(b)

Every distillery or warehouse shall keep handy two or three pieces of strong cotton or Manilla rope of sufficient length for use as required by clauses (c) and (h) of sub-rule (1).

(c)

The operations of cleaning vats shall be carried out under the supervision of the Distillery Officer. The operations may be carried on in the presence of the distillery Officer under the supervision of a responsible person in the employ of the licensee.

(d)

A memorandum as herein after set forth containing the directions as to what should be done before and after entering a vat, shall be translated into Marathi and a copy there of shown to members of the establishments working at the distillery and their signatures or thumb impressions taken in token of having read and under- stood it. A copy of the directions aforesaid together with the memorandum shall also be hung up in a conspicuous place in the distillery.

Memorandum of Directions

I. Do not enter any vat or tank unless—

It has been emptied of spirit at least four days prior to the day on which any person is asked to enter it; and the man-door and discharge cock have continuously remained opened during that period.
During the last two of the said four days immediately preceding the day on which a person is to be asked to enter it, water is discharged on the sides of the vat or tank by means of a bucket or a hose and the sides from top to bottom have been washed in the process.
It has been filled full with water and has remained in the condition for at least twenty-four hours.

II. Before entering the vat or tank see that—

a ladder which can conveniently be used for getting in or getting out is placed in the vat, which has a height more than the normal height of a man, and if it is a small vat, a stool of convenient size is place just below the man-door;
a rope is securely attached to the body of the person entering the vat;
another person is stationed on the top of the vat at the man-door who shall hold the other end of the rope after entry until the person has been in the vat for about five minutes and informs such another person that there is no danger to him while inside the vat.

III. After entering the vat or tank—

When a person is satisfied that there is no danger to him as aforesaid, the person who has so entered the vat or tank may remove the rope, but the person stationed at the man-door shall remain there, until the person who has entered has finished the work; and
do not allow anyone else to come inside the vat or tank until the person who has first entered the vat or tank has been there for at least five minutes.

IV. When a person cleanses the top and sides of a vat or tank with water as provided in clause (b) of direction I see that another person remains present on the top of the vat or tank and that he has hold of a rope that should be secured to.

V. While passing over the top of a vat or tank, see that the person does not step on the man-hole, which is covered with the man-door or a grill in order to avoid injury due to door or grill giving way.

Dated this day of 19