Chapter IV Chapter IV

Health and Welfare

Every industrial premises or any place, excepting the dwelling place of a weaver, wherein any handloom industry or any other operation connected with handloom industry is ordinarily carried on, shall be kept clean and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or other nuisance and shall also maintain such standard of cleanliness including white washing, colour washing, varnishing or painting as may be prescribed.

1. (1) For the purpose of preventing injury to the health of the persons working therein, every industrial premises shall maintain such standards of ventilation as may be prescribed.
2. (2) Wherever dust or fume or other impurity of such a nature and to such an extent as is likely to be injurious or offensive to the employees in any industrial premises or weaving centre is given off by reason of the manufacturing process carried on in such premises or weaving centre, the competent authority may require the employer to take such effective measures as may prevent the inhalation of such fume or dust or other impurity and accumulation thereof in any work room. Explanation. - For the purpose of this section "manufacturing process" means any process for, or incidental to, making, finishing or packing or otherwise, treating any article or substance with a view to its use, sale, transport, delivery or disposal as handloom fabric.

1. (1) In every industrial premises where employees are working or passing, there shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable lighting, natural or artificial or both.
2. (2) In every industrial premises, all glazed windows and sky-lights used for the lighting of any work room shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer surface.

1. (1) No room in any industrial premises shall be overcrowded to an extent injurious to the health of the employees therein.
2. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), there shall be in any work room of any such industrial premises at least 4 1/4 cubic metres of space for every employee therein, and for the purposes of this sub-sect ion, no account shall be taken of any space which is more than 3 metres above the level of the floor of the work room.

1. (1) The employer shall make, in every industrial premises, effective arrangements to provide and maintain, at suitable points conveniently situated for all employees therein, a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water.
2. (2) All such points shall be legibly marked "Drinking Water" in Tamil and no such point shall be situated within 6 metres of any washing place, urinal or latrine except with the prior approval in writing of the competent authority.

1. (1) In every industrial premises, sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of such types as may be prescribed, shall be provided and shall be so conveniently situated as may be easily accessible to all the employees at all time while they are in the industrial premises.
2. (2) Separate enclosed accommodation shall be provided for male and female employees.
3. (3) All such accommodation shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.

In every industrial premises wherein any item of work relating to bleaching or dyeing or finishing is carried on, the employer shall provide such washing facilities for the use of the employees as may be prescribed.

In every industrial premises, wherein fifty or more female employees are ordinarily employed on any day in a year, there shall be provided and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the use of the children under the age of six years of such female employees and the Government may make rules relating to maintenance of such creches.

Every industrial premises shall provide such first-aid facilities as may be prescribed.