(1) At every place or halting station wherein not less than 250 motor transport workers ordinarily call on duty during every day or halt for the day, as the case may be, a dispensary shall be provided and maintained with such equipment and drugs as the State Government may direct:
Provided however that motor transport undertakings may, with the approval of the Chief Inspector, combine and provide joint dispensaries and shall bear their expenses. For this purpose the motor transport undertakings concerned shall submit to the Chief Inspector particulars regarding the location of joint dispensaries, the names and addresses of the transport undertakings served, the number of workers employed in each undertaking, and such particulars as may be called for by the Chief Inspector.
2[(2) The dispensary/joint dispensary shall be in charge of a qualified medical practitioner, assisted by such staff as the State Government may direct. Such medical practitioner shall make himself available in the dispensary/joint dispensary during such hours as the State Government may, by notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, specify.]
(3) The dispensary/joint dispensary shall have a floor area of atleast 23.2 square metre and smooth, hard and impervious walls and floor and shall be adequately ventilated and lighted by both natural and artificial means. An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water shall be provided.
(4) At every place and halting station where less than 250 motor transport workers call on duty during every day or halt for the day as the case may be, first-aid boxes or cup-boards of the standard specified in the Table below shall be provided.
Every first-aid box or cup-board shall be distinctively marked with a red cross on a white background and shall be kept stocked and in good order. Such first-aid boxes or cupboards shall be readily accessible during all working hours and shall be in charge of an employee of the undertaking who is trained in first-aid.
1Subs. by G.O. Ms. No. 2488, Labour and Employment, dated the 27th October, 1980.
2Subs. by G.O. Ms. No. 3466 (Labour), Industries, Labour and Housing Department, dated the 22nd August, 1966.
12 1[THE TABLE (A) For places and halting stations wherein 10 and not exceeding 50 motor transport workers ordinarily call on duty every day- Each first-aid box or cup-board shall contain the following equipments : -
(i) twelve small sterilized dressings
(ii) six medium size sterilized dressings
(iii) six large size sterilized dressings
(iv) six large size sterilized burn dressings
(v) six (15 gram) packets of sterilized cotton wool
(vi) one (60 ml.) bottle containing a two per cent. alcoholic solution of iodine
(vii) one (60 ml.) bottle containing salvolatile having the dose and mode of administration indicated on the label
(viii) one roll of adhesive plaster
(ix) one snake bite lancet
(x) one (30 gram) bottle of Potassium Permanganate crystal
(xi) one pair of scissors
(xii) one copy of the approved first-aid leaflet (B) For places and halting stations wherein more than 50 motor transport workers ordinarily call on duty every day – Each first-aid box or cup-board shall contain the following equipments : -
(i) twenty-four small sterilized dressings
(ii) twelve medium size sterilized dressings
(iii) twelve large size sterilized dressings
(iv) twelve large size sterilized burn dressings
(v) twelve (15 gram) packets of sterilized cotton wool
(vi) one snake bite lancet
(vii) one pair of scissors
(viii) two (30 gram) bottles of Potassium Permanganate crystals
(ix) one (120 ml.) bottle containing a two per cent. alcoholic solution of iodine
(x) one (120 ml.) bottle of salvolatile having the dose and mode of administration indicated on the label
(xi) one copy of the approved first-aid leaflet
(xii) twelve roller bandages 10 cm. wide
(xiii) twelve roller bandages 5 cm. wide
(xiv) two rolls of adhesive plaster
(xv) six triangular bandages
(xvi) two packets of safety pins
(xvii) a supply of suitable splints
(xviii) one tournequet]
1Subs. by S.R.O. No. A-633 of 1968, dated the 22nd June, 1968, vide Part V of the Fort St. George Gazette, dated the 13th November, 1968, at p. 733 13
Provided that in respect of stage carriages plying within a municipal town or stage carriages plying both within a municipal town and outside it also but returning to the municipal town each day after completion of the scheduled trips for the day, it shall be sufficient if the first-aid boxes are made available at the terminal points and at places where the motor transport workers halt.
Explanation.- A motor transport worker shall be deemed to have halted at a place if he is required to break off for the day after the completion of his spell of duty at any place other than the place where he signed on.