Rule 59. Rules under section 82

(1) Dangerous manufacturing processes or operations. The following operations when carried on in any factory are declared to be dangerous manufacturing processes or operations under section 82 of the code: - i. Manufacture of aerated water and processes incidental thereto; il. Electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by use of an electrolyte containing acids, bases or salts of metals such as chromium, nickel, cadmium, zinc, copper, silver or gold; iii. iv. V. vi. vii. Viii. Manufacture and repair of electric accumulators; Glass manufacture; Grinding or glazing of metals; Manufacture and treatment of lead and certain compounds of lead; Generation of gas from dangerous petroleum; Cleaning,smoothening or roughening etc. of articles by a jet of sand, metal shot, grit or other abrasive propelled by a blast of compressed air of steam; ix. Liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto; X. Carrying on of certain processes of lead and lead material in Printing Presses and Type Foundries; xi. xii. xiii. XIV. Manufacture of pottery and ceramics; Chemical works; Manipulation of stone or any other material containing free silica; Handling and processing of asbestos, manufacture of any article of asbestos and any other process of manufacture or otherwise in which asbestos is used in any form; XV. Handling and manipulation of corrosive substances; xvi. Processing of cashewnuts; xvii. Compression of Oxygen and Hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water; Use of ovens and driers in factories; xviii. Process extracting vegetable oils from oil cakes in solvent extraction plants; xix. Manufacture and manipulation of manganese and its compounds; xx. Manufacture or manipulation of dangerous pesticides; xxi. Protection against hazards of poisoning arising from benzene; xxii. Carbon disulphide plants; xxiii. Manufacture or Manipulation of Carcinogenic intermediates; XXIV. Operations involving High Noise levels; XXV. Manufacture of Rayon by Viscose; xxVi. Highly Flammable liquids and Flammable Compressed Gases; xxvii. Operation in foundries.

(2) Prohibiting or restricting the employment of Pregnant woman in the manufacturing process or operation. Every Occupier or employer shall ensure to prohibit or restrict the employment of pregnant women in hazardous and dangerous operations which exposes them to serious risk of bodily injury, poisoning or disease. However, the Occupier shall make all the necessary arrangements for providing adequate safeguards prior to the employment of pregnant woman in case they are required to work in hazardous or dangerous operations.

(3) Periodical Medical Examination, - i. For the medical examination of workers tobe carried out by the Medical Officer as required by Schedule B-l to Schedule B-XXVII, the occupier of the factory shall pay fee at the rate of five hundred rupees per examination of each worker every time he/she is examined; ii. The fees prescribed in clause (i) shallbe exclusive of any charges for biological, radiological or other tests which may have to be carried out in connection with the medical examinations. Such charges shall be paid by the occupier; liF. The fees to be paid for medical examination shall be paid electronically to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator in the manner as may be prescribed by him.

(4) Welfare amenities, sanitary facilities, protective clothing and other necessary requirements for dangerous operations. —The provisions specified in the Schedule B-I to Schedule B-XXVII shall apply to any class or description of factories wherein dangerous manufacturing processes or operations specified in each Part of the Schedule are carried on.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in Schedule B-I to Schedule B-XXVII, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may issue order in writing to the Manager or Occupier or both, directing them to carry such measures, and within such time,as may be specified in such order with a view to remove conditions dangerous to the health of the worker or to suspend any process, where such process constitutes in the opinion of the Inspector-cum- Facilitator imminent danger of poisoning or toxicity.

(6) Any register or record of medical examinations and tests connected therewith required to be carried out, under any of the Schedule B-I to Schedule B-XXVII, in respect of any worker, shall be kept readily available to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and shall be preserved till the expiry of a period of one year after the worker ceases to be in employment of the factory.