The Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026
Schedule 1
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(See rule 84)
Manufacture of aerated waters and Processes incidental thereto
1. Fencing of machines – All machines for filling bottles or siphons shall be so constructed, placed or
fenced as to prevent, as far as may be practicable, a fragment of a bursting bottle or siphon from
striking any person employed in the factory.
2. Face guards and gauntlets
(1) The occupier shall provide and maintainin good condition for the use of all persons engaged in
filling bottles or siphons–
(a) Suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat, and
(b) Suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the whole hand and arms:
Provided that Paragraph 2 (1) shall not apply where bottles are filled by means of an
automatic machine so constructed that no fragment of a bursting bottle can escape:
Provided further that a machine so constructed that, only one arm of the bottler
at work upon it is exposed to danger, a gauntlet need not be provided for the arm which is
not exposed to danger.
(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition for theuse of all persons engaged in
corking, crowing, screwing, wiring, foiling, capsuling, sighting or labelling bottles or siphons.
(a) Suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat, and
(b) Suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the arm and at least half of the palm and the space
between the thumb and forefinger.
3. Wearing of face-guards and gauntlets – All persons engaged in any of the processes specified in
paragraph 2 of this schedule shall, while at work in such processes, wear the face-guards and gauntlets
provided under the provisions of the said paragraph.