Schedule IV

ALL TYPES OF ELECTROPLATING PROCESS

1. Definitions.—For the purposes of this schedule—

(a) "Electrolytic process " means the electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by the use of

an electrolyte.

(b) "Bath" means by vessel used for an electrolytic process or for any subsequent process.

(c) "Employed" means in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this schedule, employed in any process

involving contact with liquid from a bath and.

(d) "Suspension" means suspension from employment in any process involving contact with liquid

from any bath by written certificate in the health register, signed by the Factory medical officer,

who shall have power of suspension as regards all persons employed in any such process.

(e) "First employment" means first employment in an electrolytic process in the factory 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.—An efficient exhaust draught shall be applied to every vessel in which an

electrolytic processes is carried on. Such draught shall be provided by mechanical means and shall

operate on the vapour or spray given off in the process as nearby as may be at the point of origin.

The exhaust draught appliance shall be so constructed, arranged and maintained as to prevent the

vapour or spray entering into any room or place in which work is carried on.

3. Prohibition relating to women and young persons.—No pregnant women or young person shall be

employed or permitted to work at a bath.

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. Floor of workrooms.—The floor or every room containing a bath shall be impervious to water. The

floor shall be maintained in good and level condition and shall be washed down at least once a day.

5. Protective clothing.—

(1) The occupier of the factory shall provide and maintain in good and clean condition the following

articles of protective clothing for the use of all persons employed in any process at which they

are liable to come in contact with liquid from a bath and such clothing shall be worn by the

persons concerned :

(a) Water-proof aprons and bibs, and

(b) for persons actually working at a bath, loose fitting rubber gloves and rubber boots or

other water-proof footwear.

(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of all persons employed, suitable

accommodation for the storage and adequate arrangements for the drying of the protective

clothing.

6. Medical facilities and record of examinations and tests. –

(1) The occupier of every factory in which electrolytic processesare 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

purposes referred to in clause (a):and

(c) provide and maintain a sufficient supply of suitable ointment and inpermiable water

proof plaster in separate box readly accessible to the worker and use solely for the purpose

of keeping the ointment and plaster.

(2) The factory medical officer shall examine all workers becore they are employed in electrolytic

process. Such examination shall include inspection of hands, forearms nad nose and will be

carried out at intervels of not more than one week.

(3) The record of medical examinations and appropriate tests carried out shall be maintained in health

register Form-7, which shall be kept readily available for inspection by the Inspector-cum-

Facilitator.

7. Medical examination-

(1) Every worker employed in the electrolytic processes shall be examined by a Factory medical

officer within 15 days of his first employment. Such examination shall include tests for

chromium in urine and nasal septum perforation. 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.

(2) Every worker employed in the said process shall be re-examined by Factory Medical Officer at

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

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

(3) Factory Medical Officer after examining a worker shall issue a Certificate of Fitness in Form-

8. The record of examination and re-examinations carried out shall be kept in the custody of the manager 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 Factory Medical Officer in a Health Register

in Form-7.

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

by the Inspector cum facilitator.

(5) If at any time, the Factory Medical Officer or 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 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 considers that the said person is unfit for work in the said processes.

(6) No person who has been found unfit to work as said in sub-paragraph (5) 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.

8. Cautionary placard.—A cautionary placard in the form specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator

and printed in the language of the majority of the workers employed shall be affixed in a prominent place

in the factory where it can be easily and conveniently read by the workers.

9. Weekly examination.—Where electrolytic plating is done the Factory Medical Officer shall examine the

worker weekly and inspect the hands forearms of the persons employed and shall keep a record of such

inspections in a register.