Schedule 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 emery or

(c) similar abrasive;

(d) "grinding" means the abrasion, by aid of mechanical power, of metal, by

(e) means of a grindstone or abrasive wheel;

(f) "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;

(g) "racing" means the turning up, cutting or dressing of a revolving

(h) grindstone before it is brought into use for the first time;

(i) "hacking' means the chipping of the surface of a grindstone by a hack or

(j) similar tool; and

(k) "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.

Exception - (1) 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.

(2) 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. 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-cum-Facilitator 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:

(d) 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.

3. 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 of persons to assist in the

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

appliance.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Examination of dust equipment - (1) 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.

(2) A register containing particulars of such examination and tests shall be kept in Form-

42 electronically or otherwise.

7. Medical examination by the Medical officer- (1)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 first employment. Such examination shall include pulmonary function tests and

in suspected 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 the Medical officer.

(2) Every worker 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 (1).

(3) The Medical officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in

Form-40. 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 occupier 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 Medical officer in a health register in

Form-41 electronically or otherwise.

(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 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.

(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 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.