Schedule XI

GRAPHITE POWDERING

1. Application:

The provisions of this schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of

factories in which the grinding and sieving of graphite and the processes

incidental thereto are carried on.

2. Medical certificates and examinations

(1) The occupier of every factory to which the schedule applies, shall

a. Employ a Health Surveillance Officer for medical surveillance of the

workers employed therein.

b. Provide to the said Health Surveillance Officer all the necessary facilities for

the purpose referred to in clause (a).

(2) Workers employed in this scheduled process / operation shall be medically

examined by the Health Surveillance Officer-

i. Once before employment, to ascertain the physical fitness of the person to

do the particular job:

ii. 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 Health Surveillance

officer it is necessary to do so at a shorter interval in respect of any

workers.

(3) The record of the examinations referred to in sub-paragraph (2) shall be

maintained in Health Register in Form: HR which shall be kept readily

available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(4) No person shall be employed for the first time without a Certificate of

Fitness in Form: XVII granted by the Health Surveillance officer. If the

Health Surveillance officer 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 is also a Medical Officer, he may dispose of the application

himself.

(5) Any findings of the Health Surveillance 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

worker and communicate his findings to the occupier within thirty days. If

the Medical Officer is of the opinion that the workers examined is required

to be taken away from the process for health protection, he will direct the

occupier accordingly, and who shall not employ the said worker in the

same process. However, the worker so taken away shall be provided with

alternate placement unless she is in the opinion of the Medical Officer, fully

incapacitated in which case the worker affected shall he suitably

rehabilitated.

(6) A Medical Officer on his own motion or on a reference from an Inspector-

cum- Facilitator may conduct medical examination of a worker to ascertain

the suitability of his employment in the scheduled Process/operation or for

ascertaining his health status. The opinion of the Medical Officer in such a

case shall be final. The fee required for this medical examination shall be

paid by the occupier.

(7) The worker 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.

3. Exhaust draught

Provisions shall be made for removing the dust produced in any of the

operations specified in paragraph 1 above by means of an efficient exhaust

draught so contrived as to operate on the dust as closely to the point of

origin as possible:

Provided that where the provision of an exhaust draught is not

reasonably practicable the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require

(a) respirators of a type approved by him to be provided and maintained in a

clean and efficient condition by the occupier and worn by every person

working under such conditions ; and

(b) The damping of floors, apparatus and material to prevent the raising of

dust.

4. Floor and work benches

(1) The floor of every room in which any person is employed upon any of the

operations specified in paragraph 1 above shall be of cement or other

impervious material.

(2) The top of every work-bench in every such room shall be of impervious

material.

(3) The said floors and work-benches shall be kept clean and in good condition.

(4) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, by order in writing, require the said

floors and work-benches to be kept wet in such manner as he may deem

suitable, in order to reduce dust.

5. Washing facilities

The occupier shall provide and maintain in a clean state and in good repair

for the use of persons employed upon any of the operations specified in

paragraph 1 above either (a) a trough with smooth impervious surface

fitted with a waste-pipe without plug, and of sufficient length to allow at

least 61 centimeters 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 61 centimeters, or (b) at least one lavatory

basin for every five such persons employed at any one time, fitted with a

waste pipe and plug having a constant supply of water, together with, in

either case a sufficient supply of nail brushes, soap or other suitable

cleaning material and clean towels.

6. Food, drink, and tobacco

No food, drink, pan and supari or tobacco shall be brought into, or

consumed, in any room in which any person is employed upon any of the

operations specified in paragraph 1 above.

7. Protective equipment’s:

Adequate protective clothing, such as over-alls in a clean condition and

dust masks shall be provided by the occupier to every person employed

upon any of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above.