Schedule XXXIII

MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING OF TEXTILES

1. Application

The requirements of this schedule shall apply to factories engaged in the

manufacture or processing of textiles other than jute textiles. The schedule

would not apply to factories engaged exclusively in the manufacture of

synthetic fibers.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this schedule–

(a) Textile manufacturing process" means it involves production or conversion

of textile fibre through a defined process into a product. This includes

ginning, spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing and other processes incidental

there to.

(b) "Operation in centrifugal machines" means operations that use centrifugal

force for seperation, filtration and other related operations therein.

(c) "Calendar" means a set of heavy rollers mounted on vertical side frames

and arranged to pass cloth between them. Calendars may have two to ten

rollers, or bowls, some of which can be heated.

(d) "Embossing calendar” means a calendar with two or more tolls, one of

which is engraved for producing figure effects of various kinds on a fabric.

(e) "card" means a machine consisting of cylinders of various sizes and in

certain cases fiats covered with card clothing and set in relation to each

other so that fibers to staple form may be separated into individual

relationship. The speed of the cylinders and their direction of rotation

varies. The finished pro-duct is delivered as a sliver. Cards of different

types are: the revolving flat card, the roller and clearer card, etc.

(f) "card clothing" means the material with which the surfaces of the cylinder,

duffer, fiats, etc, of a card are covered and consists of a thick foundation

material made of, either textile fabrics through which are pressed many

fine closely spaced specially bent wires, or mounted saw-toothed wire.

(g) "Comber” means a machine for combing fibers of cotton, wool, etc. The

essential parts are device for feeding forward a fringe of fibers at regular

intervals and an arrangement of combs or pins. Which, at the right

timepass through the fringe. All tangled fibers, shore fibers, and nibs are

removed and the long fibers are laid parallel.

(h) "combined machinery" means a general classification of machinery

including combers sliver lab machines, ribbon lab machines and gill boxes,

but excluding cards.

(i) "Rotary staple cutter" means a machine consisting of one or more rotary

blades used for the purpose of cutting textile fibers into staple lengths.

(j) "Garnett machine " means any of a number of types of machines for

opening hard twisted waste of wool, cotton, silk, etc Essentially, such

machines consist of a licker-in ; one or more cylinders, each having a

complement worker and stripper rolls ; and a fancy roll and doffer. The

action of such machines is some-what like that of a wool card, but it is

much more severe in that the various rolls are covered with garnet wire

instead of clothing.

(k) "Gill box" means a machine used in the worsted system of manufacturing

yarns. Its function is to arrange fibers in parallel order. Essentially, it

consists of a pair of feed rolls and a series of followers where the followers

move at a faster surface speed and perform a combing action.

(l) “In-running rolls" means any pair of rolls or drums between which there is

a "nip ".

(m) “Interlocking 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 safeguard against danger is open or

unlocked, and which will also hold the guard cover or door closed and

locked while the machine or the dangerous part is in motion.

(n) "Kier" means a large metal vat, usually a pressure type, in which fabrics

may be boiled out, bleached, etc.

(o) "Ribbon lapper" means a machine or a part of a machine used to prepare

laps for feeding a cotton comb; its purpose is to provide a uniform lap in

which the fibers have been straightened as much as possible.

(p) “Silver Lapper" means a machine or a part of a machine in which a number

of parallel card covers are drafted slightly, laid side by side in a compact

sheet and wound into a cylindrical package.

(q) "Loom" means a machine for effecting the inter-locking of two series of

yarns crossing one another at right angles. The warp yarns are wound on a

warp beam and pass through beadles and reeds. The filing it shot across in

a shuttle and settled in place by reeds and slay, and the fabric is wound on

a cloth beam.

(r) "Starch mangle" means a mangle that is used specifically for starching

cotton goods. It commonly consists 'of two large rolls and a shallow

openvat with several immersion rolls. The vat contains the starch solution.

(s) "Water mangle" means a calendar having two or more rolls used for

squeezing water from fabrics before drying. Water mangles also may be

used in other ways during the finishing of various fabrics

(t) "Mule" means a type of spinning frame having a bead stock and a carriage

as its two main sections. The head stock is stationary. The carriage is

movable and it carries the spindles which draft, and spin the ravine into

yarn. The carriage extends over the whole width of the machine and

moves slowly towards and sway from the head stock during the spinning

operation.

(u) "Nip" is the danger zone between two rolls or & Urns which by virtue of

their positioning and movement create a nipping hazard.

(v) "Openers and pickers" means a general classification of machinery which

includes breaker pickers, intermediate pickers, finisher pickers, single

process pickers, multiple process 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, calendar section, rolls, or beaters used for

the preparation of stuck fur further processing.

(w) "Paddler" means a trough for a solution and two or more squeeze rolls

between which cloth passes after being passed through a mordant or dye

bath.

(x) "Plaiting machine" means machine used to lay cloth into floods or regular

length for convenience or subsequent process or use.

(y) "Roller printing machine" means a machine 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 through), a

furnisher roller, doctor blades, and tic. The machine is used for printing

fabrics.

(z) "Continuous bleaching range" means a machine for bleaching of cloth in

rope or open-width form with the following arrangement. The cloth after

wetting out pass through a squeeze roll into a saturator containing solution

of caustic soda and then to an enclosed 1-Box. A V-shaped arrangement is

attached to the front part of the J-Box for 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' and up the second. Steamis injected into 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

completethe scouring action. It then passes 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. By slight modification of the form of the unit, the same process

can be applied to open-width cloth.

(za)"Mercerizing range" means a 3-bowl mangle, a tenter frame, and a

number or boxes for washing and scourging. The whole set up is in a

straight line and all parts operate continuously. The combination is used to

saturate the cloth with sodium hydroxide, stretch it while saturated, and

washing outmost of the caustic before releasing tension.

(zb)"Sanforizing machine" means a machin econsisting of a large steam-

heated cylinder, and endless, thick, woolen 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 latter is

in as tretched condition as it curves around feed-in roll, (aa) "Shearing

machine" means a machine used for shearing cloth. Cutting action is

provided by a number of steel blades spirally mounted on a roller. The

roller rotates in close contact with a fixed ledger blade. There may be from

one to six such rollers on a machine.

(zc)"Sinning machine" means a machine which comprises of a heated

roller, plate, or an open gas flame. The cloth or yarn is rapidly passed over

the roller or the plate or through the open gas flame to remove fun or

hairiness by burning.

(zd)"Slasher" means a machine used for applying a size mixture to warp

yarns. Essentially, it 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 they are on the loom beams.

(ze)"Tenter frame" means a mashing for drying cloth under tension. It

essentially consists of a pair of endless travelling chains fitted with clips of

fin pins and carried on tracks. 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.

(zf)"Wrapper" means a machine for preparing and arranging the yarns

intended for the warp of a fabric specifically a beam warped.

3. General safety requirements

(1) Every textile machine shall be provided with individual mechanical or

electrical means for starting and stopping such machines. Belt shifter on

machines driven by belts and shifting 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, sprocket wheels, and other dangerous

moving parts of machinery which either form part of the machinery or arc

used in association with it, shall be securely guarded.

4. Openers and pickers

(1) In all opening or picker machinery, beaters and other dangerous parts shall

be securely fenced by suitable guards so as to prevent contact with them.

Such guards and doors or covers of openings giving access to any

dangerous part of the machinery shall be provided with interlocking

arrangement;

Provided that in the case of doors or covers of openings giving access to

any dangerous part other than heater covers, instead of the interlocking

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 can not 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 roller 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. The guard or cover shall be so locked

that it can not be raised until the machine is stopped, and the machine can

not be started until the cover or 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 an 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 operations shall be carried out

only by specially trained adult workers wearing tight fitting clothing.

(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/grinding operations

without having to either shift the main belt to the fast pulleys of the

machine or to dismantle the interlocking mechanism. Such an arrangement

shall be used only for stripping or grinding operations.

6. Garnett machines

(1) Garnett licker-ins shall be enclosed.

(2) Garnett fancy rolls shall be enclosed by guards. These shall be installed in

a way that keep worker relic reasonably accessible for removal or

adjustment.

(3) The under side of the garnets shall be guarded by as creenmesh or other

form of enclosures to prevent access.

7. Gill boxes

(1) The feed end shall be guarded so as to prevent fingers being caught in the

pins of the intersecting falters.

(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 and in any circumstances, the maximum width of the

opening shall not exceed the following:

Distance of opening Maximum width from of opening

from nip Point

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 219 mm 32 mm

8. Silver and ribbon tappers (cotton)

The calendar drums and the lap spool shall be provided with a guard to

prevent access to the nip between the in-running rolls.

9. Speed frames

Jack box wheels at the head stock shall be guarded and the guard shall

have interlocking arrangement.

10. Spinning mules

Wheels on spinning mule carriages shall be provided with substantial wheel

guards, extending to within 6mm of the rails.

11. Warpers

Swiveled double-bar gates shall be installed on all warpers operating in

excess of 410 meters/min. These gates shall have interlocking

arrangement, except for the purpose of inching or jogging: Provided that

the top and bottom ban of the gate shall be at least 1.05 and 0.53 meters

high from the floor or working platform, and the gate shall be located

38mm from the vertifial tangement to the beam head.

12. Slashers

(1) Cylinder Dryers.

(a) All open nipe of in-running rolls shall be guarded by nip guards conforming

to the requirements in paragraph 2.

(b) When slashers are operated by control levers, 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 buttons located on both

sides of the machine at the size box and the delivery end. If calendar rolls

are used, additional buttons shall be provided at both sides of the machine

at points near the nips, except when slashers are equipped with an

enclosed dryer as in paragraph (b)

(2) Enclosed hot air dryer

(a) All open nips of the top squeezing rollers shall be guarded by nip guards

conforming to the requirements in paragraph 7 (2).

(b) When slashers are operated by control levers, 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

(1) Each loom shall be equipped with suitable guards designed to minimize the

danger from flying shuttles.

(2) Beam weights for tension in beam shall be of such construction so as to

prevent it falling during its adjustment.

14. Valves of kiers, tanks and other containers

(1) 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 presided with a suitable locking arrangement to enable

the said person to lock the valve securely in the closed position and retain

the key with him before entering the Icier, tank or container.

(2) Wherever boiling tanks, caustic tanks and any other containers from which

liquids which are hot; corrosive or toxic may over flow or splash, are so

located that the operator cannot see the contents from the floor or working

area emergency shut off valves which can be controlled from a point not

subject to danger or splash shall be provided to prevent danger.

15. Shearing machines

All revolving blade on shearing machine 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’s)

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. The guard shall extend across the entire length of the nip.

17. Mercerizing range (piece goods)

(1) As topping device shall be provided at each end of the machine.

(2) A guard shall be provided attach end of the frame between the in-running

chain and the dip 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 in paragraph 7

(2).

18. Tenter frame

(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 the clip opener.

19. Paddels

Suitable nip guard conforming to the requirement in paragraph 7 (2) shall

be provided to all dangerous in-running rolls.

20. Centrifugal extractors

(1) Each extractor shall be provided with a guard for the basket and the guard

shall have inter-locking 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 shutoff.

21. Squeezer or wringer extractor water mangle, starch mangle, back washer

(worsted yarn crabbing machines, and decating machines)

All in-running rolls shall be guarded with nip guards conforming to the

requirements in paragraph 7 (2).

22. Sanforizing and palmer machines

(1) Nip guards shall be provided on all accessible in-running rolls and these

shall conform to the requirements in paragraph 7 (2).

(2) Access from the sides to the nips of in-running rolls should be fenced by

suitable side guards.

(3) A safety trip rod cable or wire centre cord shall be provided across the

front and back of all palmer cylinders extending the length of the fact of

the cylinder. It shall operate readily whether pushed or pulled. The safety

trip shall not be more than 170 cm above the level at which (sic) the from

splashing the operator, the floor or working surface.

23. Rope washers

(1) Splash guards shall be installed on 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 rip rod, cable or wire centre cord shall be provided across the

front and the back of all rope washers extending the length of the face of

the washer. It shall operate readily whether pushed or pulled. This 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 inter-locking arrangement

which will prevent the power operation of the inside cylinder when the

outer door on the case or shell is open, and which will also prevent the

outer door on the case or shell from being opened, without shutting off the

power and the cylinder coming to a stop. This 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 or 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

requirement in paragraph 7 (2).

(2) The engraved roller gear sand 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 constructed 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 trip between the knife and cardbar 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 shall be so designed and so located

that it will prevent the handle from travelling beyond the vertical position

should the handle slip 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 collar ironer shall be equipped with a safety bar or other

guard across the entire front of the seed 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 top of

guard shall be not less than 1.83 meters.