PART A

Occupations

Any occupation concerned with: –

Transport of passengers, goods or mails by railways;
Cinder picking, clearing of an ash pit or building operation in the railway premises;
Work in a catering establishment at a railway station, involving the movement of a vendor or any other employee of the establishment from the one platform to another or in to or out of a moving train;
Work relating to the construction of a railway station or with any other work where such work is done in close proximity to or between the railway lines;
A port authority within the limits of any port;

* (6) Work relating to selling of crackers and fireworks in shops with temporary licenses;

# (7) Abattoirs/Slaughter House;

$ (8) Automobile workshops and garages;

Foundries;
Handling of toxic or inflammable substances or explosives;
Handloom and power loom industry;
Mines (underground and under water) and collieries;
Plastic units and fiberglass workshops;
Domestic workers or servants and
Dhabas (roadside eateries), restaurants, hotels, motels, tea shops, resorts, spas or other recreational centers.

PART B

Processes

Beedi – making.
Carpet – weaving.
Cement manufacture, including bagging of cement.
Cloth printing, dyeing and weaving.
Manufacture of matches, explosives and fireworks.
Mica – cutting and splitting.
Shellac manufacture.
Soap manufacture.
Tanning.
Wool – cleaning.
Building and construction industry.

* (12) Manufacture of slate pencils (including packing).

* (13) Manufacture of products from agate.

* (14) Manufacturing processes using toxic metals and substances such as lead, mercury, manganese, chromium, cadmium, benzene, pesticides and asbestos.

# (15) Hazardous processes as defined in Sec. 2 (cb) and dangerous operation as noticed in rules made under section 87 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)

# (16) Printing as defined in Section 2(k) (iv) of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)

# (17) Cashew and cashewnut descaling and processing.

# (18) Soldering processes in electronic industries.

$ (19) Aggarbatti manufacturing.

Automobile repairs and maintenance including processes incidental thereto namely, welding, lathe work, dent beating and painting.
Brick kilns and Roof tiles units.
Cotton ginning and processing and production of hosiery goods.
Detergent manufacturing.
Fabrication workshops (ferrous and non ferrous)
Gem cutting and polishing.
Handling of chromite and manganese ores.
Jute textile manufacture and coir making.
Lime Kilns and Manufacture of Lime.
Lock Making.
Manufacturing processes having exposure to lead such as primary and secondary smelting, welding and cutting of lead-painted metal constructions, welding of galvanized or zinc silicate, polyvinyl chloride, mixing (by hand) of crystal glass mass, sanding or scraping of lead paint, burning of lead in enameling workshops, lead mining, plumbing, cable making, wiring patenting, lead casting, type founding in printing shops. Store type setting, assembling of cars, shot making and lead glass blowing.
Manufacture of cement pipes, cement products and other related work.
Manufacture of glass, glass ware including bangles, florescent tubes, bulbs and other similar glass products.
Manufacture of dyes and dye stuff.
Manufacturing or handling of pesticides and insecticides.
Manufacturing or processing and handling of corrosive and toxic substances, metal cleaning and photo engraving and soldering processes in electronic industry.
Manufacturing of burning coal and coal briquettes.
Manufacturing of sports goods involving exposure to synthetic materials, chemicals and leather.
Moulding and processing of fiberglass and plastic.
Oil expelling and refinery.
Paper making.
Potteries and ceramic industry.
Polishing, moulding, cutting, welding and manufacturing of brass goods in all forms.
Processes in agriculture where tractors, threshing and harvesting machines are used and chaff cutting.
Saw mill all processes.
Sericulture processing.
Skinning, dyeing and processes for manufacturing of leather and leather products.
Stone breaking and stone crushing.
Tobacco processing including manufacturing of tobacco, tobacco paste and handling of tobacco in any form.
Tyre making, repairing, re-treading and graphite benefication.
Utensils making, polishing and metal buffing.
Zari making (all processes).

@ (52) Electroplating;

Graphite powdering and incidental processing;
Grinding or glazing of metals;
Diamond cutting and polishing;
Extraction of slate from mines;
Rag picking and scavenging.

for item (2), the following item shall be substituted, namely:-

(2) carpet weaving including preparatory and incidental process thereof;

for item(4), the following item shall be substituted, namely:-

(4) cloth printing, dyeing and weaving including processes preparatory and incidental thereto:

c. for item (11) the following shall be substituted, namely:- (11) Building and Construction Industry including processing and polishing of granite stones.

* Ins. by Notification No. S. O. 404(E) dated the 5^th June

1989 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.

# Ins. by Notification No. S. O. 263 (E) dated 29^th March,

1994 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.

$ Ins. Sr. No. 8-13 in Part A and Sr. No. 19-51 in Part B by

Notification No. S. O. 36 (E) dated 27^th January 1999

published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.

@ Ins.Sr. No. 52 57 part B By Notification No. S.O. 397 (E) dated the 10^th May 2001 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.

**Ins.Sr. No. 14 & 15 Part A by Notification No. S.O. 1742 (E) dated the 10^th October 2006 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.

List of Industries involving hazardous processes as defined u/s 2(cb)of the Factories Act, 1948

Ferrous Metallurgical Industries
- Integrated Iron and Steel
- Ferrow-alloys
- Special Steels
Non-ferrous metallurgical Industries
- Primary Metallurgical Industries, namely, zinc, lead, copper, manganese and aluminium
Foundries (ferrous and non-ferrous)
- Castings and forging including cleaning or smootherning/roughening by sand and shot blasting
Coal (including coke) industries
- Coal, Lignite, Coke, etc.
- Fuel Gases (including Coal Gas, Producer Gas, Water Gas)
Power Generating Industries
Pulp and paper (including paper products) industries
Fertiliser Industries
- Nitrogenous
- Phosphatic
- Mixed
Cement Industries
- Portland Cement (including slag cement, puzzolona cement and their products)
Petroleum Industries
- Oil Refining
- Lubricating Oils and Greases
Petro-chemical Industries
Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industries
- Narcotics, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
Fermentation Industries (Distilleries and Breweries)
Rubber (Synthetic) Industries
Paints and Pigment Industries
Leather Tanning Industries
Electro-plating Industries
Chemical Industries
- Coke Oven by-products and Coaltar Distillation products
- Industrial Gases (nitrogen, oxygen, acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide, halogenated hydrocarbon, ozone, etc.)
- Industrial Carbon
- Alkalies and Acids
- Chromates and dichromates
- Leads and its compounds
- Electrochemicals (metallic sodium, potassium and magnesium, chlorates, perchlorates and peroxides)
- Electrothermal produces (artificial abrasive, calcium carbide)
- Nitrogenous compounds (cyanides, cyanamides and other nitrogenous compounds)
- Phosphorous and its compounds
- Halogens and Halogenated compounds (Chlorine, Flourine, Bromine and Iodine
- Explosives (including industrial explosives and detonators and fuses)
Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and other Pesticides Industries
Synthetic Resin and plastics
Man-made Fibre (Cellulosic and non-cellulosic) Industry
Manufacture and repair of electrical accumulators
Glass and Ceramics
Grinding or glaxing of metals
Manufacture, handling and processing of asbestos and its products
Extraction of oils and fats from vegetable and animal sources
Manufacture, handling and use of benzene and substances containing benzene
Manufacturing processes and operations involving carbon disulphide
Dyes and Dyestuff including their intermediates
Highly flammable liquids and gases

Rule prescribed under section 87 of the Factories Act, 1948(63 of 1948)

120. Dangerous manufacturing processes or operations

(1) The following manufacturing processes or operations when carried on in any factory are declared to be dangerous manufacturing processes or operations under section 87: –

i. Manufacture of aerated water and processes incidental thereto.
ii. Electrolytic plating or oxidation of metal articles by use of an electrolyte containing acids, bases or salts of metals such as chromium, nickel, cadmium, zinc, copper, silver, gold, etc.
iii. Manufacture and repair of electric accumulators.
iv. Glass Manufacture.
v. Grinding or glazing of metals.
vi. Manufacture and treatment of lead and certain compounds of lead.
vii. Generating petrol gas from petrol.
viii. Cleaning or smoothing, roughening, etc. of articles by a jet of sand, metal shot or grit or other abrasive propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam.
ix. Liming and tanning of raw hides and skins and processes incidental thereto.
x. Certain lead processes carried on in printing presses and type foundries.
xi. Manufacture of pottery.
xii. Chemical works.
xiii. Manipulation of stone or any other material containing free silica.
xiv. Handling and processing of asbestos manufacture of any article of asbestos and any other process of manufacture or otherwise in which asbestos is used in any form.
xv. Handling or manipulation of corrosive substances.
xvi. Processing of cashew nut.
xvii. Compression of oxygen and hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water.
xviii. Process of extracting oils and fats from vegetable and animal sources in solvent extraction plants.
xix. Manufacture or manipulation of manganese and its compounds.
xx. Manufacture or manipulation of dangerous pesticides.
xxi. Manufacture, handling and usage of benzene and substances containing benzene.
xxii. Manufacturing process or operations in carbon disulphide plants.
xxiii. Manufacture or manipulation of carcinogenic dye intermediates
xxiv. Operations involving high noise levels.
xxv. Manufacture of Rayon by Viscose Process.
xxvi. Highly flammable liquids and flammable compressed gases.
xxvii. Foundry operations.

(2) First employment means employment for the first time in a hazardous process or operation so notified under Section 87, or re-employment therein after cessation of employment in such process or operation for a period exceeding three calendar months.
(3) The provisions specified in the schedule given in Part II shall apply to any class or description of factories wherein dangerous manufacturing processes or operations specified in each schedule are carried on.
(4) (a) For the medical examination of workers to be carried out by the Certifying Surgeon as required by the schedule annexed to this rule, the occupier of the factory shall pay fees at the rate of Rs………………. per examination of each worker every time he is examined.
(5) Notwithstanding the provision specified in the schedules annexed to this Rule, the Inspector may by issues of order in writing to the manager or occupier or both, direct them to carry out such measures, and within such time, as may be specified in such order with a view to removing conditions dangerous to the health of the workers, or to suspend any process, where such process constitutes, in the opinion of the Inspector, imminent danger of poisoning or toxicity.
(6) Any register or record of medical examinations and tests connected therewith required to be carried out under any of the Schedules annexed hereto in respect of any worker shall be kept readily available to the Inspector and shall be preserved till the expiry of one year after the worker ceases to be in employment of the factory.

Printing as defined in Section 2(k) (iv) of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)

composing types for printing, printing by letter press, lithography, photogravure or other similar process or book-binding.

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