16. The suit of clothes, or overalls, provided in Regs. 14 and
15, respirators and gloves, shall be provided in sufficient
amount and in proper condition. The occupier shall see that
they are always suitable for their purpose, and are not worn
except by those workers for whom they are intended; and that
they, at stated intervals (the overalls at least once a week,
the respirators and gloves prior to use), are cleaned, and
during the time that they are not in use are kept in a place
specially reserved for each article.
17. A lavatory and cloak room shall be provided for the use of
the workmen in a part of the building free from dust. Separate
from it there shall be a dining-room. These rooms must be kept
free from dust and be warmed during the winter.
In a suitable place provision shall be made for warming the
workers’ food.
Water, soap, and towels, and arrangements for keeping separate
the overalls from other clothing taken off before the
commencement of work shall be provided in sufficient amount in
the lavatory and cloak room.
The occupier shall afford opportunity for persons engaged in
cleaning out flue dust chambers, dust flues, and the cooled
furnaces, to take a bath daily after the end of the work, and
for those handling oxides of lead, at least once a week, during
working hours inside the works. The bathroom shall be warmed
during the winter.
18. The occupier shall place the supervision of the health of
the workers in the hands of a surgeon, appointed by the higher
authorities for this purpose, whose name shall be sent to the
Inspector of Factories. The surgeon shall examine the workers
at least once a month in the factory, with a view to the
detection of symptoms of lead poisoning.
The occupier shall not employ persons suspected by the surgeon
of having contracted lead poisoning in the processes mentioned
in Reg. 1 or in cleaning out flue dust chambers, dust flues, or
furnaces when cold, or transport of the flue dust, until they
are quite well. Those who appear peculiarly susceptible shall
be permanently suspended from working in these processes.
19. The Health Register shall be shown to the Factory Inspector
and Appointed Surgeon on demand. (Similar to Reg. 15 of Spelter
Regulations.)
20. The occupier shall require the workers to subscribe to the
following conditions:—
(1) Food must not be taken into the workrooms. Meals may only
be taken outside the workrooms.
(2) Workmen must only enter the meal room to take their meals
or leave the factory, after they have taken off their overalls
and carefully washed their face and hands.
(3) Workmen must use the overalls, respirators and gloves in
those workrooms and for the particular processes for which they
are given them.
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