Processes involving manufacture, use or evolution of carbon disulphide and hydrogen sulphide (fume process)

Rule 114(1) item 14 · Schedule XIV

Medical surveillance (statutory)

Sch XIV para 13: everyone in a fume process examined by the Factory Medical Officer once in every six months AND by the Certifying Surgeon once in every 12 months, on the premises. Health Register in Form 7; air-analysis register; no one in the fume-process room during meal/rest intervals; no re-employment after suspension without sanction.

Hazard & health effects

Agent: Carbon disulphide (CS₂) and hydrogen sulphide (H₂S)

Health effects: CS₂ — psychosis, polyneuropathy, vascular/cardiac and reproductive toxicity; H₂S — acute asphyxiation, eye/respiratory irritation.

Controls & PPE

Engineering controls: Enclosure/LEV; continuous H₂S detection and alarms; air-monitoring register; confined-space controls; exclusion during rest breaks.

PPE: Supplied-air/respiratory protection for entry and high-exposure tasks; gas monitor; chemical-resistant gloves; 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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