Manufacture of aerated water and processes incidental thereto

Rule 114(1) item 1 · Schedule I

Medical surveillance (statutory)

Not specified in the rule — Schedule I prescribes only machine fencing, face-guards and gauntlets; no medical exam / Certifying Surgeon / Form. General s.41C / periodic exam applies.

Hazard & health effects

Agent: Bursting bottles/syphons under CO₂ pressure (mechanical injury)

Health effects: Lacerations, eye injury, facial/hand trauma from flying glass; not a chronic toxic-exposure operation.

Controls & PPE

Engineering controls: Fencing/guarding of bottling and filling machines; bursting-resistant enclosures; bottle inspection.

PPE: Face-guards/visors and gauntlets (statutorily required by Schedule I); eye protection.

Statutory vs annotation: only the operation name, schedule number and medical-examination clause are statutory. The hazard, health-effects, controls and PPE notes are occupational-hygiene context.

Reference information for occupational-health professionals — not medical advice, and not a substitute for examination by a qualified physician.

Other dangerous operations

All 25 dangerous operations — s.87 / Rule 114

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