11. A warm bath or shower bath shall be provided each week for
the workers exposed to lead dust or fumes.
A warm bath or shower bath shall be provided every day after
work, for each worker employed, either in emptying or cleaning
the condensing chambers and flues, in repairing furnaces in
lead works, in carrying lead corrosions from the beds in white
lead factories, in packing red lead, in grinding lead enamels
and in dry dusting.
12. Employers are required to exhibit, in a conspicuous
position in the works, regulations imposing on the workers the
following obligations:—
To use the appliances, gloves, respirators, and working clothes
placed at their disposal.
Not to bring into the works either food or drink.
To pay great care, before each meal, to the cleanliness of the
mouth, nose, and hands.
To take the baths weekly or daily as provided in section 11.
13. The Minister of Labour may, by Order made with the advice
of the Consultative Committee for Arts and Manufactures, exempt
an establishment for a specified period, from all or part of
the requirements of Regs. 2ᵃ, 2ᵇ, 2ᶜ, 5² and 6¹ in any case
where it is found that observance of these requirements is
practically impossible, and that the health and safety of the
workers are assured by conditions at least equivalent to those
prescribed in the present Order.
14. Subject to additional postponements which may be granted
by the Minister in pursuance of Section 6 of the Act of 12th
June, 1893 (as amended by that of 11th July, 1903), the delay
required for the carrying out of the alterations necessitated
by the present Decree is limited to one year from the date of
its publication.
15. The Ministry of Labour is charged with the administration
of this Decree.
This decree was supplemented by further noteworthy additions requiring
medical supervision in lead industries as follows:
DECREE OF DECEMBER 28, 1909, ORGANISING MEDICAL SERVICE IN
INDUSTRIES EXPOSING THE WORKERS TO RISK OF LEAD POISONING
1. In premises in which the processes enumerated in Regulation
1 of the Decree of April 23, 1908, are carried on medical
attendance as prescribed below shall be provided.
2. A surgeon appointed by the occupier shall examine the
workers and enter the results of examination required in
Regulations 3 and 4. The examinations shall be paid for by the
occupier.
3. No person shall be employed in work mentioned in Regulation
1 of the Decree of April 23, 1908, without a certificate from
the surgeon stating that he is free from symptoms of lead
poisoning and of illness which might render him specially
susceptible.
4. No worker shall remain at the same employment unless
the certificate is renewed one month after commencement of
employment and subsequently at quarterly intervals.
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