Schedule B V

Grinding or glazing of metals and processes incidental thereto

1. Exception.-

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.

2. 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 emery or

similar abrasive;

c. "grinding" means the abrasion, 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, ofmetal,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 a 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; and

g. "rodding" means the dressing of the surface of a revolving grindstone

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

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;

b. a duct of adequate size, air tight 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 extract the

dust:

Provided that the ChiefInspector-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 process of grinding or glazing

upon a grindstone, abrasive wheel or glazing appliance:

Provided that this paragraph shall not prohibit the employment ofpersons 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 processes 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 an adequate supply of water is laid on at the upper surface

of the grindstone or 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 competent person, and any defect disclosed by such examination

and test shall be rectified as soon as practicable.

8. Medical facilities and record of examinations and tests.-

I. The occupier of every factory in which grinding or glazing of metals are

carried out, shall-

a.

employ a qualified medical practitioner for medical surveillance of the

workers employed thereinwhose appointment shall be subject to the

approval of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator; and

b. Provide to the said medical practitioner all the necessary facilities for the

purpose referred to in clause (a).

• The record of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the

said medical practitioner shall be maintained in a separate register approved

by the Chief Inspector-cum- Facilitator, which shall be kept readily available

for inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

9. Medical examination by the Medical Officer.-

Every worker employed in grinding or glazing of metal and processes

incidental thereto shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his

firstemployment. Such examination shall includepulmonary function tests

and in suspected cases chest X-rays. No worker shall be allowed to work after

15 days of his firstemployment in thefactory unless certified fit for such

employment by the Medical Officer.

IL.

Everyworker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a

Medical Officer at least once in every 12 calendar months. Such re-

examination shall, wherever the Medical Officer considers appropriate, include

tests as specified in sub-paragraph (I).

The Medical Officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of

Fitness in Form XXIII. 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 (I) and (II), including the nature and the results of

the tests, shall also be entered by the Medical Officer in a health register in

Form XXIV.

IV. The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily available

for inspection by the Inspector.

V. If at any time the Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer

fit for employment in the said processes on the found that continuance

therein would involve special danger to the health of the worker, he shall

make 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. The person so suspended from the process shall be provided with

alternate placement facilities unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of

the Medical Officer, in which case the person affected shall be suitably

rehabilitated.

VL.

No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (V)

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.