Schedule VII

GENERATING PETROL GAS FROM DANGEROUS PETROLEUM

1. Prohibition relating to pregnant women and Adolescent - No pregnant woman or

adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in or shall be allowed to enter any building

in which the generation of gas from dangerous petroleum is carried on.

2. Flame traps - The plant for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum and associated

piping and fittings shall be fitted with at least two efficient flame traps so designed and

maintained as to prevent a flash back from any burner to the plant. One of these traps shall be

fitted as close to the plant as possible. The plant and all pipes and valves shall be installed and

maintained free form leaks.

3. Generating building or room - All plants for generation of gas from dangerous

petroleum erected after the coming into force of the provisions specified in this schedule, shall

be erected outside the factory building proper in a separate well-ventilated building (hereinafter

referred to as "generating building"). In the case of such plants erected before the coming into

force of the provisions specified in this schedule, there shall be no direct communication

between the room where such plants are erected (hereinafter referred to as "the generating

room") and the remainder of the factory building. So far as practicable, all such generating

rooms shall be constructed of fire-resisting materials.

4. Fire extinguishers - An efficient means of extinguishing petrol fires shall be maintained

in an easily accessible position near the plant for generation of gas from dangerous petroleum.

5. Plant to be approved by Inspector-cum-Facilitator - Gas from dangerous petroleum

shall not be manufactured except in a plant for generating gas, the design and construction of

which has been approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

6. Escape of dangerous petroleum - Effective steps shall be taken to prevent dangerous

petroleum from escaping into any drain or sewer.

7. Prohibition relating to smoking - No person shall smoke or carry matches, fire or naked

light or other means of producing a naked light or spark in the generation room or building or

in the vicinity thereof and a warning notice in the language understood by the majority of the

workers shall be posted in the factory prohibiting smoking and the carrying of matches, fire or

naked light or other means of producing a naked light or spark into such room or building.

8. Access to dangerous petroleum or container - No unauthorized person shall have access

to any dangerous petroleum or to a vessel containing or having actually contained dangerous

petroleum.

9. Electric fittings - All electric fittings shall be of flameproof construction and all electric

conductors shall either be enclosed in metal conduits or be lead-sheathed.

10. Construction of doors - All doors in the generating room or building shall be constructed

to open outwards or to slide and no door shall be locked or obstructed or fastened in a such a

manner that it cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside while gas is being

generated and any

person is working in the generating room or building.

11. Repair of containers- No vessel that has contained dangerous petroleum shall be

repaired in a generating room or building and no repairs to any such vessel shall be undertaken

unless live steam has been blown into the vessel and until the interior is thoroughly steamed

out or other equally effective steps have been taken to ensure that it has been rendered free

from dangerous petroleum or inflammable vapour.