Schedule B XVI Processing of cashewnut

1. Application.—This schedule shall apply to all factories in which roasting,

scrubbing and shelling of cashewnuts or extracting oil from cashewnuts or

cashewnut shells are carried on.

2. Prohibition of employment of women and young persons.- No

woman or young person shall be employed in any of the processes specified

in paragraph 1 except in shelling of roasted cashewnuts.

3. Protective clothing and equipment.—The occupier shall provide and

maintain for the use of all persons employed in roasting and scrubbing of

cashewnuts or extracting oil form cashewnuts or cashewnut shells-

a. suitable rubber or washable leather gloves ;

b. suitable type of impervious aprons with sleeves to cover body down to

knees and shoulders ; and

c. suitable type footwear to afford protection to feet and legs against

cashewnut oil; and for the workers employed in cashewnut shelling,

either:

d. a protective ointment containing 10% of shellac, 5% of alcohol, 10%

of sodium perborate, 5% of carbitol and 20% talc ; or

e. sufficient quantity of kaolin and coconut oil; and

F. any other material or equipment, which the Chief Inspector of Factories

may deem to be necessary for the protection of the workers.

4. Use of protective clothing and equipment.Every person employed in

processes specified in paragraph 1 shall make use of protective clothing and

equipment supplied and arrangements shall be made by the occupier to

supervise the use, maintenance and cleanliness.

5. Disposal of shells, ashes, or oil of cashewnut.-

(1) shells, ashes or oil of cashewnut shall not be stored in any room in which

workers are employed and shall be removed at least twice a day to any pit or

enclosed place in the case shells and ashes and to closed containers kept in a

separate room in the case of oil.

(2) No worker shall be allowed to handle shells or oil of cashewnuts without

using the protective clothing or equipment provided under paragraph 3 above.

6. Floors of workrooms.The floor of every workroom in which processes

specified in paragraph 1 are carried on, shall be of a hard material so as to be

smooth and impervious and of even surface and shall be cleaned daily, and

spillage of any cashewnut oil in any workroom shall be washed with soap and

cleaned immediately.

7. Seating accommodation. -Workers engaged in shelling of cashewnuts

shall be provided with adequate seats or work benches which shall be cleaned

daily-

8. Mess room.-

(1) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all person employed

in processes specified in paragraph 1, asuitable restroom furnished with

sufficient tables and chairs or benches.

(2) Separate lockers shall be provided where food, etc. shall be stored by

workers before it is consumed in the restroom.

8. Food, drinks, etc. prohibited in workrooms.No food, drink, pan, supari

or tobacco shall be brought or consumed by any worker in any room in which

processes specified in paragraph 1 are carried out and no person shall remain

in any such room during intervals for meals or rest.

9. Washing facilities.-Where roasting, scrubbing and shelling of cashewniuts

or extracting oil from cashewnut or cashewnut shells is carried on, there shall

be provided and maintained in a clean state and good repair washing

facilities, with a sufficient supply of soap, coconut oil, nail brushes and towels

atthe scale of one tap or stand pipe for every 10 workers, and the taps or

stand pipes shall be spaced not less than 1.2 meters apart.

10. Time 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 eachperson employed in processes specified in

paragraph 1.

11.Smoke or gas produced by roasting cashewnuts.—Where smoke or gas

is produced in the operation of roasting, provision shall be made for removing

the smoke or gas through a chimney of sufficientheight and capacity or by

such other arrangements as may be necessary to prevent the gas or smoke

escaping into the air or any place in which workers are employed.

12.Storage of protective equipment.—A suitable room or a portion of the

factory suitably partitioned off, shall be provided exclusively for the storage of

all the protective equipment supplied to the workers and no such equipment

shall be stored in any place other than the room or places so provided.

13. Medical facilities and records of examinations and tests.-

1. The occupier of every factory to which this schedule applies, shall-

a. employ a qualifiedmedical practitioner for medical surveillance of the

workers employed therein whose employment shall be subject to the

approval of the Chief Inspector of Factories; and

b. provide to the medical practitioner all the necessary facilities for the

purpose referred to in clause (a).

2. The said medical practitioner shall inspect daily the hands and feet of all the

persons employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1,

3. The record of such examinations carried out by the medical practitioner shall

be maintained in a separate,registerapprovedbythe Chief Inspector of

Factories, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector.

4. The first-aid box maintained shall also contain Burrough's Solution (1:20) and

aqueous solution of tannic acid (10%) for treatment of cases of dermatitis.

14. Medical examination by Medical Officer.-

(8) Every worker employed in the processes specified in paragraph 1 shall

be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of his first

employment. Such examinations shall include skin test for dermatitis

and no worker shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his first

employment inthe factory unless certified fit for such employment by

the Medical Officer.

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

Medical Officer atleast once in every three calendar months. Such

examinations shall wherever the Medical Officer considers appropriate,

include asking test for dermatitis.

(10)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 (1)

and (2), including the nature and the results of these tests, shall also

be entered by the Medical Officer in a health register in Form XXIV.

(11)The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily

available for inspection by the Inspector.

(12)If at any time the Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no

longerfit for employment in the said processes on the ground that

continuance therein would involvespecial 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 to work in the said 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.

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

(5) shall bere-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.

15.Exemption.—The Chief Inspector of Factories may grant exemptions from

the operation of any of these where he is satisfied that their observance is not

necessary for safeguarding the health of the workers.