_Regulation 8._—Special accommodation for washing and for
dressing shall be provided for the workers, which accommodation
shall be kept clean, heated in cold weather, and furnished with
conveniences for the storage of clothing.
_Regulation 9._—The employer shall issue regulations which
shall be binding on the workers, and shall contain the
following provisions for such workers as handle lead colour and
mixtures thereof:
1. Workers shall not consume spirits in any place where work is
carried on.
2. Workers shall not partake of food or drink, or leave the
place of employment until they have put off their working
clothes and carefully washed their hands.
3. Workers, when engaged in processes specified by the
employer, shall wear working clothes.
4. Smoking cigars and cigarettes is prohibited during work.
Furthermore, it shall be set forth in the regulations that
workers who, in spite of reiterated warning, contravene the
foregoing provisions may be dismissed before the expiration of
their contract without notice. If a code of regulations has
been issued for the industry (par. 134a of the G.O.) the above
indicated provisions shall be incorporated in the said code.
_Regulation 10._—The employer shall entrust the supervision of
the workers’ health to a duly qualified medical man approved of
by the public authority, and notified to the factory inspector
(par. 139b of the G.O.), and the said medical man shall examine
the workers once at least in every six months for symptoms
indicative of plumbism.
The employer shall not permit any worker who is suffering from
plumbism or who, in the opinion of the doctor, is suspected of
plumbism, to be employed in any work in which he has to handle
lead colours or mixtures thereof, until he has completely
recovered.
_Regulation 11._—The employer shall keep or shall cause to be
kept a register in which shall be recorded the state of health
of the workers, and also the constitution of and changes in
the staff; and he shall be responsible for the entries being
complete and accurate, except in so far as they are affected by
the medical man.
Then follow the regulations as to entries in the Register, as to which
see the Regulations as to lead smelting works, p. 300.
Type Founding and Compositors’ Work
(See also pp. 138 and 139)
Fumes which may carry up lead dust are generated in the casting of
letters. Dust arises also in setting the type. General hygienic measures
are especially called for such as healthy conditions in the workrooms.
Much can be done by exhaust ventilation locally applied to the type cases
and to letter (mono- and linotype) casting machines. Vacuum cleaning of
printing workshops and type cases is strongly advised.
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