SCHEDULE III 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 stationary battery. 2. Definitions.- For the purposes of this Schedule:- (a) "Lead Process " means the melting of lead or any material containing casting, pasting, lead burning, or any other work including trimming, or 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 on movement of raw oxides of lead other than its conveys in a receptacle or by means of an implement from one operation to another (c) "Suspension" means suspension from employment in any lead process written certificates in the Health Register (Form 17) signed by the Certifying Surgeon, who shall have power of suspension as regards all persons employed in any such process. 3. Prohibition relating to women and young persons-No woman or young person shall be employed or permitted to work in any lead process or 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 ("tracking") necessarily carried on in connection therewith; (e) Melting down of pasted plates. 5. Air Space..- In every room in which a lead process is carried on, there shall be at least 500 cubic feet of air space for each person employed therein and in computing this air space no height over 12 feet shall be taken into account. 6. Ventilation.- Every work-room shall be provided with inlets and out of adequate size as to secure and maintain efficient ventilation in all parts of 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 six feet. 8. Floor of work-rooms.- (1) The floor of every room in which a lead process iscarried on shall be- (a) Of cement or similar material so as to be smooth and impervious to water; (b) Maintained in sound condition; (c) Kept free from materials, plant or other obstruction not required for or produced in the process carried on in the room. (2) In all such rooms other than grid casting shop the floor shall be cleaned daily after being thoroughly sprayed with water at a time when no other work is being carried on in the room. (3) In grid casting shops the floor shall be cleansed daily. (4) 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- (a) Kept constantly moist while work is being done; (b) Provided with suitable and adequate arrangements for drainage; (c) thoroughly washed daily by means of a house pipe. 9. Work-benches.- The work-benches at which any lead process is carried on shall- (a) have smooth surface and be maintained in sound condition; (b) be kept free from all material or plant not required for, or produced in the process carried on thereat; and all such work-benches other than those in grid casting shops shall- (c) be cleansed 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 thereat and all such work-benches in grids casting shops, shall- (d) be cleansed daily; and every work-bench used for pasting shall- (e) be covered throughout with sheet lead or other impervious material; (f) be provided with raised edges; (g) be kept constantly moist while pasting is being carried on. 10. Exhaust draught.- 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 enclose 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; (e) Lead burning other than; (i) "tacking" in the formation rooms; (ii) Chemical burring for the making of lead linings for cell case necessarily carried on in such a manner that the application efficient exhaust in impracticable. 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 prevent its entering the air of any room in which persons work. on 11. Fumes and gases from melting pots.- The products of combustion produced in the heating of any melting pot shall not be allowed to escape into 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 risk to dust shall be deposited. 14. Racks and Shelves in drying room.- The racks or shelves provided in any drying room shall not be more than 8 feet from the floor nor more than 2 feet in width; provided that as regards racks or shelves set or drawn from both sides the total width shall not exceed 4 feet. Such racks or shelves shall be cleansed only after being thoroughly damped unless an efficient suction cleaning apparatus is used for this purpose. 15. Medical Examination- (a) Every person employed in a leap process shall be examined by the Certifying Surgeon within seven days preceding or following the date of his first employment in such process and thereafter shall be examined by the Certifying Surgeon once in every calendar month or at such other intervals as may be specified in writing by the Chief Inspector, on a day of which due notice shall be given to all concerned. 'First Employment' means first employment in a lead process in the factory or workshop and also re-employment therein in a lead process following any & cessation of employment in such process for a period exceeding three calendar months. (b) A Health Register in Form No.17 containing the names of all persons employed in a lead process shall be kept. (c) No person after suspension shall be employed in a lead process without written sanction from the Certifying Surgeon entered in or attached to the Health Register. 16. Protective clothing.- Protective clothing shall be provided and maintained in good repair for all persons employed in- (a) manipulation of raw oxide of lead; (b) pasting; (c) the formation room; and such clothing shall be worn by the persons concerned. The protective clothing shall consist of a waterproof apron and waterproof footwear; and also as regards persons employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead or in pasting head coverings. The head coverings shall be washed daily. 17. Mess Room.- There shall be placed and maintained for the use of all persons employed in a lead process and remaining on the premises during the mean intervals, a suitable mess-room, which shall be furnished with {a) sufficient tables and benches, and (b) adequate means for warming food. The mess-room shall be provided under the charge of a responsible person and shall be kept clean. 18. 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 separate from any mess-room; (b) separate and suitable arrangements for the storage of protective clothing provided under paragraph 16. 19. Washing facilities.- 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- (a) A wash-place under cover, with either- (i) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe, without plug and of sufficient length to allow of at least two feet for every five such persons employed at anyone time, and having a constant supply of water from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than two feet; or (ii) at least one wash basin for every five such persons employed at anyone time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of water laid on; (iii) a sufficient supply of clean towels made of suitable renewed daily, which supply, in the case of pasters and employed in the manipulation of raw oxide of lead, shall include a separate marked towel for each such worker; (iv) a sufficient supply to soap or other suitable cleansing material and of nail brushes. (b) There shall in addition be provided 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. 20. 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 two feet of trough for each such person this Rule shall not apply. 21. Facilities for bathing.- Sufficient batch accommodation to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector 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. 22. 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. | 
