Schedule III

MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR OF ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS

1. Savings

This Schedule shall not apply to the manufacture or repair of electric

accumulators orparts thereof not containinglead 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

(1) "Lead process" means the melting of lead or any materials 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 manipulationof, or contact with, any oxide of lead.

(2) "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. Separation of certain processes

Each of the following processes shall be carried on in such a manner under

such conditions as to secure effectual separation from one another, and

from any other process;

(1) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead;

(2) Pasting;

(3) Drying of pasted plates;

(4) Formation with lead burning ("tacking") necessarily carried on in

connection there with;

(5) Melting down of pasted plates.

4. Air-space

In every room in which a lead process is carried on, there shall be atleast

14.2 cubic meters of air space for each person employed therein, and in

computing this air space no height over 3.7 meters shall be taken

intoaccount.

5. Ventilation Every work room shall be provided with inlets and outlets of

adequate size as

To secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the room.

6. Distance between workers in pasting room

In every pasting roomthe 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.

7. Floor of work-rooms

(1) The floor of every room in which a 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;

(c) kept free from materials, plant, or other obstruction not required for, or

produced is 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 shop the floor shall be cleaned 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;

(c) Thoroughly washed daily by means of a hose pipe.

8. Work-benches

The work benches at which any lead process is carried on shall

(1) Have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition;

(2) be kept free fromall materials or plantnot required for, or produced in, the

process carried on there at; and all such work-benches other than those in

grid casting shops shall

(3) be cleaned 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; and, all such work-benches in grid casting shops shall

(4) be cleaned daily; and every work-bench used for pasting shall

(5) be covered through out with sheet lead or other impervious material;

(6) be provided with raised edges;

(7) be kept constantly moist while pasting is being carried on.

9. Exhaust draught

The following processes shall not be carried on without the use of an

efficient exhaust draught;

(1) Meltingof lead or materials containing lead.

(2) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead, unless done in an enclosed apparatus so

as to prevent the escape of dust into the work room.

(3) Pasting

(4) Trimming, brushing, filing or any other abrading or cutting of pasted plates

giving rise to dust.

(5) Lead burning, other than

(a) "tacking" in the formation room;

(b) chemical burning for the making of lead linings for cell cases necessarily

carried on in such a manner, that the application of efficient exhaust is

impracticable.

Such exhaust draught shall be effected by mechanical means and shall

operate on the dust or fume given off as nearly as maybe at its point of

origin, so as to prevent its entering the air of any room in which persons

work.

10. Fumes and gases from melting pots

The products of combustion produced in the heating of any melting pot

shall not be allowed to escape into a room in which persons work.

11. 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 whilein the workroom, except when drossis being deposited

therein.

12. 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 dust shall be deposited.

13. Racks or shelves in drying room

The racks or shelves provided in any drying room shall not be more than

2.4 meters from the floor not more than 61 centimeters in width: provided

that as regards racks or shelves set or drawn from both sides the total

width shall not exceed 1.2 meters. Such racks or shelves shall be cleansed

only after being thoroughly damped unless an efficient suction cleaning

apparatus is used for this purpose.

14. Medical facilities and records of examinations and tests

(1) The occupier of every factory in which manufacture and repair of electric

accumulators is carried on 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) ; and

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

examined by the Health Surveillance Officer-

(a) Once before employment, to ascertain the physical fitness of the person to

do the particular job:

(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 Health Surveillance

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

workers.

(3) Such examination shall include tests for lead in urine and blood. ALA in

urine, hemoglobin content stippling of cells and steadiness test.

(4) 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.

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

Fitnessin Form: XVII granted by the Health Surveillance officer. If the

Health Surveillance officer declares a person unfit for being employed in

any process coveredunder 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.

(6) 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 takenaway 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 shall be provided with

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

incapacitated in which case the worker affected shall he suitably

rehabilitated.

(7) A Medical Officeronhis 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.

(8) 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 inthe Health Register.

15. Protective clothing

Protective clothing shall be provided and maintained in good repair for all

persons employed in

(1) Manipulation of raw oxide of lead;

(2) pasting;

(3) the formation room;

and such clothing shall be worn by the persons concerned. The protective

clothing shall consist of a waterproof apron and waterproof footwear; and,

also as regards persons employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead

or in pasting, head coverings. The head coverings shall be washed daily.

16. 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 (a) sufficient tables

and benches, and (b) adequate means for warming food.

The mess-room shall be placed under the charge of a responsible

person,and shall be kept clean.

17. Cloak-room

There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all

personsemployedin a lead process

(1) A cloak-room for clothing put off during working hours with adequate

arrangements for drying the clothing if wet. Such accommodation shall

be separate from any mess-room.

(2) Separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective

clothing provided under paragraph 16.

18. Washing facilities

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 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 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

(ii) at least one wash basin for every live such persons employed at any one

time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of

water laid on;

(iii) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials renewed

daily, which supply, in the case of pasters and persons employed in the

manipulation of raw oxide of lead, shall include a separate marked towel

for each such 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.

19. Time to be 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 who has been employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of

lead or in pasting:

Provided that if there be one basin or 61 centimeters of trough for each

such person this rule shall not apply.

20. Facilities for bathing

Sufficient bath accommodation to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector-

cum- Facilitator shall be provided for all persons engaged in the

manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in pasting, and a sufficient supply of

soap and clean towels.

21. Food,drinks,etc.,prohibited in work rooms:

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.