Schedule ‘H’(v)

GRINDING OR GLAZING OF METALS AND PROCESSES INCIDENTAL THERETO:

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

(a) "Grindstone" means a grindstone composed of natural or manufactured sandstone but

does not include a metal wheel or cylinder into which blocks of natural or manufactured

sandstone are fitted.

(b) "Abrasive wheel" means a wheel manufactured of bonded every or similar abrasive.

(c) "Grinding" means the abrading by aid of mechanical power, of metal, by means of a

grindstone or abrasive wheel.

(d) "Glazing" means the abrading, polishing or finishing, by aid of mechanical power, of

metal, by means of any wheel, buff, mop or similar appliance to which any abrading or

polishing substance is attached or applied.

(e) "Racing" means the turning up, cutting or dressing of revolving grindstone before it is

brought into use for the first time.

(f) "Hacking" means the chipping of the surface of a grindstone by a hack or similar tool.

(g) "Rodding" means the dressing of the surface of revolving grindstone by the application of

a rod, bar or strip of metal to such surface.

2. Exceptions.—(a) Nothing in this schedule shall apply to any factory in which only repairs are

carried on except any part thereof in which one or more persons are wholly or mainly employed

in the grinding or glazing of metals.

(b) Nothing in this schedule except paragraph 4, shall apply to any grinding or glazing of

metals carried on intermittently and at which no person is employed for more than 12

hours in any week.

3. Equipment for removal of dust.—No racing, dry grinding or glazing shall be performed

without—

(a) a hood or other appliance so constructed, arranged, placed and maintained as

substantially to intercept the dust thrown off; and

(b) a duct of adequate size, airtight and so arranged as to be capable of carrying away the

dust, which duct shall be kept free from obstruction and shall be provided with proper

means of access for inspection and cleaning, and where practicable, with a connection

at the end remote from the fan to enable the Inspector to attach thereto any instrument

necessary for ascertaining the pressure of air in the said duct; and

(c) a fan or other efficient means of producing a draught sufficient to exhaust the dust:

Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may accept any other appliance

that is in his opinion, as effectual for the interception, removal and disposal of dust

thrown off as a hood, duct and fan would be.

4. Restriction on employment on grinding operations.—Not more than one person shall at any

time perform the actual processes of grinding or glazing upon a grindstone, abrasive wheel or

glazing appliance :

Provided that this paragraph shall not prohibit the employment of persons to assist in the

manipulation of heavy or bulky articles at any such grindstone, abrasive wheel or glazing

appliance.

5. Glazing.—Glazing or other processes, except process incidental to wet grinding upon a

grindstone, shall not be carried on in any room in which wet grinding upon a grindstone is

done.

6. Hacking and rodding.—Hacking or rodding shall not be done unless during the process either

(a) an adequate supply of water is laid on at the upper surface of the grindstone, (b) adequate

appliances for the interception of dust are provided in accordance with the requirements of

paragraph 3.

7. Examination of dust equipment.—All equipment for the extraction or suppression of dust shall,

at least once in every six months, be examined and tested by a competent person, and any

defect disclosed by such examination and test shall be rectified as soon as practicable.

A register containing particulars of such examination and test shall be kept in a Form XXXII.

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

which grinding or glazing of metals are carried out and wherein 50 or more workers are

employed, 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).

(2) The record of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the said medical

practitioner shall be maintained in health register Form V, which shall be kept readily

available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

9. Medical examination by Factory medical officer. - (1) Every worker employed in grinding or

glazing of metal and processes incidental thereto shall be examined by a Factory medical

officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examinations shall include pulmonary

function tests and in suspect cases chest X-rays. No worker shall be allowed to work after 15

days of his first employment in the factory unless certified fit for such employment by a Factory

medical officer.

(2) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a Factory medical

officer at least once in every 12 calendar months. Such re-examination shall, wherever

the Factory medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as specified in sub-

paragraph (1).

(3) The 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

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-paragraphs (1) and

(2), including the nature and the results of the test, shall also be entered by the Factory

Medical Officer in a health register in Form V.

(4) 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 those documents should also include the period for which he considers

that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes.

(5) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (4) 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 those processes.

10. Exemption. - The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by certificate in writing, subject to such

conditions as he may specify therein, relax or suspend any of the provisions of this schedule in

respect of any factory, if owing to the special methods of work or otherwise such relaxation or

suspension is practicable-' without danger to the health or safety of the persons employed