Section 13.181. Physical examination

(a) All applicants for employment as process men shall be physically examined by a licensed physician either before commencing work or before the expiration of 24 hours after their employment.

(b) All process men shall be physically reexamined by a licensed physician at least once every 30 days and before resuming work after an absence due to sickness, accident, or any other cause.

(c) Such examinations shall consist of determining and recording in a book or upon a card all of the following facts:

(1) Name, age, and address.

(2) The process.

(3) The weight and height.

(4) The pulse.

(5) The blood pressure.

(6) The haemoglobin.

(7) The examination of urine-reaction.

(8) The specific gravity.

(9) The albumin.

(10) The sugar.

(11) The casts.

(d) The records of these examinations shall at all times be open for inspection by the Department or its authorized representative.

(e) The examining physician shall request the factory manager or superintendent to suspend from work any process man who, he believes, is suffering from poisoning and report such case to the Department.

(f) The employer shall provide, without expense to the employe a hospital room or dispensary, separate and apart from the workroom or rooms, and shall be equipped with all of the following:

(1) A couch, bed or surgical table.

(2) Two pairs of woolen blankets.

(3) Two hot water bottles.

(4) Two tanks of oxygen, one of which shall be completely full, and the necessary apparatus for administering them.

(5) An oxygen helmet for rescue work.

(6) All necessary devices for artificial respiration.

(7) A shower bath with hot and cold water.

(8) At least one stretcher.

(9) A toilet which complies with the requirements of Chapter 41 (relating to sanitation).

(g) Employers shall keep in a book or on a card, a record of all employes, showing their exact employment and all changes to other work. This record shall at all times be open for inspection by the Department or its authorized representative.