Schedule IX

LIMING AND TANNING OF RAW HIDES AND SKINS AND PROCESSES

INCIDENTAL THERETO.

1. Cautionary notices - (1) Cautionary notices as to anthrax in the form specified by the

Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be affixed in prominent positions in the factory where

they may be easily and conveniently read by the persons employed.

(2) A copy of a warning notice as to anthrax in the form specified by the Chief Inspector-

cum-Facilitator shall be given to each person employed when he is engaged, and subsequently

if still employed, on the first day of each calendar year.

(3) Cautionary notices as to the effects of chrome on the skin shall be affixed in prominent

positions in every factory in which chrome solutions are used and such notices shall be so

placed as to be easily and conveniently read by the persons employed.

(4) Notices shall be affixed in prominent places in the factory stating the position of the

first-aid box or cupboard and the name of the person in charge of such box or cupboard.

(5) If any person employed in the factory is illiterate, effective steps shall be taken to

explain carefully to such illiterate person the contents of the notice specified in subparagraphs

(1}, (2) and (4) and if chrome solutions are used in the factory, the contents of the notice

specified in sub- paragraph (3).

2. Protective clothing - The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition the

following articles of protective clothing: -

(a) waterproof footwear leg coverings, aprons and gloves for persons employed in

processes involving contact with chrome solutions, including the preparation of such solutions;

(b) gloves and boots for persons employed in lime yard;

(c) protective footwear, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes involving the

handling of hides and skins, other than in processes specified in subparagraphs(a) and (b)

above:

Provided that: -

(i) the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots may be of rubber or leather, but the gloves and

boots to be provided under sub- paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be of rubber.

(ii) the gloves may not be provided to persons fleshing by hand or employed in processes in

which there is no risk of contact with lime, sodium sulphide or other caustic liquor.

3. Washing facilities, mess room and cloakroom - There shall be provided and maintained

in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed;

(a) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe, without plug, and

of sufficient length to allow of at least 60 centimetres for every five such persons employed at

any one time, and having a constant supply of water from taps or jets above the trough at

intervals of not more than 60 centimetres; or

(b) at least on wash-basin for every ten such persons employed at any one time, fitted with

a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of clean water; together with, in either case,

a sufficient supply of nail brushes, soap or other suitable cleansing material and clean towels;

(c) a suitable mess room, adequate for the number remaining on the premises during the

meal intervals, which shall be furnished with sufficient tables and benches and adequate means

for warming food and for boiling water. The mess room shall -

(i) be separate from any room or shed in which hides or skins are stored, treated or manipulated;

(ii) be separate from the cloakroom; and

(iii) be placed under the charge of a responsible person; and

(d) the occupier shall provide and maintain for use of all persons employed suitable

accommodation for clothing put off during working hours and another accommodation for

protective clothing and also adequate arrangements for drying up the clothing in both the cases,

if wet. The accommodation so provided shall be kept clean at all times and placed under the

charge of a responsible person.

4. Food, drinks, etc. Prohibited in workrooms - No food, drink, pan and supari or tobacco

shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any workroom or shed in which hides or

skins are stored, treated or manipulated.

5. Medical Examination by Medical officer - (1) every worker employed in shall be examined

by a Medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include

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.

(1) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by the Medical

officer at least once in every twelve calendar months. Such re- examination shall, wherever the

Medical officer considers appropriate, include tests as specified in subparagraph(1).

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

Form-40. The record of examination and re-examination 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-paragraph (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.

(3) The Certificate of Fitness and the health register shall be kept readily available for

inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(4) If at any time the Medical officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fir for

employment in the said processes on the ground that continuance therein would involve special

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 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 can the person

affected shall be suitable rehabilitated.

(5) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5) above 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.