Schedule ‘H’ (ii)

ALL TYPES OF ELECTROPLATING PROCESS:

1. Definitions.—For the purposes of this schedule—

(a) "Electrolytic process " means the electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles

(b) "Bath" means by vessel used for an electrolytic process or for any subsequent

process.

(c) "Employed" means in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this schedule, employed in any

process involving contact with liquid from a bath and.

(d) "Suspension" means suspension from employment in any process involving contact with

liquid from any bath by written certificate in the health register, signed by the Factory

medical officer, who shall have power of suspension as regards all persons employed in

any such process.

2. Exhaust draught.—An efficient exhaust draught shall be applied to every vessel in which an

electrolytic chromium processes is carried on. Such draught shall be provided by mechanical

means and shall operate on the vapour or spray given off in the process as nearby as may be

at the point of origin. 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.

3. Prohibition relating to women and young persons.—No woman, adolescent or child shall be

employed or permitted to work at a bath.

4. Floor of workrooms.—The floor or every room 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 clothing.— (1) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain in good and

clean condition the following articles of protective clothing for the use of all persons employed

in any process at which they are liable to come in contact with liquid from a bath and such

clothing shall be worn by the persons concerned :

(a) Water-proof aprons and bibs, and

(b) for persons actually working at a bath, loose fitting rubber gloves and rubber

boots or other water-proof footwear.

(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed, suitable

accommodation for the storage and adequate arrangements for the drying of the

protective clothing.

6. Medical facilities and record of examinations and tests. - (1) The occupier of every factory in

which electrolytic processes are carried on shall-

(a) employ a Factory Medical Officer for medical surveillance of the workers

employed therein and

(b) provide to the said Factory medical officer all the necessary facilities for the

purposes referred to in clause (a):and

(c) provide and maintain a sufficient supply of suitable ointment and impermeable

water proof plaster in separate box readily accessible to the worker and use solely

for the purpose of keeping the ointment and plaster.

(2) The factory medical officer shall examine all workers before they are employed in

electrolytic process. Such examination shall include inspection of hands, fore arms and

nose and will be carried out at intervals of not more than one week.

(3) The record of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out shall be maintained

in health register in Form V, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the

Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

7. Medical examination-(1) Every worker employed in the electrolytic processes shall be

examined by a Factory medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such

examination shall include tests for chromium in urine and nasal septum perforation. 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 Factory Medical Officer.

(2) Every worker employed in the said process shall be re-examined by Factory Medical

Officer at least once in every three calendar months. Such re-examination shall,

wherever the Factory Medical Officer considers appropriate, include tests as specified

under sub-paragraph (1).

(3) Factory Medical Officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in

Form XXXIII. The record of examination and re-examinations carried out shall be kept in

the custody of the manager 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 Factory Medical Officer in a Health Register in Form V.

(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 Factory Medical Officer or 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 these 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 these processes.

8. Cautionary placard.—A cautionary placard 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.

9. Weekly examination.—Where chrome plating is done the Factory Medical Officer shall examine

the worker weekly and inspect the hands forearms of the persons employed and shall keep a

record of such inspections in a register.