Schedule III

(See rule 84)

Graphite Powdering and Incidental Processes

1. Application - The provisions of this schedule shall apply to all factories or parts of factories in which the

grinding and sleving of graphite and the processes incidental thereto are carried on.

2. Prohibition of employment of women, children and adolescents - No pregnant woman, adolescent

shall be employed in any factory upon any of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above.

3. Medical Certificate and examinations–

a) No person shall be employed in any factory for more than fifteen days in the year upon any of

the operations specified in paragraph 1 above unless a special certificate of fitness in FORM-VI,

granted to him by a Medical Officer, is in the custody of the manager of the factory.

b) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator of factories may require that any person in respect of whom a

certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (1) has been granted shall carry with him while at work a

token giving reference to such certificate.

c) Every person so employed shall be medically examined by a Medical Officer at intervals of not

more than 6 months and a record of such examinations shall be entered in the special certificate

granted under sub –paragraph (1).

4. If at any time a Medical Officer is of opinion that any person is no longer fit for employment upon any

of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above he/she shall cancel the special certificate of fitness

granted to that person.

5. No person who special certificate of fitness has been cancelled shall be employed upon any of the

operations specified in paragraph 1 above unless a Medical Officer again certifies him to be fit.

6. Exhaust draughts - Provision shall be made for removing the dust produced in any of the operations

specified in paragraph 1 above by means of an efficient exhaust draught so contrived as to operate on

the dust as closely to the point of origin as possible:

Provided that where the provision of an exhaust draught is not reasonably practicable the

Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require –

a) Respirators of a type approved by him to be provided and maintained in a clean and efficient

condition by the occupier and worn by every person working under such conditions; and

b) the damping of floors, apparatus and material to prevent the raising of dust.

7. Floors and work-benches–

a) The floor of every room in which any person is employed upon any of the operation specified in

paragraph above shall be of cement or other impervious material.