SCHEDULE IX Liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto 1. Cautionary notices.- (1) Cautionary notices as to anthrax in the form specified by the Chief Inspector 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 in the form specified by the Chief Inspector shall be given to each person employed when he is engaged" and subsequently if still employed on the first day of each calender 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 notice 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 contents of the notice specified in paragraph 1, 2 and 4 if chrome solutions are used in the factory, the contents of the notice specified in paragraph 3. 2. Protective clothing.- The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition the following articles of protective clothing:- (a) water proof footwear, leg coverings, aprons and gloves for persons employed in processes involving contact with chrome solutions, including the preparation of such solutions; (b) glove 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 clauses (a) and (b). Provided that- (i) the gloves, aprons, leg coverings or boots may be of rubber or leather but the gloves and boots to be provided under sub-clauses (a) and (b) shall be of rubber; (ii) the gloves may not be provided to persons fleshing by hand or employed in processes in which there is no risk of contact with lime, sodium sulphide or other caustic liquor. 3. Washing facilities, mess-room and cloak-room.- There shall be provided and maintained in a clean state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed- (a) a trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted with a waste pipe without plug, and of sufficient length to allow at least two feet for every ten persons employed at anyone time, and having a constant supply of water from taps or jets above the trough at interval of not more than two feet; or (b) at least one wash basin for every ten such persons employed at any one time, fitted with a waste pipe and plug and having a constant supply of water together with either case, a sufficient supply of nail brushes, soap or other suitable cleansing material, and clean towels; (c) a suitable mess-room, adequate for the number remaining on the premises during the meal intervals, which shall be furnished with (1) sufficient tables and benches and (2) adequate means for warming food and for boiling water. The mess-room shall (1) be separate from any room or shed in which hides or skins are stored, treated or manipulated, (2) be separate from the cloak-room, and (3) be placed under the charge of a responsible person; (d) suitable accommodation for clothing put off during working hours and another accommodation for protective clothing and shall also make adequate arrangements for drying up the clothing in both the cases, if wet.. The accommodation so provided shall be kept clean at all times and placed under the charge of responsible person. 4. Food, drinks etc. prohibited in work-rooms.- No food, drink, pan and supari or tobacco shall be brought into or consumed by any worker in any work.- room or shed in which hides and skilled are stored, treated or manipulated. First aid arrangements.- The occupier shall- (a) arrange for an inspection of the hands of all persons coming into with chrome solutions to be made twice a week by a responsible person; (b) collapse or failure of a crance, derrick, winch, hoist or other and impermeable waterproof plaster in a box readily accessible to the worker and used solely for the purpose of keeping the ointment and plaster. | 
