Schedule III

(See rule 84)

Manufacture and Repair of Electric Accumulators

1. Savings –This schedule shall not apply to the manufacture or repair of electric accumulators or

parts thereof not containing lead or any compound of lead, or to the repair, on the premises, of any

accumulator forming part of a stationery battery.

2. Definitions –For the purposes of this Schedule-

a. “Lead Process” means the melting of lead or any other material containing lead, casting, pasting,

lead burning, or any other work including trimming, or any other abrading or cutting of pasted

plates, involving the use, movement or manipulation of, or contact with, any oxide of lead;

b. “Manipulation of raw oxide of lead” means any lead process involving any manipulation or

movement of raw oxides of lead other than its conveyance in a receptacle or by means of an

implement from one operation to another.

3. Prohibition relating to women and young persons –No women or young person shall be employed or

permitted to work in any lead processor in any room in which the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or

pasting is carried on.

4. Separation of certain processes –Each of the following processes shall be carried on in such a manner

and under such conditions as to secure effectual separation from one another, and from any other

process:-

a. Manipulation of raw oxide of lead;

b. Pasting;

c. Drying of pasted plates;

d. Formation with lead burning (“tacking”) necessarily carried on in connection there with; and

e. Melting down of pasted plates.

5. Airspace– In every room in which a lead process is carried on, there shall be at least 14.2 cubic meters of

air space for each person employed therein, and in computing this air space no height over 3.65meters

shall be taken into account.

6. Ventilation – Every work-room shall be provided with inlets and outlets of adequate size as to secure

and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of the room.

7. Distance between workers in pasting room – In every pasting room the distance between the centre of

the working position of any paster and that of the paster working nearest to him shall not be less than

1.5 meters.

8. Floor of work-rooms

a. The floor of every room in which a lead process is carried on shall be-

i. of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water;

ii. maintained in sound condition; and

iii. kept free from materials, plant or other obstruction not required for, or produced in, the process

carried on in the room.

b. In all such rooms other than grid casting shops the floor shall be cleaned daily after being thoroughly

sprayed with water at a time when another work is being carried on in the room.

c. In grid casting shops the floor shall be cleaned daily.

d. Without prejudice to the requirements of sub-paragraphs(1), (2) and (3) where manipulation of raw

oxide of lead or pasting is carried on, the floor shall also be-

i. Kept constantly moist while work is being done;

ii. Provided with suitable and adequate arrangements for drainage;

iii. Thoroughly washed daily by means of hosepipe.

9. Work benches– The work benches at which any lead process is carried on shall–

a. Have a smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition.

b. Be kept free from all materials or plant not required for, or produced in the process carried on

threat; and all such work benches other than those in grid casting shops.

c. Be cleaned daily either after being thoroughly damped or by means of a suction cleaning apparatus

at a time when no other work is being carried on threat; and all such work benches in grid casting

shops.

d. Be cleaned daily; and every work-bench used for pasting.

e. Be covered throughout with sheet lead or other impervious material;

f. Be provide with raised edges; and

g. Be kept constantly moist while pasting is being carried on.

10. Exhaust draught –

(1) The following processes shall not be carried on without the use of an efficient exhaust draught:-

a. Melting of lead or materials containing lead.

b. Manipulation of raw oxide of lead, unless done in an enclosed apparatus so as to prevent the

escape of dust into the work-room;

c. Pasting;

d. Trimming, brushing, filing or any other abrading or cutting of pasted plates giving rise to dust;

and

e. Lead burning, other than-

i. “Tracking” in the formation room; and

ii. Chemical burning for the making of lead lining for cell cases necessarily carried on in such

manner that the application of efficient exhaust is impracticable.

(2) Such exhaust draught shall be affected by mechanical means and shall operate on the dust or fume

given off as nearly as may be at its point of origin, so as to prevent from entering the air of any room

in which persons work.

11. Fumes and gases from melting pot. –The products of combustion produced in the heating of any

melting pot shall not be allowed to escape into a room in which persons work.

12. Container for dross– A suitable receptacle with tightly fitting cover shall be provided and used for

dross as it is removed from every melting pot. Such receptacle shall be kept covered while in the

work-room, except when dross is being deposited therein.

13. Container for lead waste – A suitable receptacle shall be provided in every work room in which old

plates and waste materials which may give rise to dust shall be deposited.

14. Racks and shelves in drying room

a. The racks or shelves provided in any drying room shall not be more than 2.4 meters from the floor

not more than 60 centimeters in width:

Provided that as regards racks or shelves set or drawn from both sides the total width shall

not exceed 120 centimeters.

b. Such racks or shelves shall be cleaned only after being thoroughly damped unless an efficient

suction cleaning apparatus is used for this purpose.

15. Protective clothing – (1) Protective clothing shall be provided and maintained in good repair for all

persons employed in-

a. Manipulation of raw oxide of lead;

b. Pasting; and

c. The formation room;

and such clothing shall be worn by the person concerned.

16. Mess-room - There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all persons employed in a lead

process and remaining on the premises during the meal intervals, a suitable mess-room, which shall be

furnished with sufficient tables and benches, and adequate means for warming food. The mess-room

shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept clean.

17. Cloak-room – There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all persons employed in a lead

process-

a. A cloak room for clothing put off during working hours with adequate arrangements for drying the

clothing if wet. Such accommodation shall be separated from any mess-room; and

b. Separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective clothing provided under paragraph

15.

18. Washing facilities

a. There shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all

persons employed in a lead process-

i. A wash place under covers with either:-

1. a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe without plug,

and of sufficient length to allow of at least 60 centimeters for every five such persons

employed at any one time, and having aconstant supply of water from taps or jets

above the trough at intervals of not more than 60 centimeters; or

2. At least one wash basin for every five such persons employed at any one time

fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of water laid on;

ii. A sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable materials renewed daily, which supply,

in the case of pastors and persons employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead, shall

include a separate marked towel for each such worker; and

iii. A sufficient supply of soap or other suitable cleaning material and of nailbrushes.

iv. There shall in addition beprovided, means of washing in close proximity to the rooms in

which manipulation of raw oxide of lead or pasting is carried on if required by notice in

writing from the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator

19. Time to be allowed for washing– Before each meal and before the end of the day’s work, at least ten

minutes, in addition to the regular meal times, shall be allowed for washing to each person who has

been employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in pasting;

Provided that if there be one basin or 60 cm of trough for each such person this paragraph shall not

apply.

20. Facilities for bathing– Sufficient bath accommodation to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector-cum-

Facilitator shall be provided for all persons engaged in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in

pasting and a sufficient supply of soap and clean towels

21. Food, drinks, etc., prohibited in work rooms- No food, drink, pan and supari or tobacco shall be

consumed or brought by any worker into any work room in which any lead process is carried on.

22. Medical facilities and records of examination and tests.-

a. The occupier of every factory in which manufacture and repair of electric accumulators is carried

on shall-

i. employed 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; and

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

to in clause (a).

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

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

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

23. Medical Examination by the Medical Officer.

Every worker employed in lead process, shall be examined by a Medical Officer within 15 days of

his first employment. Such examination shall include test for lead in urine and blood, ALA in urine,

haemoglobin, content, stippling of cell and steadiness test. 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.

1. Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a Medical Officer at least

once in every three calendar months. Such re-examination shall, wherever the Medical Officer

considers appropriate, include test specified under sub-paragraph (1).

2. 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-paragraph (1) and (2) including the nature and the

results tests, shall all so be entered by the Medical Officer in a health register in FORM-V.

3. 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 fit for

employment in the said processes 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

theperiodfor 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 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.

5. No person who has been found unfit to work 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 these processes.