PART VI - SPECIAL PROVISIONS

SCHEDULE XI

Schedule for Medical Examination of dock workers

[See Regulations 74 (d) and 107 (2) (b)]

• The employer shall arrange a medical examination of all the dock workers employed as drivers/operators of lifting appliances and transport equipment before employing, after illness or injury if it appears that the illness or injury may affect his fitness and thereafter once in every 2 years upto the age of 40 and once in a year, thereafter
• Complete and confidential records of medical examination shall be maintained by the employer or the physician authorised by him.
• The medical examination shall include:
  
  • full medical and occupational history,
  • clinical examination with particular reference to-

    Persons with normal hearing must be able to hear a forced whisper at 24 feet. Persons using hearing aids must be able to hear a warning shout under noisy working conditions.

    • General physique;
    • Sight:
      
      • Distant vision, either eye should not be less than Snellen 6/12 corrected or uncorrected and not less than 6/36 uncorrected in the worse eye.
      • Near vision; not less Ns' corrected or uncorrected (In either eye)
      • Binocular vision.
      • No diplopia.
      • No limitation of visual fields.
      • Stercopsis must be column 4, 5, or 6 in key-stone vision screening test.
      • Testing of colour vision (especially the ability to distinguish between red and green) by a suitable test.
    • Hearing:

      Persons with normal hearing must be able to hear a forced whisper at 24 feet. Persons using hearing aids must be able to hear a warning shout under noisy working conditions.

    • Upper limbs. Adequate arm function and grip (both arms).
    • Lower limbs, adequate leg and foot function.
    • Spine, adequate flexible for the job concerned.
    • General, mental alertness and stability with good eye, hand and foot co-ordination.
  • Any other tests which the examining doctor considers necessary.