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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026
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....f 2020) and in supersession of the- 1. Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Rules, 1990; 2. Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Services) (Central) Rules, 1998; 3. Mines Rules, 1955; 4. Mines Rescue Rules, 1985; 5. Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966; 6. Pithead Bath Rules, 1959; 7. Mines Crèche Rules, 1966; 8. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules, 1971; 9. Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1979. 10. Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1957; 11. Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Rules, 1984; 12. Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1976; 13. Ease of Compliance to Maintain Register under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017 to the extent these rules are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Building and Other Construction Workers' (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996); sec....
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....ued in FORM-III electronically forthwith, but in any case not later than seven days from the date of submission of complete application: Provided that if the certificate of registration is not issued within the period specified, the establishment shall be deemed to have been registered and the certificate of registration shall be auto-generated in FORM-III. (3) The late fee for registration after expiry of sixty days from the date of notification of these rules, shall be specified through general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time. (4) The certificate of registration shall be non-transferable and shall be displayed at conspicuous places within the premises of the establishment. (5) Where an employer fails to comply with the requirements of sub-rule (1), the Registering Officer under the Code may, by order, direct such employer to comply with such requirements within the time specified in such order. (6) An employer of an establishment already registered under any other Central labour laws for the time being in force shall within six months from the date on which rules come into force, update the registration particulars in FORM-I: ....
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....r and also to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction in the area where the establishment is situated. (2) The notice of cessation of operation under sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by a certificate stating that the payment of all dues to the workers employed in the establishment have been made and the premises are kept free from storage of hazardous chemicals and substances. Provided that in the case of mines, the employer of every mine shall give not less than thirty days' prior notice of the commencement, reopening, cessation, discontinuation or abandonment of operations or closing of mines in FORM- VII. CHAPTER III DUTIES OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE 5. Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age. (2) The medical examination shall be conducted by a qualified medical practitioner and a certificate shall be provided FORM-VIII to both the employer and employee: Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees through the Employees'....
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....t, dangerous occurrence as specified in sub-rule (4), whether causing any bodily injury or disability or not, the employer shall within twelve hours send an intimation to- (i) the Inspector-cum-Facilitator; and (ii) the District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Officer: Provided that if in case of an accident or dangerous occurrence, death occurs to any person injured by such accident or dangerous occurrence after the notices referred to in the foregoing sub- rules have been sent, the employer of the establishment shall forthwith send a notice thereof by telephone and electronically to the authorities and persons mentioned in sub-rules (1) and (2) and also have this information confirmed in writing within twelve hours of the death: Provided further that, if the period of disability from working for forty-eight hours or more referred to in sub-rule (2) does not occur immediately following the accident, or the dangerous occurrence, but later on occurs in more than one spell, the report there of shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Officer; in the FORM-XI within twenty-four hours following the hours wh....
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....v) a breakage, fracture or failure of a part of any machinery or apparatus including any derrick, draw-works, casing line or failure of emergency brake, whereby the safety of persons may be endangered; (xv) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery or interruption of normal mining operations; (xvi) failure of dump or side in opencast working; (xvii) a failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons may be endangered; (xviii) an uncontrolled chemical spillage; (xix) a blowout in case of oil mines; (xx) spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing burn injury to any person; (xxi) an explosion or ignition in mines; (xxii) an influx of inflammable or noxious gases in belowground or oil mines; (xxiii) any accident due to explosives in mines; (xxiv) a breakage or fracture of rope, chain, headgear, pulley or axle or bearing thereof or other gear by which persons or materials are lowered or raised in a below ground mine; (xxv) an overwinding or hard landing of cages or other means of conveyance while persons or materials are being lowered or ....
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....he case may be, shall thereupon report the matter to the employer immediately. 10. Rights of employee.- On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall send a report of actions taken, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically or by speed post. CHAPTER IV OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 11. Provisions relating to National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board .- (1) The Members of the National Board as specified in clauses (g), (j), (k), (1) and (m) of sub-section(2) of section 16 shall be appointed by the Central Government through notification. (2) The National Board may meet to discharge the functions as under sub-section (1) of section 16 as and when required. (3) A Member of the National Board, not being an ex officio member, may resign from their office by a letter in writing addressed to the Chairperson of the National Board. (4) The seat of such a Member shall fall vacant from the date on which their resignation is acce....
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....mittees or Advisory Committees may be multi-members Committee and consist of members from a government, public, autonomous, private institutions or industries, research, academic institutions or occupational health. (3) The members of the committee shall have Bachelor's degree in engineering with Diploma or post- graduate diploma in industrial safety or Master's Degree in Physics or Chemistry or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Associate Fellow of Industrial Health, with an experience of not less than twenty years in regulatory body or industry or research or academic institutions or occupational health may be nominated to the technical committee or advisory committee. (4) In case of mines, a member having Bachelor's degree in Mining engineering with First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency to manage a coal or metalliferous mine or Master of Engineering or Master of Technology or Doctor of Philosophy in mining or mechanical or electrical engineering or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, with experience of not less than twenty years in regulatory body or industry or research or academic institutions or occupational health may ....
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.... undischarged insolvent; or (c) if person has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude. (ii) Where a question arises as to whether a disqualification has been incurred under clause (i), the Central Government shall decide such question and such decisions should be treated as final. (14) The Central Government may remove any member or Chairperson of the Technical Committees or Advisory Committees, if in its opinion such member has ceased to represent the interest which such member purports to represent on such Committee: Provided that no such member shall be removed unless a reasonable opportunity is given to such member of making a representation against the proposed action under this rule. 13. Collection of statistics and portal for inter-State migrant workers.- The employer shall furnish to the Central Government, the detail statistics of inter-State migrant workers and of their occupational safety and health, electronically on web portal designated for the purpose by the Central Government as may be specified through general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time. 1....
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....tered Trade Union representing in negotiating council shall be represented in the Safety Committee in proportion to the number of workers of the industrial establishment who are members of such Trade Unions; (b) where there is no sole negotiating union or negotiating union or negotiating council as referred in the clause (a), the workers of the establishment shall choose amongst themselves: Provided that the employer may, deploy an electronic process for choosing representative of workers: Provided further that there shall be adequate representation of women and such representation shall not be less than the proportion of women workers to the total number of workers employed: Provided also that in case there is no recognized both negotiating union or negotiating council and where any dispute arises regarding choosing of the worker's representative to the Safety Committee, the matter may be referred to the concerned Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), who shall after hearing the parties decide the matter and the decision of Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be final. (c) the tenure of the members of the Safety Committee....
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....portion to the number of workers of the industrial establishment who are members of such Trade Unions. (b) where there is no sole negotiating union or negotiating union or negotiating council as referred to the clause (a), the workers of the establishment shall choose amongst themselves: Provided that, the employer may, deploy an electronic process for choosing representative of workers: Provided further that there shall be adequate representation of women workers on the Safety Committee and such representation shall not be less than the proportion of women workers to the total number of workers employed. Provided also that in case there is no recognised negotiating union or negotiating council and where any dispute arises regarding the choice of the representative to the Safety Committee, the matter may be referred to the concerned Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), who shall after hearing the parties decide the matter and the decision of Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be final. Provided also that the workers representatives at least one each from mining, electrical and mechanical discipline shall be nominated or elec....
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....g to dock work or building or other construction work unless possesses - (a) a recognised degree in any branch of engineering or technology and has had practical experience of working in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than two years; or (b) a recognised degree in physics or chemistry and has had practical experience in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than five years; or (c) a recognised diploma in any branch of engineering or technology and has had practical experience in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than five years; (d) possesses a degree or diploma in industrial safety recognised by the Central or State Government; or post-graduate diploma in industrial safety from Central Labour Institute or Regional Labour Institutes under Directorate General of Occupational Safety and Health. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) and (2), any person who - (a) possesses a recognised degree or diploma in engineering or technology and has had experience of not less than five years in a department of the Central Government or the State Government which deals with the administration....
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.... of the work performed by safety officer. 20. Safety officer in case of mines.- (1) At every mine, wherein one hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed, the employer shall appoint safety officer on a scale of one up to five hundred workers and an additional one for every additional five hundred workers or part thereof. (2) The Safety Officers shall possess the qualifications, namely :- (a) in case of coal mine- (i) for belowground mines, person holding First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Coal), granted by Directorate General of Mines Safety; (ii) for opencast mines, person holding First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Coal) or First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Coal) restricted to mines having opencast workings only, granted by Directorate General of Mines Safety; (b) in case of metalliferous mines- (i) for belowground mines, person holding First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal), granted by Directorate General of Mines Safety; (ii) for opencast mines, a person holding a Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal) or a Manager's Certificat....
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....nd apprise the manager referred to in section 67 of the Code, of all possible sources of danger such as inundation, fire, coal dust, blowout in oil mines and others; (f) to hold safety classes and give safety talks and lectures to the members of the supervisory staff; (g) to organise safety weeks and other safety education programmes in mines; (h) to see that all concerned mine employees are fully conversant with various standing orders, code of practice, support plan, and like other matters; (i) assist in the formulating of programme for training at the mine level, including vocational training, training in gas testing, fire-fighting and first aid, and like other matters; (j) to report to the manager referred to in section 67 of the Code as a result of visits to the various parts of mine, as to whether the provisions of the Code, and the rules and regulations made thereunder are being complied with in the mine; and (k) to promote safe practices generally and to lend active support to all measures intended for furthering the cause of safety in the mine and follow up measures for compliance. CHAPTER V HEALTH, SAFETY AND WOR....
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....tably changing the working hours, providing protective clothes or other suitable provisions, as necessary free of charge; (iv) where an adequate supply of fresh air cannot be obtained by natural ventilation or where it is difficult to get the desired amount of air to the workroom without creating uncomfortable draughts near the inlets, mechanical ventilation is provided; (v) where local heating apparatus, as may be necessary owing to the nature of work, are installed in workrooms, the layout of the apparatus in the room shall be such that combustion gases are prevented from entering the atmosphere of the room; (vi) temperature suitable for the type of work performed is maintained in workrooms and the degree of humidity be maintained for comfort of the workers; (vii) where owing to the nature of work, excessive high temperatures are generated, all employees shall be protected, either by heat insulation of the equipment or by other suitable means, against heat radiation and excessive temperature generated due to steam or hot-water pipes or other hot surfaces. 24. Precaution against dust, noxious gas, fumes and other impurities. - Employer of eve....
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....f symptoms occur. Also, that first-aid facilities, and staff is trained in the use of such facilities, are available; (vi) employees exposed to extreme hot and humid conditions are instructed and trained: (a) to recognise symptoms which may lead to heat stress, in themselves or others, and the steps to be taken to prevent onset and or emergencies; and (b) in the action to be taken in the event of the increased risk of accidents because of high temperatures or humidity; (vii) tests for determining the relative humidity of the air are carried out and recorded and if humidity level of the air is found to be harmful to the health of employees, it is artificially regulated in such a manner that humidification and temperature do not cause discomfort to employees and the water used for the purpose is taken from public supply or other source of drinking water or is purified before it is so used; (viii) Instruments for measurement and recording of humidity and temperature at appropriate location are provided and maintained. B. MINES 26. Cleanliness and hygiene.- The employer of every mine shall ensure that: - (i) all workplaces, wo....
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....ly of fresh air cannot be obtained by natural ventilation or where it is difficult to get the desired amount of air to the workrooms without creating uncomfortable draughts near the inlets, mechanical ventilation is provided; (v) at every workplace at the surface of the mines, the temperature suitable for the type of work performed is maintained in workplaces and the degree of humidity varied in accordance with the kind of work and the outside temperature and humidity; (vi) measurements of air quantity, temperature and humidity are regularly taken and brought up- to- date the entries at each air measurement station. 28. Precaution against dust, noxious gas, fumes and other impurities.- The employer of every belowground mine shall ensure that :- (i) such steps as may be necessary are taken for minimising emissions of any gas, fume, vapor or dust which may enter the air at any workplace and for ensuring that the exposure of employees to respirable dust, gas, fume or vapor is limited to an extent that is reasonably practicable but, in any case, not exceeding the limits that are harmful to the health of employees. (ii) no employee is required or a....
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....e an employee is likely to be exposed to any chemical, physical or biological hazard to such an extent as is liable to be dangerous to health, appropriate preventive measures are taken against such exposure; (ii) the preventive measures referred under sub-rule (i) above shall comprise of- (a) the replacement of hazardous substances by harmless or less hazardous substances wherever possible; or (b) technical measures applied to the plant, machinery, equipment or process: Provide that where it is not possible to comply with sub-rule (ii), other effective measures, including the use of appropriate personal protective equipment and protective clothing are provided free of charge. (iii) where employees are required to enter any area in which a toxic or harmful substance may be present or in which there may be an oxygen deficiency or a flammable atmosphere, adequate measures are taken to guard against danger; (iv) whenever heat stress, cold or wet conditions are such that they can lead to impairment of health or extreme discomfort, preventive measures are taken, such as- (a) proper design of the workload and workstation, with....
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.... and per hour into an area, considering the nature and conditions of the work; (d) appropriate measures are taken to ensure that in enclosed premises a suitable hygrometric level in the air is maintained; (e) the following instruments on the tunneling site- (i) Oxygen level measuring instrument; (ii) presence of flammable gases measuring instrument; (iii) temperature measuring instrument; (iv) dust concentration measuring instruments; and (v) toxic gas measuring instrument. (f) the air supply intake points for all air compressors located at places where such intake air does not get contaminated with dust, fumes, vapor and exhaust gases or other contaminants. 32. Precaution against dust, noxious gas, fumes and other impurities.- Every employer of a building or other construction work shall ensure that :- (i) such steps as may be necessary for minimizing of emissions of any gas, fume, vapor or dust which may enter the air at any workplace and for ensuring that the exposure of employees to respirable dust, gas, fume or vapor is limited to an extent that is reasonably practicable but in any case, not ex....
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....te supply of fresh air cannot be obtained by natural ventilation, or where it is difficult to get the desired amount of air to the workroom without creating uncomfortable draughts near the inlets, mechanical ventilation is provided. 35. Precaution against dust.- The employer of every industrial premise shall ensure that no employee is required or allowed to enter any workplace or confined space until practicable measures have been taken to bring the levels of dust particles, which may be present, within the permissible limits. E. MOTOR TRANSPORT WORK 36. Cleanliness and hygiene.- The employer of every motor transport undertaking shall ensure that: - (i) all workplaces, workrooms, passageways, staircases, storerooms and service rooms are kept in sanitary and hygienic condition; (ii) surfaces of walls and ceilings, including windows and skylights, are always kept clean and maintained in a hygienic condition; (iii) the floor of every workroom is maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, dry and non-slippery condition; (iv) where wet work processes are carried out- (a) effective drainage is maintained; (b) false floors....
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....or residues are not to be connected to any other ventilating system or discharged into a chimney or flue used for conveying gases of combustion; (ii) when fumes, gases, mists, vapours, dust and other refuse discharged from exhaust systems is likely to have adverse effect on the health or noxious for the employees or the neighborhood, the exhaustion shall be effected through a system that neutralizes toxic substances, sterilize infectious substances and deodorize fumes, gases, mists or vapours; (iii) no employee is required or allowed to enter any workplace or confined space until practicable measures have been taken to bring the levels of noxious gas, fume, vapour or dust, which may be present, within the permissible limits. F. DOCK WORK 39. Cleanliness and hygiene. - The employer of every dock work shall ensure that: - (i) all locations in the ship or dock where dock works are carried and where dock workers are employed are kept clean and maintained in a hygienic condition; (ii) all access routes and working areas are kept free from objects and materials that are liable to cause a person to trip or slip; (iii) loose gear, tools an....
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....ored or in which dry ice has been used as a refrigerant or which has been fumigated, or in which there is possibility of oxygen deficiency, unless all practical steps have been taken to remove the dust, fumes or other impurities and dangers which may be present and to prevent any further ingress thereof and such holds or tanks are certified to be safe and fit for dock workers to enter the same by the competent person; (iii) when dock workers are exposed to any dust in substantial quantities as in handling bulk cargos such as grains, fertilizers, cements and other similar cargoes, they are protected by appropriate Personal Protective Equipment, provided free of charge. G. PLANTATION 42. Cleanliness and hygiene.- The employer of every plantation shall ensure that :- (i) all workplaces, passageways, storerooms and service rooms are kept in a hygienic condition; (ii) the floor and walls of every service room is maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, dry and non-slippery condition; (iii) service rooms are cleaned as often as required by the nature of the work carried on; (iv) as far as practicable, sweeping and cleaning are done....
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....inking water other than the piped supply is contained in suitable vessels clearly marked or displayed in Hindi or English and in local language, to indicate that the water is safe for drinking and such supply is replenished daily and all necessary precautions are taken to preserve the water and vessels from contamination; (iii) except where the water is delivered by a rising jet, the use of common drinking tumblers or cups is prohibited. (iv) where water is unsafe for drinking purposes or is provided for use in other purposes, it is to be so indicated in Hindi or English and in local language: Provided in case of building or other construction work every employer shall ensure that- (a) drinking water for common use is stored only in closed containers from which the water is dispensed through taps; (b) if drinking water has to be transported to the worksite, the transport tanks, storage tanks and dispensing container are cleaned and disinfected at regular intervals; (c) a supply of drinking water is never connected to a supply of water that is unfit to drink. 45. Overcrowding.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or othe....
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....y sources independent of the installations for the general lighting systems are in working condition: Provided that in case of plantation workers, sub-rule (i) shall not be applicable: Provided further that in case of Building or other construction work, sub-rule (iii) and the following rules shall apply :- (a) close to every workplace of building or other construction work site including all amenities for utility services, adequate and suitable lighting, including portable lighting where appropriate, is provided at every workplace and any other place on the construction site where an employee may have to pass. (b) where natural lighting is not adequate to ensure safe working conditions, adequate and suitable lighting, including portable lighting where appropriate, is provided at every workplace and any other place on the construction site where an employee may have to pass. (c) artificial lighting, as far as practicable does not produce glare or disturbing shadows. (d) where necessary to prevent danger, lamps are protected by suitable guards against accidental breakage. (e) the cables of portable electrical lighting eq....
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.... latrine is kept under cover and so partitioned off as to secure privacy, and to have a proper door, fastenings and exhaust; (9) where male, female, transgender and person with disabilities are employed, outside each latrine block a notice "For men only" or "For women only" or "For transgender persons only" or "For persons with disabilities only", as the case may be, in Hindi or English and in local language, are displayed; (10) waste or sullage water from latrines and urinals is treated and safely disposed of; (11) water taps in latrines- (i) where piped water supply is available, water taps are to be provided in or near such latrine accommodation; and (ii) if piped water supply is not available, water is provided by the means of tap or otherwise so as to be conveniently accessible in or near the latrine and urinals: Provided in case of building or other construction work, plantation and dock works facilities of mobile toilets are provided wherever required. 48. Treatment of waste and effluents.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor....
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....k additional provisions as follows :- (a) where employees are exposed to skin contamination by poisonous, infectious, or irritating substances or oil, grease or dust, sufficient number of appropriate washing facilities or shower-baths supplied with hot and cold water; (b) washing facilities are not used for any other purpose. 50. Provisions of bathing places and locker rooms.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, dock work and plantation shall ensure that :- (i) suitable, separate and sufficient bathing places and locker facility, as may be necessary owing to the nature of work, at easily accessible places with regular and adequate supply of water including soap and towels for male, female, transgender and persons with disabilities separately, are provided which are - (a) separated from the workplaces (and within plantation premises in case of plantation workers); (b) well ventilated; (c) with proper drainage system; (d) maintained in a sanitary and hygienic condition; (e) capable of being sec....
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....ies are provided for this purpose. 53. Provision of Canteen.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, dock work and plantation shall ensure that :- (i) at every establishment mentioned above where in One-hundred or more workers including contract labourers are ordinarily employed, a canteen in or adjacent to the precincts of the above establishments, is provided and maintained to provide nutritious, wholesome and healthy food for the employees; (ii) the employer of every establishment mentioned above can also provide facility of canteen through common canteen in or adjacent to the above establishment's premises; (iii) the canteen is situated at appropriate distance from any latrine, urinal and process area to avoid dust, smoke or obnoxious fumes; (iv) the canteen is constructed to accommodate at least a dining hall, kitchen, store room, pantry and washing places separately for employees and for utensils; (v) canteen has separate doors for entry and exit; (vi) the dining hall is separated from any place where a....
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....nion or negotiating council the worker will choose amongst themselves the worker representatives of the canteen committee; (e) the tenure of the committee shall be determined mutually. One-third of the committee members of worker and employer shall be rotated every two years; (f) the canteen managing committee decides on the running of the canteen in consultation with the canteen manager. 54. First Aid and Medical Appliances.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, dock work and plantation shall ensure that :- (i) in every establishment mentioned above or part thereof where employees are at work, first aid boxes or cup-boards in adequate numbers with necessary items are provided and maintained so as to be readily accessible during working hours. A Notice containing details of first-aid facilities, along with the name, contact detail of the person in-charge and the nearest hospitals, shall be displayed at a conspicuous place in English or Hindi and in local language; (ii) in each shift, every first-aid box or cupboard is kept in th....
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....upervisor who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment and who shall make arrangements for rendering first-aid to the injured as may be required. Where the employee receiving an injury is not in a position to report the same to the worker or supervisor who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment, it shall be the duty of the person who first comes to know of it to report the same to the worker or supervisor; (vii) if in the opinion of the supervisor or worker who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment, the injury is of such a nature so as to require immediate medical attention by the qualified medical practitioner, such person shall arrange for the qualified medical practitioner to be called or bring it to the notice of the occupier or their representative in every establishment mentioned above; (viii) it is the duty of the employer or their representative to ensure that adequate and suitable arrangements are made available for speedy transportation of that employee to nearest dispensary or hospitals preferably by means of a proper ambulance van; (ix) additionally, following provisions shall be followed in case of mines: (A) adequate and ....
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....acked to protect it against dirt and water. 55. Ambulance Room.- Employer of every factory, mine and building or other construction work shall ensure that :- (i) at every establishment mentioned above ordinarily employing more than 500 workers, a suitable ambulance room or dispensary round the clock or during working hours as the case may be and is maintained in good order. The employer of every establishment mentioned above may also tie up with hospitals for emergency services; (ii) the ambulance room would mean a place conveniently located in or nearby premises and have adequate space and arrangements to cope up with medical emergency and contains at least the equipment as mentioned in illustrative list given in Annexure-II. The employer may add more items as per requirement; (iii) in case of mines, the ambulance room contains at least the equipment as mentioned in illustrative list given in Annexure-IV. The employer may add more items as per requirement; (iv) ambulance room is under the charge of a full time qualified medical practitioner appointed directly by the employer and is assisted by adequate number of paramedical staffs (at least o....
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....g: (a) such rooms are sufficiently lighted and ventilated and maintained in a clean and hygienic condition at all times; (b) all the walls and roof are of suitable heat resisting materials; (c) the roof of such room is at suitable height from the floor level and there is sufficient floor area for employee employed at any given time; (d) every room is sufficiently furnished with suitable seating and eating arrangement: Provided that in case of motor transport undertaking the employer shall ensure that the motor transport workers employed in the undertaking are provided with uniforms, raincoats and other like amenities, free of charge. 57. Welfare Officer.- Employer of every factory, mine and plantation shall ensure that :- (i) welfare officers are appointed as prescribed below- (a) the employer of every establishment mentioned above ordinarily employing between two hundred and fifty and upto five hundred workers appoints at least one welfare officer, and where the number of workers exceeds five hundred, an additional welfare officer for every additional five hundred workers or fraction thereof over five hundred is app....
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.... or otherwise, concerning regulation of working hours, maternity benefit, medical care, compensation for injuries and sickness and other welfare measures and social Security benefits; (e) to advise on provision of welfare facilities, such as housing facilities, foodstuffs, social and recreational facilities, sanitation, individual personnel problems and education of children; and (f) to advise the management on training of new recruits, apprentices, workers on transfer and promotion, instructors and supervisors, supervision and control of notice board and information bulletins to further education of workers and to encourage their attendance at technical institutes; (vi) welfare officers shall not deal with disciplinary cases or appear on behalf of the management against workers or appear before a conciliation officer or tribunal on behalf of every establishment mentioned above management. 58. Crèche Facility.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, dock work and plantation shall ensure that- (i) wherein more than fifty wor....
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....che is provided with non-combustible covered receptacles for the disposal of waste food or other waste material; (xx) all electrical switches or plugs are out of children's reach; (xxi) planning of evacuation plan and display of the same at the crèche; (xxii) no child is left alone at any point in the crèche, even during breaks; (xxiii) any kind of verbal or physical abuse is strictly prohibited; (xxiv) any kind of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation to be strictly dealt under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; (xxv) through the supervisor, that no persons, known or unknown be allowed inside the crèche at any point of time, during the functioning hours of the crèche. For example, civil work should preferably be done during weekend or holidays only; (xxvi) the Crèche has Closed Circuit Television monitoring during the working hours; (xxvii) important and emergency contact numbers (helplines like 112, 1098, fire services, child protection officer, nearest police station etc.) are displayed within the creche premises for easy access and reference; ....
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....e building or other construction work is done through the contractor. D. MOTOR TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING 63. Medical facilities.- The employer of every motor transport undertaking shall ensure that: - (i) at every operating centre and halting station (which, in the case of city service, shall include only depots and other offices), a suitable medical facilities room or dispensary is available round the clock or during working hours as the case may be and is maintained in good order; (ii) the medical facilities room or dispensary is situated at a convenient place in the operating centre and halting station and have adequate space and arrangements to cope up with medical emergency and contains at least the equipment as mentioned in illustrative list given in Annexure-VI. The employer may add more items as per requirement; (iii) medical facilities room or dispensary is under the charge of a full time qualified medical practitioner appointed directly by the employer and is assisted by adequate number of paramedical staffs (at least one nurse and one General Duty Assistant-Healthcare or Nursing Assistant); (iv) the medical practitioner required to b....
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....nce enters upon duty on any day, be deemed to be on duty throughout that day till finishes all the work assigned during that day: Provided that if such correspondent, reporter or news photographer has had at their disposal for rest any interval or intervals for a total period of two hours or less between any two or more assignments of work, they shall not be deemed to be on duty during such period: Provided further that where the total period of such interval or intervals exceeds two hours, they shall be deemed to be on duty during the period which is in excess of the said period of two hours; (b) period of working in excess of thirty-six hours during any week, which shall be considered as a unit of work for the purposes of this sub-rule, shall be compensated by rest during the succeeding week and shall be given in one or more spells of not less than three hours each: Provided that where the aggregate of the excess hours worked falls short of three hours, the duration of rest shall be limited only to such excess. (3) The number of hours which shall constitute a normal working day for a working journalist exclusive of the time for meals shall n....
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....olidays as if such employee was on duty. (4) The working journalist or sales promotion employee shall be entitled to wages for the weekly day of rest as if such employee was on duty. (5) The working journalist or sales promotion employee may designate one or more officers in that establishment as competent officers for the purposes of these rules. (6) The working journalist or sales promotion employee who desire to obtain leave shall apply in writing to the competent officer of the establishment. (7) On an application for leave under sub-rule (6), other than casual leave, leave on medical certificate and quarantine leave, shall be made not less than one month before the date of commencement of leave, except in urgent or unforeseen circumstances. (8) When leave is refused or postponed, the competent officer of the establishment shall record the reasons for such refusal or postponement, as the case may be and send a copy of the order to the working journalist or sales promotion employee as the case may be. (9) Holidays, other than weekly days of rest, shall not be prefixed or suffixed to any leave without the prior sanction of the....
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....Provided that working journalist or sales promotion employee who has been refused earned leave due to such employee shall be entitled to get cash compensation for the earned leave so refused: Provided further that working journalist or sales promotion employee who dies while in service and who has not availed earned leave due to them immediately preceding the date of their death, their heirs shall be entitled to cash compensation for the leave not so availed of. (ii) Where the services of a working journalist or sales promotion employee is terminated for any reason whatsoever, other than as punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary action, shall be entitled to cash compensation for earned leave not availed of up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty days. (iii) Such cash compensation shall not be less than the amount of wages due to an employee for the period of leave not availed of, the relevant wage being that which would have been payable to such employee had they actually proceeded on leave on the day immediately preceding the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i) or clause (ii), as the case may be. (17)(i) A working jour....
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....ated qualified medical practitioner, by a district public health officer or other Municipal Health Officer of similar status, for a period not exceeding twenty-one days or, in exceptional circumstances, thirty days. (ii) Any leave necessary for quarantine purposes in excess of that period shall be adjusted against any other leave that may be due to the working journalist or sales promotion employee. (19) A working journalist or sales promotion employee who has no leave to their credit may be granted extraordinary leave without wages at the discretion of the establishment in which such working journalist or sales promotion employee is employed. (20) A working journalist or sales promotion employee who has no leave to their credit may be granted leave at the discretion of the establishment in which such working journalist or sales promotion employee is employed. (21) A working journalist or sales promotion employee may be granted study leave with or without wages at the discretion of the establishment in which such working journalist or sales promotion employee is employed. (22) (i) A working journalist or sales promotion employee shall be....
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....in the case of a worker paid by the month, the daily wages shall be 1/26th of their monthly wages and in the case of any other worker it shall be the daily wages or earnings as the case may be. (4) The hours of work mentioned in Rule 64 may exceed under the followings works and circumstances in respect of dock, mine and building or other construction work, namely :- (a) urgent repairs; (b) work in the nature of preparatory or complimentary work; (c) work which is necessarily so intermittent that the intervals during which they do not work while on duty ordinarily amount to more than the intervals for rest; (d) work which for technical reasons must be carried on continuously; (e) engaged in making or supplying articles of prime necessity which must be made or supplied every day; (f) engaged in a process which cannot be carried on except during fixed seasons; (g) engaged in a process which cannot be carried on except at times dependent on the irregular action of natural forces; (h) engaged in an engine-rooms or boiler-houses or in attending to power-plant or transmission machinery; (i) engaged in proc....
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....stablishment under Code on Wages, 2019 and rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be maintained by the employer under these rules. (4) All registers and other records required to be maintained under the Code shall be maintained complete and up-to-date and unless otherwise provided for, shall be kept at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the work place or at a place within a radius of three kilometers. (5) The employer to which the provisions of this Code applies, on or before the 28th or 29th day of February following the end of each Calendar year, upload a return in FORM-XVII and XVIII on the designated portal and provided that during inspection, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require the production of accounts, books, register and other documents maintained in electronic form. Explanation - For the purposes of this sub-rule, the expression "electronic form" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000). (6) Where the employer to which the provisions of this Code applies sells, abandons or discontinues the working of the establishment, then such employ....
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....use (v) of clause (a) of section 33 of the Code shall be maintained in FORM-XIX. 76. Register of leave with wages.- (1) The employer of every establishment shall maintain in respect of every employee thereof a record of leave with wages electronically or otherwise in FORM-XX and shall share the leave records of the respective employee, once in a Calendar year, on demand. (2) The register mentioned in sub-rule (1) shall be preserved for a period of five years after the last entry in them has been made and shall not be destroyed even after the expiry of that period unless it has been properly transferred to the new register. CHAPTER-IX INSPECTOR-CUM-FACILITATOR AND OTHER AUTHORITY 77. Power to take samples of any articles or substances.- (1) An Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall take samples or substances in an establishment as per the inspection scheme under the Code after informing the employer of the establishment, taken in the manner herein after provided a sufficient sample of any substance used or intended to be used in the establishment, such use being- (a) in the belief of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator in contravention of any of the provisions of the code....
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.... Code or rule or the regulations or standards made thereunder shall be recorded and maintained. 79. Powers and Duties of District Magistrate.- Powers and duties of District Magistrate in respect of mines, will be specified by general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time. 80. Qualifications and experiences, duties and responsibilities of experts.- The scheme will be notified for empaneling experts for third party audit and certification. The qualifications and experiences, duties and responsibilities of experts to be empaneled will be notified through general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time. 81. Appointment of Medical officer.- (1) The Medical Officer shall be a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (30 of 2019), enrolled on a State medical register defined in National Medical Commission Act, 2019. (2) The Medical Officer shall be trained in Occupational Health course including International Labour Organisation classification of chest radiograph duly recognised by the Central Government. 82. Duties of medical offi....
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....l-lit; the toilet, washroom and drinking facilities should be near the workplace where such women employee are employed and suitable provisions of closed-circuit television surveillance on the way to these facilities shall be provided; (e) provide safe, secure and healthy working condition is provided so that no women employee is disadvantaged in connection with her employment; (f) dedicated telephone numbers of the establishment shall be displayed at conspicuous places both at the establishment as well as inside the vehicles, so that any women employee can utilise them, in case of any exigency or emergency; (g) in case of below ground mine not less than three women employees shall be on duty at any place; and (h) the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (14 of 2013), as applicable to the establishments, shall be complied with. 84. Adequate safety of employment of women in dangerous operations.- The Central Government may declare from time to time by notification, the class of establishments and the standard for safeguarding of women employed in hazardous processes as speci....
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....shall be submitted electronically to the authority. (3) The concerned State Government shall be consulted by the authority electronically and if no response is received within thirty days from the date of issue of such communication the consultation process is deemed to have been complied with. (4) All applications under this rule shall be either approved or disapproved within a period of forty-five days, from the date of application by the contractor, beyond which it shall be deemed that there are no objections and the license shall be auto-generated on the Portal referred to in sub-rule (1). (5) Copy of the licence so issued shall be sent to the State Government in whose jurisdiction, the contract work or works for which licence is issued. (6) Licence issued under this rule shall be valid for five years. 89. Forms, terms and conditions of licence.- (1) Every licence granted shall be in FORM-XXII. (2) Every licence granted or renewed is subject to the following conditions, namely :- (i) the licence shall be non-transferable; (ii) the number of contract labour employed by the contractor shall not, on any day, exceed the maximum number specified i....
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....s prior to expiry of licence period but not before ninety days of such expiry of licence. (3) The fee chargeable for renewal of the licence shall be the same as for the grant of licence under rule 90: Provided that if the application for renewal is not received within the time specified in sub-rule (2), an additional fee of twenty five per cent shall be payable for such renewal. (4) It shall be the responsibility of the authority concerned to renew licence within seven days electronically failing which the licence shall be deemed to be issued and auto generated. 92. Refund of security deposit.- (1) On expiry of the period of licence the contractor may, if not intends to have their licence renewed further, make an application electronically to the licensing authority for the refund of the security deposited by them along with copy of licence so expired and notice of completion of work and bank details in which amount is required to be refunded. (2) Where the authority is satisfied that there is no breach of the conditions of licence or there is no order for the forfeiture of security deposit or any portion thereof, authority shall direct the return of the security dep....
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....ension of license.- (1) If the authority is satisfied that the licence has been obtained by mis-representation or suppression of any material fact or if the contractor has failed to comply with the conditions subject to which licence was granted or the contractor has contravened any provision of Part-I of Chapter-XI of the Code or rules made there under, the Authority shall issue a show cause notice of fifteen days to the contractor electronically. (2) Upon receipt of the reply from the contractor within 15 days of the receipt of the notice, the Licensing Authority shall examine the same and in case the licensing authority is of the opinion that the continuation of contract business by the contractor is going to lead to grave harm to the contract labours, the authority may pass a speaking order recording the reasons for revocation or suspension or otherwise and communicate the order to the contractor electronically or by speed post. (3) A copy of the order shall also be endorsed to the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), concerned Labour Enforcement Officer (Central) and concerned State Authorities. (4) If the contractor has complied with the concerned provisions of the C....
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.... of the wage period in respect of which the wages are payable. (3) The principal employer shall settle the bills of contractor related to dues of contract worker within timeline as per the terms and conditions agreed between principal employer and contractor. (4) The wages shall be disbursed through bank transfer or electronically. Provided that where it is not practicable to disburse wages through bank transfer or electronically, the wages shall be disbursed in current coins or currency. (5) The wages of contract labours shall be paid without any deductions of any kind, except those specified by the Central Government. (6) A notice showing wage period and date and time of disbursement of wages of contract labour shall be displayed at the place of work and a copy sent by the contractor to the principal employer electronically. (7) Every contractor shall send half-yearly return in FORM-XVIII electronically to the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) concerned not later than thirty days from the close of the half year, that is to say January to June, July to December. (8) In case contractor fails to make payment of wages to the contract labour within seven ....
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....ant worker.- (1) The employer shall pay a lump sum amount on account of fare for to and fro journey to inter-state migrant worker by train not less than II Class sleeper or by bus or any other mode of passenger transport from the place of employment to the place of residence in the home-state in the event, if such worker has worked for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty days in the concerned establishments in preceding twelve months: Provided that the journey allowance shall be given to an inter-state migrant worker once in twelve months. (2) In the event of change of employer by the inter-State migrant worker during the middle of the employment period and such worker has not availed the journey allowance from their previous employer, then on the basis of a certificate to be given by inter-State migrant worker, the employer where the inter-State migrant worker is presently working and such worker has completed one hundred and eighty days in preceding twelve months including the period spent with the previous employer, then the present employer shall pay journey allowance. 103. Setting up of a Toll Free helpline number to the inter-state migrant worker.- A Tol....
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....) or Second Class Manager's Certificate of Competency restricted to mines having opencast in coal. Below ground metalliferous mines (a) average output in excess of 1,250 tonnes A First Class Manager's Certificate of competency (Metal). (b) average output not exceeding 1,250 tonnes A First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal) or Second Class Manager's Certificate of Competency(Metal). Opencast metalliferous mines (a) average material handled in excess of 20,000 cubic meter A First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal) or a First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency restricted to mines having open cast workings only (Metal). (b) average material handled not exceeding 20,000 cubic meter A First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal) or a First Class Manager's Certificate of competency restricted to mines having open cast workings only (Metal) or Second Class Manager's Certificate of Competency (Metal) or Second Class Manager's Certificate of Competency restricted to mines having open cast workings only (Metal). Mine having both open cast and underground workings all coa....
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....he excavation. (2) As soon as an establishment becomes a mine, the employer of the mine shall give notice electronically, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator within seven days from the date it becomes a mine. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) the Central Government may declare by an order in writing require that all provisions of the Code shall be applicable, in such mine or part thereof subject to such conditions as may specify therein. 109. Initial and periodical medical examinations in mines.- (1) The employer of every mine shall make arrangements for - (i) initial medical examination of every person seeking employment in a mine; (ii) periodical medical examination of person employed in a mine annually; (iii) the medical examination shall be conducted as per FORM-IX. (2) The periodical medical examination or the X- Ray examination or both, shall be conducted at frequent intervals, if the medical examining authority deems it necessary to confirm a suspected case of a dust related disease. 110. Examining authorities.- (1) The medical examination referred to in rule 109 shall be carried out by a qualified medical practitio....
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....ical medical examination shall examine a person according to the standards laid down in FORM-IX. (2) After examinations, copy of the medical certificate in FORM-IX, shall be issued by the examining authority to the person concerned electronically or by speed post and copy be sent to the employer of the mine concerned electronically. (3) The examining authority shall retain the third copy of the medical certificate. (4) In the case of periodical medical examination, the examining authority shall send the copy of previous medical certificates of the person concerned, back to the manager of the mine concerned. 114. Retention and transfer of medical certificates.- (1) All medical examination records with medical history and job details to depict the occupational dust exposure profile of persons employed or to be employed in a mine shall be retained in the possession of the manager of the mine so long as the person is employed in the mine and for a period of five years thereafter: Provided that the manager of a mine where such person is or was employed shall, if so requested by the manager of any other mine where the person is to be employed, send all medical certificates....
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....pellate medical board.- For the purpose of medical re-examination on appeal, the appellate medical board shall be constituted by the Central Government in the following manner, namely; (i) an Inspector-cum-Facilitator who shall act as the convener of the board for coordination purpose; (ii) two qualified medical practitioners in allopathic system of medicine and in the employment of the State or Central Government as nominated by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator: Provided that, the convener can co-opt any specialist medical practitioner if the appellate medical board is of the opinion that such specialist is required to be consulted for specific issues. 119. Standard and report of medical re-examination by the appellate medical board.- (1) The appellate medical board shall medically examine the appellant in accordance with the standard laid down in the FORM -IX for initial and periodical medical examination. (2) The certificate of medical re-examination in the FORM-X, shall be issued to the manager of the mine and to the appellant. (3) A copy of the medical certificate shall be retained with the convenor. 120. Unfit persons not to be employ....
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....emist, assayer, metallurgist and welfare or personnel officer; and (viii) any other person specified by Central Government through general or special order issued from time to time. 123. Establishment and location of rescue station.- (1) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may permit or require the employer of a below ground mine or a group of below ground mines to establish and maintain rescue stations with such designs and specifications and at such places as may be considered necessary in consultation with the employer: Provided that where there are below ground mines belonging to more than one employer, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may permit or require two or more employers to jointly establish common rescue stations: Provided further that all the existing rescue stations as on the date of coming into force of these rule, shall continue to function for a period of three years from that date. (2) At every rescue station, there shall be a superintendent and at least two instructors and there shall be maintained a rescue brigade of not less than eighteen rescue trained persons. (3) Where in absence of the superintendent at a rescue station exceeds s....
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.... etc. of rescue room in-charge who shall be made in-charge of the rescue room. (3) At least one rescue trained person shall always be in attendance at the rescue room. 126. Functions of rescue room.- A rescue room shall provide facilities for the storage, assembly and testing of breathing apparatus and other rescue equipment and apparatus and for their speedy transport to mines. 127. Qualifications, experience etc. of superintendent.- No person shall be appointed as superintendent unless such person- (i) is a rescue trained person; (ii) has 5 years practical experience of below ground work in mines; and (iii) holds a First Class Manager's Certificate of a type not restricted to open cast workings. 128. Qualifications, experience etc. of instructor.- No person shall be appointed as instructor unless such person- (i) is a rescue trained person; (ii) has 3 years practical experience of below ground work in mines; and (iii) holds a Manager's certificate of a type not restricted to open cast workings. 129. Selection of rescue trained persons for posting at rescue station.- (1) The rescue trained persons for pos....
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....-Facilitator in the form, as may be specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator through general or special order issued from time to time. (7) In case of an accident in a rescue station or rescue room arising out of the use of any rescue apparatus a written report thereof shall be sent electronically, within 24 hours of such accident, by the Superintendent to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator and Inspector-cum-Facilitator in the form, as may be specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator through general or special order issued from time to time. (8) No absorbent charges, chemicals, self-rescuer and gas detector tubes shall be kept at any rescue station, rescue room or below ground mine for use beyond the expiry date, which shall be legibly marked on the boxes thereof. 132. Duties and responsibilities of Superintendent.- (1) The Superintendent shall be overall in charge for control of the rescue station and the rescue rooms served by such rescue station. (2) The Superintendent shall ensure that all the rescue equipment and apparatus kept at the rescue station, rescue rooms and at the entrance of the below ground mine under their control are- (i) main....
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....ue room in-charge shall- (i) display prominently a list of mines served by their rescue room; (ii) maintain the equipment and apparatus kept at the rescue room in proper working order; (iii) maintain a proper record of all rescue equipment and apparatus kept at the rescue room and inspection thereof; and (iv) not allow any unauthorised person to enter into or permit any unauthorised person to take out any apparatus or equipment from the rescue room. 135. Duties of rescue trained persons posted at rescue station.- The rescue trained person shall- (i) obey order of the superintendent and instructor and assist them in discharge of their functions; (ii) attend to messages, telephone calls and wireless and maintain record thereof; (iii) maintain the rescue station in neat and tidy condition; (iv) maintain the equipment and apparatus kept at the rescue station in proper working order; (v) perform rescue and recovery work in mine; and (vi) not leave rescue station without obtaining permission from the superintendent. 136. Duties of rescue room attendant.- Every rescue room attendant shall- ....
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....e rescue trained persons and attendants attached to it; and (iii) close to below ground mine entrance to rescue trained persons other than those specified in clauses (i) and (ii). (4) There shall be provided at a below ground mine effective bell or other arrangements, as may be approved by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator for immediate summoning of rescue trained persons. 140. Selection of persons for training in rescue work.- No person shall be selected for training in rescue work, unless such person- (i) is between 21 and 40 years of age and holds a valid First-aid certificate from the institutes recognised by the Central or State Government ; (ii) is certified by the manager that such person has sufficient underground experience for the purpose of rescue work; (iii) is certified by a qualified medical practitioner, as may be designated by the manager after examination in accordance with the standard as may be specified by the Chief Inspector-cum- Facilitator through general or special order, to be free from any organic disease or weakness and to be fit for undertaking rescue work; and (iv) is considered by the Superintendent ....
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....form the owner, agent or manager of nearby mines to make available the services of rescue trained persons employed therein if so required; (iv) inform the rescue station about the nature of the occurrence; stating whether assistance would be needed from the rescue station; (v) summon medical assistance; and (vi) send information of the occurrence to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator. (2) All rescue and recovery work at a below ground mine shall be conducted under the control, direction and supervision of the manager of the mine or in absence of the manager, the principal official present at the surface: Provided that in the event of a major emergency, such as ignition, explosion, underground fire or an accident involving a number of persons, the manager or the principal official shall, in taking decisions regarding rescue and recovery operations, take guidance from a group consisting of a senior official of the management, a representative each from the Director General of Mines Safety, concerned rescue station and the recognised Union of the Workers, so however manager or the principal official must take necessary decisions and direct the operations as....
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.... fresh air base, there shall be provided at the base as soon as possible the persons, apparatus and equipment as specified in sub-rule (2). 148. Leader.- Every rescue team engaged in work with breathing apparatus in a mine shall be under a leader who shall be appointed by the superintendent. 149. Instructions to leader.- Prior to sending a rescue team underground, the superintendent or a person authorised shall give clear instructions to the leader of the team as to where it shall go and what it shall attempt. 150. Test of apparatus.- (1) Before proceeding below ground the leader shall test or witness the testing of self-contained breathing apparatus of the team for leakage. (2) No such apparatus shall be used unless it is found safe. (3) The leader shall check the equipment of team and immediately before entering irrespirable atmosphere shall make sure that all breathing apparatus are working properly. 151. Duties of leader below ground.- (1) The leader (i) shall not be engage in manual work. (ii) shall give attention solely to directing the team and to maintaining its safety. (iii) shall examine the roof and supports during the journey....
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....ll obey the order of the leader of the team. 153. Restriction of second spell of works.- No person shall commence a second or subsequent spell of work in irrespirable atmosphere without being examined and found fit by a qualified medical practitioner. 154. Obligation of employer in certain situations.- Whenever emergency arises at a below ground mine, whether served by a rescue room or rescue station or not, the employer may seek assistance from the nearest rescue room or rescue station and in such an event- (i) all possible assistance shall be promptly rendered by the rescue room or rescue station; and (ii) the employer of the mine shall pay to the owner of the rescue station or rescue room, rendering such assistance, the full cost of rescue services and facilities borrowed. 155. General management.- The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus. 156. Power to relax.- The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator based on the recommendation of the committee constituted by Chief Inspector-cum-Faci....
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....les. 159. Scope and standard for Refresher Training.- Every person in employment in a mine shall undergo the refresher training at least once in four years, as per training scheme: Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by order in writing and subject to such conditions as may be specified therein increase or decrease the interval of Refresher training at a mine. 160. Arrangement for refresher training.- The refresher training shall be so arranged that the persons shall undergo training during normal working hours on full day release system: Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator may by general or special order in writing subject to conditions as may be specified may exempt any mine from the provisions the of this rule. 161. Special training.- (1) In case new technology, equipment and system of work is introduced in the mine, the employer shall prepare and submit the training module, at least sixty days before such introduction, to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, who may at any time, by an order in writing, require such modification in the training module as may be specified therein. (2) Persons to be employed in aforesaid technology....
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....der sub rule (3) shall be made in a proforma and accompanied by a fee prescribed by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, based on recommendation of the committee constituted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator through general or special order issued from time to time. 164. Arrangements for the training centre.- Every training centre shall have such staff, equipment and other facilities as specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator through general or special order issued from time to time. 165. Training Officer.- (1) Every training centre shall be placed under the charge of a training officer, possessing qualification and experience, as specified by the Chief Inspector-cum- Facilitator through general or special order issued from time to time. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the owner or agent of the mine or the owner of common vocational training centre, as the case may be, to appoint the training officer specified under sub-rule(1): Provided that in case of a training Centre, the person responsible for the management, control, supervision or direction of the training centre (hereinafter referred to as owner of approved training centre), shall appoint the....
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....ing qualification and experience to impart training in vocational training centre: Provided that, in special circumstances, officials may be called for from the mines, to deliver lectures and for demonstrations at the training centre. 168. Trainers.- For the purpose of the practical training referred to in these rules, every person to be employed in a mine shall be placed under the direct supervision of an experienced person of an appropriate category, employed on operations and authorised by manager hereinafter referred to as trainer. 169. Qualification of instructors and trainers.- No person shall function as an instructor or trainer unless such person possesses qualification, training and experience as specified by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, based on recommendation of the committee constituted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, through general or special order issued from time to time 170. Duties of Instructor.- The instructor shall :- (a) assess employees competency and deliver lectures on standard course material; and (b) maintain records of training given to every person and to furnish weekly report to the training officer on the p....
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....ry mine shall counter sign and specify date on the certificate after being satisfied of the successful completion of training. 174. Certificate to be delivered to the management.- (1) Every person employed in a mine shall :- (a) if has obtained training certificates prior to such employment; and (b) obtained certificates during the course of employment, within such time as may be specified by the manager of the mine; (c) deliver the certificate issued to them under these rules; (2) the manager of the mine who shall keep the certificate in safe custody and issue a receipt for the same. (3) On the termination of employment, certificate deposited under sub-rule (1) shall be returned to the employee. 175. Inspection of vocational training centre.- The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cum-Facilitator may enter, inspect and examine any training centre or any part thereof and make such examination or inquiry as thinks fit in order to ascertain whether the provisions of these rules and of any orders made thereunder are being complied with. 176. Notice of closure or discontinuance of vocational training centre.- When it is intended to cl....
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.... produced whether oral and documentary, shall decide the complaint in accordance with the provisions of the Code. (6) The officer shall, while passing an order, record - (a) the particulars of the complaint; (b) the details of the parties; (c) the nature of the offence with reference to relevant provisions of the Code; (d) the pleadings of the parties; (e) summary of evidence including cross-examination; (f) findings and reasons; and (g) penalty imposed, if any. (7) In case, the accused or his representative fails to appear without any sufficient cause on two consecutive dates, the officer may proceed to hear and determine the complaint ex-parte: Provided, in case where Inspector-cum-Facilitator fails to appear or through his representative without any sufficient cause, on the specified date, the officer may dismiss the complaint. (8) Officer may allow for adjournment of the proceedings on receipt of application either from the Inspector- cum-Facilitator or the accused: Provided that not more than three adjournments shall be allowed: Provided further that the officer may at his discretion permit hearin....
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...., who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (30 of 2019) and enrolled on a State Medical Register as defined in the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. 179. Procedure of inquiry and other related matters.- (1) Wherein any workplace an accident causing death or serious bodily injury takes place or there is an occurrence of any dangerous occurrence or cases of any occupational disease as specified in the Third Schedule to the Code has been reported or is suspected to have been contracted, the Central Government, as the case may be, appoint one or more persons possessing legal and special knowledge to act as assessors or competent persons in such inquiry in order to inquire into the causes of the accident or occupational disease. (2) The competent person appointed under sub-rule (1) shall carry out the inquiry into the causes of the accident or dangerous occurrence along with identification of the hazardous condition for which competent person has reasonable evidence to conclude and to be recorded in writing in the inquiry report, has caused the accident or the dangerous occurrence and also identify the persons ....
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.... (a) any enforcement authority concerned; (b) any employers association or Trade Union of employees; (c) any person who was injured or suffered damage as a result of the accident, occurrence, situation, disease or other matter which is the subject of the inquiry, or their representative; (d) the employer of any premises in which the accident, occurrence, situation or other matter occurred or arose; (e) any person carrying on work giving rise to the accident, occurrence, situation or other matter which is the subject of the inquiry; and (f) any other person at the discretion of the appointed competent person making inquiry. (2) The following shall represent at the inquiry, namely :- (a) a corporate body may be represented by its secretary or by any other officer appointed for the purpose, or by counsel or solicitor; (b) a Government department, an employers association or a Trade Union may be represented by a counsel or a solicitor; (c) where there are two or more persons having a similar interest in the matter under inquiry, the competent person may allow one or more persons to appear for the benefit ....
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....d in this behalf by the Central Government, shall act as the Secretary to the competent person. (10) The inquiry or the survey, as the case may be, shall be completed and submitted to the Central Government, within a period of three months from the date of the order through which it is constituted. 181. Procedure of survey and other related matters.- (1) The Central Government may direct Directorate General Occupational Safety and Health or Directorate General Mines Safety or any other institution under the control of the Central Government, to appoint a committee to undertake a survey on the situation relating to safety and health at work at any workplace or class of workplaces or into the effect of work activity on the health of the employees within and in the vicinity of the workplace. (2) The committee shall carry out the survey with a view to finding out the status of safety and health at work the workplace and its effect on the workers. (3) The report of the committee to be submitted to the Central government shall be of status of an inspection report and contain conclusive findings of the survey along with the recommendations for improving the status of occupatio....
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....ages, at the level of principal employer, who shall look into the matter and redress grievance. (2) A committee shall be constituted by the principal employer in whose establishment contract labour is employed and the committee shall comprise of a chairman, who shall be the authorised representative of the principal employer and shall have representative of principal employer and contractor. (3) The committee shall hear and dispose of the grievance of the contract labour within a period of thirty days. (4) In event the grievance is not redressed within thirty days, the principal employer shall forward the grievance to the concerned Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically. (5) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator, upon receipt of the grievance forwarded under sub-rule (4), shall inquire into the matter and take appropriate action for its disposal, and shall ensure that the grievance is resolved within a period not exceeding sixty days from the date of its receipt. 185. Annual increment of regular worker of a contractor.- A worker who is regularly employed by the contractor for any activity and employment of such worker is governed by mutually accepte....
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....ntipyretic (Paracetamol), Antacid, Antiemetics 12. Tablets-Isosorbide Dinitrate (5 mg), Aspirin (75mg) + Atorvastatin (20mg) + Clopidogrel (75mg) 13. ORS Sachets 14. Injection: Atropine, Adrenalin, Hydrocortisone, Furosemide, local anaesthetics 15. Disposable Syringes with needles of different sizes and needle holder 16. Suturing needles and materials 17. Pair of dissecting forceps 18. Pair of dressing forceps 19. Pair of artery forceps 20. Surgical scissors 21. Scalpel 22. Stethoscope 23. Rubber bandage - pressure bandage 24. Oxygen cylinder/Oxygen Concentrator with necessary attachments 25. One Blood Pressure apparatus 26. Appropriate number of Normal Saline Bottle, Ringer Lactate Solution, 5% Dextrose Solution, 25% Dextrose Solution. 27. Green (18G), Pink (20G) and Blue (22G) Intravenous (IV) Cannula and suitable fixator 28. Disposable Intra venous Infusion Set 29. Intravenous Infusion Stand 30. Blood Glucose Monitoring Kit 31. Biomedical Waste Management Bins as per statutory requirement 32. ....
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....dages and Dressings: (a) Elastic bandages with self-adhesive properties and Ice pack box with ice bags for sprains and strains (b) Non-stick wound dressings or pads with enhanced absorbency (c) Burn Care: (d) Hydrogel burn dressings for immediate cooling and pain relief (e) Sterile burn sheets with hydrogel coating (f) Burn gel or spray with a soothing effect (v) Equipment and Tools: (a) Digital thermometer for accurate temperature readings (b) Suction apparatus, Stiff neck collar, Airway, Artificial manual breathing unit bag, Finger probe pulse oximeter (vi) High-quality flashlight with adjustable brightness. ANNEXURE- IV List of equipments for Ambulance Room in case of mines as provided under rule 55(iii) :- (i) Advanced Medical Equipment: (a) Portable oxygen cylinder with a regulator and various oxygen delivery devices (nasal cannula, mask) (b) Nebulizer for administering respiratory medication efficiently (c) Suction device for airway management and clearing secretions (d) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with the latest technology a....
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....dages with self-adhesive properties for secure and comfortable support. (c) Triangular bandages (ix) Emergency Equipment: Pressure bandage for controlling severe bleeding effectively. (x) Temperature Assessment: Non-contact infrared thermometers for quick and hygienic temperature assessment. (xi) Medications and Administration Equipment: Emergency medications and equipment as prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner, (xii) Emergency Medications: Adequate supply of anti-tetanus serum and other emergency medications as prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner. (xiii) Medical Appliances: (a) One Stethoscope and one Automated blood pressure monitor with digital display and adjustable cuffs for accurate readings. (b) One Electro Cardio Graph machine (c) One each of Suction apparatus, Stiff neck collar, Airway, Artificial manual breathing unit bag, Finger probe pulse oximeter. ANNEXURE-V List of equipment for first aid station in case of mines as provided under rule 54(ix)(B) :- (i) One stretcher with two blankets (ii) Inflatable splints (iii) Patient Examina....
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....s and adhesive Tapes of different sizes. 40. Elastic crepe bandages of different sizes. 41. Adequate Pieces of sterilized eye pad. 42. Adequate roller bandages of different sizes. 43. Tourniquet 44. Disposable gloves 45. Tweezers 46. Pulse Oximeter. 47. Suitable Suction unit with equipment 48. Resuscitation equipment such as Automated External Defibrillator and ambu bag. 49. Any other equipment recommended by the Medical Officer according to the specific need. ANNEXURE- VII List of Forms prescribed under Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 S.No. Form Number Subject 1 FORM-I Application for registration of establishment/Amendment to certificate of registration/ Updation of registration particulars of establishments already registered under any other Central Labour Laws 2 FORM-II Application for cancellation of Registration Certificate of establishment 3 FORM-III Certificate of Registration of Establishment 4 FORM-IV Certificate of cancellation of Registration Certificate of Establishment 5 FORM-V....
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....ull postal address and situation of the factory Name and address of the occupier and manager Maximum number of workers to be employed on any day 1 2 3 4 5 (b) For mines: Name of Mineral(s) Lease extent of the mine (in Acres) Name and address of the owner Average Monthly output, targeted (Tonne) Maximum number of persons to be employed on any day 1 2 3 4 5 5 (c) For Dock work: Name of dock Work/Major Port Types of Dock Works Name of the Cargo handled and stored along with quantity Name of the chemicals handled and stored along with quantity Name of the hazardous Chemicals handled and stored along with quantity 1 2 3 4 5 5 (d) For building or other construction work: Type of Construction work Probable period of commencement of work Expected period for completion of work Details of approval of the local authority 1 2 3 4 5 (e) Any Other establishment: 6. Ownership Type/Sector: 7. Activity as per National Industrial Classification: 8. Details of Selected NIC Code: 9. Identification of the establishment e-sign/ digi....
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....arried on in the establishment (Please tick mark) (a) Factory (b) Mining (c) Dock work (d) Contract Work (e) Building or Other Construction Works (f) any other work (not covered above) 2. Details of the establishment: a. Total Number of employees engaged directly in the establishment: b. Total Number of the employees engaged through contractor: c. Total Number of Contractors and their details: d. Number of inter-state migrant workers engaged: 3 (a) For factories Details of the manufacturing process Full postal address and situation of the factory Name and address of the occupier and manager Maximum number of workers to be employed on any day 1 2 3 4 3 (b) For mines Name of Mineral(s) Lease extent of the mine (in Acres) Name and address of the owner Average Monthly output, targeted (Tonne) Maximum number of persons to be employed on any day 1 2 3 4 5 3 (c) For Dock work Name of Dock Work / Major Port Types of Dock Works Name of the Cargo handled and stored along with quantity Name of the chemicals handled and stored a....
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....istering Officer along with designation Place: Date: FORM-V [See rule 3(9)] Register of Establishment SI.No. Nature of work Registration No. and Date Name, address, and location of the establishment registered Name, Address and Contact Details of Employer Total number of Workers and Total Horsepower( if any) Total number of Contract Workers Remarks 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 (a) Factories (b) Mines (c) Dock Work (d) Building or other Construction work (e) Contract work f) Inter-State Migrant Work (g) Any other work(not covered above) FORM-VI [See rule 4(1)] Notice of Commencement / cessation of operations 1. Registration No: 2. Name and Address of establishment :- 3. Name and Designation of employer :- 4. Full address to which communication relating to the establishment to be sent :- 5. Nature of work of the establishment :- A. Notice of Commencement / cessation of operations I/We hereby intimate that the operation of establishment having registration No. .....................................................
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....Yes/No; 6.1 If yes, specify reference number with date. ............................................. 7. Actual date of opening (DD/MM/YYYY) II. In case of reopening: following additional details to be given 1. Date on which it is intended to reopen the mine (DD/MM/YYYY) 2. Plan(s) under Regulations enclosed: Yes/No; 2. 1 If yes, specify plan No. with date .......... 3. Safety Management Plan (SMP) enclosed- Yes/ No 3.1 If yes, specify reference No. with date ........ 4. Actual date of reopening (DD/MM/YYYY) III. In case of cessation/abandonment: following additional details to be given 1. Date on which it is intended to close/abandon* the mine (DD/MM/YYYY) 2. Actual date of closure /abandonment* (DD/MM/YYYY) 3. Number of persons likely to be affected 4. Reasons for closure / abandonment * IV. In case of discontinuance: following additional details to be given 1. Date on which it is intended to discontinue the mine (DD/MM/YYYY) 2. Actual date of discontinuance (DD/MM/YYYY) 3. Number of persons likely to be affected 4. Reasons for d....
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....e to the attached Test reports) : a. Ht. (in cm) b. Wt. (in Kg) c. Chest measurement: (i) On inspiration ......... cm (ii) On expiration .......... cm (d) Waist Circumference (e) Body Mass Index:................................. (f) Vision (Ophthalmologist tests): :................................. i. Visual Acuity both Right & left eyes:................................. ii. Colour Vision:................................. (g) Blood Pressure (mm Hg) :................................. (h) Complete Blood Count: (Hb, TLC, DLC, Platelets). :................................. (i) Fasting Blood Sugar:................................. (j) Post Prandial Blood Sugar :................................. (k) SpO2. :................................. (l) Blood Urea:................................. (m) S. Creatinine:................................. (n) S. Bilirubin (Total + direct) :................................. (o) SGOT:................................. (p) SGPT:................................. (q) Lipid p....
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....in for every medical examination whether initial or periodical or re-examination or after cure/control of disability). Annexure to Certificate No. ................. as result of medical examination on ............... Identification Mark.................. Left thumb impression and Signature of The candidate 1. General development- Good/Fair/Poor 2. Height. .............Cms. 3. Weight. ..............kg. 4. Eyes : (i) Visual acuity-Distant vision (with or without glasses): Right eye .......... Left eye ............. (ii) any organic disease of eyes (iii) night blindness (iv) Color blindness (to be tested in IME ) (v) Squint 5. Ears : (i) Hearing: right ear............ Left ear........... (ii) Any organic diseases. (iii) Audiometry Findings : Conduction Type Left Ear Right Ear Ear Conduction Normal/Abnormal Normal/Abnormal Bone Conduction Normal/Abnormal Normal/Abnormal Enclosed Audiometry Report. 6. Respiratory system. Auscultatory Finding: Chest measurement : (i) af....
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.... delta aminolevulinic acid in urine ( for person exposed to Lead) WNL/Abnormal Enclose all Investigation Reports. 17. Skiagram of chest. ILO Classification of Chest Radiograph : Profusion of Pneumoconiotic opacities Grades Types Present/Absent Enclose Chest Radiograph 18. Any other abnormality. 19. Any other test considered necessary by the examining authority. 20. Any opinion of specialist considered necessary. Signature & name of the examining authority With date and seal Place: Medical Standard of Fitness for Persons to be employed in Mines (Initial Medical Examination). 1. The person shall be in good physical and mental health and free from any physical defect, likely to interfere with efficient employment in mines. 2. Speech must be without serious impediment. 3. Teeth shall be in good condition and where necessary, the employee shall be provided with dentures for effective mastication (well filled teeth shall be considered as sound). The gums shall be in healthy condition. 4. Skin: - There shall be no evidence of extensive and chronic skin disease or ulceration. In the case of an infective type ....
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....ss than 11 inch. X 14 inch.) enough to include thoracic inlet and both costophrenic angles obtained by an X-ray machine (analog /digital) of atleast 300 Milli-Ampere strength shall be classified as per ILO international Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis by Medical Officer trained in such ILO classification. X-ray shall be classified using LED view box accommodating at least four chest radiographs of 14 inch. X 17inch size. b) Lung function tests (spirometry) to record forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEVI) shall be made. Findings of spirometry shall be within normal limit. 8. Circulatory system: - There should be no evidence of cardiac or vascular disease which may interfere with their efficient employment in a mine. The Blood pressure shall not be more than 130/80 mm Hg. Detailed cardiovascular assessment of employees should be done. This should include 12 leads electrocardiogram, echocardiography and complete lipid profile. 9. Locomotor System: The limbs, hands, fingers, feet and toes should be well formed and developed & without any deformity any deformity and function of all limbs should be within normal limits....
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....h may interfere with their efficient employment in a mine. 5. Skin: - There shall be no evidence of extensive and chronic skin disease or ulceration. In case of infective skin disease, the candidate maybe declared fit after he has undergoing a treatment. All occupational skin diseases should be noted. 6. Eye : (a) Vision with or without glass should not be less than the following standard: i. Better eye 6/9 ii. Worse eye 6/12 (b) There should be no night blindness for persons employed below ground and for persons employed in open cast working in shifts other than in morning's shifts. (c) A person having only one eye which functions normally should not be employed below ground, For employment on surface the vision of such a person in the other eye should be 6/9with or without glasses. 7. Hearing should be good, any progressive disease affecting hearing/or occupational deafness should be recorded. Audiometric examination shall be conducted in every case. 8. Respiratory System: Respiratory system should be sound and free from any chronic laryngeal, bronchial pulmonary d....
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....if present should not be large enough to impede the normal activities off the candidate. In such cases he may be declared fit after being successfully operated. The medical examination should include examination of urine and of other system for evidence of disease. Mere presence of albumin and sugar in the urine without any gross organic disease producing signs and symptoms should not be considered as a disability. FORM- X [See rule 119 (2)] Certificate medical re-examination by Appellate Medical Board (To be issued in triplicate) We do hereby certify that we have examined Shri/ Smt. /Miss .......... employed as............... in .........., Employee number ..............., who was declared medically unfit for. 1. any employment in mine. 2. any employment belowground. 3. any employment in work. .......... (Specify in details) After re-examination, we consider that - 1. Employee is medically fit for any employment in mine. 2. Employee is suffering from ............. and is medically unfit for (a) any employment in mine. (b) any employment belowground. (c) any employment in....
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.... S2 Additional Sound Electrocardiogramads) findings : Normal/Abnormal Echocardiography finding if required Normal/Abnormal Enclosed ECG Enclosed Echocardiography report 8. Abdomen : Tenderness. Liver. Spleen. Tumour. 9. Nervous system: History of fits or epilepsy Paralysis. Mental health. Neurological Assessment Findings Normal/Abnormal Superficial Reflexes Deep Reflexes Peripheral Circulation Vibrational Syndromes 10. Locomotory system 11. Skin. 12. Hydrocele. 13. Hernia. 14. Any other abnormality 15. Urine : Reaction: Albumin: Sugar: 16. Pathological Investigations: S.No. Tests Findings 1 Blood-Tc,Dc,Hb,ESR, Platelets WNL/Abnormal 2 Blood Sugar- Fasting & PP WNL/Abnormal 3 HbA1c if required WNL/Abnormal 4 Lipid profile WNL/Abnormal 5 Blood Urea, Creatinine WNL/Abnormal 6 Urine Routine WNL/Abnormal 7. Hemoglobin Electrophoresis (if required) WNL/Abnormal Enclosed all Investigation Reports. 17. ....
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....(i), (ii) or (iii) is in the affirmative, state whether the act was done for the purpose of and in connection with the employer's trade or business.: 11. In case the accident or dangerous occurrence took place while travelling in the employer's transport, state whether- (a) the injured person was travelling as a passenger to or from their place of works; : (b) the injured person was travelling with the express or implied permission of their employer; : (c) the transport is being operated by or on behalf of the employer or some other person by whom it is provided in pursuance of arrangements made with the employer; and (d) the vehicle is being/not being operated in the ordinary course of public transport service . . 12. In case the accident or dangerous occurrence took place while meeting emergency, state- (a) its nature; and (b) whether the injured person at the time of accident or dangerous occurrence was employed for the purpose of their employer's trade or business in or about the premises at which the accident or dangerous occurrence took place. : 13. Describe briefly how the accident or dangerous occurr....
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....e Registration Number of the Establishment To be maintained for all employees of the establishments 1. Employee Code 2. Name Middle Name 3. Surname 4. Gender 5. Father's/Mother's/ Spouse's Name 6. Date of Birth 7. Place of Birth 8. Nationality 9. Education level 10. Date of Joining 11. Designation 12. Category (unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled or highly skilled) 13. Type of employment (P/T/FT/T/B) ** 14. Mobile Number 15. Universal Account Number (UAN) 16. PAN 17. Nominee (To be filled on the basis of Nomination form) 18. EPS/NPS 19. Details of Family 20. Details of Posting 21. Pay 22. Promotion 23. ESIC IP Insurance No. 24. Aadhaar number 25. Bank A/c No. 26. Bank 27. Branch(IFSC) 28. Present address ....
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.... 2. Period of the Return From - To- Period should be calendar year 3. Name of the Establishment 4. Email ID (employer) 5. Telephone No. (employer) 6. Mobile number (employer) 7. Premise name 8. Sub-locality 9. District 10. State 11. Pin Code 12. Geo Co-ordinates B(a). Hours of Work in a day B(b). Number of Shifts Number of hours in a shift C. Details of Manpower Deployed Details Directly employed Employed through Contractor Grand Total Skill Category Highly Skilled Skilled Semi- Skilled Un- Skilled Highly Skilled Skilled Semi- Skilled Un- Skilled (i) Maximum No. of employees employed in the establishment in any day during the year M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T (ii) Average No. of employees employed in the establishment during the year No. to be indicated M/F/T M/F/T ....
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....for minimum number of Qualified Medical Practitioner employed in establishment. However, this detail is required to have data on occupational health. F. The Industrial Relations: Instructions for filling 1. Is the Works Committee has been functioning.(Section 3 of IR Code, 2020) Yes/No and not applicable Industrial establishment in which 100 or more workers are employed (a) Date of its constitution. 2. Whether the Safety Redressal Committee constituted (Section 4 of IR Code, 2020) Yes/No and not applicable Industrial establishment employing 20 or more workers 3. Number of registered Unions in the establishments. 4. Whether any negotiation union exist(Section 14 of IR Code, 2020) Yes/No 5. Whether any negotiating council is constituted (Section 14 of IR Code, 2020) Yes/No 6. Number of workers discharged/dismissed, retrenched or whose services were terminated during the year: Dismissed Retrenched Discharged /Terminated or Removed Grand Total 7. Man-days lost during the year on account of Sl....
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....of Mineral (drop down) Coal/Metal/Oil 6. Name of Mineral 7. Type of Mine (drop down) Belowground/ Opencast/ Aboveground/Mixed/OffShore/OnShore 8. Date of opening To be filled for first time 9 Mine Code To be filled for first time 10. Date of closing (if any) NA/ Calendar to be given 11. Date of reopening (if any) NA/ Calendar to be given 12. Depth of working in mts. Maximum Depth: Minimum Depth: B. Statutory personnel employed in the mine (as on 31^st December) Sl. No. Designation as per Code Number of Statutory Persons required Number of Statutory Persons employed 1. C. Method of Working vis-a-vis Safety Parameters 1 Name of Method (Specify the name) (as per drop down menu) 2 Quantity of mineral Produced in Cu.m./Tonne 3 Quantity of Waste/overburden removed in Cu.m./Tonne 4 Stage of Working (as per drop down menu) Development/Extraction/Mixed 5 Permissible Void in Cu.m....
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....culars Total No. of Persons Imparted Basic Vocational Training Imparted Refresher Training Imparted special Training F. Details of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence and Occupational Diseases : (1) Details of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences: Sl. No. Date of Accidents/Dangerous Occurrences No. of persons killed No. of persons received Serious Bodily Injury Number of persons injured (Excluding Serious Bodily Injury) and thereby prevented from working for a period of 48 hours or more Nature of Occurrence Mandays lost 1. (2) Details of Occupational diseases: Sl. No Notified Disease No. of cases 1 G. Details of Safety Management Plan: (a) Safety Management Plan Prepared: (Yes/No/NA) (b) Date of Submission : Date (c) Last date of review of Safety Management Plan: Date (d ) Principal Hazards Identified: Sl. no. List of Principal hazards identified Principal hazard Mitigation date Principal hazard not mitigated till 31st December Reasons for failure to mitigate....
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....ame and address of the contractors LIN of the contractor Name of the work Maximum number of contract labour employed Amount paid against wage bill (if applicable) to the contractor (including EPF, ESIC, Bonus etc.) Date of payment of wage bill (if applicable) Amount of the wages paid directly to the contract labour by Principal Employer (in case the contractor fails to pay) Date of payment of wages paid directly to the contract labour by Principal Employer (in case the contractor fails to pay) Remarks Signature of the principal employer Date: PART IV (see rule 72(8)) Shram Shuvidha Portal Ministry of Labour and Employment Self-Declaration form for EPFO/ESIC Contribution Year:___ PAN No: LIN:(Auto-Populated) EPF Code No. (Auto-Populated)(Editable): ....
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.... April May June Signature of the contractor: Date: FORM-XIX (See rule 75) REGISTER OF ACCIDENTS AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES Name of injured/deceased person (if any) Date of accident or dangerous occurrence Date of report to Inspector- cum- Facilitator Nature of accident or dangerous occurrence Date of return of injured person to work Number of days the injured person was absent from work Signature of employer/representative 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FORM-XX (See rule 76) REGISTER FOR LEAVE WITH WAGES Part I - Adults Part II - Adolescents Name of worker : Establishment: Department : Father's Name: SI. No ....
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....f the Site Incharge 1 2 3 4 5 6 5. Maximum number of workmen proposed to be employed on the establishment on any date: 6. Amount of Licence Fee: INR (Transaction Id :) 7. Amount of Security Deposit: INR (Transaction Id :) IV. DETAILS OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR WHICH COMMON LICENCE REQUIRED, (IF APPLYING FOR) Type of Establishments Name & Address of establishment (i)Nature of work carried out in the establishment (ii) Activity as per National Ind'1 classification Date of commencement Permanent establishment or probable date of completion Maximum number of contract labour employed/ proposed to be employed 1 2 3 4 5 6 V. DETAILS OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR WHICH SINGLE LICENCE IS REQUIRED (IF APPLYING FOR) Name of States in which the establishments are situated Name of each work Maximum number of labour will be/is employed Date of commencement Permanent establishment or probable date of completion Registration number, if obtained, then details thereof 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sign....
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....labour on any one day AMENDMENTS: Year when Amended Maximum number of Contract labour on any one day Date of payment of amendment fee Date of Payment Signature of the Issuing Authority E-sign /digital sign of the designated authority FORM-XXIII (See rule 100) EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATE OF CONTRACT LABOUR To whomsoever it may concern* 1. Name of contractor/employer *: 2. LIN/PAN No. of the contractor/employer *: 3. Email Id of the contractor /employer *: 4. Mobile No. of the contractor/employer *: 5. Nature and location of work: 6. Name of principal employer *: 7. LIN/PAN No. of the principal employer :* 8. Email Id of the principal employer : * 9. Mobile No. of the principal employer :* 10. Name of the labourer *: 11. UAN / Aadhaar No .: 12. Mobile No. : 13. Serial Number in the employee register : 14. Registration number, date and name of the Board where the building or other construction work is register....
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....all settle the account of the audio-visual worker and pay the remaining balance of the agreement amount in full before the commencement of re-recording work/censor of the production, whichever is earlier. 6. That the audio-visual worker shall, if so required, (a) attend the studios, location or work-place, as the case may be, earlier than the scheduled time of the shift, for preparatory work, and in that case, audio-visual worker shall be paid by the Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs...... per hour or part thereof for such early attendance. (b) continue to work beyond the working day, with one hour break and in that case, audio-visual worker shall be paid by the Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs.............. for the work during the extended hours and refreshments, and transport facilities. 7. That the Producer shall provide transport and food or pay traveling allowances to and fro to report to duty and food allowance while on duty as are customary or fixed by bilateral arrangements between the Producer's and audio-visual worker's representative organizations. 8. That the Producer shall also pay for all travelling and a....
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.... audio-visual worker's total work in the audio-visual and the work has completed till the date of termination of this agreement. Termination under this clause shall not be made unless the charges of the Producer against the audio-visual worker are proved before a forum comprising equal number of representatives of the Producers' Organisation and the audio-visual worker's Organisation to which the Producer and the audio-visual worker respectively may belong. The decision of the forum shall be binding on both the parties. The producer can engage another audio-visual worker for the job towards this agreement only after the forum has given a decision in favour of such termination and the audio-visual worker has been paid all his dues. 13. That in case of premature termination of this agreement, it shall be the option of the Producer whether or not to retain the work of the audio-visual worker in the audio-visual and at the same time, it shall be the option of the audio-visual worker whether or not to allow their name to go on the credit titles of the film. 14. That the Producer shall have the right to decide the manner of representing the audio-visual work....
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........ (date). (2) The particulars of the establishment inspected and the contravention (s) of the provisions of the OSH&WC Code 2020, OSH &WC (Central) Rules, 2026, Regulations, Standards, Notifications and Orders made thereunder observed during inspections are annexed herewith. (3) You are hereby directed to rectify the contraventions / irregularities observed during inspections and submit compliance report (through speed post / electronic mode / designated portal) within 30 days from the date of issue of this notice, failing which necessary action will be initiated as per the relevant provisions of the statute without making any further correspondence in this regard. Yours faithfully, Encl: As above. Inspector-cum-Facilitator. FORM- XXVI [See rule 182(1)] APPLICATION FOR COMPOSITION OF OFFENCE 1. Name of applicant : 2. Father's / Spouse name : 3. Address of the applicant : 4. Name of establishment : 5. Particulars of the offence : ........................................................................................................................................................ 6. Section of the Code under which the offence is commi....
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....l no. 6: PART -II In view of the above, you have an option to pay the entire amount mentioned at serial no. 6 in Part-I within fifteen days from the date of issue of this notice and return the application duly filled in Part - III of this notice. In case the said amount is not paid within the specified time, necessary action for institution of prosecution shall be initiated without giving any further opportunity in this regard. (Signature) (Name and designation of Officer) Date: Place: To: ..................................(Employer/Establishment) . .................................(Name and registration number) .................................(Address) PART - III [See rule 182(2)] Application under section 114 for composition of offence Ref: Notice No .. Date: The undersigned has deposited the entire amount as specified at serial 6 of Part-I and the details of payment are given below with a request to compound the offences mentioned in Part-I. 8. Details of the compounding amount deposited (Copy of the electronically generated receipt to be attached): 9. Details of the prosecution, if any filed in respect of the v....