Schedule XXIX

CARPET AND WOOLLEN DRUGGET MAKING OR ANY WORK INCIDENTAL THERETO OR

CONNECTED THEREWITH:

1.Definition-

(a) "Efficient exhaust draught" means localised ventilation affected by mechanical means for

the removal of gas, vapour, dust or fumes at the point where they originate so as to prevent

them from escaping into the air of any place in which work is carried on. No draught shall be

deemed efficiently, which fails to remove smoke generated at the point where such gas,

vapour, fume or dust originates.

(b) "First employment" means first employment in any process mentioned under paragraph 2

and yarn dyeing process, and shall also include re-employment in the said process following

any cessation of employment for a continuous period- exceeding three calendar months.

2. Exhaust draught-The following processes shall not be carried on except under an efficient

exhaust draught or under such other conditions as may be approved by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator :

(a) Carding and spinning of raw fibre

(b) Weaving.

3. Prohibition relating to women and young persons- No pregnant women or young person ·shall

be employed or permitted to work in any of the operations specified in paragraph 2, or at any place where

such operations are carried on or at yarn dyeing processes.

Provided that women workers may be employed with their consent to work subject to the

following conditions :-

(1) International Safety standards shall be adopted by the occupier for providing Occupational

Safety and Health (OSH).

(2) The occupier shall, as far as possible, modernise the above processes/places from time to time

and will use modern equipments.

(3) Women workers who are feeding mothers shall be exempted from the Employment.

4. Ventilation-Every workroom shall be provided with inlets and outlets of adequate size so as to

secure and maintain efficient ventilation to all parts of the room.

5. Protective equipments and clothing-(i) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain

dust respirator for all persons employed in the processes included under paragraph 2.

(ii) The occupier shall provide and maintain protective clothings, gloves for all persons employed in the

dyeing process .

6. Medical facilities and records of examinations and tests--(1) The occupier of every factory in

which the carpet and woolen drugget manufacturing process is carried on shall-

(a) employ a Factory medical officer for medical surveillance of the workers employed therein,

and

(b) provide to the said Factory medical officer all the necessary facilities for the purpose referred

to in clause (a).

(2) The records of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out by the said Factory

medical officer shall be maintained in a separate register, which shall be kept readily available for

inspection by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

7. Medical examination by Factory medical officer-

(i) Every worker employed in any of the processes specified in paragraph 2 and in yarn dyeing

process shall be examined by a Factory medical officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such

examination shall include tests for detection of methaemoglobin in blood, or para nitrophenol in urine, test

for central nervous system function, pulmonary function test and chest X-ray. 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

Factory medical officer.

(ii). Every worker employed in the said processes shall be re-examined by a Factory medical

officer at least once in every 12 calendar months and such re-examination shall, wherever the Factory

medical officer considers appropriate, include tests for detection of methaemoglobin in blood, or para

nitrophenol in urine, test for central nervous system function, pulmonary function test and chest X-ray once

in every 3 years.

(iii) The Factory medical officer after examining a worker, shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in

Form-8. The record of examination and re-examination carried out shall be kept in the custody of the

Manager of the factory. The records of each examination carried under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii),

including the nature and results of the tests, shall also be entered by the Factory medical officer in a Health

Register in Form-7.

(iv)The Certificate of Fitness and the Health Register shall be readily available for inspection by

the Inspector cum Facilitator.