HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION RULES, 1963
(Gaz. of West Pak Extr , 4 Sept 1964, p. 2835,)
No. 1‑6 (L‑II)/64‑19th
August, 1964‑----With reference to the
Government of West Pakistan Notification No. 1‑25 (L‑II)/63, dated the 10
August 1963, appearing in the extraordinary issue of the Gazette of West
Pakistan of 12th September, 1963, the Governor of West Pakistan, in exercise of
the powers conferred under sub‑section (4) of section 33‑Q of the Factories
Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934) and in supersession of‑‑
(1) The
Hazardous Occupations (Lead) Rules, 1937;
(2) The
Hazardous Occupations (Miscellaneous) Rules, 1937;
(3) The
Hazardous Occupations (Aerated Waters) Rules, 1937;
(4) The
Hazardous Occupations (Chromium) Rules, 1937;
(5) Th.‑
Hazardous Occupations (Cellulose Spraying) Rules, 1937; and
(6) The
Hazardous Occupations (Sand Blasting) Rules, 1937 ;
in their application to
the Province of West Pakistan, is pleased to frame the following rules.
(1) THE WEST PAKISTAN HAZADOUS OCCUPATIONS(LEAD) RULES, 1963
(Sind Govt replaced
"West Pakistan" by "Sind" in all Hazardous Occupations
Rules. Noti. SO (L‑11) 2‑32/75, dt. 25 Sept. 1984, Sind Govt Gaz Extr. Pt. IV
A, Sept. 25, 1984, p.47=1994 PLS 53.)
1. Short title and
application.‑-------(1) These rules may be
called the West Pakistan Hazardous Occupations (Lead) Rules, 1963.
(2) They shall apply to
all factories in which any operation specified in the Schedule is carried on.
2. Definitions------In these rules unless the context otherwise
requires, the fallowing expressions shall have the meanings thereby
respectively assigned to them, that is to say‑
(a) "Act"
means the Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934);
(b) "certifying
surgeon" means a registered medical practitioner appointed as a certifying
surgeon under section 12 of the Act;
(c) "Chief
Inspector" means the Chief Inspector of Factories;
(d) "fitness
certificate" means a certificate granted by a certifying surgeon under
rule 6;
(e) "lead
compound" means any carbonate, sulphate, nitrate, oxide, chromate,
silicate or acetate of lead or any organic ethyl and methyl lead compound or
any lead material used in the manufacture of such compound and containing five
parts or more of lead but excluding metallic lead ores which contain lead only
in the form of sulphide; and
(f) "Schedule"
means the Schedule to these roles.
3. Declaration of
operations, as Hazardous.‑‑‑The operations specified in the Schedule are declared to be
Hazardous when carried on in any factory.
4. Sampling---‑‑When an Inspector of Factories suspects that any
substance used or intended for use in any factory contains a lead compound he
may at any time take for analysis sufficient samples of that substance:
Provided that the
manager of the factory may at the time when a sample is taken and on providing
the necessary appliances, require the Inspector to divide the sample into two
parts and to make and seal and deliver to him one such part.
5. Prohibition of
Employment of Women, Adolescents and children.‑‑‑‑No woman, adolescent or child shall be employed
in any factory in any of the operations specified in the Schedule.
6. Medical Certification
and Examination.‑‑(1) No persons shall be
employed in any factory for more than fifteen days in the year in any of the
operations specified in the Schedule unless a certificate of fitness in the
form appended to these rules granted to him by a certifying surgeon, is in the
custody of the manager of the factory.
(2) The Chief Inspector
may require that any person granted a certificate under sub‑rule (1) shall
carry with him while at work, a token giving reference to such certificate.
(3) Every person
employed on any of the process mentioned in the Schedule shall be re‑examined
by a certifying surgeon once a month or at such shorter or longer intervals as
may be specified in writing by the Chief Inspector of Factories according to
the degree of risk of lead poisoning involved in any process. This examination
shall include examination for typical fasicalp allor, blood haemoglobin
concentration, punctate basophylia and, where necessary laboratory facilities
are available, blood and urinary cuproporphyrines is addition to leading for
other signs and symptoms of lead poisoning.
(4) If at any time the
certifying surgeon is of opinion that any person is no longer fit for
employment in any of the operations specified the Schedule, he shall cancel the
certificate of fitness of that person.
(5) No person whose certificate
of fitness has been cancelled shall be employed in any of the operations
specified in the Schedule unless the certifying surgeon again certified him to
be fit.
[(6) The fees for
examination under this rule, as may be fixed by the Chief Inspector, shall be
borne by the employer.]( Sub‑rule (6) added,
Gaz. of West Pak. Extr. 7 Nov. 1966, p. 3033.)
7. Exhaust Draughts.‑(1) The following processes shall not be carried
on in any factory except with an efficient exhaust draught: ‑‑
(a) melting old or dirty
scrap lead ;
(b) heating lead
material so that vapour containing lead is given off ;
(c) cooling molten
flaked litherge
(d) feeding any furnace
or retort ; and
(e) manipulating lead
material in any furnace.
(2) No draught shall be
deemed efficient which fails to remove smokers dust or gas given off at the
point where such gas, vapour, fume or dust originate.
8. Floor and Work‑benches.‑‑(1) The floor of every room in which any person
is employed on any of the operations specified in the Schedule, shall be of
smooth cement or, other smooth impervious material.
(2) The top of every
work‑bench in every such room shall be of smooth impervious material.
(3) The said floor and
work‑benches shall be kept clean and in good condition.
(4) The Chief Inspector
may by order in writing, require such floors and work‑benches to be kept wet in
such manner as he may deem suitable in order to reduce dust.
9. Washing Facilities.‑‑(1) The occupier of a factory to which these
rules apply shall provide and maintain in a cleanly state and in good repair,
for the use of all persons employed in lead process‑
(a) a
lavatory under cover with an adequate supply of clean towels which shall be
renewed daily, soap and nail brushes ; and
(b) sufficient
and suitable bath accommodation.
(2) At least one
lavatory basin fitted with a waste pipe arid plug arid having a constant supply
of hot water shall he provided for every five persons employed in a lead
process.
10. Protective clothing.‑‑---The occupier shall provide arid maintain
sufficient and suitable overalls, gloves and head coverings and clean
respirators and shall cause, them to be worn properly by every person employed
on any of the operations specified in the schedule. At the end of everyday’s
work they shall be collected and kept in proper custody in a, suitable place
set apart for tile purpose. They shall be thoroughly washed every week and
those which have been used in the stove shall be washed daily.
11. Special Provisions
relating to white lead, etc.------(1) Where white lead is male by the stack process, every stack
shall be provided with a stand pipe anti moveable hose and adequate supply of
water, distributed by a hose. Every white lead bed, shall, on the removal of
covering boards be adequately damped by the means provided.
(2) Where white lead is
made by the chamber process, the chamber shall be kept damp while the process
is in operations and the corrosion shall be adequately damped before the
chamber is emptied.
(3) A corrosion shall
not be carried extent in trays of impervious maternal and no person shall be
allowed to carry, on his head or shoulder, a tray of corrosion which has been
allowed to rest directly upon the corrosion pr upon any surface where there is
dry lead compound.
(4) The floor round
roller and opens vats and of any place where dry lead compound is packed or
manipulated, shall be of smooth cement or other smooth impervious material and
shall be kept constantly damp.
12. Duties of
Employees-------(1) Every person
employed in any lead process mentioned it, the Schedule, shall present himself
for examination by the certifying surgeon, at the fixed time.
(2) No person, whose
certificate of fitness has been suspended shall work in any load process or in
any fume process unless the certifying surgeon again certifies him fit to do
so.
(3) Every person
employed in any lead process, shall deposit, in the place provided for the
purpose, all clothing put of during working hours.
(4) Every person
employed in any lead process shall, before partaking of food or leaving the
premises where the lead process is carried on, wash his face and hands.
(5) No person shall
introduce, keep, prepare or partake of any food or drink or make use of tobacco
in any place in which any lead process is carried on.
SCHEDULE
(i) Work at furnace
where reduction or treatment of zinc or lead ores is carried on ;
(ii) the manipulation,
treatment, or reduction of ashes containing lead, the desilversing of lead or
the refining of dross cantaining lead ;
(iii) the manufacture of
alloys containing more than ten per cent of lead ;
(iv) the manufacture of
any oxide, carbonate, sulphate, chromate, acetate, nitrate, or silicate of lead
;
(v) handling or mixing
of lead tetra ethyl ;
(vi) mixing or pasting
in connection with the manufacture or repair of electric accumulators ;
(vii) the manufacture,
assembly and repair of lead storage batteries ;
(viii) the cleaning of
work‑rooms where any of the processes aforesaid are carried on ; and
(ix) every other
manufacturing operation involving the use of ‑my lead compound or the cleaning
of work‑rooms where any such operation is carried on.
FORM
Certificate of Fitness
In respect of persons employed in operations involving the use
of lead compounds
[Rule
6 of the West Pakistan Hazardous Occupations (Lead) Rules, 1963]
Serial No.
Date
I hereby certify that I have personally examined (name) son of
(caste,
etc.) residing
at
who is desirous of being employed
as in
the
Factory; that his age as nearly as can be ascertained from my
examination
is years
and that he/she is in my opinion fit for employment at
work involving the use of lead compounds, until His/Her
descriptive marks are‑‑
Left thumb‑impression of person examined.
Certifying Surgeon
|
I certify that I
re‑examined
the
person
mentioned
above, on
|
I extend
this
certificate
until
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Signature
of
Certifying
Surgeon
|
Note of symptoms of
lead poisoning
(if any)
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