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 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
shall be given to each person employed when
he is engaged, and subsequently if still employed, on the first day of each 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 sub-paragraphs
(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 sub-paragraphs (a)
and (b) above :
Provided that 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.
Provided further that 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, messroom and cloakroom - There shall be provided and
maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use
of all persons employed -
(a)
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 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;
(b)
asuitable messroom, 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 messroom 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
(c) 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 facilities and record of examinations and
tests - (1) The occupier
of every factory in which the schedule applies, shall -
(a)
employ a qualified medical practitioner for medical
surveillance of the
workers employed therein
whose employment shall
be subject to the approval of the Chief Inspector of Factories;
(b)
provide
to the said medical practitioner
all the necessary
facilities for the purpose referred to in clause (a).
(c)
arrange for inspection of the hands of all the
persons keeping in contact with chromium substances to be
made twice a week; and
(d)
(d) prove and
maintain and supply suitable ointment and plaster in a box readily accessible to the workers and solely
used for the purpose of keeping the ointment and the plaster.
(2)
The
records of medical
examinations and appropriate
tests carried out
by the said medical practitioner shall be maintained in a separate
register approved by
the Chief Inspector of Factories, which shall be kept readily
available for inspection by the
Inspector.
6. Medical
Examination by Certifying Surgeon -(1)Every workers employed in shall be
examined by a Certifying Surgeon 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 Certifying Surgeon.
(2)
Every worker employed in the said processes shall be
re-examined by the Certifying Surgeon
at least once in every twelve calendar months.
Such re-examination shall, wherever
the Certifying Surgeon considers appropriate, include tests
as specified in sub- paragraph (1).
(3)
The Certifying Surgeon after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in Form 23. 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
manager 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 Certifying Surgeon in a health register in Form 24.
(4)
The Certificate of Fitness and the health register
shall be kept readily available for
inspection by the Inspector.
(5)
If at any time the Certifying Surgeon 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 Certifying Surgeon, 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 Certifying
Surgeon, after further examination, again
certifies him fit for employment
in those processes.
