMPOUNDS
1. Definitions – For the purposes of this schedule –
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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 followed any
cessation of employment for continuous period of 3 calendar months.
(c) "Manipulations" means mixing, blending, filling, emptying, grinding, sieving,
drying, packing, sweeping, or otherwise handling of manganese, or mixture
containing manganese; and
(d) "efficient exhaust ventilation" means localised ventilation effected by
mechanical means for the removal of dust or fume or 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 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. Exemption – If in respect of any factory, 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 such 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 rise 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 processes and other parts of the factory and persons employed
on other processes 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.
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in any manganese process shall be medically examined by a Medical officer
within 15days of his first employment. Such examinations 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 coordination
tests. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first employment
in the factory unless certified for such employment by the Medical officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every three calendar months and such
examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include
all the tests in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1) and (2),including the nature and the results of this
test, shall also be entered by the medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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 to work in the said process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in
the opinion of the Medical officer, in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
7. Personal protective equipment – (1) the occupier of the factory shall
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coverings for all persons employed in any manganese process and such overalls
and head coverings shall be worn by the persons while working on a manganese
process.
(2) The occupier of the factory shall provide suitable respiratory protective
equipment for use by works 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.
(3) The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed,
suitable accommodation for the storage and make adequate arrangements for
cleaning and maintenance if personal protective equipment.
8. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent – No pregnant
women or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any manganese
process.
9. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in the work rooms – No food, drink, pan
and supari or tobacco shall be allowed to be brought into or consumed by any
worker in any workroom in which any manganese process is carried on.
10. Mess room – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of the
persons employed in a manganese process a suitable mess room which shall
be furnished with sufficient tables and benches and adequate means for
warming of food. The mess room shall be placed under the charge of a
responsible person and shall be kept clean.
11. Washing facilities – There shall be provided and maintained in a clean
state and in good condition, for the use of persons employed on manganese
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 at least 60 centimetres for every ten such
persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of water from
taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres;
(ii) at least on wash basin for every five such persons employed at any one
time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply water; and
(b) sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleaning material and nail brushes
and clean towels.
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12. Cloakroom – If the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator so requires there
shall be provided and maintained for the use of persons employed in manganese
process a cloakroom for clothing put off during working hours with adequate
arrangements for drying the clothing.
13. Cautionary placard and instructions – Cautionary notices in the form
specified in appendix and printed in the language of the majority of the workers
and 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.
APPENDIX
CAUTIONARY NOTICE
( Manganese and Manganese Compounds)
1. Dust free and mists of manganese and its compounds are toxic when
inhaled or when ingested.
2. Do not consume food or drink near the work place.
3. Take a good wash before taking meals.
4. Keep the working area clean.
5. Use the protective clothing and equipment 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 head-aches, prolonged sleeplessness or abnormal
sensations on the body, report to the occupier who would make
arrangements for your examination and treatment.
SCHEDULE – XXI
MANUFACTURE, HANDLING AND USAGE OF BENZENE AND
SUBSTANCES CONTAINING BENZENE
1. Application – This schedule is made to provide protection against hazards
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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 workers atmosphere; and
(d) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilated 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 or dusts originate.
3. Prohibition and substitution –
(1) Benzene and substances containing benzene shall not be used as solvent or
dilutent unless the process in which it is used is carried on in an enclosed
system or unless the process is carried on in manner which is considered
equally safe as if it were carried out in an enclosed manner.
Use of benzene and substances containing benzene is prohibited in the following
processes :-
(a) manufacture of varnishes, paints and thinners; and
(b) Cleaning and degreasing operations.
(2) 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.
(3) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, subject to confirmation by the
State Government, permit exemptions from the percentage laid down in sub-
paragraph 2(a) and also from the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of this
paragraph temporarily under
conditions and within limits of time to be determined after consultation with the
employers and workers concerned.
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4. Protection against installation –
(1) The process involving the use of benzene or substances containing benzene
shall be as far as practicable be carried out in an enclosed system.
(2) Where, however, it is not practicable to carry out the process in an enclosed
system, the workroom 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
workroom so that the concentration of benzene in the air does not exceed 10
parts per million by volume or30 milligrams per cubic meter.
(3) Air analysis for the measurement of concentration of 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 10 parts per million by
volume or 30 milligrams per cubic meter, the occupier shall forthwith report
the concentration to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator stating the reasons
for such increase.
(4) Workers who for special reasons are likely to be exposed to concentration
of benzene in the air of the workroom exceeding the maximum referred to in
subparagraph (2) shall be provided with suitable respirators or face masks.
The duration of such exposure shall be limited as far as possible.
5.Measures against skin contact –
(1) 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.
(2) The protective wear referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be maintained in
good condition and inspected regularly.
6. Prohibition relating to employment of pregnant women and
Adolescent – No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted
to work in any workroom involving exposure to benzene or substances containing
benzene.
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7. 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 infallibility of the chemical.
8. Improper use of benzene-
(1) The use of benzene substances containing benzene by workers for cleaning
their hands or their work clothing shall be prohibited.
(2) Workers shall be instructed on the possible dangers arising from such misuse.
9. Prohibition of consuming food, etc. In workrooms – No worker shall
be allowed to store or consume food or drink in the workroom in which benzene
or substances containing benzene are manufactured, handled or used. Smoking
and chewing tobacco or pan shall be prohibited in such workrooms.
10. 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 with in an emergency.
11. 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 benzene
or substances containing benzene are manufactured, handled or used.
12. Washing facilities, cloakroom and mess room – In factories in which
benzene or substances containing benzene are manufactured, handled or used,
the occupier shall provide and maintain in a clean state and in good repair –
(a) washing facilities under cover, of the standard of at least one tap for every
10 persons having constant supply of water with soap, and a clean towel
provided individually to each worker if so ordered by the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator;
(b) cloakroom with lockers for each worker, having two compartments – one
for street-clothing and one for work-clothing; and
(c) a mess room furnished with tables and benches with means for warming
food, provided that where a canteen or other proper arrangements exist for
the workers to take their meals, the requirements of mess room shall be
dispensed with.
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13. Medical examination by Medical officer –
(1) Every worker employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be
examined by a Medical officer 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 officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every 12 months and such examination shall,
wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include all the tests in
subparagraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1) and (2),including the nature and the results of this
test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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 to work in the said process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in
the opinion of the Medical officer , in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
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APPENDIX-A
[SEE CLAUSE 3(B)]
1 production of benzene
2 process where benzene is used for chemical synthesis
3 motor spirits (used as fuel)
APPENDIX-B
[SEE CLAUSE 11]
CAUTIONARY NOTICE
(Benzene and substances containing benzene)
1. Hazards
(a) Benzene and substances containing benzene are harmful.+
(b) Prolonged or repeated breathing of benzene vapours may result in acute or
chronic poisoning.
(c) Benzene can also be absorbed through skin which may cause skin or other
diseases.
2. Preventive measures
(a) Avoid breathing of benzene vapours.
(b) Avoid prolonged or repeated contact of benzene with the skin.
(c) Remove benzene soaked or wet clothing promptly.
(d) If any time you are exposed to high concentration of benzene vapours and
exhibit signs and symptoms such as dizziness, difficulty in breathing, excessive
excitation and losing of consciousness, immediately inform your factory manager.
(e) Keep all the containers of benzene closed
(f) Handle, use and process benzene and substances containing benzene
carefully in order to prevent their spillage on floor.
(g) Maintain good housekeeping.
3. Protective equipment
(a) Use respiratory protective equipment in places where benzene vapours
are present in high concentration.
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(b) In emergency, use self generating oxygen mask or oxygen or air cylinder
masks.
(c) Wear hand gloves, aprons, goggles and gum boots to avoid contact of
benzene with your skin and body parts.
4. First-aid measures in case of acute benzene poisoning
(a) Remove the clothing immediately if it is wetted with benzene.
(b) If liquid benzene enters eyes, flush thoroughly for at least 15 minutes with
clean running water and immediately secure medical attention.
(c) In case of unusual exposure to benzene vapour, call a physician immediately.
Until he arrives, do the following :-
(i) If the exposed person is conscious –
(a) Move him to fresh air in open.
(b) Lay down without a pillow and keep him quiet and warm.
(ii) If the exposed person is unconscious –
(aa) Lay him down preferably on the left side with the head low.
(bb) Remove any false teeth, chewing gum, tobacco or other foreign objects
which may be in his mouth.
(cc) Provide him artificial respiration in case difficulty is being experienced in
breathing.
(dd) In case of shallow breathing or cyanosis (blueness of skin, lips, ears,
finger nail beds), he should be provided with medical oxygen or oxygen carbon
dioxide mixture. If needed, he should be given artificial respiration. Oxygen
should be administered by a trained person only.
SCHEDULE – XXII
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OR OPERATION IN CARBON
DISULPHIDE PLANTS
1. Application – 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. This schedule is in addition
to and not in derogation of any of the provisions of the Code and Rules made
there under.
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2. Construction, installation and operation-
(1) 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 layout shall be such that only a minimum number of workers are exposed
to the risk of any fire or explosion at any one time.
(2) 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 to and shall be so
designed that carbon disulphide liquid and gas are in closed system during their
normal working.
(3) The electric furnace supports shall be firmly grouted about 60 centimetres
in concrete or by other effective means.
(4) Every electric furnace shall be installed and operated according to
manufacturers' instructions and these instructions shall be clearly imparted to
the personnel in charge of construction and operation.
(5) The instructions regarding observance of correct furnace temperature,
sulphur dose, admissible current or power consumption and periodical checking
of charcoal level shall be strictly complied with.
3. Electrodes –
(1) Where upper ring electrodes made of steel are used in the electric furnace,
they shall be of seamless tube construction and shall have arrangement for
being connected t cooling water system through a siphon built in the electrodes
or through a positive pressure water-pump.
(2) The arrangement for cooling water referred to in sub-paragraph (1) 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
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and vibrating the charcoal. This mean shall employed often as necessary to
maintain correct charge and level of charcoal.
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 –
(1) 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.
(2) A safety water seal shall be provided and tapped from a point between the
charcoal separator and the sulphur separator.
7. Pyrometer and manometers –
(1) Each electric furnace shall be fitted with adequate number of pyrometers
to give an indication of the temperature as correctly as reasonably practicable
at various points in the furnace. The dials for reading the temperatures shall be
located in the control room.
(2) Manometers or any other suitable devices shall be provided for indicating
pressure–
(a) In the off take pipe before and after the sulphur separator; and
(b) 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 –
(1) Every electric furnace shall be inspected internally by a competent person.
(a) Before being placed in service after installation;
(b) Before being placed in service after reconstruction or repairs; and
(c) Periodically every time the furnace is opened for cleaning or de- or for
replacing electrodes.
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(a) The brick lining shall be checked for continuity and any part found defective
removed;
(b) After removal of any part of the lining referred to in (a) the condition of the
shell shall be closely inspected; and
(c) Any plates forming shall 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 logbook.
(a) Manometer readings at the points specified in sub-paragraph 7(2);
(b) Gas temperature indicated by pyrometers and all other vital points near the
sulphur separator and primary and secondary condensers;
(c) Water temperature and flow of water through the siphon in the electrodes;
and
(d) Primary and secondary voltages and current and energy consumed.
11. Electrical apparatus, wiring and fittings – All buildings in which carbon
disulphide is refined or stored shall be provided with electrical apparatus, wiring
and fittings which shall afford adequate protection from fire and explosion.
12. 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 buildings in which carbon disulphide is refined or stored, and a notice in the
language understood by a majority of the workers shall be posted 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 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 electrically
and in case of failure of electricity by some mechanical means.
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15. Fire-fighting equipment –
(1) Adequate number of suitable fire extinguishers or other fire-fighting
equipment shall be kept in constant readiness for dealing with risks involved
and depending on the amount and nature of materials stored.
(2) Clear instructions 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 –
(1) 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 and matches and other sources of ignition do not come in contact with
the clouds of dust arising during handling of bulk sulphur.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) No repairs involving flames, heat or use of hand or power tools shall be
made in the enclosure where bulk sulphur is stored.
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 and supervision –
(1) 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.
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(2) Workers in charge of operation and maintenance of electric furnaces and
the plants shall be properly qualified and adequately trained.
19. Washing facilities –
(1) 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.
(2) All the workers employed in the sulphur storage, handling and melting
operations shall be provided with a nail brush.
20. Personal protective equipment –
(1) Suitable goggles and protective clothing consisting of overalls without
packets, gloves and foot-wear shall be provided for the use of operatives –
(a) when operating valves or cocks controlling fluids etc.,
(b) drawing off a molten sulphur from sulphur pots;
(c) handling charcoal or sulphur.
(2) Suitable respiratory protective equipment shall be provided and stored in
the appropriate place for use during abnormal conditions or in an emergency.
(3) Arrangements shall be made for proper and efficient cleaning of all such
protective equipment.
21. Cloakrooms – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all
persons employed in the processes a suitable cloakroom for clothing put off
during work hours and a suitable place separate from the cloakroom for the
storage or overalls or working clothes. The accommodation so provided shall
be placed in the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept clean.
22. Unauthorized persons – Only maintenance and repair personnel, persons
directly connected with the plant operation and those accompanied by authorized
persons shall be admitted into the plant.
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SCHEDULE – XXIII
OPERATIONS INVOLVING HIGH NOISE LEVELS AND
VIBRATION LEVELS
PART-A High Noise Level
1. Application – This part of 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 85 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 "Bels" denoting such a ratio being the logarithm to the base the
of 10 of this ratio. The noise level (or the sound pressure level) 6 corresponds
to a reference pressure of 20 x 10 power(-6) Newton per square meter or
0.0002 dynes per square centimetre which is the threshold 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, a suitable engineering control or administrative
measures shall be taken to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that no
worker is exposed to sound levels exceeding the maximum permissible noise
exposure levels specified in Tables 1 and 2.
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Table 1
Permissible exposure in cases of continuous noise
Total time of exposure (continuous Sound pressure level
or number of short term exposures) a per in dBA
day, in hours
8
85
6
87
4
90
3
92
1 ½ 97
1
100
¾
102
½
105
¼
110
Notes: 1. No exposure in excess of 110 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 in Dba Permitted number of impulses or
impact per day
140
100
135
315
130
1,000
125
3,160
120
10,000
Notes: 1. No exposure in excess of 140 dB peak sound pressure level is
permitted.
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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 or impacts per day is to be determined by extrapolation on a
proportionate basis.
(2) For the purposes 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 would 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 of each. The mixed exposure should be
considered to exceed the limit value if the sum of the fractions 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 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-rule (1) by reasonably practicable engineering control or
administrative measures, the noise exposure shall be reduced to the
greatest extent feasible by such control measures, and 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-rule (1).
(5) Where the ear protectors provided in accordance with sub-paragraph
(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 Table2 as the case may be, the noise
exposure period shall be suitably reduced to correspond to the permissible
noise exposures specified in sub-paragraph (1).
(6) (a) In all cases where the prevailing sound levels exceed the permissible
levels specified in sub-paragraph (1) there shall be administered an
effective hearing conservation programme which shall include among
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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 levels or by transferring them to places where
noise levels are relatively less or by any other suitable means.
4. Medical examination by Medical officer–
(1) The occupier shall ensure that the workers who are likely to be exposed to
high noise at above exposure action value are subjected to periodical medical
examination once in a year. The medical examination shall include tests which
the Medical officer may consider appropriate and shall include determination
of auditory thresholds for pure tones of 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and
8000 cycles per second..
( 2) Every worker exposed to high noise level shall be examined by a
Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. 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.
( 3) Every worker employed in process involving high noise shall be re-
examined by a Medical officer at least once in every 12 months and such
examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include
all the tests in subparagraph (1).
(4) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a
Certificate of Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each
examination carried out under sub-paragraph (1) and (2),including the nature
and the results of this test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a
health register in Form-47.
(5) The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily
available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(6) 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
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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 officer , in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
(7) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-
paragraph (6) 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.
PART-B
HIGH VIBRATION LEVELS
1. Applications
This part of the Schedule shall apply to all operations in a manufacturing
part of the process having high undesired vibrations.
2. Definition:
(a) "daily exposure" means the quantity of mechanical vibration to which a
worker is exposed during a working day, which takes account of the
magnitude and duration of the vibration;
(b) "Vibration" means a mechanical phenomenon where by oscillations occur
about equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic or random.
(c) "high vibration" means any exposure greater than the exposure limit value
and action value specified in clause-3.
(d) "exposure action value" means the level of daily exposure set out in
clause-3 for any worker which, if reached or exceeded, requires specified
action to be taken to reduce risk;
(e) "exposure limit value" means the level of daily exposure for any worker
which must not be exceeded, as specified in sub clause-3
(f) "hand-arm vibration" means mechanical vibration which is transmitted
into the hands and arms during a work activity;
(g) "mechanical vibration" means vibration occurring in a piece of machinery
or equipment or in a vehicle as a result of its operation; and
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into the body, when seated or standing, through the supporting surface,
during a work activity or as described in sub clause 3(2).
3. Exposure limit values and action values.
(1) For hand-arm vibration
(a) the daily exposure limit value is 5 m/s2 A(8);
( b) the daily exposure action value is 2.5 m/s2A(8), and daily exposure
shall be ascertained on the basis set out in the relevant National/
International Standards specified in table 1 below.
(2) For whole body vibration
(a) the daily exposure limit value is 1.15 m/s2A(8);
(b) the daily exposure action value is 0.5 m/s2A(8), and daily exposure
shall be ascertained on the basis set out in the relevant National/
International Standards
Table 1
The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) for exposure of the hand to vibration
in X, Y, or Z direction of axes in the three dimensional system shall be as
given below:
Total Daily Exposure Maximum value of frequency weighted
Duration (hours) acceleration (m/s2) in any direction
4 to less than 8 hours 4
2 to less than 4 hours 6
1 to less than 2 hours 8
less than 1hour 12
3 Assessment of vibration exposure shall be made for each applicable
direction (X, Y, Z)) since vibration is a vector quantity (magnitude and direction).
In each direction, the magnitude of the vibration during normal operation of the
power tool, machine or work piece should be expressed by the root-mean-
square (RMS) value of the frequency –weighted component acceleration, in
units of meter per second squared (m/s2)
4. Assessment of risk to health due to vibration at the work place.
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from vibration shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk created
by that work to the health and safety of those and the risk assessment shall
identify the control measures that need to be taken.
(2) The risk assessment should be reviewed whenever it is felt the changes in
the process makes the earlier risk assessment no longer valid.
5. Engineering control measures
1. The occupier shall ensure that risk from the exposure of workers to vibration
is either eliminated at source or, where this is not reasonably practicable, reduced
to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.
(a) Where it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risk at source pursuant to
paragraph.
(b) and an exposure action value is likely to be reached or exceeded, the employer
shall reduce exposure to as low a level as is reasonably practicable by establishing
and implementing a programme of engineering control measures which are
appropriate to this type of activity.
(c) The occupier shall ensure that the workers are provided with the following
measures:-
(i) work equipment of appropriate ergonomic design which, taking account of
the work to be done, produces the least possible vibration;
(ii) the provision of auxiliary equipment which reduces the risk of injuries caused
by vibration; and install appropriate maintenance programmes for work equipment,
the workplace and workplace systems;
(iii) Subject to sub clause 5, the employer shall ensure that his employees are not
exposed to vibration above an exposure limit value; and shall take necessary to
identify the reasons for the limit being exceeded and take appropriate steps to
reduce the exposure to vibration to below limit value.
Provided that where the exposure of an employee to vibration is
usually below the exposure action value but varies markedly from time to time
and may occasionally exceed the exposure limit value.
Provided further that– any exposure to vibration averaged over one
week is less than the exposure limit value and there is evidence to show that the
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from constant exposure at the exposure limit value; and that the (b) risk is
reduced to as low a level as is reasonably practicable, taking into account the
special circumstances.
6. Medical examination by Medical officer–
(1) The occupier shall ensure that the workers who are likely to be exposed to
vibration at above exposure action value are subjected to periodical medical
examination once in a year. The medical examination shall include general and
physical examination as well as special test for Reynaud's phenomenon.
(2) Every worker employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be
examined by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. 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.
(3) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every 12 months and such examination shall,
wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include all the tests in
subparagraph (1).
(4) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1) and (2),including the nature and the results of this
test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(5) The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily
available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(6) 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 to work in the said process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in
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suitably rehabilitated.
(7) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
7. Personal Protective equipment
(1) The occupier shall ensure that the worker who are likely to be exposed to
high level of vibration are provided with appropriate PPE and protective clothing
confirming to national or international standards. Such Personal Protective
Equipment should include hand gloves and safety shoes. The protective clothing
shall be able to protect the workers from cold and dump.
(2) The occupier shall ensure that workers are given periodical training in the
use care and maintenance of the Personal Protective Equipment.
8. Administrative Control Measures
(1) The occupier shall ensure that as far as reasonably practicable as all
necessary control measures are taken to ensure that the unwanted vibrations
does not affect the health of the workers employed in the process to which this
part of schedule apply.
(2) The occupier shall provide all workers with information instruction and
training to be adopted to limit the exposure limit values and action values as set
out in sub clause-3.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the information,
instruction and training provided under that paragraph shall include–
I. the exposure limit values and action values set out in sub clause -3.
II. safe working practices to minimise exposure to vibration; and
III. suitable and sufficient information and training for employees, such that
work equipment may be used correctly and safely, in order to minimise
their exposure to vibration;
IV. limitation of the duration and magnitude of exposure to vibration;
V. appropriate work schedules with adequate rest periods; and
VI. The information, instruction and training required by paragraph (2) shall
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carried out or the working methods used by the employer.
(4) The Occupier shall display pictorial cautionary notices/warning signs at
conspicuous places where there are possibilities of workers being exposed to
undesired high vibrations.
9. Prohibition in employment of pregnant women, adolescent and
persons with disabilities.
No pregnant women or adolescent or persons with disabilities shall be employed
in the process covered by this part of the schedule
10. Exemptions
If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied
that owing to any exceptional circumstances, or infrequently 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 such 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 matter.
SCHEDULE – XXIV
MANUFACTURE OR MANIPULATION OF DANGEROUS
PESTICIDES
1. Application –This schedule shall apply in respect of all factories or any
part thereof in which the process of manufacture or manipulation of dangerous
pesticide hereinafter referred to as the said manufacturing process is carried
on.
2. 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 there
under and any other product, as may be notified from time to time by the State
Government;
(b) "manipulation" includes mixing, blending, formulating, filling, emptying,
packing or otherwise handling;
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(c) "efficient exhaust draught" means localised mechanical ventilation for
removal of smoke, gas, vapour, dust, fume or mist so as to prevent them from
escaping into 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.
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 to this schedule and printed in the language of the
majority of the workers shall be displayed in all work places 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 and the
manager of the factory to periodically instruct the workers regarding the health
hazards arising to 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 projecting health of the workers.
5. Prohibition relating to employment of pregnant women or Adolescent
– No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in
any room in which the said manufacturing process is carried on or in any room
in which dangerous pesticide is stored.
6. Food drinks, and smoking prohibition – (1) No food, drink, tobacco,
pan or supari shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any workroom
in which the said manufacturing process is carried out.
(2) Smoking shall be prohibited in any workroom in which the said manufacturing
process is carried out.
7. Protective clothing and protective equipment – (1) 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.
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aprons, chemical safety goggles and respirators shall be provided for all workers
employed in the said manufacturing process.
(b) Gloves, boots, aprons shall be made from synthetic rubber where a pesticide
contains oil.
(3) Protective clothing and equipment shall be worn by the workers supplied
with such clothing and equipment.
(4) Protective clothing and equipment shall be washed daily from inside and
outside if the workers handle pesticides containing nicotine or phosphorous
and shall be washed frequently if handling other pesticides.
(5) Protective clothing and equipment shall be maintained in good condition.
8. Floors and work-benches – (1) Floors in every workroom where dangerous
pesticides are manipulated shall be of cement or other impervious material
giving a smooth surface.
(2) Floors shall be maintained in good repair, provided with adequate slope
leading to a drain and thoroughly washed once a day with the hose pipe.
(3) 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.
9. Spillage and waste – (1) 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 through decontamination of
such areas or articles.
(2) 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.
(3) Suitable deactivating agents, where available, shall be kept in a readily
accessible place for use while attending to a spillage.
(4) Easy means of access shall be provided to all parts of the plant for cleaning,
maintenance and repairs.
10. Empty containers used for dangerous pesticides – Containers used
for dangerous pesticides shall be thoroughly cleaned of their contents and
treated with an inactivating agent before being discarded or destroyed.
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11. Manual handling – (1) A dangerous pesticide shall not be required or
allowed to be manipulated by hand except by means of a long handled scoop.
(2) Direct contact of any part of the body with a dangerous pesticide during its
manipulation shall be avoided.
12. Ventilation – (1) In every workroom or area where a dangerous pesticide
is manipulated, adequate ventilation shall be provided at all times by the
circulation of fresh air.
(2) Unless the process is completely enclosed, the following operations during
manipulation of a dangerous pesticide shall not be undertaken without an
efficient exhaust draught :-
(a) emptying a container holding a dangerous pesticide;
(b) blending a dangerous pesticide;
(c) preparing a liquid or powder formulation containing a dangerous pesticide;
and
(d) Changing or filling a dangerous pesticide into a container, tank hopper or
machine or small sized containers.
(3) In the event of a failure of the exhaust draught provided on the above
operation, the said operations shall be stopped forthwith.
(4) (i) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall at least
once in every six months be examined and tested by competent person, and
any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as
practicable.
(ii) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be kept
in Form 50.
13. Time allowed for washing – (1) 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.
(2) 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.
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maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all workers employed
in the factory where the said manufacturing process is carried on, adequate
washing and bathing places having a constant supply of water under cover at
the rate of one such place for every 5persons employed.
(2) The washing places shall have standpipes placed at intervals of not less
than one meter.
(3) Not less than one half of the total number of washing places shall be
provided with bathrooms.
(4) Sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable material shall be
provided :
Provided that such towels shall be supplied individually for each
worker is so ordered by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(5) Sufficient supply of soap and nail brushes shall be provided.
15. Cloakroom – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all
workers employed in the factory where the said manufacturing process is
carried on –
(a) a cloakroom for clothing put off during working hours with adequate
arrangements for drying clothing, if wet; and
(b) separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective clothing
provided under paragraph 7.
16. Mess room – (1) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of
all workers employed in the factory in which the said manufacturing process is
carried on and remaining on the premises during the rest intervals, suitable
mess room which shall be furnished with –
(a) sufficient tables and benches with back rest, and
(b) Adequate means for warming food.
(2) The mess room shall be placed under the charge of responsible person and
shall be kept clean.
17. Manipulation not be undertaken – Manufacture or manipulation of a
pesticides shall not be undertaken in any factory unless a certificate regarding
its dangerous nature or otherwise is obtained from the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator.
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18. Medical examination by medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be examined by a Medical
officer within15 days of his first employment. Such examinations in respect of
Halogenated Pesticides, shall include tests for determination of chemical in
blood and in fat tissues, E.E.G. abnormalities and memory tests. In respect of
organo phosphate compounds, such examinations shall include tests for
depression of cholinesterase in plasma and red blood cells. 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 said process shall be re-examined by a
Medical officer at least once in every six calendar months. Such examination
shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include the tests
specified in sub-paragraph (1). Further every worker employed in the said
processes shall also be examined once in every three months by the factory
medical officer.
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under subparagraph(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of
these test, shall also be entered by the medical officer in a health register in
Form-47.
(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 officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fit for employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance
there in 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 officer, in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
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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.
20. Exemption – If in respect of any factory the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator is satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or the
infrequency of the said manufacturing process or for any other reason which
shall record in writing all or any of the provisions of this schedule are not
necessary for the protection of workers 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
APPENDIX
CAUTIONARY NOTICE
(Insecticides and pesticides)
1. Chemicals handled in this plant are poisonous substances.
2. Smoking, eating food or drinking, chewing tobacco in this area is prohibited.
No food stuff 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 this 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 food stuffs.
8. Spillage of the chemicals on any part of the body or on the floor or
workbench shall be immediately washed away with water.
9. Clothing contaminated sue to splashing shall be removed immediately.
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 report for the prescribed medical tests regularly to
protect their own health.
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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;
(c) "churn" means the vessel in which alkali cellulose pulp is treated with
carbon disulphide;
(d) "dumping" means transfer of cellulose xanthate 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;
(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-di-sulphide and
hydrogen sulphide in the air of every work environment within the permissible
limits.
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draught shall be provided and maintained to control the concentration of carbon-
disulphide and hydrogen sulphide in the air at the following locations :-
(a) dumping hoppers of dry churns;
(b) spinning machines;
(c) trio rollers and cutters used in steple fibre spinning;
(d) gydro-extractors for yarn cakes;
(e) after treatment processes; 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 draft to be provided as required in sub-paragraph
(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-dulphide 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 a 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-paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) is ineffective,
fails, or is stopped for any purpose whatsoever, all persons shall be required to
leave the work areas where the equipment or processes specified in the above
said sub-paragraphs are in use, as soon as possible, and in any case not later
than 15 minutes after such an occurrence.
(6) (a) All ventilating systems provided for the purposes as required in
subparagraphs(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
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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 deposited 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 xanthate 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-paragraph (1), instantaneous gas
detector tubes shall not be used. Samples shall be collected over duration of
not less than 10 minutes and analyzed 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 concentration of either carbon disulphide or hydrogen sulphide exceeds
the permissible limits for such vapour or gas as laid down in Rules, suitable
steps shall be taken for controlling the concentrations in air of such contaminants.
A report of such occurrences shall be 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. Prohibition relating to employment of Adolescent – No adolescent
shall be employed or permitted to work in any fume process or in any room in
which any such process is carried on.
8. 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.
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Table
Name of Process Name of Protective equipment
1
2
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 Suitable gloves and footwear
to involve contact with
viscose solution
4 Handling of sulphur Suitable chemical goggles
5 Any other process Protective equipment as may be
involving contact with directed by the Chief Inspector-cum-
hazardous chemicals Facilitator by an order in writing
(2) A suitable room, rooms or lockers shall be provided exclusively for the
storage of all protective equipment supplied to workers and no such equipment
shall be stored at any place other than the room, rooms or lockers so provided.
9. 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 a suitable appliances for its administration, and
(c) life belts.
(2) (a) The breathing apparatus and other appliances referred to in subparagraph
(1) shall be maintained in good condition and kept in appropriate locations so as
to be readily available.
(b) The breathing apparatus and other appliances referred to in clauses (a)
and (b) of sub-paragraph (1) shall be cleaned and disinfected at suitable intervals
and thoroughly inspected once every month by a 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.
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(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 2such 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 for which breathing
apparatus is necessary to be provided under sub-paragraph (1) unless he has
been fully instructed in the proper use of that equipment.
(6) No breathing apparatus provided in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) which
has been worn by a person shall be worn by another 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.
10. Electric fittings – All electric fittings in any room in which carbon-di-
sulphide is produced, used or given off or is likely to be given off into the work
environment, other than a spinning room, shall be of flame-proof construction
and all electric conduct or shall either be enclosed in metal conduits or be lead-
sheathed.
11. 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
posted at prominent locations 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.
Provided that fire, naked light or other means of producing a naked
light of spark maybe carried on in such room only when required for the purposes
of the process itself under the direction of a responsible person.
12. Washing and bathing facilities – (1)There shall be provided and
maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all workers employed
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places having a constant supply of water under cover at the rate of one such
place for every 25 persons employed.
(2) The washing places shall have standpipes placed at intervals of not less
than one meter.
(3) Not less than one half of the total number of washing places shall be
provided with bathrooms.
(4) Sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable material shall be provided.
Provided that such towels shall be supplied individually for each worker if so
ordered by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(5) Sufficient supply of soap and nail brushes shall be provided.
13. Rest Room –
(1) A rest room shall be provided for the workers engaged in doffing operations
of filament yarn spinning process.
(2) Such rest room shall be provided with fresh air supply and adequate seating
arrangement.
14. Cautionary notice and instructions – (1) the following cautionary notice
shall be prominently displayed in each fume process room.
Cautionary Notice
I. Carbon disulphide (CS2) and Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) which may be present
in this room are hazardous to health.
II. Follow safety instructions.
III. Use protective equipment and breathing apparatus as and when required.
IV. 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 worker employed in any
room in which a fume process is carried on regarding the health hazards
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.
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(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
di-sulphide and hydrogen sulphide. Those instructions shall be displayed in the
concerned areas and workers shall be instructed and trained in the actions to
be taken in such emergencies.
15. Medical examination by medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be examined by a Medical
officer within15 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 officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every three calendar months and such
examination shall, wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include
all the tests in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1) and(2) including the nature and the results of
these test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in
Form-47.
(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 officer is of the opinion that a worker is no
longer fit for employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance
there in 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 officer , in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
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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. 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 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 be 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 – 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. Definition – 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, (30 of 1934) gives off flammable vapours at a
temperature less than 32 degree centigrade;
(b) "flammable compressed gas" means flammable compressed gas as defined
in section 2 of the Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules 1981
framed under the Explosive 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.
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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 a factory in totally enclosed systems consisting of pipe lines, pumps 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 any 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 –
(1) 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 measures 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;
(b) Effective measures 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;
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(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 of 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 a risk of life. The occupier shall take
all practicable measures to ensure compliance with this requirement including
display of a bold notice indicating prohibition of smoking at every place 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
fire fighting, shall be to the standards and levels prescribed by the Indian
Standards applicable, and in any case not inferior to the standards prescribed
by Central Government under the Code.
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 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 be 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 – 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 859
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casting in moulds made of sand, loam, moulding composition or other mixture
of materials, or by shall moulding, or by centrifugal casting and any process
incidental to such production;
(b) the production of non-ferrous castings by casting metal in moulds made of
sand, loam , metal, moulding composition or other material or mixture of materials,
or by shall mouldings, die-casting (including pressure die casting), centrifugal
casting or continuous casting and any process incidental to such production;
and
(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 –
(a) Any process with respect to the smelting and manufacture of lead and the
Electric Accumulators;
(b) Any process for the purpose of a printing works; or
(c) Any smelting process in which metal is obtained by a reducing operation or
any process incidental to such operation; or
(d) The production of steel in the form of ingots; or
(e) Any process in the course of the manufacture of solder or any process
incidental to such manufacture; or
(f) the smelting and casting of lead or any 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. Definition – For the purpose of this schedule –
(A) "approved respirator' means a respirator of a type approved by the Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator;
(B) "cupola of 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 (a) the removal of metal from a casting when performed incidentally
in connection with the machining or assembling of castings after they have
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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 moulds
made of sand, loam, moulding composition or other mixture of materials, or by
shell moulding or by centrifugal casting in metal moulds 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 course of, such production, namely, the preparation and
preparation of moulds and cores, knock out operations and dressing or fettling
operations;
(E) "knock-out operations" means all methods of removing castings from moulds
and the following operations, when done in connection therewith, namely,
stripping, coring-out and the removal of runners and risers;
(F) "pouring aisle" means an aisle leading from a main gangway or directly
from a cupola or furnace to where metal is poured into moulds.
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 fireclay
(d) Sillimanite
(e) Calcined or fused alumina
(f) Olivine
(g) Natural sand
(2) Dust or other matter deposited from a fettling or blasting process shall not
be used as a parting material or as a constituent in a parting material.
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4. Arrangement and storage – For the purposes of promoting safety and
cleanliness in workrooms the following requirements shall be observed:-
(a) moulding 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;
(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 workplaces in which the processes are carried on, other
than parts which are of sand, shall have been surface of hard material.
(2) No part of the floor of any such indoor workplace 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 metres
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 paragraph
including the date (which shall be not less than five months nor more than nine
months after the last immediately preceding washing, cleaning or other
treatment.)
(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 on, other than parts which are of sand; and
the parts which are of sand shall keep in good order.
7. Manual operations involving molten metal –
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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 paragraph 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 workroom to which this paragraph applies constructed,
reconstructed or converted for use as such after the making of this Schedule
and, so far as reasonably practicable, in every other workroom to which this
Paragraph applies, sufficient and clearly defined main gangway shall be provided
and properly maintained which –
(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 not used for carrying molten metal, shall be at least 920 millimetre 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 of 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 1.2matters
in width; and
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hand shanks, at least 1.8 metres in width.
(2) In workroom to which this Paragraph 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 –
(a) shall have an even surface of hard material and shall, in particular, not be
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 bulk ladles by not more than two
men per ladle, shall be at least 460 millimetres wide, but where any moulds
alongside the aisle are more than 510 millimetres above the floor of the aisle,
the aisle shall be not 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 a width
adequate for the safe performance of the work.
(3) Requirements of sub-paragraph (1) and (2) shall not apply to any workroom
or part of a workroom if, by reason of the nature of the work done therein, the
floor of that workroom or, as the case may be, that part of a workroom has to
be of sand.
(4) In this paragraph "workroom to which this paragraph 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 paragraph applies shall be deemed for
the purposes of this paragraph 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 line 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 864
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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 moulds except in
circumstances in which the use of such fires is unavoidable.
(3) Mould stoves, core stoves and annealing furnaces 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 –
(a) in a separate part of foundry suitably partitioned off, being a room or part in
which, so far as reasonably practicable, effective and suitable 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 foundry suitably partitioned off;
or
(b) In an area of the foundry set apart 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.
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11. Maintenance and examination of exhaust plant –
(1) All ventilation plant used for the purpose of extracting, suppressing or
controlling dust or fumes shall be properly maintained.
(2) All ventilating plant used for the purpose of extracting, suppressing 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 such examination and test shall be entered in an
register in Form-49 which shall be available for inspection by an Inspector-
cum-Facilitator. Any defect found on any such examination and carrying out
the examination and test to the occupier of the factory.
12. Protective equipment –
(1) The occupier shall provide and maintain protective equipment specified for
the protection of workers,
(a) suitable gloves to 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
have 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 there from 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
(c) carry by hand or move by manual power any ladle or mould 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;
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Shall be provided with suitable footwear and gaiters which worn by them
prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, risk of burns to his 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 paragraph.
(6) Every person shall make full and proper use of the equipment provided for
his protection in pursuance of sub-paragraph (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. Washing and bathing facilities –
(1) There shall be provided and maintained in clean state and good repair for
the use of all workers employed in the foundry –
(a) A wash place under cover with either –
(i) a trough with impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe without plug, and
of sufficient length to allow at least 60 centimetres for every 10 such persons
employed at any one time and having a constant supply of clean water from
taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimetres or
(ii) at least one tap or stand pipe for every 10 such persons employed at any
one time, and having a constant supply of clean water, the tap or stand pipe
being spaced not less than 1.2 metres apart; and
(b) Not less than one half of the total number of washing places provided
under clause (a) shall be in form of bath rooms.
(c) A sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable material changed daily,
with sufficient supply of nail brushes and soap.
(2) The facilities provided for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) shall be placed
in charge of a responsible person or persons and maintained in a clean and
orderly condition.
14. Disposal of dross and skimming – Dross and skimming removed from
molten metal or taken from a furnace shall be placed forthwith in suitable
receptacles.
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15. Disposal of waste – Appropriate measures shall be taken for the disposal
of all waste products from shell moulding (including waste burnt sand) as soon
as reasonably practicable after the castings have been knocked-out.
16. 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.
17. Medical examination by medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be examined by a Medical
officer within15 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 officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every 12 months and such examination shall,
wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include all the tests in
subparagraph(1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1)and (2) including the nature and the results of
these test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in
Form-47.
(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 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 868
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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 officer , in which case the person affected shall be
suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
19. 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 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 be 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 – XXVIII
TEXTILE MACHINERY EXCEPT MACHINERY USE IN JUTE
MILLS
1. Application: - This Schedule shall apply to the machinery in factories
engaged in manufacturing or processing of textiles other than jute textiles
excluding the machinery in factories engaged exclusively in the manufacture
of synthetic fibres.
2. Definitions;-For the purposes of this Schedule.
(a) "Calender" means a set of heavy roller mounted on vertical side frames
and arranged to pass cloth between them which may have two to ten rollers or
bowls some of which may be heated:
(b) "Card" means a machine consisting of cylinders various sizes and includes
flats. Covered with card clothing and set in relation to each so that fibres in ;
staple form may be Separated into individual relationship
(c) "Card clothing" means the material with which the surfaces of the cylinder,
Doffer flats, etc. Of a card are covered and consists of a thick foundation
material made of either textile fabrics, through which many fine closely spaced 869
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specially bent wires or mounted saw toothed wires are passed;
(d) "Comber" means a machine for combing fibres of cotton. Wool etc. The
essential parts whereof are device for feeding forward a fringe of fibres at
regular intervals and an arrangement of combs or pins, which at the right time,
pass through the fringe and by which tangled fibres. Short fibres, and nips are
removed and the long fibres are laid parallel;
(e) "Combing machinery" means a general classification of machinery, including
combers, silver lap machines. Ribbon lap machines and gill boxes, but excluding
cards;
(f) "Continuous bleaching range" means a machine used for bleaching of cloth
in rope or open-width form;
Explanation: (1) The cloth after wetting out, passes through a squeeze roll
into a saturator, containing a solution of caustic soda and then to an enclosed J.
Box. A V shaped arrangement is attached to the front part of J. Box uniform
and rapid saturation of the cloth, with steam before it is packed down in the J.
Box; the cloth, in a single strand rope form passes over a guide roll down the
first arm of the "V" at the upper end of the second arm so that the cloth is
rapidly saturated with steam at this point; the J. Box capacity is such that cloth
will remain hot for a sufficient time to complete the scouring action; it then
passes through a series of washers with a squeeze roll in between; the cloth
then passes through a second set of saturator, J-Box and washer, where it is
treated with the peroxide solution;
Explanation:- 2) by slight modification of the form of the unit, the same process
as is explained in Explanation (1), can be applied to open-width cloth;
(g) "embossing calender" means a calendar with two or more rolls, one of
which is engaged for producing figure effects of various kinds on a fabric;
(h) "granett machine" means any number of types of machines for opening
hard twisted waste of wool, cotton, silk, etc., essentially consisting of a locker-
in-one or more cylinders each having a complement worker and stringer rolls,
and a fency roll and doffer.
Explanation: - The action of such machines is somewhat like that of a wool
card, but it is much more severe in that the various rolls are covered with
granett wire instead of card clothing;
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(i) "gill box" means a machine used in the worsted system of manufacturing
yarns which functions to arrange it in a parallel order and essentially, it consists
of a pair of feed rolls and a series of follower where the followers move at a
faster surface speed and perform as combine action;
(j) "in-running rolls" means any pair of rolls or drums between which there is
a 'nip';
(k) "Inter-locking arrangement" means a device that prevents the setting in
motion of a dangerous part of a machine or the machine itself while the guard,
cover or door provided to safe- guard against danger is open or un-locked, and
which will also hold the guard, cover or door closed and locked- while the
machine or the dangerous part thereof is in motion;
(I) "Kier" means large metal vat, usually .a pressure type in which fabrics
may be boiled out, bleached etc.
(m) "loom" means a machine for effecting the interlocking of two series of
yarns crossing one another at right angles by which the warp yarns are wound
on a warp beam and pass through headless and reads and the filling is shot
across in a shuttle and settled in place by read and slay, and the fabric is wound
on a cloth beam;
(n) "mule" means a type of spinning frame having a head stock and a carriage
as its two main sections, the head stock is stationery and the carriage is movable
and its carries the spindles which draft and spin the roving into yarn and extends
over the whole of the machine, moves slowly toward and away from the head
stock during the spinning operation;
(0) "mercerizing range" means a 3-bowl mangle, a tenter frame, and a number
of boxes for washing and scouring, the whole set up where of is in a straight
line and all parts operate continuously;
Note :-The combination is used to saturate the cloth with sodium hydroxide,
stretch it while saturated and washing out most of the caustic before releasing
tension;
(p) 'Nip" means the danger zone between two rolls or drums, which by virtue
of their positioning and movement create a nipping hazard;
(q) "Openers and pickers" means a general classification of machinery, which
includes breaker pickers, intermediate pickers, finisher pickers, single process 871
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pickers, willow machines, card and picker waste cleaners, thread extractors
shredding machines, roving waste openers, shoddy pickers, bale breakers,
feeders, vertical openers, lattice cleaners horizontal cleaners and any similar
machinery equipped with either cylinders, screen section calender section,
rollers or beaters used for the preparation of stock for further processing;
(r) "paddler" means a trough for a solution and two or more squeeze rolls
between which cloth passes after being passed through a mordent or dye bath;
(s) "Plating machine" means a machine used to lay cloth into folds of regular
length for convenience of subsequent process or use;
(t) "ribbon lapper" means a machine or a part of a machine used to prepare
laps for feeding a cotton comb the purpose of which is to provide a uniform lap
in which the fibers have been straightened as much as possible;
(u) "rotary staple cutter" means a machine consisting of one or more rotary
blades used for the purpose of cutting textile fibres into staple lengths;
(v) "roller printing machine" means a machine used for printing fabrics and
consisting of a large central cylinder, or pressure bowl around the lower part of
the perimeter of which is placed a series of engraved color rollers (each having
a color trough), a furnisher roller, doctor blades, etc.;
(w) "silver lapper" means a machine or a part of a machine in which a number
of parallel card silvers are drafted slightly, laid side bye side in a compact sheet
and wound into a cylindrical package;
(x) "starch mangle" means a mangle which is use specifically for starching
cotton goods, and generally consists of two large rolls and a shallow open vat
with several immersion rolls;
(y) "sanforizing machine" means a machine consisting of a large steam-heated
cylinder and endless, thick woollen felt blanket which is in close contact with
the cylinder for most of its perimeter and an electrically heated shoe which
presses the cloth against the blanket while the later is in a stretched condition
as it curves around feed-in roll;
(z) "shearing machine" means a machine used for shearing cloth in which
cutting action is provided by a number of steel blades spirally mounted on a
roller which rotates in close contact with a fixed edge blade.
(aa) "singeing machine" means a machine which comprises of a heated roller 872
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a plate, or an open gas flame by which the cloth or yarn is rapidly passed over
the roller or the plate or through the open gas flame to remove fuzz of hairiness
by burning;
(ab) "slasher" means a machine used for applying a size mixture to warp
yarns which essentially consists of a stand for holding section beams a size
box, one or more cylindrical dryers or an enclosed hot air dryer, and a beaming
end for winding the yarn on the loom beams;
(ac) "tenter frame" means a machine for drying cloth under tension which
essentially consists of a pair of endless travelling chains fitted with clips of fine
pins and carried on tracks and the cloth is firmly held at the selvages by the
two chains which diverge as they move forward so that the cloth is brought to
the desired width;
(ad) "warper" means a machine for preparing and arranging the yarn intended
for the warp of fabric, specifically a beam warper; and
(ae) "Water mangle" means a calendar having two or more rolls used for
squeezing water form fabrics before drying or for the finishing of various
fabrics.
3. General safety requirements;-
(1) Every textile machine shall be provided with individual mechanical or
electrical means for starting and stopping such machines and the belt shifter
on machines driven by belts and shafting should be provided with a belt shifter
lock or an equivalent positive locking device.
(2) Stopping and starting handles or other controls shall be of such design and
so positioned as to prevent the operator's hand or fingers from striking against
any moving part or any other part of the machine.
(3) All belts, pulleys, gears, chains, sprockets wheel and other dangerous moving
parts of machinery which either form part of the machinery or are used in
association with it, shall be securely guarded.
4. Openers and pickers ;-( 1) In all operating or picker machinery;-
(i) Beaters and other dangerous parts shall be securely fenced by guards so as
to prevent contact with them; and
(ii) Guards and doors or covers of openings giving access to any dangerous
part of the machinery shall be provided with inter-locking arrangement:
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access to any dangerous part, other than beater covers, instead of the inter,
locking arrangement. Such openings may be so fenced by guards which prevent
access to any such dangerous part and which is either kept positively locked in
position or fixed in such a manner that it cannot be removed without the use of
hand tools.
(2) The feed rolls on all opening and picking machinery shall be covered with
a guard designed to prevent the Operator from reaching the nip while the
machinery is in operation.
(3) The lap forming rollers shall be fitted with a guard or cover which shall
prevent access to the nip at the intake of the lap roller and fluted roller as long
as the weighted rack is down and the guard or cover shall be so locked that it
cannot be raised until the machine is stopped, and machine cannot be started
until the Cover of guard is closed:
Provided that the foregoing provision shall not apply to the machines
equipped with automatic lap forming devices:
Provided further that any such machine equipped with automatic
lap forming device shall not be used unless the automatic lap forming device is
in efficient working order.
5. Cotton Cards.-(1) all cylinder doors shall be secured by an interlocking
arrangement which shall prevent the door being opened until the cylinder has
ceased to revolve and shall render it impossible to restart the machine until the
door has been closed:
Provided that the latter requirement in respect of the automatic
locking device shall not apply while stripping or grinding operations are carried
out:
Provided further that stripping or grinding operation shall be carried
out only by specially trained adult workers wearing tight "fitting clothing, whose
names have been recorded in the register in Form-48.
(2) The licker-in shall be guarded so as to prevent access to the dangerous
parts.
(3) Every card shall be equipped with an arrangement that would enable the
card cylinder to be driven by power during stripping or grinding operations
without having to either shift the main belt to the fast pulley of the machine or 874
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dismantle the interlocking mechanism and such an arrangement shall be used
only for strip or grinding operations.
6. Garnett Machines. (1) Garnett licker-ins shall be enclosed and the garnett
fancy rolls shall be enclosed by guards and shall be installed in a way that
keeps work rolls reasonably accessible for removal or adjustment.
(2) The underside of the garnett shall be guarded by a screen mess or other
form of enclosures to prevent access.
7. Gill boxes.-(1) The feed and shall be guarded so as to prevent fingers
being caught in the pins of the intersecting fillers.
(2) All nips of in-running rolls shall be guarded by Suitable nip guards conforming
to the following specifications.
Any opening which the guard may permit when fitted in position shall be so
restricted with respect to the distance of the opening from any nip point through
that opening from any nip point through that the maximum width of the opening
shall not exceed the following :-
Distance of opening from nip point Maximum width of opening
0 to 38 mm 6 mm
39 to 63 mm 10 mm
64 to 88 mm 13 mm
89 to 140 mm 15 mm
141 to 165 mm 19 mm
166 to 190 mm 22 mm
191 to 215 mrn 32 mm
8. Silver aid ribbon lappers (cotton). – The cylinder drums and the laps
pool shall be provided with a guard to prevent access to the nip between the in-
running rolls.
9. Speed frame Jack Box wheels at the head stock shall band guard shall
have interlocking arrangement.
10. Spinning Mules.-Wheels on spinning mule carriages shall be provided
with substantial wheel guards, extending to within 6 mm of the rails.
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operating in excess of 410 meters minimum and shall have interlocking
arrangements, except for the purpose of inching or jogging.
Provided that top and bottom bars of gates shall be at least 1.05 and
0.53 meters high from the floor or working plate form, and gate shall be locked
38 mm from vertical tangement to the bean head.
12 Slashers: - (1) Cylinder dryers:- a) All open nips of in running rolls shall
be guarded by nip guards conforming to the requirements in clause 7.
b) When slashers are operated by control levers, these levers shall be connected
to a horizontal bar or treadle located not more than 170mm above the floor to
control the operation from any point.
c) Slashers operated by such button control shall have stop and start buttons
located at each end of the machine, and additional buttons located on both
sides of the machine at the size box and the delivery end and if calendar rolls
are used, additional buttons shall be provided at both sides of machines at
points near the nips, except when slashers are equipped with an enclosed
dryer as in such clause (b).
2 Enclosed hot air dryer –
(a) All open nips of the top squeezing rollers shall be guarded by nip
guards conforming to the requirement specified in sub-clause (2) of clause
7.
(b) When slashers are operated by control layers, these levers shall be
connected to a horizontal bar or treadle located not more than 170 cm.
Above the floor to control the operation from any point.
(c) Slashers operated by push-button control shall have stop and start
buttons located at each end of the machine and additional stop and start
buttons located on both sides of the machine at intervals spaced not more
than 1.83 meters on centers.
13 Looms –
(a) Each loom shall be equipped with suitable guards designed to minimize
the danger from flying shuttles.
(b) Beam weights for tension in beam shall be of such construction so as
prevent it from falling during its adjustment.
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14 Valves of Kiers, tanks, and other containers. –
(a) Each valve controlling the flow of steam injurious gases or liquids into a
kier or any other tank or container into which a person is likely to enter in
connection with a process, operation, maintenance or for any other purpose,
shall be provided with a suitable lock the valve securely in the closed position
and retain the key with him before entering the kier tank or container.
(b) Wherever boiling tanks, caustic tanks and any other containers from which
liquids, which are hot, corrosive or toxic, may overflow or splash, are so located
that the operator cannot see the contents from the floor or working areas,
emergency shut off valves which can be controlled from a point not subject to
danger of splash shall be provided to prevent danger.
15. Shearing machines: - All revolving blades on shearing machines shall be
guarded so that the opening between the cloth surface and the bottom of the
guard will not exceed 10 mm.
16. Continuous bleaching range (cotton and rayon):- The nip of all in
running rolls on open-width bleaching machine rolls shall be protected with a
guard to prevent the worker from being caught at the nip and the guard shall
extend across the entire length of the nip.
17 Mercerizing range (piece goods) :-
(1) A stopping device shall be provided at each end of the machine.
(2) A guard shall be provided at each end of the frame between the in running
chain and the clip opener.
(3) A nip guard shall be provided for the in-running rolls of the mangle and
washers and the guard shall conform to the requirements specified in sub-
clause (2) of clause 7.
18 Tenter frames:-
(1) A stopping device shall be provided at each end of the machine.
(2) A guard shall be provided at each end of the machine frame at the in
running chain and clip opener.
19 Paddlers. –
(1) Suitable nip guards conforming to the requirements specified in sub
clause (2) of clause 7 shall be provided to all dangerous in-running rolls.
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20 Centrifugal extractors.-20 Centrifugal extractors. –
(1) Each extractor shall be provided with a guard for the basket, and the
guard shall have interlocking arrangement.
(2) Each extractor shall be equipped with a mechanically or electrically
operated brake to quickly stop the basket when the power driving the
basket is shut off.
21. Squeezer of wringer extractor, water mangle, starch mangle, back
washer (worsted yarn) crabbing machines and decanting machine: - All
in-running rolls shall be guarded with nip guards conforming to the requirements
specified in sub-clause (2) of clause 7.
22 Sanforizing and palmer machine: - (i) Nip guards shall be provided on all
accessible in-running rolls and these shall conform to the requirements specified
in sub-clause (2) of clause 7.
(ii) Access from the sides to the nips of running rolls should be fenced by
suitable side guards.
(iii) A safety trip rod, cable or wire center cord shall be provided across the
front and back of all palmer cylinders extending the length of the face of the
cylinder, which operate readily whether pushed or pulled and the safety trip
shall not be more than 170 cm. Above the level at which the operation stands
and shall be readily accessible.
23 Rope washers:- (1) Splash guards shall be installed in all rope washers
unless the machine is so designed as to prevent the water or liquid from splashing
the operator, the floor or working surface.
(2) A safety trip rod, cable or wire centre cord shall be provided across the
front and back of all rope was hers extending the length of the face of the
washer which shall operate readily whether pushed or pulled and the safety
trip shall be not more than 170 cm. Above the level on which the operator
stands and shall be readily accessible.
24 Laundry washer tumbler or shaker:
(1) Each drying tumbler, each double cylinder shaker or clothes tumbler, and
each washing machine shall be equipped with an interlocking arrangement
which will prevent the power operation of the inside cylinder when the outer
door on the case or shall is open, and which will also prevent the outer door in 878
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the case or shall from being opened without shutting off the power and the
cylinder coming to a stop but which should not prevent the movement of the
inner-cylinder by means of a hand operated mechanism or an inching device.
(2) Each closed barrel shall also be equipped with adequate means for holding
open the doors or covers of the inner and outer cylinders, of shells while it is
being loaded or unloaded.
25. Printing machine (roller type) –
(1) All in-running rolls shall be guarded by nip guards conforming to the
requirements specified in sub-clause(2) of clause 7
(2) The engraved roller gears and the large crown wheel shall be guarded.
26. Calendars –The Nip at the in-running side of the rolls shall be provided
with a guard extending across the entire length of the nip and arranged to
prevent the fingers of the workers from being pulled in between the rolls or
between the guard and the rolls, and so contracted that the cloth can be fed
into the rolls safely.
27. Rotary staple cutters: - The cutter shall be protected by a guard to
prevent hands reaching the cutting zone.
28. Plating machines.- Access to the trap between the knife and card bar
shall be prevented by a guard.
29. Hand baling machine. –An angle iron handle-stop guard shall be installed
at right angle to the frame of the machine, the stop guard of which shall be so
designed and so located that it will prevent the handle from travelling beyond
the vertical position should be handle slips from the operator's hand when the
pawl has been released from the teeth of the take-up gear.
30 Flat-Work ironer.- Each flat-work or coller ironer shall be equipped with
a safety bar or other guard across the entire from of the feed or first pressure
rolls, so arranged that the striking of the bar or guard by the hand of the
operator or other person will stop the machine. The guard shall be such that
the operator or other person cannot reach into the rolls without removing the
guard. This may be either a vertical guard on all sides or a complete cover. If
a vertical guard is used, the distance from the floor or working platform to the
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31. Medical examination and records:-
(1) Every worker employed on machinery to which this schedule applies
shall be examined by a medical officer within 15 days of his first employment.
Such examination shall include pulmonary test, immunoglobin test, Audiometry
test etc. 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 said processes shall be re-examined by a
medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re-
examination shall, wherever the medical officer considers appropriate, include
tests as specified in sub- paragraph (1).
(3) The medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub paragraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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 is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
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SCHEDULE – XXIX
PROCESS OF MELTING IN INDUCTION
FURNACE
1. Application:
Provisions of this schedule shall apply to all parts of factories operations
where melting of metal is done in induction furnace and other allied
processes are carried on.
2. Definitions:
(1) "Induction Furnace" means furnace in which a strong magnetic
field created by passing an electric current through a coil wrapped
around the furnace. The magnetic field in turn creates a voltage
across, and subsequently an electric current through, the metal to
be melted.
(2) "Coil" means coil of Induction Furnace
(3) "Ladle" means equipment used to carry melted metal
(4) "Mould" means moulds made of steel, sand, loam, moulding
composition or other mixture of materials.
(5) "Personal Protective Equipment" Personal Protective Equipment
(PPEs)refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other
garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from
injury or infection.
(6) " Refractory" means lining of refractory bricks made in pit
3. Arrangement and storage – For the purposes of promoting safety and
cleanliness in workrooms the following requirements shall be observed:-
(a) moulding 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;
(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.
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4. Construction, maintenance of platform and floors –
(1) The platform of furnace should be of good construction, sound material
and adequate strength to withstand explosion
(2) The platform must be of adequate size to accommodate persons working
there and raw material to be charged
(3) The platform must be provided with at least two stairs
(4) Floors of indoor workplaces in which the processes are carried on, other
than parts which are of sand, shall have been surface of hard material.
(5) No part of the floor of any such indoor workplace shall be of sand except
where this is necessary by reason of the work done.
(6) 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.
5. Authorised person : – (1) No person except those authorised to work on
platform or near furnace shall be allowed on the platform or near furnace.
(2) Person covered under exception of sub-rule (1) must be trained and provided
with prescribed personnel protective equipments.
(3) No person shall carry out any work within a distance of 4 metres from a
vertical line passing through the delivery end of any spout of a 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 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.
6. Maintenance and examination of exhaust plant –
(1) All ventilation plant used for the purpose of extracting, suppressing or
controlling dust or fumes shall be properly maintained.
(2) All ventilating plant used for the purpose of extracting, suppressing or
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a responsible person. It shall be thoroughly examined and tested by a competent
person at least once in every such examination and test shall be entered in an
register in Form-49 which shall be available for inspection by an Inspector-
cum-Facilitator. Any defect found on any such examination and carrying out
the examination and test to the occupier of the factory.
7. Ladle
(1) Before the ladle is placed for pouring the hot liquid metal, it shall be
thoroughly inspected
(2) Place the ladle below the spout.
(3) Before pouring is started, it shall be ensured that:
(a) Only minimum required nos. of persons shall be present.
(b) They all shall use PPEs like face shield, flame retardant suit, anklets,
goggles, hand gloves, helmets and safety shoes.
(4) Ladle shall be removed only after clearance from the Furnace In-charge.
(5) Ladle shall not be transported in tilted condition.
8. Operation and Maintenance of furnace:
(1) The occupier shall operate the furnace as per instructions supplied
by manufacturer.
(2) The occupier shall keep the maintenance of furnace as per
maintenance schedule supplied by manufacturer.
(3) The coil should be checked at regular intervals
(4) The refractories shall be changed at regular interval
9. Work Permit
The occupier shall issue work permit to the person supposed to work in
confined space, at height or on electric equipments.
10. Washing facilities –
The occupier shall provide and maintain, in a clean state and in good repair for
the use of all persons employed a wash place under cover with sufficient
supply of water and soap, towel etc.
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11. Protective equipment –
The occupier shall provide and maintain suitable PPEs for all persons employed
in process as specified in sub-rule (2).
12. Prohibition of employment of pregnant Woman and Adolescent –
No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be employed in any of the process
covered by this schedule
13. Medical examination by medical officer – (1) every worker employed
in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall be examined by a Medical
officer within15 days of his first employment. Such examinations shall include
skin test, Audiometric test, Pulmonary test 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 officer.
(2) Every worker employed in a manganese process shall be re-examined by
a Medical officer at least once in every 12 months and such examination shall,
wherever the Medical officer considers appropriate, include all the tests in
subparagraph(1).
(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub-paragraph (1)and (2) including the nature and the results of
these test, shall also be entered by the Medical officer in a health register in
Form-47.
(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 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 to work in the said process shall be
provided with alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in
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suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
14. 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 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 be 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 – XXX
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
1. Definitions: -For the purposes of this Schedule:-
a) Woodworking machine means a circular saw, band saw, planning machine,
chain mortising machine or vertical spindle moulding machine, operating on
wood or cork.
b) Circular saw means a circular saw working in a bench (including rack
bench) but does not include a pendulum or similar saw which is moved towards
the wood for the purpose of cutting operation.
c) Band saw means a band saw, the cutting portion of which runs in vertical
direction but does not include a log saw or band resaving machine.
d) Planning machine means a machine for overhand planning or thicknessing
or for both operations.
2 Stopping and starting device: - An efficient stopping and starting device
shall be provided on every woodworking machine. The control of this device
shall be in such a position as to be readily and conveniently operated by the
person in charge of the machine.
3 Space around machine: - The space surrounding every woodworking
machine in motion shall be kept free from obstruction.
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maintained in good and level condition, and shall not be allowed to become
slippery, and as far as practicable shall be kept free from chips or other loose
material,
5 Training and Supervision:-
(1) No person shall be employed at a woodworking machine unless he has
been sufficiently trained to under the adequate supervision of a person who
has a thorough knowledge of the working of the machine.
(2) A person who is being, trained to work woodworking machine shall be
fully and carefully and the precautions to be observed to secure safe working
of the machine.
6. Circular Saws: - Every circular saw shall be fenced as follows:-
(A) Behind and in direct line with the saw there shall be a riving knife, which
shall have a smooth Surface, shall be strong, rigid and easily adjustable and
shall also conform to the following conditions:-
(i) The edge of the knife nearer the saw shall form as are of a circle having a
radius of not exceeding the radius of largest saw used on bench.
(ii) The Knife shall be maintained as close as practicable to the saw, having
regard to the nature of the work being done at the time and at the level of the
bench table the distance between the front edge of the knife and the teeth of
the saw shall not exceed 12 mm.
(iii) For a saw of a diameter of less than 0.6 meter, the knife extend upwards
from the bench table to within 25 mm3 of the top of the saw, and for a saw of
a diameter of 0.6 meter or over shall extend upwards from the bench teeth of
the saw shall not exceed 12 mm.
(B) The top of the saw shall be covered by a strong and easily adjustable
guard with a flange at the side of the saw farthest from the fence. The guard
shall be kept so adjusted that the said flange shall extend below the roots of the
teeth of the saw. The guard shall extend from the top of the riving knife to a
point as low as practicable at the cutting edge of the saw.
(C) The part of the saw below the bench table shall be protected by two plates
of metal or other Suitable material one on each side of the saw; such plates
shall not be more than 15 cm apart, and shall extend from the axis of the
outwards to a distance of not less then.5cm. Beyond the teeth of the saw- 886
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Metal plates, if not headed, shall be of a thickness of at least .25 cm. Or if
headed be of a thickness of at least.125 centimeters'i.
7. Push Sticks: - A push stick or other suitable appliance shall be provided for
use at every circular saw and at every vertical spindle molding machine to
enable the work to be done without unnecessary risk.
8. Band Saws: - Every band saw shall be guarded as follows:-
• Both sides of the bottom pulley shall be completely encased by sheet or
expanded metal or other suitable material.
• The front of the top pulley shall be covered with sheet or expanded metal or
other suitable material.
• All portions of the blade shall be enclosed or otherwise securey guarded
except the portion of the blade between the bench table and the top guide.
9. Planning Machines-
(I) a planning machine (other than a planning machine which is mechanically
fed) shall not be used for overhand planning unless it is fitted with a cylindrical
cutter block.
(II) Every planning machine used for over hand planning shall be provided
with a "bride" guard capable of covering the full length and breadth of the
cutting slot in the bench, and so constructed as to be easily adjusted both in a
vertical and horizontal director.
(III) The feed roller of every planting machine used for thiknessing except the
combined machine for overhand planning and thiknessing, shall be provided
with an efficient guard.
10. Vertical spindle moulding machines:-
• The cutter of every vertical spindle moulding machine shall be guarded by
the most efficient guard having regard to the nature of the work being performed.
• The wood being moulded at vertical spindle moulding shall. If practicable be
held in a jig or holder of such construction as to reduce as for as possible the
risk of accident to the worker.
11. Chain mortising machines: -The chain of every chain mortising machine
shall be provided with a guard which shall enclose the cutters as far as
practicable.
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12. Adjustment and maintenance of guards. The guards and other appliances
required under this Schedule shall be:-
maintained in an efficient state. Constantly kept in position while the machinery
in motion, and So adjusted as to enable the work to be done without unnecessary
risk.
13. Exemption:- Paragraphs 6,8,9, and 10 shall not apply to an woodworking
machine in respect of which it can be proved that other safeguards are provided,
maintained and used which render the machine as safe as it would be if guarded
in the manner prescribed in this Schedule.
14. Medical examination and records:-
(1) Every worker employed on machinery to which this schedule applies
shall be examined by a medical officer within 15 days of his first employment.
Such examination shall include pulmonary test, immunoglobin test, Audiometry
test etc. 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 said processes shall be re-examined by a
medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re-
examination shall, wherever the medical officer considers appropriate, include
tests as specified in sub- paragraph (1).
(3) The medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination carried
out under sub paragraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the results of the
tests, shall also be entered by the medical officer in a health register in Form-
47.
(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 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
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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 is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical officer, in
which case the person affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5)
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.
15. Appointment of person on machinery:-
(1) No person shall be allowed to work on machinery specified in this Schedule
unless he:-
(a) has attained the age of eighteen years;
(b) has been trained in accordance with the sub-paragraph (2); and
(c) The name of every such person has been entered in a register in Form-48.
(2) The training shall include suitable and sufficient practical instructions in the
matter in relation to each type of woodworking machinery and safety device.
SCHEDULE – XXXI
RUBBER MILLS
1. Installation of machines: - Mills for breaking down, cracking, grating,
mixing, refining and warming rubber or rubber compounds shall be so installed
that the top of the front roll is not less than 85cm. Above the floor or working
level. Provided that in existing installations where the top of the front roll is
below this height a strong rigid distance bar shall be fitted across the front of
the machine in such position that the operator cannot reach the nip of the rolls.
2. Safety devices: - (1) Rubber Mills shall be equipped with-
• Hoppers so constructed or guarded that it is impossible for the operator to
come into contact in any manner with the nip of the rolls.
• Horizonatal-satety trop rods or tight wire cables across both front and rear
which will when pushed or pulled, operate instantly to disconnect the power
and apply the brakes or to reverse the rolls.
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entire length of the face of the rolls and shall be located not more than 1.75
meter above the floor or working level.
(3) Safety-trip rods and tight wire cables on all rubber mills shall be examined
and tested daily in the presence of the Manager or other responsible person
and if any defect is disclosed by such examination and test the mill shall not be
used until such defect has been remedied.
SCHEDULE – XXXII
CENTRIFUGAL MACHINES
1. Definition: -"Centrifugal Machines" include centrifugal extractors,
separators and driers.
2 Every part of a centrifugal machine shall be
(a) Of good design and construction and of adequate strength;
(b) Properly maintained; and
(c) examined thoroughly by a competent person at regular intervals.
3. Interlocking guard for drum or basket-
• The cage housing, the rotating drum or basket of every centrifugal machine
shall be provided with a strong lid. The design, construction of the cage as well
as the lid should be such that no access is possible to the drum or basket when
the lid is closed.
• Every centrifugal machine shall be provided with an efficient interlocking
device that will effectively prevent the lid referred to in sub-paragraph (1)
from being opened while the drum or basket is in motion and prevent the drum
or basket being set in motion while the lid is in the open position.
4. Braking arrangement:-Every centrifugal machine shall be provided with
an effective arrangement capable of bringing the drum or basket to rest within
as short a period of time as reasonably practicable after the power is cut off.
5. Operating speed:- No centrifugal machine shall be operated at a speed in
excess of the manufacturers rating which shall be legibly stamped at easily
visible places both on the inside of the basket and on the outside of the machine
casing.
6. Exceptions:—Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3, paragraphs 4 and 5 shall
not apply in case of top lung machines or similar machines used in the sugar
manufacturing industry.
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SCHEDULE – XXXIII
POWERS PRESSES
1. Application: - This Schedule shall apply to all types of power presses
including press brakes, except when used for working hot metal.
2. Definition: -For the purpose of this Schedule,-
• " approved" means approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator;
• "fixed fencing" means fencing provided for the tools of a power press being
fenced which has no moving part associated with or dependent upon the
mechanism of a power and includes that part of a closed tool which acts as a
guard;
• "power press" means a machine used in metal or other industries for moulding
,pressing, blanking, raising, [ drawing and similar other purposes;
• "safety device" means the fencing and any other safeguard provided for the
tools of a power press.
3. Starting and stopping mechanism: - The starting and stopping mechanism
shall be provided with a safety stop so as to prevent over running of the press
or descent of the ram during tool shutting. Etc.
4. Protection of tool and die:-
• Each press shall be provided with a fixed guard with slip plate on the underside
enclosing the front and all sides of the tool.
• Each die shall be provided with a fixed guard surrounding its front and sides,
and extending to the back in the form of a tunnel through which the pressed
article falls to the rear of the press.
• The design, construction and mutual position of the guards referred to in sub-
Para-graphs (1) and (2) shall be such as to preclude the possibility of the
worker's hand or fingers reaching the danger zone.
• The machine shall be fed through a small aperture at the bottom of the dye
guard, but a wider aperture may be permitted for second or subsequent
operations if feeding is done through a chute.
• Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) an automatic
or an interlocked guard may be used in place of a fixed guard, but where such
guards are used they shall be maintained in an efficient working condition and
if any guard develops a defect, the power shall not be operated unless the
defect guard is removed.
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5. Appointment of persons to prepare power presses for use:-
(1) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 4, no person shall
set, re-set, adjust or try out the tools on a power press or install or adjust any
safety device thereon, being installation or adjustment preparatory to production
of die proving, or carry out an inspection and test of any safety device thereon
required by paragraph 8 unless he:-
(a) has attained the age of eighteen years;
(b) has been trained in accordance with the sub-paragraph (2); and
(c) has been appointed by the occupier of the factory to carry out those duties
in respect of the class or description of power press or the class or description
of safety device, as the case may be belongs; and the name of every such
person shall be entered in a register in Form-48.
(2) The training shall include suitable and sufficient practical instructions in the
matter in relation to each type of power press and safety device in respect of
which it is proposed to appoint the person being trained.
6. Examination and testing of power presses and safety devices:
(1) No power press or safety device shall be taken into use in any factory for
the first time in that factory or in case of a safety device for the first time on
any power press, unless it has been thoroughly examined and tested, in the
case of a power press, after installation in the factory or in the power press in
connection with which it is to be used.
(2) No power press shall be used unless it has been thoroughly examined and
tested by a competent person within the immediately preceding period of twelve
months.
(3) No power press shall be used unless every safety device (other than fixed
fencing) thereon has within the immediately preceding period of six months
when in position on that power press, been thoroughly examined and tested by
a competent person.
(4) The competent person carrying out an examination and test under the
foregoing provision shall make a report of examination and test containing the
following particulars and every such report shall be kept readily available for
inspection;
(a) Name of the occupier of the factory;
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(b) Address of the factory;
(c) Identification number or mark sufficient to identify the power press or the
safety device, as the case may be;
(d) Date on which the power press or the safety device was first taken into
use in the factory;
(e) The date of each periodical thorough examination carried out as per
requirements of sub-paragraph (2) above;
(f) Particulars of any defects affecting the safe working of the power press or
the safety device found during such thorough examinations and steps taken to
remedy such defects.
7. Defect disclosed through examination and tests:-
(1) Where any defect is disclosed in any power press or in any safety device
by any examination and test under paragraph 6 and in the opinion of the
competent person carrying out the examination and test, either:-
(a) the said defect is a cause of danger to workers and in consequence the
power press or safety device, as the case may be ought not to be used until the
said defect has been remedied; or
( b) the said defect may become a cause of danger to workers and in
consequence the power press or safety device as the case may be, ought not
to be used after the expiration of a specified period unless the said defect has
been remedied, such defect shall, as soon as possible after the completion of
the examination and test, be notified in writing by the competent person to the
occupier of the factory and in the case of a defect falling within clause (b) of
this sub-paragraph, such notification shall include
the period within which, in the opinion of the competent person, the defect
ought to be remedied.
(2) In every case where notification has been notified under this paragraph,
a copy of the report made under sub-paragraph, a copy of the report made
under sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 6 shall be sent by the competent person
to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator of the concerned area within fourteen days of
the completion of the examination and test.
( 3) Where any such defect is notified to the occupier in accordance with the
foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the power press or safety device as the 893
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case may be, having the said defect, shall not be used;
(a) in the case of a defect falling within clause (a) of sub-paragraph (1) until
the said defect has been remedied; and
( b) in the case of defect falling within clause (b) of sub-paragraph (1) until the
said defect has been remedied after the expiration of the specified period.
( 4) As soon as is practicable, after any defect of which notification has been
notified under sub-paragraph (1), has been remedied, a record shall be made
by or on behalf of the occupier stating the measures by which and the date on
which the defect was remedied.
8. Inspection and test of safety devices:
(1) No power press shall be used after the setting, resetting or adjustment of
the tools thereon unless a person appointed or authorized for the purpose under
paragraph 5 has inspected and tested every safety device thereon while it is in
position on the said power press and has certified it to in order:
Provided that no inspection, test and certificate shall be required
where any adjustment of the tools has not caused or resulted in any alteration
to or disturbance of any safety device on the power press, and, if after the
adjustment of the tools, the safety device remain, in the opinion of the said
person in efficient working order.
(2) Every power press and every safety devices thereon while it is in position
on the said power press shall be inspected and tested by a trained person
every day.
9. Defects disclosed during an inspection and test:-
(1) Where it appears to any person as a result of any inspection and test
carried out by him under paragraph 8 that any necessary safety device is not in
proper position on a power press or that any safety device which is in position
on a power press, is not in his opinion suitable he shall notify the same to the
manager forthwith.
(2) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (3) where any defect is disclosed in a
safety device any inspection and test under paragraph 8, the person carrying
out the inspection and test shall notify the same to the manager forthwith.
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writing under paragraph 7 by virtue of which the use of the safety device may
be continued during the specified period without the said defect having been
remedied, the requirement in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall not
apply to the said defect until the said period has expired.
10. Identification of power presses and safety devices:-For the purpose
of identification every power press and every safety device provided for the
same, shall be distinctively and plainly marked.
11. Training the instructions to operators:-The operators shall be trained
and instructed in the safe method of work before starting work on any power
press.
12 Exemptions:-
(1) If in respect of any factory, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories
is satisfied that owing to the circumstances or infrequency of the processes or
for any other reason, all or any of the provisions of this schedule are not
necessary for the protection of the workers employed on any power press or
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 ay of such provisions subject to such conditions, if any, as
he may specify therein.
(2) Where such exemption is granted, a legible copy of the certificate, showing
the conditions if any, subject to which it has been granted, shall be kept posted
in the factory on a place where it may be conveniently read by the persons
employed.
SCHEDULE – XXXIV
SHEARS SLITTERS AND GUILLOTINE MACHINES
1. Definitions:-For the purpose of this schedule:-
(a) "guillotine" means a machine ordinarily equipped with straight, bevel edged
blade operating Vertically against a stationery resisting edge and used for cutting
metallic or non-metallic or non-metallic substances;
(b) "Shears" or "shearing machine" means a machine ordinarily equipped with
straight, bevel edged blades operating vertically against resisting edged, or
with rotary, overlapping cutting wheels and used for shearing metals or non-
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(c) "Slitter" or slitting machine" means a machine ordinarily equipped with
circular disc-type knives, and used for trimming or cutting into metal or non-
metallic substances or for slitting them into narrow strips; for the purpose of
this schedule, this term includes bread or other food slices equipped with rotary
knives or cutting discs.
2 Guillotine and Shears:-
(1) Where practicable, a barrier metal guard of adequate strength shall be
provided at the front of the knife, fastened to the machine frame and shall be
so fixed as would prevent any part of the operator's body to reach the
descending blade from above, below or through the barrier guard or from the
sides:
Provided that in case of machines used in the paper printing and
allied industries, where a fixed barrier metal guard is not suitable on account of
the height and volume of the material being bed, there shall be provided suitable
staring devices which require simultaneous action of both the hands of the
operator or an automatic device when will remove both the hands of the operator
from the danger zone at every descent of the blade.
(2) At the back of such machines, an inclined guard shall be provided over
which the slit pieces would slide and be collected at a safe distance in a manner
as would prevent a person at the back from reaching the descending bladed
(3) Power-driven guillotine cutters, except continuous feed trimmers, shall be
equipped with:-
(a) starting devices which require the simultaneous action of both hands to
start the cutting motion and of at least one hand control during the complete
stroke of the knife: or
(b) an automatic guard will remove the hands of the operator from the danger
zone at every decent of the blade, used in conjunction with one hand starting
devices which require two distinct movements of the device to start the cutting
motion, and so designed as to return positively to the non-starting position after
each complete cycle of the knife.
(4) Where two or more workers are employed at the same time on the same
power driven guillotine cutter equipped with two-hand control, the device shall
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simultaneously on the safety trip to start the cutting motion, and at least one
hand on a control to complete the cut.
(5) Power-driven guillotine cutters, other than continuous trimmer, shall be
provided, in addition to the brake or other stopping mechanism, with an
emergency device which will prevent the machine from operating in the event
of failure of the brake when the starting mechanism is in the non-starting
position.
3. Slitting Machine:-
(1) Circular disc type knives on machines for cutting metal and leather, paper,
rubber, textile or other non metallic substances shall, if within reach of operators
standing on the floor of working level, be provided with guards enclosing the
knife edges at all times as near as practicable to the surface of the material,
and which may either:-
(a) automatically adjust themselves to the thickness of the material; or
(b) be fixed or manually adjusted so that the space between the bottom of the
guard and the material will not exceed 6 mm (1/4inch) at any time.
(2) Portions of blades underneath the tables or benches of slitting machines
shall be covered by guards.
4. Index cutters and Vertical Paper Slotters:- Index cutter, and other
machines for cutting strips from the ends of books, and for similar operations,
shall be provided with fixed guards, so arranged the fingers of the operators
cannot come between the blades and the tables.
5. Corner Cutters:-Corner cutters used in the manufacture of paper boxes,
shall be equipped with:-
(a) suitable guard, fastened to the machines in front of the knives and provided
with slots or perforations to afford visibility of the operations ;or
(b) other guards equally efficient for the protection of the fingers of the workers.
6. Band Knives:- Band Wheels on band knives, and all portions of the blades
except the working side between the sliding guide and the table on vertical
machines, or between the wheel guards on horizontal machines, shall be
completely enclosed with hinged guards of sheet metal not less than 1 mm
(0.04 inch) in think-ness or of other material of equal strength.
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SCHEDULE – XXXV
THERMIC FLUID HEATERS
1. All heaters shall be of such construction that coils are removal for periodic
cleaning, visual inspection and hydraulic test.
2. Suitable arrangements shall be made for cooling the furnace effectively in
case of power failure.
3. Before restarting the furnace, it shall be effect purged.
4. Velocity or flow of the thermic fluid shall not be allowed to fall below the
minimum recommended by the manufactures while the heater is in operation.
5. The thermic fluid shall be circulated in a closed circuit formation with an
expansion–cum-deaerator tank. This tank shall be located outside the shed
where the heater is installed
6. Every heater shall be provided with a photo-resistor actuated auto-visual
alarm to indicate flame failure and automatic burner cut
7. The stack temperature monitor-cum-controller with audiovisual alarm shall
be provided so as to warn operator in case the outlet temperature exceeds the
specific minimum.
8. Where inspection doors are provided on the furnace they shall be interlocked
with the burner itself so that they cannot be opened until burner is shut of and
furnace is cooled sufficiently.
9. All heaters shall also be provided with the following safety devices:-
(i) Level control in the expansion tank
(ii) temperature control of thermic fluid;
(iii) differential pressure switch on the outlet line of the heater tubes;
and
(iv) temperature control device for the fuel oil supply to the burner.
10. All devices specified in paragraph (9) shall have interlocking arrangement
with burner so that in case of any predetermined limits being crossed, the
supply of fuel and air shall automatically be cut-off.
11. All safety interlock when operated shall be indicated on the control panel of
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12. Every heater unit shall be provided as a standard accessory an arrangement
for shifting with low pressure steam or nitrogen for putting out the fire.
13. Electoral panel for the heater shall be located near the heater but not so
close as to be exposed to spilling or leaking oil.
14. The heater shall be located in a place partitioned off with fire proof material
from other manufacturing activities.
15. Explosion vent shall be installed that release thanks place at safe location.
16. The heater coil shall be subjected to pressure test by competent person
once at least in every twelve months. The test pressure shall not be less than
twice the operating pressure.
17. If repairs are carried out to the coil, it shall be tested before taking it into
use.
18. The thermic fluid shall conform to the specifications specified by the
manufacturers and shall be tested by competent person for suitability at least
once in every three months period. Such test shall include test for acidity,
suspended matter, ash contents, viscosity and flash point.
19. Cleaning of internal surface of the heater so at check up of refractory
surface on the inside shall be carried out every month or as often as required
depending upon working conditions. The coils shall be removed and surface of
the coils cleaned thoroughly once at least in a period of six months. The burner,
nozzles, oil filters and pumps shall be cleaned once a week during the period of
use.
20. A separate register containing the following information shall be maintained:-
(a) weekly checks carried out confirming the effectiveness of the
interlock;
(b) weekly checks confirming that all accessories are in good state of
repairs; and
(c) information regarding fuel , oil temperature, pressure, thermic fluid
inlet/outlet pressure and temperature, fuel gas temperature, recorded
at four hourly intervals.
21. The heater when in operation shall always be kept in charges of a trained
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SCHEDULE XXXVI
MANUFACTURE OF CHROMIC ACID OR MANUFACTURE OR
RECOVERY OF THE BICHROMATE OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM
OR AMMONIUM
1. Definition:
the purposes of this schedule –
(a) "Chrome process" means the manufacture of chromic acid or
bichromate of sodium or potassium or ammonium or the manipulation,
movement or other treatment of these substances in connection
with their manufacture.
(b) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localized ventilation effected by
mechanical or other 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 efficient
which fails to remove smoke generated to the point where such
gas, vapour, fumes or dust originate.
(c) "Suspension" means suspension from employment in any of the
chrome process specified by written certificate in the Health
Register (Form No. 20) signed by the Certifying Surgeon, who shall
have power of suspension as regards all persons employed in any
such process.
2. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent
No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work on
any chrome process.
3. Efficient Exhaust System
(1) The following chrome processes shall not be carried on without the use
of an efficient exhaust-draught, namely :-
(a) grinding;
(b) sieving;
(c) batch mixing;
(2) (i) All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust/fumes shall at
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and any defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as
soon as practicable.
(ii ) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be
kept in Form-49
4. Separation of certain processes
The following chrome processes namely :-
(a) grinding of raw materials, and
(b) sieving of raw materials, shall be carried on in such manner and
under such conditions as to secure effectual separation from any
processes.
5. Washing facilities
(1) Where acidification, sulphate settling or washing, concentration,
crystallization, centrifugation or packing is carried out, there shall
be provided close to each worker's station –
(a) wash places installed for washing hands and feet frequently
in running water, and
(b) a container holding at least 20 ounces of 10 per cent solution
of sodium bisulphite or any other suitable reducing agent.
(2) There shall also be provided and maintained in a cleanly stated and
good repair washing accommodation under cover with a sufficient
supply of soap and towels on the scale indicated below –
At least one tap or stand pipe for every 10 employees and the tap or pipe shall
be spaced not less than 1.2 meters apart.
Note. – In computing the total number of taps required for the purposes
of this rule, the taps or stand pipes as required under clause 5 (1) (c) shall
be included.
6. Time allowed for washing
Before each meal and before the end of the day's work at least ten
minutes, in addition to the regular meal time shall be allowed for washing
to each person employed in a chrome process.
7. Floorings
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room in which the said processes are carried on.
(a) of cement or similar other material so as to be smooth and impervious
to water and provided with suitable gradient and drainage;
(b) maintained in sound condition and cleaned daily.
8. Medical Examination by Medical Officer:
(1) Every worker employed in a processes to which this schedule applies
shall be examined by a medical officer within 15 days of his first
employment. Such examination shall include tests as required by medical
officer. 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 said processes shall be re-examined by a
medical officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re-
examination shall, wherever the medical officer considers appropriate,
include tests as specified in sub- paragraph (1).
(3) The medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of
Fitness in Form-46. 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 occupier of the factory. The record of each examination
carried out under sub paragraphs(1) and (2), including the nature and the
results of the tests, shall also be entered by the medical officer in a health
register in Form-47.
(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 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 is fully incapacitated
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shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph
(5) 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.
9. Protective Equipments
The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons
employed –
a. in grinding, sieving or mixing raw materials, sufficient and suitable
respirators (issued separately for each individual) the filtering
materials of which shall be renewed daily;
b. in roasting process, suitable footwear;
c. in acidification, settling concentration, crystallization, centrifugation
or packing suitable aprons and protective coverings for hands and
feet.
Arrangements shall be made by the occupier for the examination and
cleaning of all the protective equipment at the close of each day's work
and for the repairs or renewal thereof when necessary.
10. Use of Protective Equipments
Every person employed in a chrome process shall make use of the
protective equipment provided under rule 8
11. Cloak Room
There shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good
repair for the use of all persons employed in any chrome process –
(a) a cloak-room for street clothing put off during working hours
including adequate, arrangements for drying such clothing when
wet, such accommodation shall be separate from any mess room;
(b) separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective
clothing provided under paragraph 8.
12. Mess Room
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within the premises during the meal intervals a suitable mess-room
providing accommodation of at least 0.9 sq. metres per head and furnished
with –
a. a sufficient number of tables and chairs or benches;
b. arrangements for washing utensils;
c. adequate means for warming food.
The mess-room shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person
and shall be kept clean.
13. Prohibition of foods, drinks etc.
No food, drink, "pan", "supari", or tobacco shall be brought or consumed
by any worker or in any work-room in which chrome process is carried
on and no person shall remain in any such room during intervals for
meals or rest.
14. Fencing of Vessel
Every fixed vessel, whether pot, pan vat or other structure, containing
any dangerous material, and not so covered as to eliminate all reasonable
risk of accidental immersion of any portion of the body of a person
employed shall be fenced as follows :-
(a) Each such vessel shall, unless its edge is at least 91.4 centimetres
the adjoining ground or platform be securely fenced to a height of
at least 91.4 centimetres above such adjoining ground or platform;
(b) No plank or gang-way shall be placed across or inside any such
vessel unless such plank or gang-way is –
(i) at least 45.7 centimetres in width, or
(ii) securely fenced on both sides, either by upper and lower rails
to a height of 91 centimetres or by other equally efficient
means;
(c) If any two such vessels are near each other and the space between
them clear of any surrounding brick-work or other work, is either –
(i) less than 45.7 centimetres in width, or is 45.7 or
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sides to a height of at least 91.4 centimetres secure barriers
shall be placed so as to prevent any passage between them.
15. Cautionary Notices
A cautionary notice in the form specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-
Facilitator and printed 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.
16. Exemption
If in respect of any factory the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator is
satisfied that owing to the exceptional circumstances or the 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
such factory, he may be certificate in writing exempt such factory from
all or any of the provisions indicated in such certificate on such conditions
as he may specify therein. Such certificate may at any time be revoked
by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator without assigning reasons.
SCHEDULE XXXVII
WELDING/CUTTING OPERATION WITH THE USE OF LPG/
ACETYLENE/ARGON
1. Applicability:
This Schedule is applicable to all operations in welding/cutting of materials
with the use of Liquefied petroleum gas or acetylene gas or argon etc; in
on junction with oxygen gas.
2. Equipments:
(1) Gas cylinders whether filled of empty shall not be stored in rooms
where welding or cutting work is being done.
(2) Liquefied gas cylinder, when is use shall always be kept in an upright
position and shall be so placed that they cannot be knocked over.
(3) Open flames, lights, lighting of fire and smoking shall be prohibited
in close proximity to any cylinder containing flammable gases, except
those which are in use for welding, cutting or heating.
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meters from all operations which produce, flames, sparks of molten
metal or result in excessive heat.
(5) Every gas cylinder shall be provided with efficient standard type
pressure regulator and back flow of gas will be restricted by second
non-return type valve.
(6) All welding/cutting torch shall be of standard type which should be
provided with non return valve.
(7) Suitable type of fire extinguishers shall be provided near the welding/
cutting place and also near the gas cylinder storage.
(8) Pipe lines from gas cylinders shall be painted with distinctive colours
for identification of each gas.
3. General:
(1) Welding and cutting operation shall be prohibited in areas containing
explosive of flammable dusts, gases, oil or vapours.
(2) Welding/cutting operations that are carried out in places where
persons other than the welders and their helpers are working or
passing shall be enclosed by means of suitable stationary or portable
screens at least 2.15 meters (7 ft.) in height.
(3) All equipments like welding/cutting torch, pipe lines, brackets, non-
return valves and pressure regulators shall be examined by a
competent person having know-how of such equipments, at least
once in a period of 15 days.
(4) The welding/cutting process shall be carried out by workers specially
trained in that job and know of the hazards of fire, back-fire and
explosion.
(5) A log book of examination of equipments and a register of trained
workers for welding / cutting operation shall be maintained in the
forms as directed by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
106. Site Appraisal Committee.- (1) The following provisions shall govern Section 83 the functioning of the Site Appraisal Committee (hereinafter referred to be as
the "Committee") in these rules, namely:-
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Committee under the chairmanship of the Labour Commissioner-cum-Director
of Factories, Punjab, as and when necessary;
(b) the State Government shall appoint a senior officer of the factory wing of
the Department of Labour, Punjab to be the Secretary of the Committee;
(c) the State Government may appoint the following as members of the
Committee, namely :-
(i) a representative of the Department of Local Government (Fire Wing);
(ii) a representative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(iii) a representative of the Department of Industries;
(iv) Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board;
(v) a representative of the Department of Forest and Wild Life;
(vi) a representative of the Department of Health; and
(vii) the State Government may nominate two persons having experience in
the field of occupational safety or environment protection.
(2) No member, unless required to do so by a court of law, shall disclose
otherwise than in connection with the purposes of the Code, at any time any
information relating to the manufacturing or commercial business or any working
process which may come to his knowledge during his tenure as a Member of
this Committee.
(3) Applications for appraisal of site.- (a) Applications for appraisal of sites
in respect of the factories covered under clause (za) of section 2 shall be
submitted to the Chairman of the Site Appraisal Committee; and
(b) The application for site appraisal along with fifteen copies thereof shall be
submitted in Form-50. The Committee may dispense with furnishing of
information on any particular item in the application form, if it considers the
same to be not relevant to the application under consideration.
(4) Functions of the Committee.- (a) The Secretary shall arrange to register
the applications received for appraisal of site in a separate register and
acknowledge the same within a period of seven days;
(b) the Secretary shall fix up the meetings in such manner that all the applications
received and registered are referred to the Committee within a period of one
month from the date of their receipt;
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(c) the Committee shall adopt a procedure for its working, keeping in view the
need for expeditious disposal of applications;
(d) the Committee shall examine the applications for appraisal of a site with
reference to the prohibitions and restrictions on the location of an industry and
the carrying on of processes and operations in different areas as per the
provisions of different departments given representation in the Committee;
and
(e) the Committee may call for documents, examine experts, inspect the site if
necessary and take other steps for formulating its views with regard to the
suitability of the site.
(5) Exemption.- The industrial project granted clearance under notification
No. S.O. 1533 (E) dated 14.9.2006 under the Environmental (Protection) Act,
1986, issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests,
shall not be required to get clearance from this Committee.
107. Health and Safety Policy.- (1) The occupier of every factory, except as Section 84 provided for in sub-rule (2), shall prepare a written statement of his policy in
respect of health and safety of workers at work.
(2) All factories: (a) covered under sub-clause (i) of clause (w) of section 2,
but employing less than fifty workers;
(b) covered under sub-clause (ii) of the said clause (w), but employing less
than one hundred workers;
shall be exempted from the requirements of sub-rule (1):
Provided that the factories specified in clauses (a) and (b) above
are not covered in the First Schedule under clause (za) of section 2 of the
Code and are not carrying out processes or operations declared to be dangerous
under section 82.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2), the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator may require the occupier of any of the factories or class or
description of factories to comply with the requirements of sub-rule (1) if in his
opinion, it is expedient to do so.
(4) The Health and Safety Policy shall contain or deal with,-
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safety and environment and compliance with all the relevant statutory
requirements;
(b) the organisational set up to carry out the declared policy clearly assigning
the responsibility at different levels; and
(c) arrangements for making the policy effective.
(5) In particular, the policy shall specify the following, namely.-
(a) the arrangements for involving the workers;
(b) the intentions of taking into account the health and safety performance of
workers at different levels while considering their career advancement;
(c) fixing the responsibility of the contractors, sub-contractors, transporters
and other agencies entering the premises;
(d) providing a resume of health and safety performance of the factory in its
annual report;
(e) relevant techniques and methods, such as safety audits and risk assessment
for periodical assessment of the status on health, safety and environment and
taking all remedial measures;
(f) stating its intentions to integrate health and safety in all decisions, including
those dealing with purchase of plant, equipment, machinery and materials as
well as selection and placement of personnel; and
(g) arrangements for informing educating and training and retraining its own
employees at different levels and the public, wherever required.
(6) A copy of the declared Health and Safety Policy duly signed by the occupier
shall be made available to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction
over the factory and to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(7) The policy shall be made widely known by.-
(a) making copies available to all workers including contract workers,
apprentices, transport workers and suppliers, etc.,
(b) displaying copies of the policy at conspicuous places, and
(c) any other means of communication.
(8) The occupier shall revise the Health and Safety Policy as often as may be
appropriate, but it shall necessarily be revised under the following
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(a) whenever any expansion or modification having implications on safety and
health of persons at work is made; or
(b) whenever new substance(s) or articles are introduced in the manufacturing
process having implications on health and safety of persons exposed to such
substances.
108. Collection, development and dissemination of information and
Section 84 labeling.- (1) (a) The occupier of every factory carrying on a hazardous
process shall arrange to obtain or develop detailed information in the form the
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) prescribed in Form-51 in respect of
every hazardous substance or material handled in the manufacture,
transportation and storage in the factory. It shall be accessible upon request to
a worker for reference.
(b) The occupier while obtaining or developing a Material Safety Data Sheet
in respect of a hazardous substance shall ensure that the information recorded
accurately reflects the scientific evidence used in making that hazard
determination. If he becomes newly aware of any significant information
regarding the hazards, of a substance or ways to protect against the hazards,
this new information shall be added to the Material Safety Data Sheet as soon
as practicable.
(2) Every container of an hazardous substance shall be clearly labelled or
marked to identity:-
(a) the contents of the container;
(b) the name and address of the manufacturer or importer of the hazardous
substance;
(c) the physical and health hazards; and
(d) the recommended personal protective equipment needed to work safely
with the hazardous substance.
(3) In case a container is required to be transported by road outside the factory
premises it should in addition be labelled or marked in accordance with the
requirements laid down under sub-rule (2).
109. Disclosure of information to Workers.- (1) The occupier of a factory Section 84 carrying on a hazardous process shall supply to all workers the following
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the manufacture, transportation, storage and other processes, namely:-
(a) requirements of section 84;
(b) a list of hazardous processes carried on in the factory;
(c) location and availability of all Material Safety Data Sheets as provided in
rule 108;
(d) physical and health hazards arising from the exposure to or handling of
substances;
(e) measures taken by the occupier to ensure safety and control of physical
and health hazards;
(f) measures to be taken by the workers to ensure safe handling, storage and
transportation of hazardous substances;
(g) personal protective equipment required to be used by the workers employed
in hazardous process or dangerous operations;
(h) meaning of various labels and markings used in the containers of hazardous
substances as provided under rule 108;
(i) signs and symptoms likely to be manifested on exposure to hazardous
substances and to whom to report;
(j) measures to be taken by the workers in case of any spillage or leakage of
an hazardous substance;
(k) role of workers vis-à-vis the emergency plan of the factory in particular
the evacuation procedures; and
(l) any other information considered necessary by the occupier to ensure safety
and health of workers.
(2) The information required by sub-rule (1) shall be complied and made known
to the workers individually through supply of booklets of leaflets and display of
cautionary notices at the work places.
(3) The booklets, leaflets and the cautionary notices displayed in the factory
will be in the language understood by the majority of the workers and also
explained to them.
(4) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may direct the occupier to supply
further information to the workers as may be deemed necessary.
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Section 84 110. Disclosure of information to Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator etc.-
(1) The occupier of every factory carrying on hazardous process shall furnish,
in writing, to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator a copy of all the information
furnished to the workers.
(2) A copy of the Material Safety Data Sheet prescribed in Form-51, in respect
of the hazardous substances used, produced or stored in the factory shall be
furnished to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator of the area.
(3) The occupier shall also furnish any other information asked for by the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator for the purposes of the Code and the rules.
111. Information on industrial wastes.- (1) The information furnished under Section 84 rules 108, 109 and 110 shall include the quantity of solid and liquid wastes
generated per day, their characteristics and the method of treatment such as
incineration of solid wastes, chemical and biological treatment or liquid wastes,
and arrangements for their final disposal.
(2) It shall also include information on the quality and quantity of gaseous
waste discharged through the stacks or other openings, and arrangements
such as provision of scrubbers, cyclone separators, and electrostatic
precipitators or similar such arrangements made for controlling pollution of the
environment.
(3) The occupier shall also furnish information specified in sub-rules (1) and
(2) to the Punjab Pollution Control Board.
112. Review of information furnished to workers etc.- (1) The occupier Section 84 shall review once in every calendar year and modify, if necessary, the
information furnished under these rules to the workers, the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator and the Inspector-cum-Facilitator of the area.
(2) In the event of any change in the process or operations or methods of work
or when any new substance is introduced in the process or in the event of a
serious accident taking place, the information so furnished shall be reviewed
and modified to the extent necessary.
113. Confidentiality of information.- (1) The occupier of a factory carrying Section 84 on `hazardous process' shall disclose all information needed for protecting
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(a) his workers; and
(b) the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and the Inspector-cum-Facilitator as
required under rules 108 and109.
If the occupier is of the opinion that the disclosure of details regarding the
process and formulations will adversely affect his business interests, he may
make a representation to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator stating the reasons
for withholding such information. The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall
give an opportunity to the occupier of being heard and pass an order on the
representation.
(2) An occupier aggrieved by the order of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator
may refer an appeal before the State Government within a period of thirty
days. The State Government shall give an opportunity to the occupier of being
heard and pass an order. The order of the State Government shall be final.
Section 84
114. Qualifications of supervisors.- (1) All persons who are required to
supervise the handling of hazardous substances shall possess the following
qualifications and experience, namely:-
(a) a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or Diploma in Chemical
Engineering or Technology with five years experience; or
(b) a Master's Degree in Chemistry or a Degree in Chemical
Engineering or Technology with two years experience.
(2) The experience stipulated in sub-rule (1) shall be in the process, operation
and maintenance in the Chemical industry.
Section 84
115. Issue of guidelines.- For the purpose of compliance with the requirements
of section 84 or section 85, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, if deemed
necessary, issue guidelines from time to time to the occupiers of factories
carrying on `hazardous process'. Such guidelines shall be based on National
Standards, Codes of Practice, or recommendations of international bodies such
as the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.
Section 85
116. Medical examination of workers employed in hazardous process.-
(1) Workers employed in an hazardous process shall be medically examined
by a qualified medical practitioner, in the following manner, namely :-
(a) once before employment, to ascertain physical fitness of the person to do
the particular job;
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(b) once in a period of six months, to ascertain the health status of all the
workers in respect of occupational health hazards to which they are exposed;
and in cases where in the opinion of the qualified medical practitioner it is
necessary to do so at a shorter interval in respect of any worker; and
(c) the details of pre-employment and periodical medical examination carried
out as aforesaid shall be recorded in the health register in Form-47.
(2) No person shall be employed for the first time without a certificate of
Fitness in Form-46 granted by the qualified medical practitioner. If the qualified
medical practitioner declares a person unfit for being employed in any process
covered under sub-rule (1), such a person shall have the right to appeal to the
Inspector-cum-Facilitator who shall refer the matter to the Medical Officer
whose opinion shall be final in this regard. If the Inspector-cum-Facilitator
himself is also a Medical Officer, he may dispose of the application himself.
(3) Any finding of the qualified medical practitioner revealing any abnormality
or unsuitability of any person employed in the process shall immediately be
reported to the Medical Officer who shall in turn, examine the concerned
worker and communicate his findings to the occupier within thirty days. If the
Medical Officer is of the opinion that the worker so examined is required to be
taken away from the process for health protection, he will direct the occupier
accordingly, who shall not employ the said worker in the same process.
However, the worker so taken away be provided with alternate placement
unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer in which
case the worker affected shall be suitably rehabilitated :
Provided that the Medical Officer on his own may examine any
worker when he considers it necessary to do so for ascertaining the suitability
of his employment in the 'hazardous process' or for ascertaining the health
status of any worker.
(4) The workers taken away from employment in any process under sub-rule
(2) may 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.
(5) An Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, if he deems it necessary to do so, refer
a worker to the Medical Officer for medical examination as required under
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examination. The opinion of the Medical Officer in such a case shall be final.
The fees required for this medical examination shall be paid by the occupier.
(6) The worker required to undergo medical examination under these rules
and for any medical survey conducted by or on behalf of the Central or the
State Government shall not refuse to undergo such medical examination.
Section 85
117. Occupational Health Centres.- (1) In respect of any factory carrying
on hazardous process, there shall be provided and maintained in good order an
Occupational Health Centre with the services and facilities as per the scale
laid down hereunder:-
(a) For factories employing up to fifty workers –
(i) the services of a qualified medical practitioner on retainership basis in his
clinic to be notified by the occupier. He will carry out the pre-employment and
periodical medical examination as stipulated in rule 116 and render medical
assistance during any emergency;
(ii) at least five persons trained in first-aid procedures amongst whom at least
one shall always be available during the working period; and
(iii) a fully equipped first-aid box.
(b) For factories employing fifty-one to two hundred workers:-
(i) an occupational health Centre having a room with a minimum floor area of
fifteen square metres with floors and walls made of smooth and impervious
surface and with adequate illumination and ventilation as well as equipment as
per the Schedule annexed to this rule;
(ii) a part-time qualified medical practitioner shall be the over all charge of the
centre who shall visit the factory at least twice in a week and whose services
shall be readily available during medical emergencies;
(iii) one qualified and trained dresser-cum-compounder on duty throughout the
working period; and
(iv) a fully equipped first-aid box in all the departments.
(c) For factories employing above two hundred workers:-
(i) one full-time qualified medical practitioner for factories employing up to
five hundred workers and one more qualified medical practitioner for every
additional one thousand workers or part thereof;
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(ii) an Occupational Health Centre having at least two rooms each with a
minimum floor area of fifteen square metres with floor and walls made of
smooth and impervious surface and adequate illumination and ventilation as
well as equipment as per the Schedule annexed to this rule.
(iii) there shall be one nurse, one dresser-cum-compounder and one sweeper-
cum-ward boy throughout the working period; and
(iv) the Occupational Health Centre shall be suitably equipped to manage medical
emergencies.
(2) The qualified medical practitioner required to be appointed under sub-
rule (1) shall have any recognised medical qualification as defined in the
National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (Central Act No. 30 of 2019)
and should be enrolled on the National Register as defined in clause (m)
of section 2 or on the State Register as defined in clause (v) of section 2
of the aforesaid Act and should possess a certificate of Training in industrial
Health of minimum three months duration recognised by the State
Government:
Provided that-
(i) a person possessing a diploma in Industrial Health or equivalent shall
not be required to possess the certificate of training as aforesaid;
(ii) the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, subject to such conditions
as he may specify, grant exemption from the requirement of this sub-
rule, if in his opinion a suitable person possessing the necessary qualification
is not available for appointment; and
(iii) in case of a person who has been working as qualified medical
practitioner for a period of not less than three years on the date of
commencement of these rules, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may,
subject to the condition that the said person shall obtain the aforesaid
certificate of training within a period of three years, relax the qualification.
(3) The syllabus of the course leading to the above certificate and the
organisations conducting the Sate course shall be approved by the Director
General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute or the State
Government in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Director
General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute.
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(4) Within one month of the appointment of a qualified medical practitioner, the
occupier of the factory shall furnish to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator
the following particulars, namely:-
(a) Name and address of the qualified medical practitioner;
(b) qualifications;
(c) experience, if any; and
(d) the sub-rule under which appointed.
SCHEDULE
Equipment for occupational Health Centre in Factories.
1. A glazed sink with hot and cold water always available
2. A table with a smooth top at least 180 cm.x105 cm.
3. Means for sterilizing instruments .
4. A couch.
5. Two buckets or containers with close fitting.
6. A kettle and spirits stove or other suitable means of boiling water.
7. One bottle of spirits ammoniac aromatics(120 ml)
8. Two medium size sponges.
9. Two Kidney trays.
10. Four cakes of toilet, preferably antiseptic
11 Two glass tumblers and two wine glasses
12. Two clinical thermometers.
13. Two tea spoons.
14. Two graduated (120ml) measuring glasses.
15. One wash bottle (1000 cc) for washing eyes.
16. One bottle (one litre) carbolic lotion 1 in 20.
17. Three chairs.
18. One screen.
19. One electric hand torch.
20. An adequate supply of tetanus toxied.
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21. Coramine liquid (60ml.).
22. Talets-Antihistaminic, antispasmodic (25 each)
23. Syringes with needles -2 cc, and 10 cc.
24. Two needle holders big and small.
27. One dressing forceps
28. One scalpels.
29 One stethoscope.
30. Rubber bandage-pressure bandage.
31. Oxygen cylinder with necessary attachments.
32. One Blood Pressure apparatus,
33. One patellar Hammer.
34. One Peak-flow meter for lung function measurement.
35. One stomach wash set.
36. Any other equipment recommended by the Factory Medical Officer
according to specific need elating to manufacturing process.
37. in addition –
(1)For factories employing 51 to 200 workers-
1. Four plain wooden splints 900 mmx00 mmx6mm
2. Four plain wooden splints 50 mm x 75 mm x 6mm.
3. Two plain wooden splints 250 mm x 50 mm x 12 mm.
4. One pair artery forceps.
5. Injections-morphia, pethidine, atropine, adrenaline, coramine, novacan (2
each).
6. One surgical scissors.
(2) For factories employing above 200 workers.
1. Eight plain wooden splints 900 mm x 100 mm x 6 mm.
2. Eight plain wooden splints 350 mm x 75 mm x 6 mm.
3. Four plain wooden splints 250 mm x 50 mm x 12 mm.
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4. Two pairs artery forceps.
5. Injections –morphia, pethadine, atropine, adrenaline, coramine, novacan
(4each).
6. Two surgical scissors.
Section 85
118. Ambulance van.- (1) In any factory carrying on hazardous process,
there shall be provided and maintained in good condition, a suitably constructed
ambulance van equipped with items as per sub-rule (2) and manned by a full-
time Driver-cum-mechanic and 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 normally be stationed at or near to the Occupational Health Centre :
Provided that a factory employing less than two hundred workers
may make arrangements for procuring such facility at short notice from nearby
hospital or other places, to meet any emergency.
(2) The ambulance should have the following equipment:-
(a) General –
-- A wheeled stretcher with folding and adjusting devices; with the head of the
stretcher capable of being tilled upward;
-- Fixed suction unit with equipment;
-- Fixed oxygen supply with equipment;
-- Pillow with case, sheets, blankets, towels;
-- Emesis bag, bed Pan, urinal, glass
(b) Safety equipment –
-- Flares with life of thirty minutes;
-- Flood lights;
-- Flash lights, Fire extinguisher dry powder type;
-- Insulated gauntlets.
(c) Emergency care equipments-
(i) Resuscitation –
-- Portable suction unit, portable Oxygen units;
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-- Bag-valve-mask, hand operated artificial ventilation unit;
-- Airways; -- Mouth gases; -- Trachestomy adoptors;
-- Short spine board; -- I. V. Fluids with administration unit;
-- B.P. manometer; -- Gugg; -- Stethoscope
(ii) Immobilization –
-- Long and short padded boards; -- Wire ladder splints;
-- Triangular bandage; -- Long and short spine boards.
(iii) Dressings –
-- Gauze pads – 4" x 4"; -- Universal dressing 10" x 36";
-- Roll of aluminium foils; -- Adhesive tape of 3"; -- Safety pins;
-- Bandage sheets; -- Burn sheet.
(iv) Poisoning –
-- Syrup of lpecae; -- Activated Charcoal pre-packeted in doses; -- Snake bite
kit;
-- Drinking water.
(v) Emergency Medicines –
-- As per requirement (under the advice of Medical Officer only).
Section 85 119. Decontamination facilities.- In every factory carrying out `hazardous
process', the following provisions shall be made to meet emergency, namely:-
(a) fully equipped first aid box;
(b) readily accessible means of water for washing, drenching clothing of workers
as well as for those who have been contaminated with hazardous and corrosive
substances and such means shall be as per the scale shown in the table below:-
Table
No. of persons employed No. of drenching showers
at any time
Upto 50 persons 2
Between 51 to 100 3
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201 to 400 5 + 1 for every 100 persons
thereafter
401 and above 7 + 1 for every 200 persons
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.
Section 85
120. Making available health records to workers.- (1) The occupier of
every factory carrying out hazardous process shall make accessible the health
records including the records of workers exposed to hazardous process or, as
the case may be, the medical records of any worker for his perusal under the
following conditions, namely:-
(a) once in every six months or immediately after the medical examination,
whichever is earlier;
(b) if the qualified medical practitioner or Medical Officer, as the case may be,
is of the opinion that the worker has manifested signs and symptoms of any
notifiable disease as specified in the Third Schedule to the Code;
(c) if the worker leaves the employment;
(d) if any one of the following authorities so direct :--
(i) the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator;
(ii) the Health Authority of Central or State Government;
(iii) Competent Authority in relation to employee's Compensation;
(iv) the Director General Employees' State Insurance Corporation;
(v) the Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation (Medical benefits;
and
(vi) the Director General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes.
(2) A copy of the upto date health records including the record of worker's
exposure to hazardous process or, as the case may be, the medical records
shall be supplied to the worker on receipt of an application from him. X-ray
plates and other medical diagnostic reports may also be made available for
reference to his medical practitioner.
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121. Permissible Levels in Factories.- Without prejudice to the requirements Section 88 in any other provisions in the Code or the rules made there under, the
requirements specified in the Schedule given below shall apply to all factories:-
SCHEDULE
1. Definitions: for the purpose of this schedule –
(a) "mg/m3" means milligrams of a substances per cubic metre of air;
(b) "mppem" means million particles of a substance per cubic metre of air;
(c) "ppm" means parts of vapour or gas per million parts of air by volume at 25
degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury pressure;
(d) "Time weighted average concentration" means the average concentration
of a substance in the air at any work location in a factory computed from
evaluation of adequate number of air samples taken at that location, spread
over the entire shift on any day, after giving weightage to the duration for
which each such sample is collected and the concentration prevailing at the
time of taking the sample.
Time weighted average C1T1 + C2T2 + ........CnTn
Concentration = ------------------------------------
T1 + T2 +.........Tn
Where C1 represents the concentration of the substance for duration T1 (in
hours);
C2 represents the concentration of the substance for duration T2 (in hours);
and
Cn represents the concentration of the substance for duration Tn (in hours).
(e) "Work location" means a location in a factory at which a worker works or
may be required to work at any time during any shift on any day.
2. Limits of concentration of substances at work location: - (1) The time
weighted average concentration of any substance listed in table 1 or 2 of the
schedule, at any work location in a factory during any shift on any day shall not
exceed the limit of the permissible time weighted average concentration
specified in respect of that substance:
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Provided that in the case of a substance mentioned in Table 1 in
respect of which a limit in terms of short term maximum concentration is
indicated, the concentration of such a substance may exceed the permissible
limit of the time weighted average concentration for the substance for short
periods not exceeding 15 minutes at a time, subject to the condition that-
(a) Such periods during which the concentration exceeds the prescribed time
weighted average concentration are restricted to not more than 4 per shift;
(b) the time interval between any two such periods of higher exposure shall
not be less than 60 minutes; and
(c) At no time the concentration of the substance in the air shall exceed the
limit of short term maximum concentration.
(2) In the case of any substance given in Table 3, the concentration of the
substance at any work location in a factory at any time during any day shall not
exceed the limit of exposure for that substance specified in the table.
(3) In the cases where the word "skin" has been indicated against certain
substance mentioned in Tables 1 and 3, appropriate measures shall be taken to
prevent absorption through cutaneous routes particularly skin, mucous
membranes, and eyes as the limits specified in these Tables are for conditions
where the exposure is only through respiratory tract.
(4) (a) In case, the air at any work location contains a mixture of such
substances mentioned in Table 1, 2 or 3, which have similar toxic properties,
the time weighted concentration of each of these substances during the shift
should be such that when these time weighted concentration divided by the
respective permissible time weighted average concentration specified in the
above mentioned tables, and the fractions obtained are added together, the
total shall not exceed unity.
C1 C2 Cn
----- + ------- + ----------------- + -------
L1 L2 Ln
Where C1, C2.......... Cn are the time weighted concentration of toxic
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work location;
And L1, L2 .........Ln are the permissible time weighted average concentration
of the toxic substances 1, 2, and n respectively.
(b) In case the air at any work location contains a mixture of substances,
mentioned in Table 1, 2, 3 and these do not have similar toxic properties, then
the time weighted concentration of each of these substances shall not exceed
the permissible time weighted average concentration specified in the above
mentioned tables, for that particular substance.
(c) The requirement in clauses (a) and (b) shall be in addition to the requirements
in paragraphs 2 (1) and 2(2).
3. Power to require assessment of concentration of substances.-(1)An
Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, by an order in writing, direct the occupier or
manager of a factory to get before any specified date, the assessment of the
time weighted average concentration at any work location of any of the
substances mentioned in Table 1,2 or 3 carried out.
(2) The results of such assessment as well as the method followed for air
sampling and analysis for such assessment shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-
Facilitator within 3 days from the date of completion of such assessment and
also a record of the same kept readily available for inspection by an Inspector-
cum-Facilitator.
4. Exemption.- If in respect of any factory or a part of a factory, the Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that, by virtue of the pattern of working
time of the workers at different work locations or an account of other
circumstances, no worker is exposed, in the air at the work locations, to a
substance or substances specified in Tables 1,2 or 3 to such an extent as is
likely to be injurious to his health, he (the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator)
may by an order in writing, exempt the factory or a part of the factory from the
requirements in paragraph 2, subject to such conditions, if any, as he may
specify therein.
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TABLE – 1
Substance Permissible level of exposure
Time-weighted short-term
average maximum
concentration concentration
ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3
Acetic acid 10 25 15 37
Acrolein 0.1 0.25 0.3 0.8
Aldrin-skin - 0.25 - 0.75
Ammonia 25 18 35 27
Aniline-skin 2 10 5 20
Anisidine(o-p-isomera)-skin 2.1 0.5 - -
Arsenic and compounds - 0.2 - -
Benzene 10 30 - -
Bromine 0.1 0.7 0.3 2
2-Butanone(methylethyl)(ketone-mek) 200 590 300 885
n-Buty lacetate 150 710 200 950
Secondary/ Tertiary Butyl Acetate 200 950 250 1190
Cadmium dust and salt (as cd) - 0.05 - 0.2
Cacium - 2 - -
Carbyl (sevin) - 5 - 10
Carbofuran(furadan) - 0.1 - -
Carbon disulfide-skin 2 60 30 90
Carbon mono oxide 50 55 400 440
Carbon tetra chloride-skin 10 65 20 130
Carbonyl chloride(Phosgene) 0.1 0.4 - -
Chlordane-skin - 9.5 - 2
Chlorobenzone(Mono Chlorobenzene) 75 350 - -
Chlorine 1 3 3 9
Bi-Chloromethyl Ether 0.001 - - -
Chromic Acid and Chromates (as cr) - 0.05 - -
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Chromium sel Chromic, Chrmous salts - 0.05 - - Copper Fumes - 0.2 - - Cotton Dust (raw) - 0.02 - - Cresol,All Isomers-skin 5 22 - - Cynides (as cn) skin - 5 - - Cynanogen 10 20 - - DDT(Dicholoro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane) - 1 - 3 Demton-skin 0.01 0.1 0.03 0.3 Diazinon-skin - 0.1 - 0.3 Dibutyl phthalate - 5 - 10 Dichlorves(ddv)-skin 0.1 1 0.3 3 Dieldrin-skin - 0.25 - 0.75 Dinitrobenzene(all isomers)-skin 0.15 1 0.5 3 Dinitrotuolene-skin - 1.5 - 5 Diphenyl 0.2 1.5 0.6 4 Endosulfam(thiodan)-skin - 0.1 - 0.3 Endrin-skin - 0.1 - 0.3 Ethyl acetate 400 1000 - - Ethyl alcohol 1000 1900 - - Ethyl amine 60 18 - - Flourides - 2.5 - - Fluorin 1 2 2 4 Hydrogen cynide-skin 10 11 15 16 Hydrogen Sulfide 10 15 16 27 Iron oxide fumes - 5 - 10 Isoamyl acetate 100 525 125 655 Isoamyl alcohol 100 360 125 450 Isobutyl alcohol 50 150 75 225 Lead fumess and dust - 0.15 - 0.45 Libdane-skin - 0.5 - 1.5 Malathion-skin - 10 - - Manganese fumes - 1 - 1
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Mercury - 0.05 - 0.15 Mercury)alkyl compounds)skin 0.001 0.01 0.003 0.03 Methyl alcohol(methanol)-skin 200 260 250 310 Methyl celloply-skin(2-methoxy ethanol) 25 80 35 120 Methyl isobutyl ketone-skin 100 410 125 510 Naphthalene 10 50 15 75 Nickel carbonyl 0.05 0.35 - - Nitric acid 2 5 4 10 Nitric oxide 25 30 35 45 Nitrobenzene-skin 1 5 2 10 Oil mist minerals - 5 - 10 Parathion-skin - 0.01 - 0.03 Phenel-skin 5 19 10 38 Phorate(thimet)-skin - 0.05 - 0.2 Phosgene(Carbonyl Chloride) 0.1 0.4 1 1 Phosphine 0.3 0.4 1 1 Phasphorous(yellow) - 0.1 - 0.3 Phasphorous pentachloride - 1 - 3 Phasphorous trichloride 0.5 3 - - Picric acid-skin - 0.1 - 0.3 Pyridine 5 15 10 30 Saline(silicontetrahydride) 0.5 0.7 1 1.5 Styrene monomer(phenylethylene) 100 420 125 525 Sulfur dioxide 5 13 - - Sulphuric acid - 1 - - Toludine(toloul)-skin 100 375 150 500 O-Toludine 5 22 10 44 Trichloroethylene 100 535 150 800 Vinyl chloride 5 10 - - Welding fumes(nitrous oxide) - 5 - - Xylene(o-m-p-isomers)-skin 100 435 150 655
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TABLE – 2
S.No Substance Permissible time average concentration
1 Silica
a Crystalline
i Quartz 1 in term of dust count=1060/( % quartz+10)
in mppcm
2 in term of respirable dust =10/(% respirable
quuartz+2) in mg/cubic metre
3 in iterm of total dust =30/(% quartz+3)
in mg/cubic metre
ii Cristobalite half of the limit given against quartz
iii Tridmite do
iv Silica fused as for quartz
v Tripoli as for item(2) quartz
b Amorphous 705 mppcm
2 Silicates having less than 1 % free silica
by weight
A Asbestos fibres longer than 5 microns 2 fibres per cubic centimetres
B Mica 705 mppcm
c Mineral wool fibre 10 mg per cubic metres
d Porlite 1060 mppcm
e Portland cement 1060 mppcm
f Soapstone 705 mppcm
g Talc (nonbost) do
h Tal(fibrrous)
same as for (a)
i Tetomile do
3 Coal Dust
1 for airborne dust having not more than 2 mg per cubic metres
5% silicon dioxide by weight
2 for airborne dust having more than 5% as for item (2) of quartz
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TABLE – 3
Substance Permissible limit of exposure
ppm mg/m3
Acetic anhydride 5 20
O-Dichlorobenzene 50 300
Formaldehyde 2 3
Hydrogen Chloride 5 7
Manganese & compounds (as Mn) - 5
Nitrogen dioxide 5 9
Nitroglycerin-skin 0.2 2
Potassium hydroxide - 2
Sodium hydroxide - 2
- 2 2, 4, 6 – Trinitrotoluene (TNT) - 0.5
Section 90 122. Appropriate authority for appeal.- The Director of Factories, Punjab
shall be appropriate authority for the purposes of section 90 of the Code.
123. Form and manner of making application under section 90.- (1) The
Section 90
occupier shall make an application in Form-52 to the appropriate authority.
(2) The appropriate authority shall refer the matter within three days to the
Additional Director of Factories, Punjab.
(3) The Additional Director of Factories, Punjab shall examine the matter within
fifteen days from the date of receipt.
(4) The Additional Director of Factories, Punjab shall submit report within next
two days to the appropriate authority.
(5) The appropriate authority shall pass an order within three days from date
of receipt of report.
124. Persons holding position of supervision or management or
Section 91 (1)
confidential position etc.- The following persons in factories shall be deemed
to hold position of supervision or management and to be employed in confidential
position, namely:-
(i) Managing Director, President, Chief Executive or Senior Vice-President, 929
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Vice –President or General Manager;
(ii) Deputy General Manager or Manger or Factory Manager ;
(iii) Deputy Manager or Deputy Factory Manager, Assistant Manager or
Assistant Factory Manager ;
(iv) Chief Welfare Officer or Welfare Officer or Lab our Welfare Officer;
(v) Heads of Departments ;
(vi) Superintending Engineer ;
(vii) Executive Engineer or Assistant Engineer ;
(viii) Secretary or Personal Assistant to the persons listed above at serial
numbers (i) to (vii) ;
(ix) Sub-Station Engineer;
(x) Head Electrician;
(xi) Supervisor or Foreman;
(xii) Head Store Keeper or Store keeper ;
(xiii) Head Time-Keeper or Time keeper ;
(xiv) Store Purchase Officer ; and
(xv) any other person employed as such and so declared by the Chief Inspector-
cum-Facilitator in writing.
125. List to be maintained of persons holding confidential position or position
Section 91 (1) of supervision or management.- A list showing the names and designations of all
persons referred to in rule 124 shall be maintained in every factory.
PART-VI
PLANTATION
Section 92 126. Housing accommodation for workers.- Every employer shall provide
for worker and his family residing in a plantation, housing accommodation as
near as possible to the place of work.
Section 92 127. Standard and specification of housing accommodation.- All housing
accommodation for workers in a plantation shall conform to such standards
and specifications as may be approved by the State Government on the
recommendation of the Board constituted under section 17.
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Section 92
128. Sites for housing accommodation.- (1) The housing accommodation
shall be provided on dry well-drained land which is consistent with the
requirement regarding distance from the plantation, has supplies of wholesome
drinking water within a reasonable distance.
(2) Adequate lighting arrangements shall be provided in and around the area in
which housing accommodation is provided.
(3) The employer shall maintain in good condition the approach roads and
paths to the area where houses are located as also the sewers and drains in
that area.
(4) The employer shall cause the vicinity of all houses to be kept clear of
refuse and excreta and the latrines and drains to be cleaned out daily and all
refuse in or near them to be collected, removed and disposed of hygienically.
(5) Adequate facilities of toilets with sewage disposal shall be ensured by the
employer.
Section 92
129. Maintenance of houses.- (1) The employer shall, at his own expenses,
maintain all houses provided for accommodation of workers in a fit and safe
condition and execute annual and such other repairs as may be necessary
from time to time.
(2) A worker occupying a house may, and an Inspector-cum-Facilitator
appointed under the Code shall, bring to the notice of the employer any defect
in the condition of a house which makes it dangerous to the health and safety
of the worker. It shall be the duty of the employer to rectify the same at the
earliest.
(3) The employer shall get all the houses lime-washed at least once every year
and all the doors, windows and other wooden structure varnished or painted
once in three years. A record of dates on which lime-washing or painting was
carried out shall be maintained in a register.
(4) If any employer fails to comply with the requirements of sub -rules (1), (2)
or (3), the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may cause repairs to be done and
realise the cost thereof from the employer as arrears of land revenue.
Section 92
130. Accommodation to be rent free.- No rent shall be charged by an
employer for the housing accommodation provided to workers and their families
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131. Occupation of accommodation after termination of employment.-
Section 92 (1) When a worker dies in the service of the employer, or retires, or goes on
transfer, or resigns or goes on leave or when his services are terminated, he or
his family may retain the house up to the period as detail below––
(i) in the case of death, transfer, termination of service, retirement or
resignation, a period not exceeding two months;
(ii) in the case of leave, for the period of leave; and
(iii) in the case where the discharge of a worker is disputed and the
matter has been taken to an Industrial Tribunal or Court, for so long
as the case is not finally disposed of".
(2) If a worker fails to vacate the house on the expiry of the period
mentioned above and continues to occupy the same when no member
of his family is working, he shall be liable to pay to the employer such
rent at a rate not exceeding ten percent of his wages as may be fixed by
the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
Section 92 132. Benefit of sickness.- (1) Every worker shall be entitled to obtain sickness
allowance from his employer for each day of certified sickness for a total
period of fourteen days in a year at the rate of wages paid normally.
Provided however, that where under existing provisions under any
law the sickness allowance is higher, workers shall not, by the dint of this rule,
be deprived of such higher allowance.
(2) Sickness allowance specified in sub-rule (1) shall be paid at the option
of the worker either at the time of payment of weekly advances on
account of wages or along with the first installment of wages payable to
the worker after he resumes his work on recovery from certified sickness.
(3) The certificate of sickness shall be issued by the Medical Officer or
qualified medical practitioner appointed by the employer to every worker
entitled to obtain sickness allowance.
(4) No sickness allowance shall be paid to a worker if he attends to work on
any day for which he has been granted sickness allowance.
133. Crèche for Plantation Workers.- (1) In every plantation wherein fifty Section 92 or more workers are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding
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the children who are between the age of 2 and 6 years.
(2) Every crèche shall be conveniently accessible to the parents of the children
accommodated therein.
(3) There shall be not less than fifteen square feet of floor area for each child
to be accommodated in a crèche.
(4) The building in which the crèche is situated shall be of sound construction
with a good plinth.
(5) The plan of the crèche building shall be in accordance with the standard
plan or plans laid down by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(6) The crèche shall be furnished with suitable furniture such as cots to lie
down, benches to sit, a hammock for each child below the age of two years,
etc., and provided with toys and other play things as may be specified by the
Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator with the prior approval of the State Government.
(7) A suitably fenced and shady open air play-ground shall be provided for the
children.
(8) The employer shall appoint a woman as Crèche-in-charge to look after
children during the absence of their parents, who shall possess such qualifications
and training as may be approved by the State Government.
Section 92
134. Educational facilities for worker's children.- Every employer shall,
if the number of workers children between the ages of six and twelve in his
plantation exceeds twenty five, provide and maintain a Primary School for
imparting Primary education to the children:
Provided that an employer may not provide and maintain a Primary
School if there is one under the direct management of the State Government
or of any local body for imparting free education to the children up to the
primary or higher standard, with enough seats to admit the children between
the ages of six and twelve of the workers in his plantation or within a distance
of one kilometer from the place where workers reside in his plantation.
Section 92
135. Equipment in school.- The employer or employers, as the case may be
shall provide for every Primary School maintained under rule 134 such
educational and other equipment as may be considered necessary by the State
Education Department.
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136. Fee to be charged.- No fees shall be charged from the workers' children Section 92 attending the Primary School.
Section 92 137. Recreational facilities.- (1) Every employer shall provide and maintain,-
(i) recreation centre to the scale of one for every one hundred and seventy-
five families of resident workers or part thereof with provision for a television
with dish connection and indoor games for workers and their families and such
other facilities, as may be specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator,
with prior approval of the State Government; and
(ii) a playground or playgrounds for workers and their families with necessary
sports equipment for out-door games:
(2) Every recreation centre to be provided and maintained shall be conveniently
situated as near as possible to the worker's quarters.
138. Safeguards for women and adolescent in using or handling
Section 93 (2) hazardous substances.- No pregnant woman or adolescent shall be allowed
to handle any hazardous substance.
Section 93 (3) 139. Qualifications to supervise the use, handling, storage and
transportation of insecticides, chemicals and toxic substances in the
plantation of the employer.- For the purposes of sub-section (3) of section
93, no person shall be appointed by an employer unless such person is,-
(i) in possession of B.Sc in Chemistry or Agriculture;
(ii) able to speak and understand the language of workers; and
(iii) having an experience of three years in such field.
140. Safety measures and safe work practices.- The following safety Section 93 (4) measures and safe work practices with respect to the location, security and
access to storage of insecticides, chemicals and toxic substances shall be
ensured by the employer, namely:-
(a) the store or storage area shall be separate from other buildings,
dwellings, storage of foodstuffs;
(b) accidental or unauthorized access to the storage area shall be
prevented;
(c) the store shall be kept locked and fitted with a child proof latch to
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the public who are not familiar with the hazards of insecticides,
chemicals and toxic substances;
(d) adequate natural or mechanical ventilation shall be provided;
(e) impervious floors with drainage into a sump concrete door sills
concrete or block walls to a sufficient height to contain spills
impervious shelving;
(f) the walls (or bund) and door sill shall be high enough to contain a
spillage of twenty five per cent of the total volume of packaged
liquid pesticides;
(g) provision shall be made for drainage of spills and clean up water
into a sump or pit that can contain the insecticides, chemicals and
toxic substances, clean up materials and the wash water;
(h) supply of wash water shall be made readily available;
(i) good natural cross-flow ventilation shall be provided with vents in
opposite walls, above bund height;
(j) substances shall be stored at a cool temperature to prevent
deterioration; and
(k) the products shall be protected from moisture so that packaging
and labelling does not deteriorate.
Section 93 (5) 141. Medical examination and health record of plantation workers.-
(1) Every worker employed in a plantation, who is exposed to insecticides,
pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances shall be medically examined by a
qualified medical practitioner in the following manner, namely:-
(i) once before employment, to ascertain physical fitness of the person to do
the particular job;
(ii) once in a period of twelve months, to ascertain the health status of all the
workers in respect of occupational health hazards to which they are exposed;
and
(iii) the details of pre-employment and periodical medical examination carried
out as aforesaid shall be recorded in the health register in Form-47.
(2) No person shall be employed for the first time without a certificate of
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medical practitioner declares a person unfit for being employed, such a person
shall have the right to appeal to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator who shall refer
the matter to the Medical Officer whose opinion shall be final in this regard.
(3) Any finding of the qualified medical practitioner revealing any abnormality
or unsuitability of any person employed shall immediately be reported to the
Medical Officer who shall in turn, examine the concerned worker and
communicate his findings to the employer within thirty days. If the Medical
Officer is of the opinion that the worker so examined is required to be taken
away from the employment for health protection, he will direct the employer
accordingly, who shall not employ the said worker in the same employment.
However, the worker so taken away shall be provided with alternate placement
unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer in which
case the worker affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(4) The workers taken away from employment under sub-rule (3) may be
employed again in the same employment only after obtaining the Fitness
Certificate from the Medical Officer and after making entries to that effect in
the health register.
(5) A copy of the upto date health records including the record of worker's
exposure to insecticides, pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances or, as the
case may be, the medical records shall be supplied to the worker on receipt of
an application from him. X-ray plates and other medical diagnostic reports
may also be made available for reference to his qualified medical practitioner.
142. Washing, bathing and cloak-room facilities to plantation workers.-
Section 93 (7) (1) There shall be provided and maintained in every plantation for the use of all
the workers taps for washing, at the rate of one for every fifteen persons
including liquid soap in a container with tilting arrangements and nail brushes
or other suitable means for effective cleaning. Such facilities shall be
conveniently accessible and shall be kept in a clean and hygienic condition.
(2) If washing facilities as required above are provided for women, such facilities
shall be separate for them and adequate privacy at all times shall be ensured in
such facilities.
(3) Every employer of a plantation where the workers engaged therein are
handling insecticides, pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances and fifty
workers or more are employed, shall provide for all the workers working in a 936
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shift, mess room facilities which are well ventilated and provided with tables
and sitting facilities along with the provision of cold and hygienic drinking water
facilities.
(4) The facilities mentioned in sub-rule (3) shall include suitable arrangements
for cleaning and washing and shall be maintained in a clean and hygienic
condition.
(5) Every employer of a plantation where the workers engaged therein are
handling insecticides, pesticides, chemicals and toxic shall provide for cloak
room facilities with lockers. Each worker shall be provided with two lockers,
one for work clothing and another separately for personal clothing and the
lockers should be such as to enable the keeping of the clothing in a hanging
position.
(6) The cloak room facilities provided under sub-rule (5) shall be located, as
far as possible, near to the facilities provided for washing under sub-rule (1). If
it is not possible to locate the washing facilities near to the cloakroom, then the
cloakroom shall have adequate and suitable arrangements for cleaning and
washing.
Section 93 (7) 143. Protective clothing and equipment to plantation workers.- When
choosing Personal Protective Equipments in accordance with the label, Material
Safety Data Sheet and risk assessment, the following items shall be considered,
namely:-
(a) cotton overalls buttoned to the neck and wrist;
(b) pesticide resistant water-proof aprons when mixing or pouring
concentrate;
(c) gloves (pesticide resistant), preferably gauntlets, to be worn when
handling or using chemicals;
(d) a wide brim washable hat; if contaminated, the hat should be
removed immediately and washed before re-use;
(e) boots such as rubber or Polyvinyl chloride; waterproof leggings
providing additional protection, leather boots which can absorb
pesticide and prevent exposure during high volume applications;
(f) face shield or splash proof goggles when mixing or pouring;
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(g) goggles and appropriate approved respirator, especially if exposure
to spray drift is likely; and
(h) full face air -line respirator when working in enclosed spaces,
depending on the label and Material Safety Data Sheet self-
contained breathing apparatus for entry into confined spaces.
Section 93 (9) 144. Precautionary notices in plantation.- Precautionary notice in the form
specified below and printed in the language of the majority of the workers
employed shall be affixed in a prominent place in the plantation where it can be
easily and conveniently read by the workers.
PRECAUTIONARY NOTICE
1. Chemicals handled in this plantation are hazardous.
2. Smoking, chewing tobacco, eating food or drinking, in this area is prohibited.
3. No food stuff or drink shall be brought in this area.
4. Some of these chemicals may be absorbed through the skin and may
cause poisoning.
5. A good wash shall be taken before meals.
6. Protective devices supplied shall be used while working in this area.
7. Spillage of the chemicals on any part of the body or on the floor shall be
immediately washed away with water.
8. All workers shall report for the prescribed medical tests regularly to
protect their own health.
CHAPTER-X
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section 111 (1) 145. Officer and manner for holding enquiry.- (1) For the purpose of sub-
section (1) of section 111, an officer in the rank of Deputy Director of Factories,
Punjab shall be the officer appointed for holding enquiry within his jurisdiction.
(2) The officer referred to in sub-rule (1), upon acquiring the knowledge of an
offence under the Code, shall serve a notice, within seven days of such
knowledge, on the person who is alleged to have committed an offence.
(3) The person on whom notice has been served under sub-rule (2) shall submit
his reply within the period specified in the notice.
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(4) The officer referred to in sub-rule (1), may call any person to appear
before him along with any record or document required for the purpose of
enquiry he is holding.
(5) The officer referred to in sub-rule (1), shall complete enquiry within sixty
days from the start of such enquiry and pass a speaking order.
(6) The amount of penalty imposed and received under section 111 shall be
credited to the fund established under sub-section (1) of section 115 and record
of such receipt shall be maintained in Form-53.
Section 111 (3) 146. Appellate Authority and manner of appeal.- (1) For the purpose of
sub-section (3) of section 111, an officer in the rank of Joint Director of Factories,
Punjab shall be the Appellate Authority for hearing appeal within his jurisdiction.
(2) The aggrieved person may prefer an appeal to the officer referred to in
sub-rule (1) in Form-54 within the period specified in sub-section (3) of section
111.
(3) A fee at the rate of two percent of penalty imposed under rule 145 shall be
accompanied by appeal which shall be paid on portal and shall be credited to
the treasury in the head of the account as may be specified by the State
Government from time to time.
Section 114 147. Officer and manner of composition of certain offences.- (1) An
officer as given below in the table shall be the officer for composition of
certain offences, namely:-
Serial Officer authorized to Sections for which officer is authorized
No. compound to compound
1 Additional Director of 97, 100(1), 101, 103(1)(b), 105,
Factories, Punjab 113(2), 114(3)
2 Deputy Director of 12(3), 94, 96, 99,106
Factories, Punjab
(1) Any person seeking composition of penalty or offence as specified
in sub-rule (1) shall file an application in Form-55 to the concerned
officer mentioned in sub-rule (1).
(2) The concerned officer mentioned in sub-rule (1) shall take decision
within seven days from receipt of application under sub-rule (2).
(3) The concerned officer mentioned in sub-rule (1) may authorize
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copy of decision of composition before the officer who imposed
penalty or the court where prosecution is instituted
(4) The amount of composition received during the month shall be
credited to the fund mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 115 for
the unorganized workers, before the 7th day of the succeeding month.
(5) The amount of composition received and credited shall be recorded
in a register to be maintained in Form-56.
CHAPTER-XI
SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
148. Social security fund.- (1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall Section 115 maintain record of the social security fund, in Form-57.
(2) The social security fund administered shall be credited to the Punjab
Unorganized Workers Social Security Board constituted under the Code on
Social Security (Punjab) Rules, 2021.
(3) The social security fund may also be expended on welfare schemes of the
Punjab Unorganized Workers Social Security Board.
(4) The other sources of social security fund shall be,-
(i) the grants and subsidies given by the Central or State Government;
(ii) all voluntary donations; and
(iii) ten rupees per worker to be paid by the employer of every
establishment at the time of its registration.
CHAPTER-XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 119 149. Common License for contractor, factories and to industrial
premises, etc..- (1) any person desirous of obtaining common licence in
respect of a factory, industrial premises for beedi and cigar work and for
engaging contract workers or any combination thereof or single licence for
any one of them under the Code shall make an application in Form-58 to the
designated authority on portal.
(2) For the purpose of licence referred to in sub-section (1), fee shall,
respectively be payable at the rates specified Schedules I, II and III given
under sub-rule (3).
(3) The designated authority upon being satisfied, shall issue license in Form-
59 within forty five days from the date of receipt of application.
SCHEDULE I
9 4 0
Fees for the grant of licence for a factory for one calendar year
Number of workers
Load connected Upto 19 From From From From From From From From From From Above Above
P U N
J (in Kilowatts) 20 to 51 to 101 to 151 to 251 to 501 to 1001 to 1501 to 2001 to 3001 to 4001 to 5000
A B 50 100 150 250 500 1000 1500 2000 3000 4000 5000
( Without power 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 20000
G O V T
.
Upto 50 1500 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 25000
V Y S K
From 51 to 100 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 30000
G A Z
2 7
.
,
( From 101 to 150 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 35000
1 9 4 3 From 151 to 250 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 40000
E X T R A From 251 to 500 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 50000
) ,
S A K A
) From 501 to 1000 5000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 60000
M A Y
From 1001 to 2000 6000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 70000 70000
1 7
,
From 2001 to 3000 8000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 80000
From 3001 to 4000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 90000
2 0 2 1
From 4001 to 5000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 100000 110000
Above 5000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 100000 110000 120000 941
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Schedule II
In respect of Industrial premise for Beedi and Cigar work
Number of workers to be employed Fee for license
21-100
15000
101-150
25000
151-200
35000
201-250
50000
251-500
75000
501-750
100000
751-1000
125000
Above 1000
150000
Schedule III
In respect of engagement of Contractors.
Number of workers to Fee for Security to be be engaged/employed by contractor license deposited Up to 100 5000 50000 101-150 10000 100000 151-200 15000 150000 201-250 20000 200000 251-500 25000 250000 501-750 30000 300000 751-1000 40000 400000 1001-1500 50000 500000 1501-2000 60000 600000 Above 2000 75000 750000
150. Qualifications of Inspector-cum-Facilitator.- No person shall be Section 133 (zzq), 135 (za) appointed as an Inspector-cum-Facilitator for the purpose of the Code, unless
he possesses the qualifications specified for the post of Assistant Director of
Factories in the Punjab Labour (Group-A) Service Rules, 2011, as amended
from time to time.
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FORM-01
[See rule 4 (6)]
Application for grant of competency to a person
1. Name
2. Date of birth
3. Name of the organization ( if self-employed)
4. Educational qualifications (copies of testimonials to be attached)
5. Details of professional experience
Name of the Period of designation Area of
Organization service Responsibility
6. memberships, if any, of professional bodies
7. (i) Details of facilities (examination, testing etc.)
(ii) Arrangements of calibrating and maintaining the accuracy of these
facilities)
8. purpose for which competency certificate sought (specify the section of
the Act)
9. whether the applicant has been declared as a competent person under
any other state or statute (if so furnish details)
10. any other relevant information
I----------------------------------------- hereby declare that the information
furnished above is true.
I undertake
(a) That in the event of any change in facilities at my disposal (either
addition or
deletion) I will promptly inform the Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator.
(b) to maintain the facilities in good working order calibrating periodically
as per
manufacturer's instructions or as per National standards; and
(c) to fulfill and abide by all conditions stipulated in the certificate of
competency and instructions issued by Chief Inspector_cum_
Facilitator from time to time.
Place signature
Date 943
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FORM-02
[See rule 4 (6)]
Application for grant of competency to an institution
1. Name and full address of the organization.
2. organization's status (specify whether Individual, Government,
autonomous, co-operative, corporate or private)
3. purpose for which competency certificate sought (specify the section of
the Act)
4. whether the organization has been declared as a competent person under
any other statute (if so furnish details)
5. Particulars of persons employed and possessing qualification and
experience
S. Name and Qualification Experience Section(s)/rule(s)
No. designation Under which person's
competency sought
6. Details of facilities and arrangements made for their maintenance and
calibration periodically.
7. any other relevant information
8. Undertaking
I ----------------------------- certify that shri--------------------- whose
details are furnished above, is in our employment and nominate on the behalf
of organization for the purpose of being declared as competent person under
the Code; I also undertake that I will-
(a) Notify to the Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator in case the competent person
leaves our institution.
(b) To maintain the facilities in good working order calibrating periodically as
per manufacturer's instructions or as per National standards;
( c) notify to Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator any change in facilities(either
addition or deletion)
(d) to fulfill and abide by all conditions stipulated in the certificate of
competency and 944
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instructions issued by Chief Inspector of Factories from time to time
I----------------------------------------- hereby declare that the information
furnished above are correct to the best of my knowledge
Date
Signature
Place Head of Institution
Moblie number
FORM-03
[See rule 4 (8)]
Certificate of competency issued to a person or an institution
I ------------------------------------- in exercise the power conferred on me under
section 2(l) of The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code
2020 and the rules made there under, here by recognize shri--------------------
------ (if employed in Name of institution) ----------------------------------- to be
Competent person for the purpose of carrying tests, examinations, inspections
and certification for such buildings, dangerous machinery, lifts, tackles,
pressure plants, confined space, ventilation or plant and equipment as
the case may be in an establishment located in state of Punjab under section
[_____] of the Code and the rules made there under.
This certificate is valid from____to_____
This certificate is subject to the following conditions as stipulated there under-
1. tests, examinations, inspections and shall be carried out in
accordance with the provisions of Code and the rules made there
under.
2. tests, examinations, inspections and shall be carried out under the
direct supervision of competent person
3. the certificate of competency shall stand cancelled if the person 945
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declared competent leaves the institution.
4. Competent person or institution shall submit reports as per provisions
of the Code.
5. Any other condition Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator may think fit.
Place
official seal signature
Date Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator,
Punjab
FORM-04
[See rule 6(1)]
Application for registration of an establishment as specified
in section 3
1 Name of the establishment
2 Address of the establishment
Village/town
Tehsil
District
3 Nature of core activity to be carried in the
establishment
4 Type of establishment(Factory/Building and Other
Contruction/Contract Work/Mining/Dock Work/
any other
5 Labour Identification Number
6 Name and address of the employer
7 Email, mobile of employer
8 a Maximum number of employees to be
employed on any day during the year 946
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b Maximum number of employees were
employed on any day during the last twelve
months
9 Date of commencement of activity in the
establishment
10 Electric load connected (in kilowatts)
11 Constitution of establishment( Proprietorship/
partnership/limited company/government
department/local authority/cooperative)
12 Is building in which establishment situated own/
rented/allotted/through mutual agreement
13 Is establishment employing or will employ inter-
state migrant workers?
if yes details thereof in Form -05
14 National Industrial Classification Code
15 Contractor Details
a Name and Address of Contractor
b Number of contract labour to be engaged
c Nature of work of contract labour
16 particulars of fee deposited
amount date
Declaration by the employer:
(i) I hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
(ii) I undertake to abide by the provisions of The Occupational Safety,
Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 and rules made there
under.
DSC of Employer FORM-05
[See rule 6 (5)]
Details of inter-state migrants employed/to be employed in an establishment
1. Name of establishment:
P U N
J
2. Address of establishment:
A B
3. Name and address of employer:
(
G O V T
.
4. Details of inter-state migrant workers
V Y S K
S.No. Name Father/Husband`s Permanent Aadhar Mobile
G A Z
2 7
.
,
( name address
number number
1 9 4 3
Town/ Tehsil District State
E X T R A
Village
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 4 7
DSC of Employer FORM-06
9 4 8
[See rules 7(2) and 8]
Register of Establishments
Sr. Registration Name and Name of Nature of Maximum Probable date of Remarks
P U N
J
No. number address of the core activity workers date of cessation if any
A B
and date the employer to be under to be commen-
(
establishment and his taken in the employed cement
G O V T
.
address establishment on any day
V Y S K
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1 949
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
FORM-07
(See rule 11)
Notice of Commencement
This is to intimate that I __________ employer of M/S_______________
having registration number______will use the establishment for ______ w.e.f
______
Name of employer
Digitally/electronically signed
FORM-08
(See rule 11)
Notice of Cessation
This is to intimate that I __________ employer of M/S_______________
having registration number______will close the establishment w.e.f ______
Name of employer
Digitally/electronically signed FORM-09
9 5 0
(See rule 12)
Health Register
Sr. Name of Date of Age Gender Nature Date of Results Signature Signature
P U N
J
No. Employee Employment of Job Medical of Medical of the of
A B
Examination examination qualified Employer
(
medical
G O V T
.
Practitioner
V Y S K
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1 951
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
FORM-10
(See rule 13)
Appointment Letter
1. Name of the employee:
2. Name of employee`s father:
3. Aadhar Number of employee:
4. UAN/ESI Number of employee:
5. Name and address of establishment:
6. (a) Registration number :
(b) Labour Identification Number:
7. Designation:
8. Skill category of employee:
9. Wages (basic , dearness allowance):
10. Other allowances:
11. Avenues for achiving higher wages/position:
12. Medical Examination details:
13. Nature of duty:
14. Any other information:
Employer seal and signature
FORM-11
(See rule 14)
Notice of Accident Resulting in death or bodily injury
1 name of the employer
2 name and address of the establishment where accident took place?
3 Nature of activity being carried in establishment
4 (a) Branch or Department and exact place where the accident took
place.
(b) Details of contractor, if any
5 died/Injured person's 952
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(a) Name
(b) Address
(c) Gender
(d) Age (last birthday )
(e) Occupation and designation
(f) Whether local or Inter-State
(g) Whether employee or out-sider
6 Date and time of accident
7 Describe briefly how the accident occurred.
8 Nature and extent of injuries
9 in case the accident happened while traveling in employer`s transport
state whether:-
(a) the injured person was travelling as a passenger to or from his
place of work.
(b) the injured person was travelling with the express or implied
permission of employer
(c) The transport is being operated by or on the behalf of the employer
or some other person by whom it is provided in pursuance of
arrangement made with employer, and
(d) The vehicle being/not being operated in the ordinary course of public
transport service
10 in case the accident happened while meeting emergency, state
(a) its nature
(b) whether the injured person was at the time of accident was
employed for the purpose of and in connection with employer's
trade or business.
11 Name and addresses of witnesses
I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above particulars are
correct in every respect.
Signature of employer 953
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FORM-12
(See rule 15)
Notice of Dangerous Occurrence
1. Name of the employer
2. Name and address of the establishment where dangerous occurrence
took place?
3. Nature of activity being carried in establishment
4. (a) Branch or Department and exact place where the dangerous or
took place.
(b) Details of contractor, if any
5. Date and time of dangerous occurrence
6. Describe briefly how occurred
7. Details of person/property/fauna-flora affected due to this occurrence
8. Name and addresses of witnesses
I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above particulars are
correct in every respect.
Signature of Employer
FORM-13
(See rule 16)
Notice of Disease
1. Name of Establishment
2. Address of Establishment
3. Address of employer
4. Nature of activity being carried out
5. Particulars of worker/employee
(a) Name
(b) Address
(c) Gender
(d) Age 954
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6. Precise occupation of worker/employee
7. Nature of disease from which worker/employee is suffering
Signature of employer or Qualified Medical Practitioner
FORM-14
(See rule 17)
Application by employee to Employer
To,
The Employer/Safety Officer
----------------------------------------(Name of establishment)
-----------------------------------------(Address of establishment)
Subject: intimation of unsafe/unhealthy situation
Sir
[Detail of unsafe/unhealthy situation and proposed suggestions]
Name of Employee
Designation
FORM-15
(See rule 18)
Action taken report in regard unsafe/unhealthy situation
It is brought to your knowledge that an unsafe/unhealthy situation [details]
was brought into notice by [Name and designation of employee]. The remedial
action report is submitted as below;
[ Details of remedial action]
Employer Form -16
(See rule 35)
Register of Compensatory Holidays
Name and address of establishment:
P U N
J
S. Name Number in Date of year Weekly rest Date of Lost rest Remarks
A B
No. Adult exempting days lost due compensatory days carried
(
Workers order to exempting holidays given to next year
G O V T
.
Register order
V Y S K
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 5 5 FORM-17
9 5 6
(See rule 38)
Notice of period of work
P U N
J
Name and Address of establishment…………………………... Registration No…………………………..
A B
(
Rest day ………………………………...
G O V T
.
Periods Total number of men Total number of women Nature of work Remarks
V Y S K
of work employed employed
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
Adolescent Adult Adolescent Adult
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1 FORM -18
(See rule 39)
Register of Adult Workers
Name and Address of establishment:
P U N
J
S. Name Aadhar Address Mobile Email Qualification Experience Date Designation Date
A B
No. number Number
of of
(
joining leaving
G O V T
.
V Y S K
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 5 7 FORM -19
9 5 8
(See rule 44)
Adolescent Worker Register
Name and Address of establishment:
P U N
J
S. Name Father`s name Date of Number and date Date of leaving Remarks
A B
No.
joining of fitness the employment
(
certificate
G O V T
.
V Y S K
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1 FORM -20
[See rule 45(1)]
Muster-Roll
P U N
J
Name and Address of establishment:
A B
Periods of work and rest period (time and coding)
(
G O V T
.
S. Name Gender Adult/Adolescent Whether local or Social Security O/T hours Weekly-
V Y S K No.
register entry Inter-State Migrant number off
G A Z
2 7
.
, number
(UAN/ESI)
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 5 9 FORM-21
9 6 0
[See rule 45(2)(i)]
Attendance Card
Month:
P U N
J
1 Name and address of the establishment:
A B
2 Name of the worker
(
G O V T
.
3 Father`s name
V Y S K
4 Serial number in Adult Workers Register.
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
5 Designation
1 9 4 3
Period of Work
E X T R A
) , Date
From To
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1 FORM-22
(See rule 46)
Register of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences
Name and address of establishment:
P U N
J
Date/month/year Date/month/year Description of Details of Date of return Total man-
A B
of accident or of report to accident or injured/died of injured hours lost
(
dangerous authorities dangerous person person to duty due to
G O V T
.
occurrence
occurrence ( if any)
accident or
V Y S K
dangerous
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
occurrence
1 9 4 3
1 2 3 4 5 6
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 6 1 962
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FORM -23
(See rule 47)
Leave with wages register
1 Name of employee
2 Number in Adult/Adolescent Register
3 Date of joining
4 Wage rate
5 Date of resignation/superannuation/
dismissal/death/etc.
6 Total number of days worked during
the calendar year;
I January
II Feburary
III March
IV April
V May
VI June
VII July
VIII August
IX September
X October
XI November
XII December
7 Leaves earned during the year
8 Balance of leaves from previous year
9 Total number at credit in the end of year
10 Leaves enjoyed during the year
11 Leaves encashed during the year
12 Balance leaves at the end of the year
13 remarks FORM -24
(See rule 48)
Over-Time Register
P U N
J
Name and Address of Establishment......................................
A B
Month ………………………………………………
(
G O V T
.
Name Department Date on which Extent of Normal rate Over-time Over-time Date on
V Y S K over-time has over-time of wage rate of pay earnings which
G A Z
2 7
.
, been worked
over-time
(
payment
1 9 4 3
made
E X T R A
) ,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
2 0 2 1
9 6 3 964
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FORM -25
(See rule 50)
Name of Authorities
Name of establishment
Address of establishment
Employer`s Name
Details of Inspector_cum_ Name
Facilitator of the area Address
Details of medical officer Name
of the area Address
FORM -26
(See rule 51)
Summaries of Code/Rules
FORM-27
(See rule 54)
Annual Return
For the Year ending 31st December,_______
1. Registration number of establishment:
2. Name of establishment:
3. Address of establishment:
4. Name of occupier./Employer
5. Name of the manager.
6. type of establishment: A. Factory [ 2w(i)/2w(ii)/81] B. Motor transport C.BAOC D. other
7. Nature of activity
8. NIC Code 965
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9. hazardous: MAH or Non-MAH
10 Ownership
(a) Public sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Joint sector
(d) Co-operative sector
(e) properietership
(f) partnership
(g) government department/local authority
11. is the establishment seasonal?
12. no. of days worked in year.
13. (i) No. of Man-days worked during the year.
Particular Male Female Total
Local Migrant Local Migrant Local Migrant
Adult
Adolescent
total
(ii) Average number of workers employed daily (man-days worked divided by days worked)
Particular Male Female Total
Local Migrant Local Migrant Local Migrant
Adult
Adolescent
total
14 Total No. of man-hours worked including overtime but excluding the rest interval Particular Male Female Total
Local Migrant Local Migrant Local Migrant
Adult
Adolescent 966
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
15. Average number of workers per week
16. In respect of establishments carrying on processes or operation declared dangerous under furnish the following information
Name of the Average number of Number of persons
dangerous process persons employed
or operation daily in each of the Medically examine declared unfit
carried on (See process or operation
explanatory given (See explanatory
Note 'G') Note 'D')
Male Female Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6
(i)
(ii)
(iii) etc.
17. In respect of establishments carrying on processes or operation declared hazardous under section , furnish the following information
Name of the Average number of Number of persons
dangerous process persons employed
or operation daily in each of the Medically examine declared unfit
carried on (See process or operation
explanatory given (See explanatory
Note 'G') Note 'D')
Male Female Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6
(i)
(ii)
(iii) etc.
967
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
Leave with wages
particular Total Number of Number of Number of Number of
number workers workers workers workers in
of entitled for granted dismissed/ respectof
workers leave with leave died/ whom wages
wages discharged/ in lieu of
left the leave
service were paid
Adult male
female
Adolescent male
female
transgender
Safety officers
Number of safety officer Number of safety officer
required
appointed
WELFARE OFFICERS
Number of welfare officer Number of welfare officer
required
appointed
Welfare facilities
Shelters or Rest-Rooms or
Lunch-Rooms
Canteen
Creches
Ambulance Room 968
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
ACCIDENTS
Type of accident Number of Man-days lost Man-days lost Number of
accident In case worker In case worker accidents
returned to duty returned to covered under during year in duty during MSIHC which accident succeeding Rules
occurred year in which
accident occurred
Fatal
Non-fatal
Dangerous occurence
total
Certified that the information furnished above is to the best of my knowledge and
belief, correct.
Signature of the employer
Date.......
Explanatory Notes :
1 The average number of workers employed daily should be calculated by dividing the aggregate number of attendance on working days (that is, men-days worked) by the number of working days in the year. In reckoning attendance, attendance by temporary as well as permanent employed should be counted, and all employees should be included, whether they are employed directly or under contractors. Attendance on separate shifts (e.g. night and day shifts) should be counted, separately. Days on which the establishment was closed for whatever cause, and days on which the manufacturing processes were not carried on should not be treated as working days. Partial attendance for less than half a shift on a working day should be ignored, while attendance for half a shift or more on such day should be treated as full attendance.
2 For seasonal establishment, the average number of workers employed during the working season and the off-season should be given separately. Similarly the number of 969
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days worked and average number of man hours worked per week during
the working and off-season should be given separately.
3 The average number of hours worked per week means the total actual
hours worked by all workers during the year excluding the rest intervals
but including overtime work divided by the product of total number of
workers employed in the establishment during the year and 52 weels. In
case the establishment has not worked for the whole year, the number of
weeks during which the factory worked should be used in view of the
figure 52.
4 Every person killed or injured should be treated as one separate accident.
If in one occurrence six persons were injured or killed it should be counted
as six accidents.
FORM-28
[See rule 57(5)]
Notice of Intention to have sample analysed
Number: date:
To
....................................
....................................
Take notice that it is intended to have analysed the sample of*
............................which has been taken today, the...................................
..........................................day of.............................20...................... from*
.............................................................
(Name of the Inspector-cum_Facilitator who orders sampling).
(Seal)
Date ....................................
970
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
FORM-29
[See rule 57(9)]
Report by Laborartory
Report No. ...............................
Date .........................................
I hereby certify that I ..................................Analyst working in..................................duly received on the.....................................day of ................ 20................. ............... from *........................................a sample of .............................................for analysis.
The sample was in a condition fit for analysis as reported below.
I further certify that I have analysed the aforementioned sample on ..........................and declare that the result of the analysis to be as follows:
**......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
The condition of seals, fastening of samples on receipt was as follows:
Signed this..................................day of............................20......... ............................
Address ..............................
.............................
Signature
(Laboratory Analyst)
FORM-30
(See rule 59)
Certificate of Fitness
Certificate Number: date:
1. Name of Adolescent:
2. Father`s Name:
3. Address:
971
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4. Gender:
5. Age:
6. Descriptive marks
7. Remarks
Name and Signature of Medical Officer
FORM-31
[See rule 59(8)]
Register of medical examination of adolescents
S. Name of Address Date of Date of Whether Signature Signature
No. Adolescent examination deposit fit or of of
of fee unfit adolescent medical
officer
FORM-32
(See rules 62 and 63)
Application for issue and grant, renewal of license for a contractor
(i) Whether the application is for: (a) renewal of license (b) work-specific license
(ii) Name and address of the contractor (including his father's name in case of
individuals)
(iii) Father`s name
(iv) Particulars of establishment where contract labour is to be employed:
(a) Name and address of the establishment:
(b) Type of business, trade, industry, manufacture or occupation carried on in
the establishment.
(c) Number & date of Certificate of license of the establishment under the
972
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code.
(d) Name and address of the Principal Employer:
(iv) Particulars of the Contract Labour:
(a) Nature of work in which contract labour is employed or to be employed in the establishment:
(b) Duration of proposed contract work (give particular of proposed date of commencing & ending)
(c) Name and address of the authorised person of Contractor at establishment (d) Maximum number of contract labour proposed to be employed in the establishment on any date
(e) No. of inter state migrant workers to be employed: Fill details in Form no. 5 as mentioned in Rule 6
(v) Amount and particulars of Licence fee deposited:
(vi) Amount and particulars of security deposit, if any, or requested to be adjusted:
Signature of the Applicant-Contractor
FORM-33
[See rules 62(4), 63(2) and 64(3)]
License to contractor
Government of Punjab
Office of Designated Authority under the Occupational Safety, Health And
Working Conditions Code 2020
No: ………… Date: ……….
Fee paid: …………..
Security deposited.....................
973
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
Licence is hereby granted to…………………………………………
under Section 47(1) of The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code 2020 subject to the conditions specified in annexure.
2. This licence is for doing the work of ………………………………………...
in the establishment M/S……………………………………………………………….
3. The number of workmen employed, as contract labour in the establishment
shall not, on any day, exceed……….
4. This licence shall remain in force till 31.12.20…
Place :
Date :
FORM-34
(See Rule 64)
Application for amendment of licence for a contractor
(i) Name and address of the contractor
(ii) License number:
(iii) Particulars of amendment:
(a) Name
(b) address :
(c) Number of contractor labour to be employed/supplied
(d) No. of inter state migrant workers to be employed : Fill details in Form no. 5 as mentioned in Rule 6
(e) Nature of work for contractor labour to be employed/supplied
(iv) Amount of additional Licence fee deposited:
(vi) Amount of additional security:
Signature of the Applicant-Contractor 974
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(VYSK 27, 1943 SAKA)
975
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FORM-36
(See rule 68)
Notice of intimation of work-order by contractor
I .................. Shri of M/s………………….. having license Number............ hereby intimate that work order to supply labour/execute work (Name of work) from the establishment (Name and address ) has been issued and work shall commence from.......
Signature of the Contractor
FORM-37
(See rules 70 and 73)
Register of Security Deposit/Refund/Release
S. Name and Amount of Date of Amount Reference of Remarks
No. Address of security security released order of authority
the deposited deposit from for release of
contractor security payment from
deposit for security deposit
payment
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FORM-38
[See rule 75(1)]
Application under section 57(2)
a. Name of aggrieved party:
b. Address of communication:
c. Details of grievance:
d. Reasons of claim:
e. Details of documents attached:
Signature of aggrieved party 976
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FORM-40
(See rule 79)
Format of agreement
This agreement is made on this ................. of ................20.......................
between Messers ................... having office at ........................ (a sole
proprietary concern/a firm registered under the Partnership Act, 1932/a
Company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act, 1956)
(hereinafter referred to as the "Producer") on the first part and Shri/Smt/Kumari
..................... son/daughter/wife of Shri .................. residing at ..................
(hereinafter referred to as the "Audio Visual Worker") on the second part. The
terms 'Producer' and ' Audio Visual Worker' shall include their heirs, successors,
administrators and legal representatives:
Whereas the Producer is engaged in the audio visaul production as defined in
section 2(e) of The Occupational Safety, Health And Other Working Conditions
Code 2020.
Whereas the said producer is desirous to engage the Audio Visual Worker in
the capacity of a .................... in the aforesaid Audio Visual production and
the Audio Visual Worker accepts the same :
Now, therefore this agreement is made as follows:
1. That both the parties agree that the duration of this agreement shall be
form the date hereof till the completion of the Audio Visual production and this
period shall not exceed........ consecutive months.
2. That the Audio Visual worker agrees to attend studio, location or work
place, as the case may be, subject to the requirement of his previous engagement
and on his confirmation, to his respective job punctually as and when he shall
be required by a written intimation by the Producer or the person duly authorised
by him in writing.
3. That inconsideration of the Audio Visual Workers' services, as aforesaid,
the Producer agrees to pay and the Audio Visual Worker agrees to receive a
sum of Rs. ............................... (Rupees ........................) payable as advance
on signing of this agreement and the balance of Rs. .........................payable
in ......................... equal installments.
4. That in the event of the Audio Visual production being not complete
within the stipulated period and the Producer still needing the services of the 978
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Audio Visual Worker to complete the film, the producer agrees to pay and the
Audio Visual Worker agrees to receive additional remuneration on pro-rata
basis, payable in the same manner as stated in Clause 3 above, till the completion
of the Audio Visual production.
5. That in case the assignment of the Audio Visual worker is completed
earlier that the period stipulated in Clauses 1 and 4 above, the producer shall
settle the account of the Audio Visual Worker and pay the remaining balance
of the agreement amount in full before the commencement of re-recording
work/censor of the Audio Visual production, whichever is earlier.
6. It is agreed by the Producer that for the purposes of this agreement,
(a) a working day shall mean a period not exceeding eight consecutive hours
(to include one hours' break for rest and refreshments) ;
(b) a working week shall mean a six-day week from Monday to Saturday,
both inclusive, and the Audio Visual Worker is not liable to work on Sundays
and Public Holidays :
(c) the Audio Visual worker shall not be required to work for more than five
consecutive hours without a break ; and
(d) a period of not less than twelve hours shall elapse between the Audio
Visual Worker's release from the studio/location/work-place and the next
succeeding call.
7. That the Audio Visual Worker shall, if so required,-
(a) attend the studios, location or work-place, as the case may be, earlier
than the a scheduled time of the shift, for preparatory work, and in that case,
he/she shall be paid by the Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs. ......per
hour or part thereof for such early attendance.
(b) continue to work beyond the working day, with one hour break and in
that case, he/she shall be paid by the Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs.
................ for the work during the extended hours and refreshments, and
transport facilities.
8. That the Producer shall provide transport and food or pay travelling
allowances to and fro to report to duty and food allowance while on duty as
are customary or fixed by bilateral arrangements between the Producer's and
Audio Visual Worker's representative organisations.
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expenses, fares, cost of food and such other allowances as are customary
when the Audio Visual Worker is required to work on location outdoors.
10. That the Producer shall get the Audio Visual Worker insured for any
injury or damage to his/her person including death caused by accident arising
out of or in the course of his/her employment and/or during the period of his/
her assignment under this agreement.
11. That where the Producer is prevented from proceeding with the production
of the Audio Visual by reason of fire, riot, natural calamity, order of the public
authority or any other reason beyond his control :-
(a) he shall be entitled to suspend the operation of this agreement during the
period of suspension of production in case the production is suspended. The
producer shall serve notice in writing of such suspension on the Audio Visual
Worker and shall pay all his/her dues up to the date of service of such notice.
Upon resumption of work on the film, this agreement shall revive and shall
remain valid for the period stipulated in Clause I excluding the period of
suspension therefrom ; or
(b) he shall be entitled to terminate this agreement as from the cessation of
production, in case the production ceases completely. The producer shall serve
a notice in writing of such cessation on the Audio Visual Worker and make
payment of all the amount due to the Audio Visual Worker at the time of
termination.
12. That in case if the Producer desires to terminate this agreement before the
expiry of its term for reasons other than misconduct in relation to performance
of the Audio Visual Worker's duties or of his/her unwillingness to perform the
services required under this agreement, the producer shall be entitled to do so
only upon payment of the balance of the stipulated amount of the agreement.
Only after such payment to the Audio Visual Worker, the Producer shall be titled
to employ another Audio Visual Worker in his/her place.
13. That the Producer shall have the right to terminate this agreement on
ground of misconduct on the part of the Audio Visual worker in relation to
performance of his/her duties or his/her unwillingness to perform the service
required under the agreement, upon payment to the Audio Visual worker of
the amount due at the time of termination, calculated taking into consideration
the Audio Visual worker's total work in the film and the work he/she has 980
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completed till the date of termination of this agreement. Termination under this
clause shall not be made unless the charges of the Producer against the Audio
Visual worker are proved before a forum comprising equal number of
representatives of the Producers' Organisation and the Audio Visual workers'
Organisation to which the Producer and the Audio Visual worker respectively
may belong. The decision of the forum shall be binding on both the parties. The
producer can engage another Audio Visual worker for the job towards this
agreement only after the forum has given a decision in favour of such termination
and the Audio Visual worker has been paid all his dues.
14. That in case of premature termination of this agreement, it shall be the
option of the Producer whether or not to retain the work of the Audio Visual
worker in the film and at the same time, it shall be option of the Audio Visual
worker whether or not to allow his/her name to go on the credit titles of the
Audio Visual production.
15. That the Producer shall have the right to decide the manner of representing
the Audio Visual Worker's personality on the screen, his/her clothes, make-up
and hair-style and the Audio Visual Worker shall fully and willingly comply
with the direction of the Producer in this regard, provided that the requirements
of the Producer in this respect have been notified to the Audio Visual Worker
and accepted by him/her.
16. That the Audio Visual Worker agrees that he/she shall render his/her
services to the best of his/her ability in such manner as the Producer or, at his
instance, the Director of the Audio Visual production may direct and shall
comply with all reasonable instructions that he may give for the production of
the Audio Visual production.
17. That the Audio Visual -worker shall comply with all the regulations of the
studio, location or work place as the case may be.
18. That the Producer shall not without the consent in writing of the Audio
Visual Worker, assign or transfer the benefit of this agreement to any other
person.
19. That the provisions of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 1952 shall be applicable to this agreement.
20. That the Producer shall not utilise the work of the Audio Visual worker in
any f Audio Visual production, other than the Audio Visual productionunder 981
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this agreement, without prior permission of the Audio Visual worker.
The parties have put their hands to this agreement on the date, month and year
said above in the presence of each other and in the presence of the witnesses.
1. Witness Producer
Name
Address
2. Witness Audio Visual Worker
Name
Address
FORM-41
[See rule 86(4)]
Application for Permission to Construct/Addition/Alteration/
Erection/Take into use any premises as a factory
I hereby submit the application for [construction/addition/alteration/erection/
take into use [[tick which applicable] any premises as a factory as below;
1. (a) Name of the applicant
(b) Address of the applicant
(c) Applicant's calling in relation to factory
2. Full name of the factory
3. Location of factory
(A) Name of Village/City, Tehsil & Distt.
(B) If in village then Khasra Numbers
(C) If in city then Street/Mohalla/Colony/Bazzar/Road/ward number
(D) If in industrial focal point/industrial park then plot number
(E) If above or below the ground level then floor on which it is situated
Signature of the applicant 982
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FORM-43
(See rule 88)
Stability Certificate
1. Name of the factory
2. Address of factory
3. Name of occupier of the factory
4. Nature of manufacturing process to be carried on in the factory.
5. Number of floors of the factory
I certify that I have inspected the building/buildings, the plans of which have
been approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-facilitator vide letter No-----date-
----- and examined the various parts including the foundations with special
reference to the machinery, plant, etc. that have been installed. I am of the
opinion that the building/buildings which has/have been constructed/
reconstructed/extended/taken into use is/are in accordance with the plans
approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-facilitator vide his letter mentioned above,
that it/they is/are structurally sound and that its/their use as a factory/part of
the factory for the manufacture of-----------------------for which the machinery,
plant etc. installed is intended. The building is safe against various loads, forces
and effects due to process to be carried out in the factory or due to natural
forces.
Signature of competent person and date_____________
Name of competent person__________
Address of competent person______________
Signature of Occupier and date_____________
Name of Occupier__________ FORM-44
9 8 4
(See rule 92)
Register of Building Plans of Factories
S. Name and Date of Date of Date of Date of Date of Processing Remarks
P U N
J
No. Address of submission amendment refusal return fee
A B
Factory Regular Deemed
amount date
( approval approval
G O V T
.
V Y S K
G A Z
2 7
.
,
(
1 9 4 3
E X T R A
) ,
S A K A
)
M A Y
1 7
,
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FORM-46
(See rules 105,116,141)
CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR HAZARDOUS OR PROCESS
DANGEROUS OPERATIONS
1. Serial No.________________________
2. I certify that I have Personally examined____________(Name of person
examined) having serial Number ___________(In Adult Worker Register)
who is desirous of being employed in___________(hazardous process/
dangerous operation) in factory______________________
3. He is fit to be employed
4. He may be produced for further examination after a period of_________
5. He has gone undergone following tests/examinations:
S.No. Name of test/examination remarks
6. Remarks of medical officer:
Name and signature of medical officer 987
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FORM-48
(See rule 105 Schedules XXVIII, XXX, XXXIII)
Register of Tight Clothes
S. Name and father's Designation or Department Date when Signature or
No. name of worker nature of work tight clothes thumb
given impression
of worker
1 2 3 4 5 6
FORM-49
(See rule 105)
Examination of ventilation/exhaust system
1 Description of ventilation/exhaust system
2 Hood
(a) Serial No. of Hood.
(b) Contaminant captured.
(c) Capture velocities (at points to be specified).
(d) Volume exhausted at Hood.
(e) Hood static pressure Design Actual Value
3 Total pressure drop at
(a) Joints
(b) Other points of system (to be specified)
4 Transport Velocity in Duct (at points alone
dust to be specified)
5 Air cleaning Device.
(a) Type used.
(b) Velocity at inlet.
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(c) Static Pressure at inlet.
(d) Velocity at outlet.
(e) State Pressure at outlet.
6 Fan.
(a) Type used.
(b) Volume handled.
(c) Static pressure.
(d) Pressure drop at outlet of fan.
7 Fan Motor. (a) Type
(b) Speed and horse Power.
8 Particulars of defects, if any, disclosed during test in any of the above
components.
I certify that on this............day of ............the above dust extraction system
was thoroughly cleaned and (so far as its construction permits) made accessible
for thorough examination. I further certify that on the said date, I thoroughly
examined the above dust extraction system including its components and that
the above is a true report of my examination.
Name and signature of competent person
.......................
FORM-50
(See rule 106)
APPLICATION FOR THE SITE APPRAISAL COMMITTEE
1. Name and address of the applicant.
2. Site Ownership Data:
2.1, Revenue details of the site such a Survey No., Plot No.
2.2. Whether the proposed site attracts the provisions of section 3 of
Environments Protection Act, 1986, if so the nature of the restrictions: and
2.3. Local authority under whose jurisdiction the site is located.
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3. Site Plan:
3.1. Site plan with clear identification of boundaries and total area proposed to
be occupied and showing details nearby the proposed site
(a) Name of adjoining manufacturing units and human habits, educational and
training institutions, petrol installations, storages liquefied Petroleum Gas and
other
hazardous substances, if any, within one kilometre from the proposed unit.
(b) Water sources (rivers, streams, canal dams, water filtration plants) in the
vicinity.
(c) Nearest hospitals, Fire-stations, Civil Defence Stations and Police Station
and their distances.
(d) Details of high tension electrical transmission lines,
pipe lines for oil, gas sewerage, if any, passing through the site, and
(e) Location of railway stations, railway lines, Scheduled road, byepass,, if any
near the site.
3.2. Plot Plan of the factory, showing entry and, exit points, roads.
4 Project Report.
4.1 A summary of the salient features of Project.
4.2. Maximum number of persons like be working in the factory.
4.3. Maximum amount of power and requirements and source of supply.
4.4. Block diagrams of the buildings installations, in the proposeds and
4.5. Details of housing colony, hospital, school and other infrastructural facilities
proposed.
5. Organisation structure of the proposed manufacturing unit/factory :
5.1. Person responsible far protection of safety, health and environment.
5.2. Proposed health and safety policy of the proposed enterprise.
6. Manufacturing Process Information :
6.1. Process flow diagrams.
6.2 Brief write up on process and technology.
6.3 Critical Process parameters such as pressure buildup, 991
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temperature rise and run-away reaction.
6.4 Other external effections critical to the process having safety implications
such as ingrass of moisture or water, contact with incompatiable substances
sudden power failure ; and
6.5 High lights of the built-in-safety/pollution control
devices or measures incorporated in the manufacturing technology.
7. Information of Hazardous Materials :
7.1 Raw materials, intermediates, products and byeproducts and their quantities
(enclosed Material Safety Data Sheet in respect of each hazardous substances).
7.2 Main and intermediate storages proposed far raw material /intermediates/
products/Bye Products (maximum quantities to be stored at any time)
7.3 Transportation methods to be used for materials in flow and out flow, their
quantities to be stored at any time ; and
7.4 Safety measures proposed for :
-----handing of materials.
-----internal and external transportation, and
-----disposal (packing and forwarding of finished products).
8. Information ort Dispersal/Disposal of wastes and pollutants ;
8.1 Major Pollutants (gas, liquids, solid)their
characteristics and quantities (average and at peak loads).
8.2. Quality. And quantity of solid wastes generated, methods of their treatment
and disposal.
8.3. Air, Water and Soil Pollution problems anticipated and the proposed
measures to control .the same, including treatment and disposal of effluents.
9. Process Hazards Information :
9.1. Enclose a copy of the report on environmental impact assessment.
9.2. Enclosed a copy of the report an Risk
Assessment Study : and
9.3. Published (open or classified) reports if any, on accident situation/
occupational health hazards or similar plants (within or outside the country).
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10. Information of proposed Safety and Occupational Health Measure ;
10.1. Details of fire fighting facilities and minimum quantity of water cartaoridi-
oxide and other fire fighting measures needed to meet the emergencies ; and
10.2. Details of in-house medical facilities Proposed.
11. Information on Emergency preparedness :
11.1. On Site Emergency Plan : and
11.2. Proposed arrangements, if any for mutual aid scheme with the group of
neighbouring factories.
I certify that the information furnished above is correct to the best of my
knowledge and nothing has been concealed while furnishing it.
Signature
Date
Designation
FORM-51
(See rules 108, 109 and 110)
Material Safety Data Sheet
1. CHEMICAL IDENTITY
(i) Chemical Name
(ii) Chemical Classification
(iii) Synonyms Trade Name
(iv) Formula
(v) C.A.S. No.
(vi) U.N. No.
1. 2.
3. 4.
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2. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DATA :
(i) Boiling Range/Point oC
(ii) Physical State Appearance
(iii) Melting Freezing Point oC
(iv) Vapur Pressure Odour at 350 C mm Hg
(v) Vapur Density (Air-I) Solubility in Water at 300 C Others
(vi) Specific Gravity Water-1
3. FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA :
(i) Flammability Yes/No
(ii) LEL %
(iii) UEL %
(iv) Flash Point 0C
(v) Autoignition Temperature
(vi) TDG
(vii) Explosive
(viii) Sensitivity to impact
(ix) Explosion Sensivity to Static Electricity
(x) Hazardous Combustion Products
(xi) Hazardous Polymerisation
(xii) Combustible Liquid
(xiii) Corrosion Material
(xiv) Flammable Material Oxidiser Others Pyrophoric Material Organic Peroxide
4. REACTIVITY DATA :
(i) Chemical Stability
(ii) Incompatibility With other Material
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(iv) Hazardous Reaction Products
5. HEALTH HAZARD DATA :
(i) Routes of Entry
(ii) Effects of Exposure / Symptoms
(iii) Emergency Treatment
(iv) ILV (ACGIH) ppm mg/m3
(v) STEL ppm mg/m3
(vi) Permissible Exposure Limit ld ppm mg/m3 Odour Threshold ppm mg/m3
50 LD
50 NFPA Hazards Signals Health Flammability Stability Special
6. PREVENTIVE MEASURES :
(i) Personnel Protective Equipment
(ii) Heading and Storage
(iii) Precautions
7. EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID MEASURE :
(i) FIRE FIRE EXTINGUISHING Media
(ii) FIRE Special Procedures
(iii) Unusal Hazards
(iv) First – Aid Measures
(v) EXPOSURE
(vi) Antidots/Desages
(vii) Steps to be taken SPILLS
(viii) Waste Disposal Method
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR REFERENCE :
9. MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLIERS DATA :
(i) Name of Firm 995
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(ii) Mailing Address
(iii)nTelephone / Telex Contact person
(iv) Nos. Telegraphic in Emergency
(v) Address
(vi) Local Bodies involved
(vii) Standerd Packing
(viii) Trameard Detail of reference
(ix) Others
10. DISCLAIMER Information
contained in this material data sheet is believed to be railable but no
representation guarantee or warranties of any kind are made as to its accuracy,
suitability for a particular application or results to be obtained from them. It is
up to the manufacturer / seller to ensnre that the information contained in the
material safety data sheet is relevant to the prodect manufacture handled or
sold by him as the case may be. The Government makes, no warranties
expressed or implied in respect of the adequacy of this document for any
particular purpose.
FORM-52
(See rule 123)
Application to appropriate authority under section 90
a. Name of occupier or manager:
b. Name and Address of factory:
c. Details of grievance:
d. Reasons of claim:
e. Details of documents attached:
Name and signature of occupier/manager 996
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FORM-54
(See rule 146)
Performa for Appeal before the Appellate Authority against Order of
Imposing Penalty
To,
Appellate Authority
[Under Section 111(2) of the Code]
Sir,
I undersigned with following details prefer an appeal against order of -----
------------(details of officer imposing penalty) under section 111(2) of The
Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code 2020.
1. Name and address of the establishment.
2. Name of the person preferring appeal and address details
3. Amount of penalty imposed by the officer.
4. Ground for Appeal with supporting documents
Declaration
I/We hear by declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of
my/our knowledge and belief and I/We hereby declare that nothing has been
concealed or any fact has been mis-represented in the above calculation made
by me/us.
Signature of person preferring appeal
Name:
Date:
Place:
Mobile Number:
E-mail (if any):
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FORM-55
[See rule 147(2)]
APPLICATION UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 114
FOR COMPOSITION OF OFFENCE
To,
The authorised officer
[under section 114(1)]
1. Name of applicant …………………………………………......…..
2. Father's / Husband's name of the applicant …………………….….
3. Address of the applicant ………………………….....................….
4. Name and Address of establishment in relation to applicant................
.................................................
5. Particulars of the offence ...........…………………………………
…………………………………………………………
6. Section of the Code under which the offence is committed ........................
…………..
7. Maximum fine provided for the offence under the Code….................
……………………………………………………
8. Whether prosecution against the applicant is pending or not …....……
……………………………………………..
9. Whether the offence is first offence or the applicant had committed any
other offence prior to the offence, if had committed, then, full detail of
the offence ……………………………………………………
………………………… …………………………………...........
……………………………..
10. Any other information which the applicant desires to provide
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Applicant
(Name and signature)
Dated:
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FORM-58
(See rules 82,84,96,97,98,99,149)
Application for grant/ renewal/ amendment/ transfer of license as a
factory/industrial premises for beedi or cigar/engagement of
contractor
1. Application for license –
(a) as a factory
(b) for engagement of contractor
(c) Industrial premises for beedi and cigar work
2. Full name and postal address of the establishment
3. Registration of establishment under the Code:
4. Details of person who will be occupier/principal employer
(a) Name
(b) Permanent address
(c) Local address
(d) Email
(e) Mobile number
5. Full name and address of the owner of the Premises or building (including
the percents Thereof)
6. Core activity to be under taken along with details of hazardous substances
as per section 2(za) of the Code.
7. NIC code
8. (a) Total Number Workers to be employed in the period of license
(b) Total Number Workers were employed during last calendar year
9. Particulars of Contract Labour:
(a) Nature of work in which contract labour is employed or to be
employed:
(b) Maximum number of contract labour to be Employed on any day:
(c) Number of Inter-State Migrants(Fill details in Form
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no. 5 as mentioned in Rule 6
(d) Estimated date of commencement of each Contract work under
each contractor:
(e) Estimated date of termination of employment of contract labour
under each contractor:
10. Power:
Connected or proposed to be connected (in KW)
11. Furnish Reference:
(a) approval of plans
(b) stability certificate
(c) disposal of trade waste/effluents/hazardous waste/e-waste/
biomedical waste (which is applicable)
12. Details of fee
S.No Particular Amount Date
a Factory
b Engagement of contractor
c Industrial premises
DSC of Employer/Occupier
FORM-59
(See rules 82,96 and 149)
Common Licencse For Factory/Beedi & Cigar Work/Engaging
Contract Labour
Government of Punjab
Office of designated authority under section 119 of The Occupational
Safety,Health And Working Conditions Code 2020
License number: Date of issue:
A license is granted to Shree.................(Name of Occupier) of establishment
M/S__________ registered under the section-3 of the code having registration
number______ as below;
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A. To run as a factory in which manufacturing process ____________
shall be carried by employing not more than_____ workers and power not
more than____KW for the purpose of The Occupational Safety,Health And
Working Conditions Code 2020 and rules made there under and whose plans
are approved by Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator vide number______ date .
This license will remain in force from____ till______
Fee_______ Date of deposit_____
B. Engagement of contract labour subject to the conditions annexed to this
license as given below;
Fee ............. Date of deposit...........
1 Maximum number of workers to be
employed as contractor labour
2 Nature of activity for which contractor
labour shall be engaged
C. To use as a industrial premises to carry work of beedi or cigar by
employing not more than_____ workers for the purpose of The Occupational
Safety,Health And Working Conditions Code 2020 and rules made there under
and whose plans are approved by Chief Inspector_cum_Facilitator vide
number_______ date .
This license will remain in force from____ till______
Fee_______ date of deposit_____
Name And DSC of designated authority
VIJAY KUMAR JANJUA
Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of Labour.