Schedule XXVIII

(See rule 84)

TEXTILE MACHINERY EXCEPT MACHINERY USED IN JUTE MILLS

1. Application: - This Schedule shall apply to the machinery in factories engaged in manufacturing or

processing of textiles other than jute textiles excluding the machinery in factories engaged exclusively

in the manufacture of synthetic fibres.

2. Definitions- For the purposes of this Schedule.

a) “Calendar” means a set of heavy rollers mounted on vertical side frames and arranged to pass cloth

between them which may have two to ten rollers or bowls some of which may be heated:

b) “Card” means a machine consisting of cylinders various sizes and includes flats. Covered with card

clothing and set in relation to each so that fibres in; staple form may be Separated into individual

relationship

c) “Card clothing” means the material with which the surfaces of the cylinder, Doffer flats, etc. of a

card are covered and consists of a thick foundation material made of either textile fabrics, through

which many fine closely spaced specially bent wires or mounted saw- toothed wires are passed;

d) “Comber” means a machine for combing fibres of cotton. Wool etc. The essential parts whereof

are device for feeding forward a fringe of fibres at regular intervals and an arrangement of combs

or pins, which at the right time, pass through the fringe and by which tangled fibres. Short fibres,

and nips are removed and the long fibres are laid parallel;

e) “Combing machinery” means a general classification of machinery, including combers, silver lap

machines. Ribbon lap machines and gill boxes, but excluding cards;

f) “Continuous bleaching range” means a machine used for bleaching of cloth in rope or open-width

form;

Explanation: - The action of such machines is somewhat like that of a wool card, but it is much

more severe in that the various rolls are covered with garnet wire instead of card clothing;

g) “gill box” means a machine used in the worsted system of manufacturing yarns which functions

to arrange it in a parallel order and essentially, it consists of a pair of feed rolls and a series of

follower where the followers move at a faster surface speed and perform as combine action;

h) “in-running rolls” means any pair of rolls or drums between which there is a ‘nip’;

i) “Inter-locking arrangement” means a device that prevents the setting in motion of a dangerous

part of a machine or the machine itself while the guard, cover or door provided to safe- guard

against danger is open or un-locked, and which will also hold the guard, cover or door closed and

locked- while the machine or the dangerous part thereof is in motion;

j) “Kier” means large metal vat, usually a pressure type in which fabrics may be boiled out, bleached

etc.

k) “loom” means a machine for effecting the interlocking of two series of yarns crossing one another

at right angles by which the warp yarns are wound on a warp beam and pass through headless and

reads and the filling is shot across in a shuttle and settled in place by read and slay, and the fabric

is wound on a cloth beam;

l) “mule” means a type of spinning frame having a head stock and a carriage sits two main sections,

the head stock is stationery and the carriage is movable and its carries the spindles which draft and

spin the roving into yarn and extends over the whole of the machine, moves slowly toward and

away from the head stock during the spinning operation;

m) “mercerizing range” means a 3-bowl mangle, a tenter frame, and a number of boxes for washing

and scouring, the whole set up where of is in a straight line and all parts operate continuously;

Note :-The combination is used to saturate the cloth with sodium hydroxide, stretch it while

saturated and washing out most of the caustic before releasing tension;

n) “Nip” means the danger zone between two rolls or drums, which by virtue of their positioning and

movement create a nipping hazard;

(q) “Openers and pickers” means a general classification of machinery, which includes breaker pickers,

intermediate pickers, finisher pickers, single process pickers, willow machines, card and picker

waste cleaners, thread extractors shredding machines, roving waste openers, shoddy pickers, bale

breakers, feeders, vertical openers, lattice cleaners horizontal cleaners and any similar machinery

equipped with either cylinders, screen section calender section, rollers or beaters used for the

preparation of stock for further processing; (r) “ paddler” means a trough for a solution and two or

more squeeze rolls between which cloth passes after being passed through a mordent or dyebath;

o) “Plating machine” means a machine used to lay cloth into folds of regular length for convenience

of subsequent process or use;

p) “ribbon lapper” means a machine or a part of a machine used to prepare laps for feeding a cotton

comb the purpose of which is to provide a uniform lap in which the fibres have been straightened

as much as possible;

q) “rotary staple cutter” means a machine consisting of one or more rotary blades used for the

purpose of cutting textile fibres into staple lengths;

r) “roller printing machine” means a machine used for printing fabrics and consisting of a large

central cylinder, or pressure bowl around the lower part of the perimeter of which is placed a series

of engraved colour rollers (each having a colour trough), a furnisher roller, doctor blades, etc.;

s) “silver lapper” means a machine or a part of a machine in which a number of parallel card silvers

are drafted slightly, laid side by side in a compact sheet and wound into a cylindrical package;

t) “starch mangle” means a mangle which is use specifically for starching cotton goods, and generally

consists of two large rolls and a shallow open vat with several immersion rolls;

u) “sanforizing machine” means a machine consisting of a large steam-heated cylinder and endless,

thick woollen felt blanket which is in close contact with the cylinder for most of its perimeter

and an electrically heated shoe which presses the cloth against the blanket while the latter is in a

stretched condition as it curves around feed-in roll;

v) “shearing machine” means a machine used for shearing cloth in which cutting action is provided

by a number of steel blades spirally mounted on a roller which rotates in close contact with a fixed

edge blade.

w) “singeing machine” means a machine which comprises of a heated roller a plate, or an open gas

flame by which the cloth or yarn is rapidly passed over the roller or the plate or through the open

gas flame to remove fuzz of hairiness by burning;

x) “slasher” means a machine used for applying a size mixture to warp yarns which essentially consists

of a stand for holding section beams a size box, one or more cylindrical dryers or an enclosed hot

air dryer, and a beaming end for winding the yarn on the loom beams;

y) “tenter frame” means a machine for drying cloth under tension which essentially consists of a

pair of endless travelling chains fitted with clips of fine pins and carried on tracks and the cloth is

firmly held at the selvages by the two chains which diverge as they move forward so that the cloth

is brought to the desired width;

z) “warper” means a machine for preparing and arranging the yarn intended for the warp of fabric,

specifically a beam warper; and

aa) (aa) “Water mangle” means a calendar having two or more rolls used for squeezing water form

fabrics before drying or for the finishing of various fabrics.

3. General safety requirements;-

a) Every textile machine shall be provided with individual mechanical or electrical means for starting

and stopping such machines and the belt shifter on machines driven by belts and shafting should

be provided with a belt shifter lock or an equivalent positive locking device.

b) Stopping and starting handles or other controls shall be of such design and so positioned as to

prevent the operator’s hand or fingers from striking against any moving part or any other part of

the machine.

c) All belts, pulleys, gears, chains, sprockets wheel and other dangerous moving parts of machinery

which either form part of the machinery or are used in association with it, shall be securely

guarded.

4. Openers and pickers ;-(1) In all operating or picker machinery;-

a) Beaters and other dangerous parts shall be securely fenced by guards so as to prevent contact with

them; and

b) Guards and doors or cover of openings giving access to any dangerous part of the machinery shall

be provided with inter-locking arrangement:

Provided that

(i) in the case of doors or covers of openings giving access to any dangerous part, other than

beater covers, instead of the inter, locking arrangement. Such openings may be so fenced by

guards which prevent access to any such dangerous part and which is either kept positively

locked in position or fixed in such a manner that it cannot be removed without the use of hand

tools.

(ii) The feed rolls on all opening and picking machinery shall be covered with a guard designed to

prevent the Operator from reaching the nip while the machinery is in operation.

(iii) The lap forming rollers shall be fitted with a guard or cover which shall prevent access to the

nip at the intake of the lap roller and fluted roller as long as the weighted rack is down and the

guard or cover shall be so locked that it cannot be raised until the machine is stopped, and

machine cannot be started until the Cover of guard is closed:

Provided that the foregoing provision shall not apply to the machines equipped with automatic

lap forming devices:

Provided further that any such machine equipped with automatic lap forming device shall not be

used unless the automatic lap forming device is in efficient working order.

5. Cotton Cards.-

a) all cylinder doors shall be secured by an interlocking arrangement which shall prevent the door

being opened until the cylinder has ceased to revolve and shall render it impossible to restart the

machine until the door has been closed:

Provided that the latter requirement in respect of the automatic locking device shall not apply

while stripping or grinding operations are carried out:

Provided further that stripping or grinding operation shall be carried out only by specially trained

adult workers wearing tight “fitting clothing

b) The licker-in shall be guarded so as to prevent access to the dangerous parts.

c) Every card shall be equipped with an arrangement that would enable the card cylinder to be driven

by power during stripping or grinding operations without having to either shift the main belt to

the fast pulley of the machine or dismantle the interlocking mechanism and such an arrangement

shall be used only for strip or grinding operations.

6. Garnett Machines.

a) Garnett licker-ins shall be enclosed and the garnet fancy rolls shall be enclosed by guards and shall

be installed in a way that keeps work rolls reasonably accessible for removal or adjustment.

b) The underside of the garnet shall be guarded by a screen mess or other form of enclosures to

prevent access.

7. Gill boxes.

a) The feed and shall be guarded so as to prevent fingers being caught in the pins of the intersecting

fillers.

b) All nips of in-running rolls shall be guarded by Suitable nip guards conforming to the following

specifications.

Any opening which the guard may permit when fitted in position shall be so restricted with respect to

the distance of the opening from any nip point through that opening from any nip point through that

the maximum width of the opening shall not exceed the following :-

Distance of opening from nip point Maximum width of opening 0 to 38mm 6 mm

39 to 63mm 10mm

64 to 88mm 13mm

89 to 140mm 15mm

141 to 165mm 19 mm

166 to 190mm 22mm

191 to 215mm 32mm

8. Silver aid ribbon lappers (cotton). – The cylinder drums and the laps pool shall be provided with a

guard to prevent access to the nip between the in running rolls.

9. Speed frame Jack Box wheels at the head stock shall band guard shall have interlocking arrangement.

10. Spinning Mules.-Wheels on spinning mule carriages shall be provided with substantial wheel guards,

extending to within 6 mm of the rails.

11. Wrappers.- Swivelled double-bar gates shall be installed on all warpers operating in excess of

410 meters minimum and shall have interlocking arrangements, except for the purpose of inching or

jogging.

12. Slashers:-

a) Cylinder dryers:-

(i) All open nips of in running rolls shall be guarded by nip guards conforming to the

requirements in clause 7.

(ii) When slashers are operated by control levers, these levers shall be connected to a horizontal

bar or treadle located not more than 170mm above the floor to control the operation from any

point.

(iii) Slashers operated by such button control shall have stop and start buttons located at each

end of the machine, and additional buttons located on both sides of the machine at the size

box and the delivery end and if calendar rolls are used, additional buttons shall be provided

at both sides of machines at points near the nips, except when slashers are equipped with an

enclosed dryer as in such clause (b).

b) Enclosed hot air dryer –

(i) All open nips of the top squeezing rollers shall be guarded by nip guards conforming to the

requirement specified in sub-clause (2) of clause 7.

(ii) When slashers are operated by control layers, these levers shall be connected to a horizontal

bar or treadle located not more than 170 cm. above the floor to control the operation from any

point.

(iii) Slashers operated by push-button control shall have stop and start buttons located at each end

of the machine and additional stop and start buttons located on both sides of the machine at

intervals spaced not more than 1.83 meters on centres.

13. Looms–

a) Each loom shall be equipped with suitable guards designed to minimize the danger from flying

shuttles.

b) Beam weights for tension in beam shall be of such construction so as prevent it from falling during

its adjustment.

14. Valves of Kiers, tanks, and other containers.–

a) Each valve controlling the flow of steam injurious gases or liquids into a kier or any other tank

or container into which a person is likely to enter in connection with a process, operation,

maintenance or for any other purpose, shall be provided with a suitable lock the valve securely in

the closed position and retain the key with him before entering the kier tank or container.

b) Wherever boiling tanks, caustic tanks and any other containers from which liquids, which are hot,

corrosive or toxic, may overflow or splash, are so located that the operator cannot see the contents

from the floor or working areas, emergency shut off valves which can be controlled from a point

not subject to danger of splash shall be provided to prevent danger.

15. Shearing machines: - All revolving blades on shearing machines shall be guarded so that the opening

between the cloth surface and the bottom of the guard will not exceed 10mm.

16. Continuous bleaching range (cotton and rayon):- The nip of all in running rolls on open-width

bleaching machine rolls shall be protected with a guard to prevent the worker from being caught at the

nip and the guard shall extend across the entire length of the nip.

17. Mercerizing range (piece goods):-

a) A stopping device shall be provided at each end of the machine.

b) A guard shall be provided at each end of the frame between the in running chain and the clip

opener.

c) A nip guard shall be provided for the in-running rolls of the mangle and washers and the guard

shall conform to the requirements specified in subclause (2) of clause 7.

18. Tenter frames:-

a) A stopping device shall be provided at each end of the machine.

b) A guard shall be provided at each end of the machine frame at the in running chain and clip

opener.

19. Paddlers.–Suitable nip guards conforming to the requirements specified in sub clause (2) of clause 7

shall be provided to all dangerous in-running rolls.

20. Centrifugal extractors.-

a) Each extractor shall be provided with a guard for the basket, and the guard shall have interlocked

arrangement.

b) Each extractor shall be equipped with a mechanically or electrically operated brake to quickly stop

the basket when the power driving the basket is shutoff.

21. Squeezer of wringer extractor, water mangle, starch mangle, backwasher (worsted yarn) crabbing

machines and decanting machine: - All in-running rolls shall be guarded with nip guards conforming

to the requirements specified in sub-clause (2) of clause 7.

22. Sanforizing and palmer machine:-

a) Nip guards shall be provided on all accessible in-running rolls and these shall conform to the

requirements specified in sub-clause (2) of clause 7.

b) Access from the sides to the nips of running rolls should be fenced by suitable side guards.

c) A safety trip rod, cable or wire centre cord shall be provided across the front and back of all palmer

cylinders extending the length of the face of the cylinder, which operate readily whether pushed

or pulled and the safety trip shall not be more than 170 cm. Above the level at which the operation

stands and shall be readily accessible.

23. Rope washers:-

a) Splash guards shall be installed in all rope washers unless the machine is so designed as to prevent

the water or liquid from splashing the operator, the floor or working surface.

b) A safety trip rod, cable or wire centre cord shall be provided across the front and back of all rope

was hers extending the length of the face of the washer which shall operate readily whether pushed

or pulled and the safety trip shall be not more than 170 cm. Above the level on which the operator

stands and shall be readily accessible.

24. Laundry washer tumbler or shaker:

a) Each drying tumbler, each double cylinder shaker or clothes tumbler, and each washing machine

shall be equipped with an interlocking arrangement which will prevent the power operation of the

inside cylinder when the outer door on the case or shall is open, and which will also prevent the

outer door in the case or shall from being opened without shutting off the power and the cylinder

coming to a stop but which should not prevent the movement of the inner-cylinder by means of a

hand operated mechanism or an inching device.

b) Each closed barrel shall also be equipped with adequate means for holding open the doors or

covers of the inner and outer cylinders, of shells while it is being loaded or unloaded.

25. Printing machine (roller type)–

a) All in-running rolls shall be guarded by nip guards conforming to the requirements specified in

sub-clause (2) of clause 7

b) The engraved roller gears and the large crown wheel shall be guarded.

26. Calendars – The Nip at the in-running side of the rolls shall be provided with a guard extending across

the entire length of the nip and arranged to prevent the fingers of the workers from being pulled in

between the rolls or between the guard and the rolls, and so contracted that the cloth can be fed into

the rolls safely.

27. Rotary staple cutters: - The cutter shall be protected by a guard to prevent hands reaching the cutting

zone.

28. Plating machines.- Access to the trap between the knife and card bar shall be prevented by a guard.

29. Hand baling machine. – An angle iron handle-stop guard shall be installed at right angle to the frame of

the machine, the stop guard of which shall be so designed and so located that it will prevent the handle

from travelling beyond the vertical position should be handle slips from the operator’s hand when the

pawl has been released from the teeth of the take-up gear.

30. Flat-Work ironer.- Each flat-work or collar ironer shall be equipped with a safety bar or other guard

across the entire from of the feed or first pressure rolls, so arranged that the striking of the bar or guard

by the hand of the operator or other person will stop the machine. The guard shall be such that the

operator or other person cannot reach into the rolls without removing the guard. This may be either a

vertical guard on all sides or a complete cover. If a vertical guard is used, the distance from the floor or

working platform to the top of guard shall not be less than 1.83 meters.”

31. Medical examination and records:-

a) Every worker employed on machinery to which this schedule applies shall be examined by a

medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include pulmonary

test, immunoglobin test, Audiometry test etc. 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.

b) Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a 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 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 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-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 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 these documents should also include the period for

which he/she 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/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 processes unless the Medical Officer, after further

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