| 1. | Occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to the fumes, dust, mist, gas or vapour of — |
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| (a) | arsenic or any of its compounds |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine arsenic examination |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iii) | Liver function tests including serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, alanine and aspartate aminotransferase estimations |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| (iv) | A full size chest x‑ray examination |
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| | (iv) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| (b) | cadmium or any of its compounds |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Blood cadmium estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iii) | Urine Beta2-microglobulin estimation |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (c) | lead or any of its compounds |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| (ii) | Blood lead estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| (ii) | Urine lead estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| (d) | manganese or any of its compounds |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine manganese estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (e) | mercury or any of its compounds |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine mercury estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| 2. | Occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to the liquid, fumes or vapour of — |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine tt-muconic acid or urine s‑phenylmercapturic acid estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iii) | Haemoglobin estimation and full blood count |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iv) | Peripheral blood film |
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| | (iv) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| (ii) | Red blood cell acetylcholinesterase estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 6 months |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine trichloroacetic acid estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iii) | Liver function tests including serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, alanine and aspartate aminotransferase estimations |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Urine trichloroacetic acid estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (iii) | Liver function tests including serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, alanine and aspartate aminotransferase estimations |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| (e) | vinyl chloride monomer |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Liver function tests including serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, alanine and aspartate aminotransferase estimations |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| 3. | Occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to tar, pitch, bitumen or creosote |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| 4. | Occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to the dust of — |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 36 months |
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| (ii) | A full size chest x‑ray examination |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 36 months |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| (ii) | Lung function tests (FEV1 and FVC) before and after 6 hours of exposure to cotton dust on the same day |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 36 months |
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| (ii) | A full size chest x‑ray examination |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 36 months |
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| 5. | Occupations involving exposure to excessive noise |
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| | (i) | An audiometric examination (where the air conduction is abnormal, to include bone conduction testing and auroscopic examination) |
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| | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| 6. | Occupations involving work in a compressed air environment |
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| | | (i) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter — |
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| | | (A) | not less than once in every 3 months in respect of working pressures not exceeding one bar |
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| | | (B) | not less than once in every one month in respect of working pressures at or exceeding one bar |
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| | | (C) | not more than 3 days prior to re‑employment in a compressed air environment if an employee has — |
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| | | (CA) | not worked in a compressed air environment for more than 14 consecutive days |
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| | | (CB) | suffered from a ear, nose, throat or respiratory infection |
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| | | (CC) | suffered from any illness or injury necessitating absence from work for more than 3 consecutive days |
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| | (ii) | Height, weight and body fat estimation |
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| | (ii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| | (iii) | An audiometric examination (where the air conduction is abnormal, to include bone conduction testing and auroscopic examination) |
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| | (iii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| | | (iv) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| | (v) | A full size chest x‑ray examination |
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| | (v) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 only |
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| | (vi) | Radiographic examination of shoulder, hip and knee joints |
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| | (vi) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 in respect of all working pressures and thereafter every 12 months or just before stopping work whichever is earlier in respect of working pressures at or exceeding one bar |
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| | (vii) | Electrocardiogram for workers who are 35 years of age and above |
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| | (vii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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| | (viii) | Lung function tests (FEV1 and FVC) |
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| | (viii) | Pre-placement medical examination under regulation 4 and thereafter every 12 months |
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