Schedule IX

(See rule 84)

Liming and Tanning of Raw Hides and Skins and Process Incidental Thereto

1. Cautionary notices-

a) Cautionary notices as to anthrax in the form specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator

shall the affixed in prominent positions in the factory where they may be easily and conveniently

read by the persons employed.

b) A copy of warning notice as to anthrax in the form specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-

Facilitator shall be given to each person employed when he/she is engaged, and subsequently if

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

c) Cautionary notice 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.

d) 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.

e) 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 sub-paragraphs (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 person employed in processes involving

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

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

c) waterproof footwear, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes involving the handling

of hides or skins, other than in processes specified in clauses (a) and (b) above:

Provided that the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots, may be of rubber or leather, if the

gloves and boots to be provided under sub-paragraph (a) and (b) shall be of rubber:

Provided further that 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 cloak room. – 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 ten 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 cm; or at least one 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 water; together within either case, a

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

b) asuitable 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 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 cloak-room and (3) be placed under the charge of a responsible person;

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

c) suitable accommodation so 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 superior tobacco shall be

brought into or consumed by any worker in any work room or shed in which hides or skins are stored,

treated or manipulated.

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

a) The occupier of every factory to which the schedule applies shall-

i. employ a qualified medical practitioner for medical surveillance of the workers employed

therein whose employment shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Inspector-cum-

Facilitator;

ii. provided to the said medical practitioner all the necessary facilities for the purpose referred

to in clause (a);

iii. arrange for inspection of the hands of all the persons keeping in contact with chromium

substances to be made twice a week; and

iv. provide, maintain, and supply suitable ointment and plaster in a box readily accessible to the

workers and solely used for the purpose of keeping the ointment and the plaster.

b) The record of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the said medical

practitioner shall be maintained in a separate register approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-

Facilitator of Factories, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-

Facilitator.

6. Medical Examination by the Medical Officer.-

a) Every worker employed in any of the processes to which this schedule applies shall be examined

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

test for dermatoses and detection of anthrax bacillus from local lesion by gram stain. No worker

shall be allowed to work after 15 days of his employment in the factory unless certified fit for such

employment by the Medical Officer.

b) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by Medical Officer at least once

in every 12 calendar months. Such re-examination shall, whenever the Medical Officer considers

appropriate, include testes specified in sub-paragraph (1).

c) The Medical Officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of fitness in FORM-VI.

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

tests, shall all so be entered by the Medical Officer in Health register in Form-V.

d) The Certificate of Fitness and the Health register shall be kept readily available for inspection by

the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

e) If at any time the Medical Officer is of the opinion that a worker is no longer fit for employment

in the said process on the ground that continuance therein would involve special danger to the

health of the worker, he/she 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/she considers that the said persons is unfit for work in the said processes. The persons

so suspended from the process shall be provided with alternative placement facilities unless he/

she is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer, in which case the person affected

shall be suitably rehabilitated.

f) 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 process unless the Medical Officer, after further

examination, again certifies him fit for employment in those processes.