The Rajasthan Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026
Schedule IX
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Liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto
1. Cautionary notices.- (1) Cautionary notices as to anthrax shall be affixed in prominent
positions in the factory where they may be easily and conveniently read by the persons
employed.
(2) A copy of a warning notice as to anthrax shall be given to each person employed when he
is engaged, and subsequently, if still employed, every year.
(3) Cautionary notices 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.
(4) 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.
(5) If any person employed in the factory is illiterate, effective steps shall be taken to explain
carefully to such illiterate person the content of the notice specified in sub- clause (1), (2), (3)
and (4) and if chrome solutions are used in the factory.
2. Protective clothing.- The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition the
following articles of protective clothing:
(a) water-proof footwear, leg covering, aprons and gloves for persons 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) protective footwear, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes,
involving the handling of hides or skins, other than in processes specified in sub-
clauses (a) and (b):
Provided that the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots of National or
International Standards.
3. Medical examination.- Every worker employed in any of these processes to which the
schedule applies shall be examined within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination
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shall include skin test and dermatosis and detection of anthrax bacillus from local lesion by
gram stain.