Central Government Act

The Building and Other Construction Workers' (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998

1. Short title, application and commencement.—

(1) These rules may be called the Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998.
(2) They shall apply to the building or other construction work relating to any establishment in
relation to which appropriate Government is the Central Government under Act.
(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.—In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Act” means the Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment
and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996);
(b) “access” or “egress” means passageways, corridors, stairs, platforms, ladders and any
other means to be used by a building worker for normally entering or leaving the
workplace or for escaping in case of danger;
(c) “approved” means approved in writing by the Director General or the Central Government
as the case may be;
(d) “base plate” means a plate for distributing the load from a standard in the case of metal
scaffolds;
(e) “bay” in relation to scaffolds, means that portion of the scaffold between horizontal or
vertical supports whether standards or supports from which the portion is suspended,
which are adjacent longitudinally;
(f) “brace” means a member incorporated diagonally in a scaffold for stability;
(g) “bulkhead” means an airtight structure separating the working chamber from free air or
from another chamber under a lower pressure than the working pressure;
(h) “caisson” means an air and watertight chamber in which it is possible for men to work
under air pressure greater than atmospheric pressure at sea level excavate material
below water level;
(i) “cofferdam” means a structure constructed entirely or in part below water level or below
the level of the water table in the ground and intended to provide, a place for work that is
free of water;
 (j) “competent person” means a person so approved by the Central Government, who
belongs to a testing establishment in India, possessing adequate qualification,
experience and skill for the purposes of testing, examination or annealing and
certification of lifting appliances, lifting gears, wire ropes or pressure plant or equipment;
(k) “compressed air” means air mechanically raised to a pressure higher atmospheric pressure
at sea level;
(l) “construction site” means any site at which any of the processes or operations related to
building or other construction work, are carried on;
(m) “conveyor” means a medicinal device used in building or other construction work for
transport of building material, articles, or packages or solid bulk from one point to another
point;
(n) “danger” means danger of accident or of injury or to health;
(o) “decanting” means the rapid decompression of persons in a man-lock to atmospheric
pressure at sea level followed promptly by their recompression in a decant lock, where
they are then decompressed according to the appropriate decompression table in
accordance with approved decompression procedures;
(p) “demolition work” means the work incidental to or connected with the total or partial
dismantling or razing of a building or a structure other than a building and includes the
removing or dismantling of machines or other equipment;
(q) “excavation” means the removal of earth, rock or other material in connection with
construction or demolition work;
(r) “falseworks” means the structural supports and bracing for frameworks or forms;
(s) “flashpoint” means the minimum liquid temperature at which a spark or flame causes an
instantaneous flash in the vapour space above the liquid;
(t) “frame or modular scaffold” means a scaffold manufactured in such a way that the geometry
of the scaffold in predetermined and the relative spacing of the principal members are
fixed;
(u) “guardrail” means a horizontal rail secured to uprights and erected along the exposed sides
of scaffolds, floor openings, runways and gangways to prevent persons from falling;
(v) “hazard” means danger or potential danger;
(w) “hazardous substance” means any substance which due to its explosiveness, inflammability,
radioactivity, toxic or corrosive properties, or other similar characteristics, may—
(i) cause injury; or
(ii) affect adversely the human system; or
 (iii) cause loss of the life or damage to property on work-environment, while handling,
transporting or storing and classified as such under the national standards or in case
such national standards do not exist to the generally accepted international standards;
(x) “high pressure air” means air used to supply power to pneumatic tools and devices;
(y) “independent lied scaffold” means a scaffold, the working platform of which is supported from
the base by two or more rows of standards and which apart from the necessary ties
stands completely free of the building;
(z) “ledger” means a member spanning horizontally and tying scaffolding longitudinally and
which acts as a support for putlogs or transoms;
(za) “lifting appliance” means a crane, hoist, derrick, winch, gin pole, sheer legs, jack, pulley
block or other equipment used for lifting materials, objects or, building worker;
(zb) “lifting gear” means ropes, chains, hooks, slings and other accessories of a “lifting
appliance”;
(zc) “lock attendant” means the person in charge of a man-lock or medical lock and who is
immediately responsible for controlling the compression, recompression or decompression
of persons in such locks;
(zd) “low pressure air” means air supplied to pressurise working chambers and man-locks and
medical locks;
(ze) “magazine” means a place in which explosives are stored or kept, whether above or below
ground;
(zf) “man-lock” means any lock, other than a medical lock, used for the compression or
decompression of persons entering or leaving a working chamber;
(zg) “material hoist” means a power or manually operated and suspended platform or bucket
operating in guide rails and used for raising or lowering material exclusively and operated
and controlled from a point outside the conveyance;
(zh) “materials lock” means a chamber through which materials and equipments pass from one
air pressure environment into another;
(zi) “medical lock” means a double compartment lock used for the therapeutic recompression
and decompression of persons suffering from the ill-effects of decompression;
(zj) “national standards” means standards as approved by Bureau of Indian Standards and in
the absence of such standards of Bureau of Indian Standards, the standards approved by
the Central Government for a specific purpose;
(zk) “outrigger” means a structure projecting beyond the facade of a building with the inner end
being anchored and includes a cantilever or other support;
(zl) “plant or equipment” includes any plant, equipment, gear machinery, apparatus or
appliance, or any part thereof;
(zm) “pressure” means air pressure in bars above atmospheric pressure;
(zn) “pressure plant” means the pressure vessel along with its piping and other fittings operated
at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure;
(zo) “putlog” means a horizontal member on which the board, plank or decking of a working
platform are laid;
(zp) “responsible person” means a person appointed by the employer to be responsible for the
performance of specific duty or duties and who has a knowledge and experience and the
requisite authority for the proper performance of such duty or duties;
(zq) “reveal tie” means the assembly of a tie tube and a fittings used for tightening a tube
between two opposite surfaces;
(zr) “right angle coupler” means a coupler, other than a swivel or putlog coupler used for
connecting tubes at right angles;
(zs) “rock bolt” means a mechanical expansion bolt or a bolt used with cementation or resin
anchoring system which is set in drilled hole in the arch or wall of a tunnel to improve rock
competency;
(zt) “roofing bracket” means a bracket used in sloped roof construction and sharp points or other
means for fastening to prevent slipping;
(zu) “safety screen” means an air and water tight diaphragm placed across the upper part of a
compressed air tunnel between the face and bulkhead, in order to prevent flooding the
crown of the tunnel between the safety screen and the bulkhead to provide a safe means
of refuge and exit from a flooding or flooded tunnel;
(zv) “safe working load,” in relation to an article of lifting gear or lifting appliances means the
load which is the maximum load that may be imposed on such article or appliance with
safety in the normal working conditions as assessed and certified by a competent person;
(zw) “scaffold” means any temporarily provided structure on or from which building workers
perform work in connection with building or other construction work to which these rules
apply, and any temporarily provided structure which enables building workers to obtain
access to or which enables materials to be taken to any place at which such work is
performed, and includes any working platform, gangway, run, ladder or step-ladder (other
than a ladder or step-ladder which does not form part of such structure) together with any
guardrail, toe board or other safeguards and all fixings, but does not include lifting
 appliance or a lifting machine or a structure used merely to support such an appliance or
such a machine or to support other plant or equipment;
(zx) “Schedule” means a schedule appended to these rules;
(zy) “segment’’ includes a cast iron or precast concrete segmented structure formed to the
curvature of the tunnel cross-section and used to support the ground surrounding the
tunnel;
(zz) “service shaft” means a shaft for the passage of building workers or materials or from a
tunnel under construction;
(zza) “shaft” means an excavation having a longitudinal axis at an angle greater than forty-five
degree from the horizontal—
(i) for the passage of building workers or materials to or from a tunnel; or
(ii) leading to an existing tunnel;
(zzb) “shield” means a movable frame which supports the working face of a tunnel and the
ground immediately behind it and includes equipment designed to excavate and support
the excavated areas in a tunnel;
(zzc) “sole plate” means a member used to distribute the load from the base plate or the
standard of wooden scaffolds to the supporting surface;
(zzd) “sound or good construction” means construction conforming to the relevant national
standards or in case such national standards do not exist, to other generally accepted
international engineering standards or code of practices;
(zze) “sound or good material” means materials of a quality conforming to the relevant national
standards or in case such national standards do not exist, to other generally accepted
international engineering standards or code of practices;
(zzf) “standard” means a member used as a vertical support or column in the construction of
scaffolds which transmits a load to the ground or to the solid construction;
(zzg) “standard safe operating practices” means the practice followed in building and other
construction activities for the safety and health of workers and safe operation of
machineries and equipment used in such activities and such practices conforms to all or
any of the following, namely:—
(i) relevant standards approved by Bureau of Indian Standards;
(ii) national building code;
(iii) manufacturer’s instructions on safe use of equipment and machinery;
(iv) code of practice on safety and health in construction industry published by International
Labour Organisation and amended from time to time;
(zzh) “steel rib” includes all steel beams and other structural members shaped to conform to the
requirements of a particular tunnel cross section, used for the purpose of supporting and
stabilising the excavated areas;
(zzi) “suspended scaffold” means a scaffold suspended by means of ropes or chains and
capable of being raised or lowered but does not include a boatswain’s chair or similar
appliance;
(zzj) “testing establishment” means an establishment with testing and examination facilities, as
approved by the Central Government for carrying out testing, examination, annealing or
similar other test or certification of lifting appliances or lifting gear or wire rope as required
under these rules;
(zzk) “tie” means an assembly used to connect a scaffold to a rigid anchorage;
(zzl) “toe board” means a member fastened above a working platform, access landing, access
way, wheel barrow run, ramp or other platform to prevent building workers and materials
falling therefrom;
(zzm) “transom” means a member placed horizontally and used to tie transversely one ledger to
another, or one standard to another in an independent tie scaffold;
(zzn) “trestle scaffold” includes a scaffold in which the supports for the platform are any of the
following which are self-supporting, namely:—
(i) split heads;
(ii) folding;
(iii) step-ladder;
(iv) tripods; or
(v) movable contrivances similar to any of the foregoing;
(zzo) “tubular scaffold” means a scaffold constructed from tubes and couplers;
(zzp) “tunnel” means a subterranean passage made by excavating beneath the over burden into
which a building worker enters or is required to enter to work;
(zzq) “underground” means any space within the confines of a shaft, tunnel, caisson or
cofferdam;
(zzr) “vehicle” means a vehicle propelled or driven by mechanical or electrical power and
includes a trailer, traction engine, tractor, road-building machine and transport equipment;
(zzs) “working chamber” means the part of the construction site where work in compressed air
environment is carried out, but does not include a man-lock or medical lock;
(zzt) “working platform” means a platform which is used to support building workers or materials
and includes a working stage;
(zzu) “working pressure” means pressure, in a working chamber, to which building worker is
exposed;
(zzv) “workplace” means all places where building workers are required to be present or to go
for work and which are under the control of an employer.

3. Interpretation of words not defined.—Words and expressions not defined in these rules but
defined or used in the Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.

4. Savings.—The provisions of these rules shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or in
diminution of the requirements imposed by the Act.

5. Duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and others.—

(1) It shall be the duty of every employer who is undertaking any of the operations or works
related to or incidental to building or other construction work to which these rules apply—
(a) to comply with such of the requirements of these rules as are related to him: Provided that
the requirements of this clause shall not affect any building worker and so long as his
presence in any place of work is not in the course of performing any work on behalf of his
employer and he is not expressly or impliedly authorised or permitted by his employer to do
the work; and
(b) to comply with such of the requirements of these rules as are related to him in relation to any
work, act or operation performed or about to be performed by him.
(2) It shall be the duty of every employer who erects or alters any scaffold to comply with such
of the requirements of the provisions of these rules as relate to the erection or alteration of
scaffolds having regard to the purpose or purposes for which the scaffold designed at the
time of erection or alteration; and such employer, who erects, installs, works or uses any
plant or equipment to which any of the provisions of these rules apply, shall erect install,
work or use such plant or equipment in a manner which complies with those provisions.
(3) Where a contractor, who is undertaking any of the operations or works to which these rules
apply, appoints any artisan, tradesman or other person to perform any work or services
under a contract for services, it shall be the duty of the contractor to comply with such of the
requirements of these rules as affect that artisan, tradesman or other person and for this
purpose of any reference in these rules to an employee shall include a reference to such
artisan, tradesman or other person and the contractor shall be deemed to be his employer.
(4) It shall be the duty of every employee to comply with the requirements of such of these rules
as are related to the performance of or the refraining from an act by him and to co-operate
in carrying out these rules.
(5) It shall be the duty of every employer not to permit an employee to do anything not in
accordance with the generally accepted principles of standard safe operating practices
connected with building and other construction work as specified by the Central
Government.
(6) No employee shall do anything which is not in accordance with the generally accepted
principles of standard safe operating practices connected with building and other
construction work as specified by the Central Government.
(7) No person related with any building and other construction work shall wilfully do any act
which may cause injury to himself or to others.
(8) It shall be the duty of every employer not to allow lifting appliance, lifting gear, lifting device,
transport equipment, vehicles or any other device or equipment to be used by the building
workers which does not comply with the provisions given in these rules.
(9) It shall be the duty of the employer to maintain the latrines, urinals, washing facilities and
canteen in a clean and hygienic condition. The canteen shall be located in a place away
from the latrines and urinals and polluted atmosphere and at the same time be easily
accessible to the building workers.
(10) It shall be the duty of the employer to abide by the dates fixed and notified by him for
payment of wages for a period in accordance with these rules and no change in such dates
and such period shall be effected without notice to the building workers and the Inspector.
The employer shall ensure timely payment of wages as specified under these rules and at
the place and time notified by him. Where the employer is a contractor, he shall ensure that
the wages of building workers are paid in the presence of a representative of the employer
of establishment or owner of premises from whom he has taken the work on contract and
obtain signatures of such representative in token of having witnessed the payment of
wages.
(11) It shall be the duty of the employer to ensure that the lifting appliance, lifting gear, earth
moving equipment, transport equipment or vehicles used in the building or other
construction work undertaken by him conforms to the requirements relating to testing,
nomination and inspection of such equipment as provided under these rules. It shall be the
duty of every person in the service of the government or any local or other public authority
to comply with the requirements relating to him as given in these rules.
6. Responsibilities of architects, project engineers and designers.—
(1) It shall be the duty of the architect, project engineer or designer responsible for the design of
any project or part thereof or any building or other construction work to ensure that, at the
planning stage, due consideration is given to the safety and health aspects of the building
workers who are employed in the erection, operation and execution of such projects and
structures as the case may be.
(2) Adequate care shall he taken by the architect, project engineer and other professionals
involved in the project, not lo include anything in the design which would involve the use of
dangerous structures or other processes or materials, hazardous to health or safety of
building workers during the course of erection, operation and execution as the case may be.
(3) It shall also be the duty of the professionals, involved in designing the buildings structures or
other construction projects, to take into account the safety aspects associated with the
maintenance and upkeep of the structures and buildings where maintenance and upkeep
may involve special hazards.

7. Responsibilities of the persons in the service of the State Government and the Board
It shall be the duty of every person in the service of the Government of any State or a Board
to comply with the directions given by the Central Government from time to time to carrying
into execution in that State the provisions of the Act and these rules.

8. Duties and responsibilities of workers.—

(1) It shall be the duty of every building worker to comply with the requirements of such of these
rules as relate to him, and act and co-operate in carrying out the requirements of these rules
and if he discovers any defects in the lifting appliance, lifting gear, lifting device, concerning
any transport equipment or other equipment, to report such defects without unreasonable
delay to his employer or foreman or other person in authority.
(2) No building worker, shall unless duly authorised or except in case of necessary remove or
interfere with any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, hatch covering, life-saving appliances,
lighting or other things whatsoever required by the Act and these rules to be provided. If any
of the aforesaid things is removed, such thing shall be restored at the end of the period
during which its removal was necessary, by the persons engaged in that work.
(3) Every building worker, shall use only means of access provided in accordance with these
rules and no person shall authorise or order another to use means of access other than such
means of access.
(4) It shall be the duty of a building worker to keep the latrines, urinals, washing points, canteen
and other facilities provided by the employer for securing his welfare in a clear and hygienic
condition.

9. Exemption.—The Central Government may, by order in writing and subject to such

conditions and for such period, as may be specified therein, exempt from all or any of the
requirements of these rules to—
(a) any building or other construction work, if such Government is satisfied that such building
work is confined to such workers, where it is not convenient to take measures as provided in
these rules; or
(b) any appliance, gear, equipment, vehicle or other device if such Government is satisfied that
the requirement of such appliance, gear, equipment, vehicle or other device is not necessary for
use or equally effective measures are taken in lieu thereof: Provided that such Government
shall not grant exemption under this rule unless it is satisfied that such exemption would not
adversely affect the safety, health and wealth of the building workers.

10. Constitution of Central Advisory Committee.—The Central Building and other Construction
Workers’ Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Central Advisory Committee) shall
consist of—
(a) a Chairperson to be appointed by the Central Government;
(b) three Members of Parliament, of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and
one shall be elected by the Council of States — Members;
(c) Director General — Member ex officio;
(d) Director General Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour, New Delhi — Member;
(e) Director General Factory Advice Services and Labour Institutes, Mumbai — Member;
(f) four persons out of whom at least one shall be a woman to be nominated by the Central
Government representing the building workers — Members;
(g) four persons to be nominated by the Central Government for representing the employers
connected with the building and other construction work — Members;
(h) two persons to he nominated by the Central Government representing one from the national
level association of architects or engineers and one from an accident insurance institution. —
Members.

11. Terms of Office.—

(1) The Chairperson of the Central Advisory Committee shall hold office as such for a period of
three years from the date on which his appointment is notified in the Official Gazette.
(2) Each member referred to in clause (b) of rule 10 shall hold the office for three years or till he
remains a member of the House of People or Council of States, as the case may be, whichever
is earlier.
(3) The members referred to in clause (c), clause (d) and clause (e) of rule 10, shall hold office
as such during the period as the Central Government may specify.
(4) Each of the members referred to in clause (f), clause (g) and clause (h) of rule 10 shall hold
office as such for a period of three years commencing from the date on which his appointment is
notified in the Official Gazette: Provided that where the appointment of the successor of any
such member has not been notified in the Official Gazette on or before the expiry of the said
period of three years, such member shall, notwithstanding the expiry of the period of his office,
continue to hold such office until the appointment of his successor is notified in the Official
Gazette.
(5) If a member is unable to attend a meeting of the Committee, the Central Government may,
after notice in writing to such member and the Chairperson of the Central Advisory Committee,
nominate a substitute of such member to attend the meeting and such a substitute member
shall have all the rights and privileges of such member in respect of that meeting.
(6) The Central Advisory Committee shall be reconstituted after every three years.

12. Resignations.—
(1) A member of the Central Advisory Committee, not being an ex-officio member, may resign
his office by a letter in writing addressed to the Central Government through its Secretary in the
Ministry dealing with Labour, with prior information to the Chairperson of such Committee.
(2) The seat of such a member shall fall vacant from the date on which his resignation is
accepted by the Central Government, or on the expiry of thirty days from the date of receipt of
the letter of resignation by that Government whichever is earlier.
13. Cessation of membership.—If any member of the Central Advisory Committee, not being an
ex-officio member, fails to attend three consecutive meetings of such Committee, without
obtaining the leave of the Chairperson of such Committee for such absence, he shall cease to
be a member of such Committee: Provided that the Central Government may, if it is satisfied
that such member was prevented by sufficient cause from attending three consecutive
meetings, direct that such cessation shall not take place and on such direction being made,
such member shall continue to be a member of such Committee.

14. Disqualification for membership.—

(1) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Central Advisory Committee—
(i) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(ii) if he is an undischarged insolvent; or
(iii) if he has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government,
involves moral turpitude.
(2) Where a question arises as to whether a disqualification has been incurred under sub-rule
(1), the Central Government shall decide such question.

15. Removal from membership.—The Central Government may remove from office any member
of the Central Advisory Committee, if in its opinion such member has ceased to represent the
interest which he purports to represent on such Committee: Provided that no such member shall
be removed unless a reasonable opportunity is given to him of making a representation against
the proposed action under this rule.

16. Manner of filling vacancies.—When a vacancy occurs or is likely to occur in the membership
of the Central Advisory Committee, the Chairperson of such Committee shall submit a report to
the Central Government and on receipt of such report, the Central Government shall take steps
to fill the vacancy by making an appointment from amongst the category of persons to which the
person vacating membership belonged and the person so appointed shall hold office for the
remainder of the term of office of the member in whose place he is appointed.

17. Staff of Central Advisory Committee.—

(1) (i) The Central Government may appoint one of its officers not below the rank of Deputy
Secretary to that Government as Secretary to the Central Advisory Committee and appoint such
other staff being in the service of that Government, as it may think necessary, to enable such
Committee to carry out its functions.
(ii) The remuneration payable to such staff shall be such as may be decided by the Central
Government from time to time.
(2) The Secretary of the Central Advisory Committee—
(i) shall assist the Chairperson of such Committee in convening meetings of the Committee;
(ii) may attend the meetings of such Committee but shall not be entitled to vote at such
meetings;
(iii) shall keep a record of the minutes of the meetings of such Committee; and
(iv) shall take necessary measures to carry out the decisions taken at the meetings of such
Committee.

18. Allowances of members.—

(1) The travelling allowance of an official member of the Central Advisory Committee shall be
governed by the rules applicable to him for journey performed by him on official duties and shall
be paid by the authority paying his salary.
(2) The non-official members of the Central Advisory Committee shall be paid travelling
allowance for attending the meeting of such Committee at such rates as are admissible to an
officer of the rank of Director of the Central Government and daily allowances shall be
calculated at the maximum rate admissible to such Director.

19. Disposal of business.—

(1) Every matter which the Central Advisory Committee is required to take into consideration
shall be considered at a meeting of that Committee, or if the Chairperson of such Committee so
directs, by sending the necessary papers to every member for opinion, and the matter shall be
disposed of in accordance with the decision of the majority: Provided that where there is no
opinion of majority on a matter and the members of such Committee are equally divided the
Chairperson of such Committee shall have a second or a casting vote. Explanation.—The
expression “Chairperson of the Central Advisory Committee” for the purpose of this rule shall
include the Chairperson of such Committee nominated or chosen under sub-rule (2) of rule 20
to preside over a meeting.
(2) No act or proceedings of the Central Advisory Committee shall be invalid merely for reasons
of any vacancy in or any defect in constitution of the Committee.

20. Meetings.—
(1) The Central Advisory Committee shall meet at such places and at such times as may be
decided by the Chairperson of such Committee and it shall meet at least once in six months.
(2) The Chairperson of such Committee shall preside over every meeting of the Committee in
which he is present and in his absence he may nominate a member of the Committee to preside
over such a meeting in his place and in the absence of such nomination by the Chairperson, the
members of such committee present in such meeting may choose from amongst themselves a
member to preside over such a meeting.

21. Notice of meetings and list of business.—

(1) Ordinarily, two weeks’ notice shall be given to the members of the Central Advisory
Committee of a proposed meeting: Provided that the Chairperson of such Committee, if he is
satisfied that it is expedient to do so, may give notice of longer period for such meeting which
shall not exceed one month.
(2) No business except which is included in the list of business for a meeting of such Committee
shall be considered at such meeting without the permission of the Chairperson of the
Committee.
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Service) Central Rules, 1998
22. Quorum.—No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Central Advisory
Committee unless at least six members of such Committee are present in that meeting which
shall include at least one member of Parliament: Provided that in any meeting of such
Committee less than six members are present, the Chairperson of such Committee may adjourn
the meeting to another date informing members present and giving notice to the other members
that he proposes to dispose of the business at the adjourned meeting whether there is
prescribed quorum or not, and it shall thereupon be lawful for him to dispose of the business at
the adjourned meeting irrespective of the number of members attending.

23. Manner of making application for registration of establishments.—

(1) The application referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act shall be made in
triplicate, in Form I annexed to these rules to registering officer of the area appointed under
section 6 of the Act in which the building or other construction work is to be carried on by the
establishment.
(2) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by a demand draft
showing payment of the fees for the registration of the establishment.
(3) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be either personally delivered to the
registering officer or sent to him by registered post.
(4) On receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1), the registering officer shall after
noting thereon the date of receipt by him of the application, grant an acknowledgment to the
applicant.

24. Grant of certificate of registration.—

(1) The registering officer, after receiving application under sub-rule (1) of rule 23 shall register
the establishment and issue a certificate of registration to the applicant within fifteen days of
receipt of application if such applicant has complied with all the requirements as laid down in
these rules and has made the application within such period as specified under clause
(a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act. The certificate of registration to be
granted by the registering officer shall be in Form II annexed to these rules.
(2) The registering officer shall maintain a register in Form III annexed to these rules showing
the particulars of establishments in relation to which certificates of registration have been issued
by him.
(3) If, in relation to an establishment, any change occurs in the ownership or management or
other particulars specified in the certificate of registration, the employer of the establishment
shall intimate the registering officer, within thirty days from the date when such change takes
place, the date and particulars of such change, and the reasons thereof.

25. Payment of additional fees and amendment of register etc.—

(1) Where on receipt of the intimation under sub-rule (3) of rule 24, the registering officer is
satisfied that an amount higher than the amount, which has been paid by the employer as fees
for the registration of the establishment is payable, he shall require such employer to pay
additional sums which, together with the amount already paid by such employer, would be equal
to such higher amount of fees payable for the registration of the establishment.
(2) Where, on receipt of the intimation referred to in sub-rule (3) of rule 24, the registering officer
is satisfied that there has occurred a change in the particulars of the establishment, as entered
in the register in Form III annexed to these rules, he shall amend the said register and record
therein the change which has occurred: Provided that the registering officer shall not carry out
any amendment in the register in Form III annexed to these rules unless the appropriate fees
have been deposited by the employer.
26. Conditions of registration.—
(1) Every certificate of registration issued under rule 24 shall be subject to the following
conditions, namely:—
(a) the certificate of registration shall be non-transferable;
(b) the number of workmen employed as building workers in an establishment shall not, on any
day, exceed the maximum number specified in the certificate of registration; and
(c) save as provided in these rules, the fees paid for the grant of registration certificate shall be
non-refundable.
(2) The employer shall intimate the change, if any, in the number of workmen or the conditions
of work to the registering officer within fifteen days.
(3) The employer shall, before thirty days of the commencement and completion of any building
or other construction work, submit a written notice to the Inspector, having jurisdiction in the
area where the proposed building or other construction work is to be executed, intimating the
actual date of the commencement or, as the case may be completion of such building or other
construction work in Form IV annexed to these rules.
(4) The certificate of registration of an establishment shall he valid only for such building and
other construction work carried out by such establishment for which intimation required under
sub-rule (3) has been given.
(5) A copy of the certificate of registration shall be displayed at the conspicuous place at the
premises where the building and other construction work is being carried on.

27. Fees.—
(1) The fees to be paid for the grant of a certificate of registration under rule 24 shall be as
specified below, namely:— If the number of workers proposed to be employed as building
workers, for a building or other construction work, on one day—
(a) is up to 100 Rs. 100.00
(b) exceeds 100 but does not exceed 500 Rs. 500.00
(c) exceeds 500 Rs. 1000.00

28. Filing of appeal before the appellate officer.—

(1) Every appeal under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Act shall be preferred in the form of a
memorandum signed by the aggrieved person or his authorised advocate and presented to the
appellate officer in person or sent to him by registered post.
(2) The memorandum shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the order appealed against
and a demand draft for rupees one hundred.
(3) The memorandum shall set forth concisely and under distinct heads the grounds of appeal.
(4) Where the memorandum of appeal does not comply with the provisions of sub-rule (2) and
sub-rule (3), it may be returned to the appellant for the purpose of being amended within a time
to be fixed by the appellate officer which shall not exceed thirty days from the date on which the
order appealed against has been communicated to the appellant.
(5) Where the memorandum of appeal is in order, the appellate officer shall admit the appeal,
endorse thereon the date of hearing of such appeal, and shall register the appeal in a book to
be kept for the purpose called the register of appeals.
(6) (i) When the appeal has been admitted, under sub-rule (5) the appellate officer shall send
the notice of the appeal to the registering officer against whose order the appeal has been
preferred and the registering officer shall thereupon send the record of the case to the appellate
officer.
(ii) On receipt of the record, the appellate officer shall send a notice to the appellant to appear
before him at such date and time as may be specified in the notice for the hearing of the appeal.

29. Failure to appear on the date of hearing.—If on the dale fixed for hearing, the appellant does
not appear, the appellate officer may dismiss the appeal for default of appearance of the
appellant.

30. Restoration of appeals.—Where an appeal has been dismissed under rule 29, the appellant
may apply to the appellate officer for the restoration of the appeal and if the appellate officer is
satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing, the appellate
officer shall restore the appeal on its original number: Provided that an application for
restoration under this rule shall not be entertained by the appellate officer after thirty days from
the date of such dismissal.

31. Hearing of appeal.—

(1) If the appellant is present when the appeal is called on for the hearing, the appellate officer
shall proceed to hear the appellant or his authorised advocate and pass an order on the appeal,
either confirming, reversing or varying the order appealed against.
(2) The order of the appellate officer shall stale the points for determination, the decisions
thereon and reasons for such decisions.
(3) The order shall be communicated to the appellant and copy thereof shall be sent to the
registering officer against whose order the appeal has been preferred.

32. Copy of order of registration or of order in appeal.—Copy of the order of the registering
officer or of the appellate officer may be obtained by the person concerned or a person
authorised by him on payment of fees of rupees fifty for each order on making application to the
registering officer or the appellate officer, as the case may be, specifying the date and other
particulars of the order made by the officer concerned. A copy of the certificate, of registration
on loss or mutilation of such certificate may also be obtained in the like manner and on payment
of like fees.

33. Payment of fees.—

(1) All amounts of money payable on account of registration, appeal, supply of copies or
duplicate copies of certificate of registration shall he paid through a crossed demand draft in
favour of the registering officer and appellate officer, as the case may be, and made payable at
the branch of the Bank specified by the Central Government from time to time at the
headquarters of the concerned registering officer or appellate officer.
(2) The registering officer or the appellate officer, as the case may be, on receipt of the demand
draft under sub-rule (1) shall arrange to deposit the amount in the appropriate account in the
Bank specified by the Central Government from time to time in the account of ‘Pay and
Accounts Officer’, Ministry of Labour, New Delhi under the relevant head of account.

34. Excessive noise, vibration, etc.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that adequate measures are taken to protect building
workers against the harmful effects of excessive noise or vibration at such construction site and
the noise level in no case exceeds the limits laid down in Schedule VI annexed to these rules.

35. Fire protection.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that,—
(a) such construction site is provided with—
(i) fire extinguishing equipment sufficient to extinguish any probable fire at such construction
site;
(ii) an adequate water supply at ample pressure as per national standards;
(iii) number of trained persons required to operate the fire extinguishing equipment provided
under sub-clause (i);
(b) fire extinguishing equipment provided under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) is properly
maintained and inspected at regular intervals of not less than once in a year by the responsible
person and a record of such inspections is maintained;
(c) in case of every launch or boat or other craft used for transport of building workers and the
cabin of every lifting appliance including mobile crane adequate number of portable fire
extinguishing equipment of suitable type shall be provided at each of such launch or boat or
craft or lifting appliance.

36. Emergency action plans.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that in case more than five hundred building workers are employed at
such construction site emergency action plan to handle the emergencies like—
(a) fire and explosion,
(b) collapse of lifting appliances and transport equipment,
(c) collapse of building, sheds or structures etc.,
(d) gas leakage or spillage of dangerous goods or chemicals,
(e) drowning of building workers, sinking of vessels, and
(f) land slides getting building worker buried, floods, storms and other natural calamities, is
prepared and submitted for the approval of the Director General.

37. Fencing of motors, etc.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) all motors cogwheels, chains and friction gearing, flywheels, shafting, dangerous and moving
parts of machinery (whether or not driven by mechanical power) and steam pipes are securely
fenced or lagged;
(b) the fencing of dangerous parts of machinery is not removed while such machinery is in
motion or in use;
(c) no part of any machinery which is in motion and which is not securely fenced is examined,
lubricated, adjusted or repaired except by a person skilled for such examination, lubrication,
adjustment or repairs;
(d) machine parts are cleaned when such machine is stopped;
(e) when a machine is stopped for servicing or repairs, adequate measures are taken to ensure
that such machine does not re-start inadvertently;

38. Lifting and carrying of excessive weight.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of
a building or other construction work that,—
(a) no building worker lifts by hand or carries overhead or over his back or shoulders any
material, article, tool or appliances exceeding in weight the maximum limits set out in the
following table:— Table Person Maximum Weight Load Adult man 55 kg Adult woman 30 kg
Adolescent male 30 kg Adolescent female 20 kg unless aided by any other building worker or a
mechanical device.
(b) no building worker aided by other building workers, lift by hand or carry overhead or over
their back or shoulders, any material, article, tool or appliance exceeding in weight the sum total
of maximum limits set out for each building worker separately under clause (a), unless aided by
a mechanical device.

39. Health and safety policy.—

(1)
(a) Every establishment employing fifty or more building workers shall prepare a written
statement of policy in respect of safety and health of building workers and submit the same for
the approval of the Director General;
(b) the policy referred to in clause (a) shall contain the following, namely:—
(i) the intentions and commitments of the establishment regarding health, safety and
environmental protection of building workers;
(ii) organisational arrangements made to carry out the policy referred to in clause (a) specifying
the responsibility at different levels of hierarchy;
(iii) responsibilities of the principal employer, contractor, sub-contractor, transporter or other
agencies involved in the building or other construction work;
(iv) techniques and methods for assessment of risk to safety, health and environmental and
remedial measurers therefor;
(v) arrangements for training of building workers, trainers, supervisors or other persons engaged
in the construction work;
(vi) other arrangements for making the policy referred to in clause (a), effective;
(c) the intention and commitment referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (b) shall be taken into
account in making decisions relating to plant, machinery, equipment, materials and placement
of building workers.
(2) A copy of the policy referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1), signed by an authorised
signatory shall be sent to the Central Government.
(3) The establishment shall revise the policy referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) as often as
necessary under the following circumstances, namely:—
(i) whenever any expansion or modification having implication on safety and health of the
building workers is made in such building or other construction work; or
(ii) whenever any new building or other construction work, substances, articles or techniques
are introduced having implication on health and safety of building workers.
(4) A copy of the policy referred to in sub-clause (a) of sub-rule (1) shall be displayed at the
conspicuous places in Hindi and a local language understood by the majority of building workers
at a construction site.

40. Dangerous and harmful environment.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that,—
(a) When an internal combustion engine exhausts into a confined space or excavation or tunnel
or any other workplace where neither natural ventilation nor artificial ventilation system is
adequate to keep the carbon monoxide content of the atmosphere below fifty parts per million,
adequate and suitable measures are taken at such workplace in order to avoid exposure of
building workers to health hazards;
(b) no building worker is allowed to enter any confined space or tank or trench or excavation
wherein there is given off any dust, fumes or other impurities of such nature and to such extent
as is likely to be injurious or offensive to the building worker or in which explosives, poisonous,
noxious or gaseous material or other harmful articles have been carried or stored or in which dry
ice has been used as a refrigerant, or which has been fumigated or in which there is a possibility
of oxygen deficiency, unless all practical steps have been taken to remove such dust, fumes, or
other impurities and dangers which may be present and to prevent any further ingress thereof,
and such workplace or tank or trench or excavation is certified by the responsible person to be
safe and fit for the entry of such building workers.
41. Overhead protection.—
(1) The employer shall ensure at the building or other construction work that overhead
protection is erected along the periphery of every building under construction which shall be of
fifteen metres or more in height when complete.
(2) Overhead protection referred to in sub-rule (1) shall not he less than two metres wide and
shall be erected at a height not more than five metres above the base of the building and the
outer edge of such overhead protection shall be one hundred fifty millimetres higher than the
inner edge thereof or shall be erected at an angle of not more than twenty degrees to its
horizontal sloping into the building.
(3) The employer shall ensure at the building and other construction work that any area exposed
to risk of falling material, article or objects is roped off or cordoned off or otherwise suitably
guarded from inadvertent entry of persons other than building workers at work in such area.

42. Slipping, tripping, cutting, drowning and falling hazards.—

(1) All passageways, platforms and other places of construction work at the building or other
construction work shall be kept by the employer free from accumulations of dust, debris or
similar material and from other obstructions that may cause tripping.
(2) Any sharp projections or protruding nails or similar projections which may cause any cutting
hazard to a building worker at the building or other construction work shall be removed or
otherwise made safe by taking suitable measures by the employer.
(3) No employer shall allow any building worker at building or other construction work to use the
passageway, or a scaffold, platform or any other elevated working surface which is in a slippery
and dangerous condition and shall ensure that water, grease, oil or other similar substances,
which may cause the surface slippery, be removed or sanded, saw dusted or covered with
suitable material to make it safe from slipping hazard at a building or other construction work.
(4) Wherever building workers at a building or other construction work are exposed to the
hazard of falling into water, they shall be provided by the employer with adequate equipment for
saving themselves from drowning and rescuing from such hazard and if the Director General
considers necessary, well-equipped boat or launch manned with trained personnel shall be
provided by the employer at the site of such work.
(5) Every open side or opening into or through which a building worker, vehicle or lifting
appliance or other equipments may fall at a building or other construction work shall be covered
or guarded suitably by the employer to prevent such fall except where free access is necessary
by reasons of the nature of the work.
(6) Wherever building workers at a building or other construction work are exposed to the
hazards of falling from height while employed on such work, they shall be provided by the
employer with adequate equipment or means for saving them from such hazards. Such
equipment or means shall be in accordance with the national standards.
(7) Whenever there is a possibility of falling of any material, equipment or building worker at a
construction site relating to a building or other construction work, adequate and suitable safety
net shall be provided by employer in accordance with the national standards.

43. Dust, gases, fumes, etc.—An employer shall prevent concentration of dust, gases or fumes
by providing suitable means to control their concentration within the permissible limit so that
they may not cause injury or pose health hazard to a building worker at a building or other
construction work.

44. Corrosive substances.—The employer shall ensure that corrosive substances, including
alkalis and acids, shall be stored and used by a person dealing with such substances at a
building or other construction work in such a manner that it does not endanger the building
worker and suitable protective equipment shall be provided by the employer to a building worker
during handling or use of such substances at a building or other construction work and in case
of spillage of such substances on the building worker, immediate remedial measures shall be
taken by the employer.

45. Eye protection.—Suitable personal protective equipment for the protection of eyes shall be
provided by an employer and used by the building worker engaged in operations like welding,
cutting, chipping, grinding or similar operations which may cause hazard to his eyes at a
building or other construction work.

46. Head protection and other protective apparel.—

(1) Every building worker required to pass through or work within the areas at building or other
construction work where there is hazard of his being struck by falling objects or materials shall
be provided by the employer with safety helmets of type and tested in accordance will the
national standards.
(2) Every building worker required to work in water or in wet concrete or in other similar work at
a building or other construction work, shall be provided with suitable waterproof boots by the
employer.
(3) Every building worker required to work in rain or in similar wet condition at building or other
construction work, shall be provided with water-proof coat with hat by the employer.
(4) Every building worker required to use or handle alkalies, acid or other similar corrosive
substances at a building or other construction work shall be provided with appropriate protective
equipment by an employer, in accordance with the national standards.
(5) Every building worker engaged in handling sharp objects or materials at a building or other
construction work which may cause hand injury, shall be provided with suitable hand-gloves by
the employer, in accordance with the national standards.

47. Electrical hazards.—

(1) Before commencement of any building or other construction work, the employer shall take
adequate measures to prevent any worker from coming into physical contact with any electrical
equipment or apparatus, machines or live electrical circuit which may cause electrical hazard
during the course of his employment at a building or other construction work.
(2) The employer shall display and maintain suitable warning signs at conspicuous places at a
building or other construction work in Hindi and in a local language understood by the majority
of the building workers.
(3) In workplaces at a building or other construction work where the exact location of
underground electric power line is not known, the building workers using jack hammers, crow
bars or other hand-tools which may come in contact with a live electrical line, shall be provided
by the employer with insulated protective gloves and footwear of the type in accordance with the
national standards.
(4) The employer shall ensure that, as far as practicable, no wiring, which may come in contact
with water or which may be mechanically damaged, is left on ground or floor at a building or
other construction work.
(5) The employer shall ensure that all electrical appliances and current carrying equipment used
at a building or other construction work are made of sound material and are properly and
adequately earthed.
(6) The employer shall ensure that all temporary electrical installations at a building or other
construction work are provided with earth-leakage circuit breakers.
(7) The employer shall ensure that all electrical installations at a building or other construction
work comply with the requirements of any law for the time being in force.

48. Vehicular traffic.—

(1) Whenever any building or other construction work is being carried on, or is located in close
proximity to a road or any other place where any vehicular traffic may cause danger to building
workers, the employer shall ensure that such building or other construction work is barricaded
and suitable warning signs and lights displayed or erected to prevent such danger and if
necessary, he may make a request in writing to the concerned authorities to control such traffic.
(2) The employer shall ensure that all vehicles used at construction site of a building or other
construction work comply with the requirements of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988)
and the rules made thereunder.
(3) The employer shall ensure that a driver of a vehicle of any class or description operating at a
construction site of a building or other construction work holds a valid driving licence under the
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988).

49. Stability of structures.—The employer shall ensure that no wall, chimney or other structure
or part of a structure is left unguarded in such condition that it may fall, collapse or weaken due
to wind pressure, vibration or due to any other reason at a site of a building or other construction
work.

50. Illumination of passageways, etc.—The employer shall ensure that illumination sufficient for
maintaining safe working conditions at a site of a building or other construction work is provided
where building workers are required to work or pass and for passageways, stairways and
landing, such illumination is not less than that provided in the relevant national standards.

51. Stacking of materials.—The employer shall ensure, at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that—
(a) all building materials are stored or stacked in a safe and orderly manner to avoid obstruction
of any passageway or place of work;
(b) material piles are stored or stacked in such a manner as to ensure stability;
(c) material or equipment is not stored upon any floor or platform in such quantity as to exceed
its safe carrying capacity;
(d) material or equipment is not stored or placed so close to any edge of a floor or platform as to
endanger the safety of persons below or working in the vicinity.

52. Disposal of debris.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) debris are handled and disposed of by a method which does not cause danger to the safety
of a person;
(b) debris are not allowed to accumulate so as to constitute a hazard;
(c) debris are kept sufficiently moist to bring down the dust within the permissible limit;
(d) debris are not thrown inside or outside from any height of such building or other construction
work;
(e) on completion of work, left over building material, article or other substance or debris are
disposed of as soon as possible to avoid any hazard to any traffic or person.

53. Numbering and marking of floors.—The employer shall ensure that each floor or level of a
building or other construction work is appropriately numbered or marked at the landing of such
floor or level.

54. Use of safety helmets and shoes.—The employer shall ensure that all persons who are
performing any work or services at a building or other construction work, wear safety shoes and
helmets conforming to the national standards.

55. Construction and maintenance of lifting appliances.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) all lifting appliances, including their parts and working gear, whether fixed or movable and
any plant or gear used in anchoring or fixing of such appliances, are—
(i) of sound construction, sound material, and of adequate strength to serve the purpose for
which these are to be used and all such appliances shall be free from patent defects; and
(ii) maintained in good repair and working condition;
(b) (i) every drum or pulley around which the rope of any lifting appliance is carried, is of
adequate diameter and sound construction in relation to such rope;
(ii) any rope which terminates at the winding drum of a lifting appliance is securely attached to
such drum and at least three dead turns of such rope remain on such drum in every operating
position of such lifting appliance;
(iii) the flange of a drum projects twice the rope diameter beyond the last layer of such rope and
if such projection is not available, other measures like anti-slackness guards shall be provided
to prevent such rope from coming off such drum;
(c) every lifting appliance is provided with adequate and efficient breaks which—
(i) are capable of preventing fall of a suspended load (including any test load) and of effectively
controlling such load while it is being lowered;
(ii) act without shock;
(iii) have shoes that can be easily removed for running; and
(iv) are provided with simple and easily accessible means of adjustment: Provided that nothing
contained in this clause shall apply to steamwinch which can be operated as safely as with
brakes as provided in accordance with this clause;
(d) controls of every lifting appliance—
(i) are so situated that the driver of such appliance at his stand or seat has ample room for
operating and has an unrestricted view of building or other construction work, as far as
practicable, and that he remains clear of the load and ropes, and that no load passes over him;
(ii) are positioned with due regard to ergonometric considerations for proper operation of such
appliance;
(iii) are so located that the driver of such appliance remains above the height of the heel block
during the whole operation of such appliance;
(iv) have upon them or adjacent to them clear markings to indicate their purpose and mode of
operations;
(v) are provided, where necessary, with a suitable locking device to prevent accidental
movement or displacement;
(vi) move, as far as practicable, in the direction of the resultant load movement; and
(vii) wherever automatic brakes are provided, automatically come to the neutral position in case
of power failure.

56. Test and periodical examination of lifting appliances.—The employer shall ensure at
construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) all lifting appliances including all parts and gears thereof, whether fixed or movable, are
tested and examined by a competent person before being taken into use for the first time or
after it has undergone any alterations or repairs liable to affect its strength or stability or after
erection on a construction site and also once at least in every five years, in the manner specified
in Schedule I annexed to these rules;
(b) all lifting appliances are thoroughly examined by a competent person once at least in every
twelve months and where the competent person making such examination forms the opinion
that the lifting appliance cannot continue to function safely, he shall forthwith give notice in
writing of his opinion to the owner of the lifting appliance; Explanation.— For the purpose of this
rule, thorough examination means a visual examination, supplemented, if necessary, by other
means such as hammer test, carried out as carefully as the conditions permit, in order to arrive
at a reliable conclusion as to the safety of the parts examined; and if necessary, for such
examination, parts of the lifting appliance and gear, shall be dismantled.

57. Automatic safe load indicators.—

(a) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that
—
(i) every crane, if so constructed that the safe working load may be varied by raising or lowering
of the jib or otherwise, is attached with an automatic indicator of safe working loads which gives
a warning to the operator wherever the load exceeds the safe working load;
(ii) cut-out is provided which automatically arrests the movements of the lifting parts of every
crane if the load exceeds the safe working load, wherever possible;
(b) the provisions of sub-clause (i) of clause (a) apply, except where it is not possible to install
an automatic safe load indicator, in which case, provision of a table showing the safe working
loads at the corresponding inclinations or radii of the jib on the crane shall be considered
sufficient.

58. Installation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) fixed lifting appliances are installed—
(i) by competent persons;
(ii) in a manner that such appliances cannot be displaced by the load, vibration or other
influences;
(iii) in a manner that the operator of such appliances is not exposed to danger from loads, ropes
or drums; and
(iv) in a manner that the operator can either see over the zone of operation or communicate with
all loading and unloading points by signal, or other communication system;
(b) adequate clearance is provided between parts or loads of lifting appliances, and—
(i) the fixed objects such as walls and posts; or
(ii) electrical conductors;
(c) the lifting appliances, when exposed to wind loading are given sufficient additional strength,
stability and rigidity to withstand such loading safely.
(d) No structural alterations or repairs are made on any part of the lifting appliances that affect
the safety of such appliances without obtaining the opinion of the competent person to this
effect.

59. Winches.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that,—
(a) (i) winches are not used if control levers operate with excessive friction or play;
(ii) double gear winches are not used unless a positive means of locking the gear shift is
provided;
(iii) there is no load other than the fall and the hook assembly on the winch while changing
gears on a two gear winch;
(iv) adequate protection is provided to winch operator against abnormal weather;
(v) temporary seats or shelters for winch operators which may pose hazard to the winch
operator or any other building workers are not allowed to be used;
(vi) control levers are secured in the neutral position and whenever possible, the power is shut-
off whenever winches are left unattended.
(b) in use of every steam winch—
(i) measures are taken to prevent escaping steam from obscuring any part of the construction
site or other workplace or from otherwise hindering or injuring any building worker;
(ii) extension control levers which tend to fall of their own weight are counter-balanced;
(iii) winch operators are not permitted to use the winch control extension levers except for short
handles on wheel type controls and that such levers are of adequate strength, secure and
fastened with metal connections at the fulcrum and at the permanent control lever;
(c) in use of every electric winch, a building or other construction worker is not permitted to
transfer, alter or adjust electric control circuits in case of any defect in such winch.
(d) electric winches are not used for building work where—
(i) the electro-magnetic brake is unable to hold the load; or
(ii) one or more control points, either hoisting or lowering, are not operating properly.
60. Buckets.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that tip-up buckets are equipped with a device that effectively prevents
accidental tipping.

61. Identification and marking of safe working load.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) every lifting appliance and loose gear is clearly marked for its safe working load and
identification by stamping or other suitable means;
(b) (i) every derrick (other than derrick crane) is clearly marked for its safe’ working load when
such derrick is used either in single purchase with a lower block or in union purchases in all
possible block positions;
(ii) the lowest angle to the horizontal, to which the derrick may be used, is legibly marked;
(c) every lifting appliance having more than one working load is filled with effective means to
enable the operator to determine safe working load at each point under all conditions of use;
(d) means to ascertain the safe working load for lifting gears under such conditions in which
such gears may be used are provided to enable a worker using such gears and such means
shall consist of—
(i) marking the safe working load in plain figures or letters upon the sling or upon a tablet or ring
of durable material attached securely thereto in case of chain slings; and
(ii) either the means specified in sub-clause (i) or notices so exhibited as can be easily read by
any concerned building worker slating the safe working load for the various sizes of the wire
rope slings used in case of wire rope slings.

62. Loading of lifting appliances and lifting gears.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) no lifting appliance, lilting gear or wire rope is used in an unsafe way and in such a manner
as to involve risk to life of building workers, and that they are not loaded beyond their safe
working load except for testing purposes under the direction of a competent person in the
manner as specified in Schedule I annexed to these rules.
(b) no lifting appliance, lifting gear or any other material handling appliance is used, if—
(i) the Inspector having jurisdiction is not satisfied with reference to a certificate of test or
examination or to an authenticated record maintained as provided under these rules; and
(ii) in the view of such Inspector, the lifting appliance, lifting gear or any other material handling
appliance is not safe for use in building or other construction work;
(iii) no pulley block is used in building or other construction work unless the safe working load
and its identification are clearly marked on such block.

63. Operator’s cab or cabin.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) the operator of every lifting machine in outdoor service is provided with a cab or cabin which
—
(i) is made of fire resistant material;
(ii) has a suitable seat, a footrest and protection from vibration;
(iii) affords the operator an adequate view of the area of operation;
(iv) affords the necessary access to working parts in cab;
(v) affords the operator adequate protection against the weather;
(vi) is adequately ventilated; and
(vii) is provided with a suitable fire extinguisher.

64. Operation of lifting appliances.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that—
(a) every crane driver or lifting operator possess adequate skill and training in the operation of
the particular lifting appliance;
(b) no person under eighteen years of age is in control of any lifting appliance, scaffold winch, or
to give signals to the operator;
(c) precaution is taken by the trained operator to prevent lifting appliance from being set in
motion;
(d) the operation of lilting appliance is governed by signals, in conformity with the relevant
national standards;
(e) the lifting appliance operator’s attention is not distracted while he is working;
(f) no crane, hoist, winch or other lifting appliance or any part of such crane, hoist, winch or
other lifting appliance is, except for testing purposes, loaded beyond the safe working load;
(g) during the hoisting operations effective precaution is taken to prevent any person from
standing or passing under the load in such operations;
(h) operator does not leave lilting appliance unattended while power is on or load is suspended
to such appliance;
(i) no person rides on a suspended load or on any lifting appliance;
(j) every part of a load in course of being hoisted or lowered is adequately suspended and
supported to prevent danger;
(k) every receptacle used for hoisting bricks, tiles, slates or other material is suitably enclosed
as to prevent the fall of any such materials;
(l) the hoisting platform is enclosed when loose materials or loaded wheel-barrows are placed
directly on such platform or on lowering, such materials or wheel-barrows;
(m) no material is raised, lowered or slowed with any lifting appliance in such a way as to cause
sudden jerks to such appliance;
(n) in hoisting a barrow, any wheel of such burrow is not used as a means of support unless
adequate steps are taken to prevent the axle of such wheel from slipping out of its bearings;
(o) long objects like planks or girders are provided with a tag line to prevent any possibility of
danger while raising or lowering such objects;
(p) during the process of landing of material, a building worker is not permitted to lean out into
empty space for finding out the loading and unloading of material;
(q) the hoisting of loads at places where there is regular flow of traffic is carried out in an
enclosed space, or in case such hoisting is impracticable in enclosed space measures are taken
to hold up or divert the traffic during the time of such hoisting;
(r) adequate steps are taken to prevent a load, in the course of being hoisted or lowered from
coming into contact with any object to avoid any displacement of such load;
(s) appliances are provided and used for guiding heavy loads when raising or lowering heavy
loads to avoid crushing of hands of building workers during such raising or lowering of loads.

65. Hoists.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction
work that—
(a) hoist towers are designed according to relevant national standards;
(b) hoist shafts are provided with rigid panels or other adequate fencing—
(i) at the ground level on all sides of such shafts; and
(ii) at all other levels on all sides of the access to such shafts;
(c) the walls of hoist shafts, except at approaches, extend to at least two metres above the floor
or platform of access to such shafts;
(d) approaches to a hoist are provided with gates which are—
(i) gridded to maintain visibility;
(ii) at least two metres height; and
(iii) equipped with a device which requires such gate to be closed before the platform of such
hoist can leave the landing and prevents the gate from being opened unless such platform, is at
the landing;
(e) approaches to a hoist are adequately lit;
(f) the guides of hoist platforms offer sufficient resistance to bending and, to bucking, in the case
of jamming, by providing a safety catch;
(g) overhead beams and their supports are capable of holding the total maximum live and dead
loads that such beams and supports will be required to carry, with a safety factor of at least five;
(h) a clear space is provided—
(i) above the highest stopping place of a cage or platform to allow sufficient unobstructed travel
of such cage or platform in case of overwinding; and
(ii) below the lowest stopping place of such cage or platform;
(i) adequate covering is provided above the top of hoist shafts to prevent materials from falling
into such shafts;
(j) outdoor hoist towers are erected on adequately firm foundations and are securely braced,
guided and anchored;
(k) a ladder way extends from the bottom to the top of every outdoor hoist tower in case no
other ladder way exists within easy reach and such ladder way comply with the relevant national
standards;
(l) the rated capacity of a hoisting engine is at least one and a half times the maximum load that
such engine will be required to move;
(m) all gearing on a hoisting engine is securely enclosed;
(n) steam piping of a hoisting engine is adequately protected against accidental contact of such
piping with a building worker;
(o) electrical equipment of a hoisting engine is effectively earthed;
(p) a hoist is provided with suitable devices to stop a hoisting engine as soon as the platform of
such hoist reaches its highest stopping place;
(q) a hoisting engine is protected by a suitable cover against weather and falling objects;
(r) a hoisting engine set up in a public thoroughfare is completely enclosed;
(s) all exhaust steam pipes discharge steam in such a manner that the steam so discharged
does not scald any person or obstruct the operator’s view;
(t) the motion of a hoist is not reversed without first bringing it to rest to avoid any harm from
such reverse motion;
(u) a hoist, not designed for the conveyance of persons, is not set in motion from the platform of
such hoist;
(v) pawls and ratchet-wheels of a hoist, requiring disengagement of such pawls from such
ratchet-wheels, before the platform of such hoist is lowered, are not used;
(w) a platform of a hoist is capable of supporting such maximum load, that such platform may
carry, with a safely factor of at least three;
(x) a platform of a hoist is equipped with suitable safety gear which can hold such platform with
its maximum load in case its hoisting rope breaks;
(y) on platform of a hoist, the wheelbarrows or truck are efficiently blocked in a safe position;
(z) a cage of a hoist or a platform, where the building workers are required to enter into such
cage or to go on such platform at landing level, is provided with a locking arrangement to
prevent such cage or platform from moving during the time a worker enters or leaves such cage
or platform.
(za) the sides of a platform of a hoist which, are not used for loading or unloading are provided
with toe-board and enclosures of a wire mesh or any other suitable means to prevent the fall of
any part of a load from such platform;
(zb) a platform of a hoist, which has any probability of falling and part of load from it, is provided
with an adequate covering with such fall;
(zc) the counter-weights of a hoist consisting of an assemblage of several parts are so
constructed that such pans are rigidly connected together;
(zd) the counter-weights of a hoist run between guides;
(ze) at every level of work the building workers are provided with adequate platforms for
performing such work;
(zf) a legible notice in Hindi as well as in a local language is displayed at—
(i) a conspicuous place of the platforms of a hoist and that such notice states the maximum
carrying capacity of such hoist in kilograms;
(ii) a conspicuous place on the hoisting engine and that such notice states maximum lifting
capacity of such hoist in kilograms;
(iii) a conspicuous place on a hoist authorised and certified for the conveyance of the person on
the platform or cage and such notice states the maximum number of persons to be carried on
such hoist at one time;
(iv) a conspicuous place on a hoist carrying goods and other materials and such notice states
that such hoist is not meant for carriage of persons.
66. Fencing of and means of access to lifting appliances.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) safe means of access is provided to every part of a lifting appliance;
(b) the operator’s platform on every crane or tip driven by mechanical power is securely fenced
and is provided with safe means of access and where access to such platform is by a ladder,—
(i) the sides of such ladder extend to a reasonable height beyond such platforms or some other
suitable handhold is provided in lieu there of to prevent any falling of persons from such
platforms;
(ii) the handling place on such platform is maintained free from obstruction and slipping; and
(iii) in case the height of such ladder exceeds six metres, the resting platforms are provided on
such ladder at every six metres of its height and where the distance between last platform so
provided and the top end of such laddre is more than two metres then on such top end.

67. Rigging of derricks.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that every derrick has current and relevant rigging plans and any other
information necessary for the safe rigging of such derricks and its gear.

68. Securing of derrick foot.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that appropriate measures are taken to prevent the foot of a derrick
being lifted out of its socket or support.

69. Construction and maintenance of lifting gear.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) every lifting gear is—
(i) of good design and construction, sound material and adequate strength to perform the work
for which it is used;
(ii) free from patent defects; and
(iii) properly maintained in good repair and working order;
(b) components of the loose gear, at the time of its use, are renewed if one of its dimensions at
any point has decreased by ten per cent. or more by user;
(c) a chain is withdrawn from use when it is stretched and increased in length which exceeds
five per cent. of its length or when a link of such chain is deformed or is otherwise damaged or
raised scarves of defective welds is appeared on it;
(d) rings, hooks, swivels and end links attached to a chain are of the same material as that of
such chain;
(e) the voltage of electric supply to any magnetic lifting device does not fluctuate by more than
plus ten per cent. or minus ten per cent.

70. Test and periodical examination of lifting gears.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) a lifting gear is initially tested for the manufacturer by a competent person, in a manner
specified in Schedule I annexed to these rules before taking into use or after undergoing any
substantive alterations which renders its any part liable to affect its safety and such gear alters
such test shall subsequently be retested for the use of its owner at least once in every five
years;
(b) a lifting gear in use is thoroughly examined once at least in every twelve months by a
competent person;
(c) a chain in use is thoroughly examined once at least every month by a responsible person for
its use;
(d) certificates of initial and periodical tests and examinations of loose gears under these rules
are obtained in Form VII annexed to these rules.

71. Ropes.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction
work that—
(a) no rope is used for building or other construction work unless—
(i) it is of good quality and free from patent defects; and
(ii) in the case of wire rope, it has been tested and examined by a competent person in the
manner specified in Schedule I annexed to these rules;
(b) every wire rope of lifting appliance or lifting gear used for building or other construction work
is inspected by a responsible person for such use, once at least in every three months: Provided
that after any such wire is broken in such rope, it shall thereafter be inspected once at least in
every month by the responsible person;
(c) no wire rope is used for building or other construction work if in any length of eight diameters
of such wires, the total number of visible broken wires exceed ten per cent. of the total number
of wires in such rope, or such rope shows sign of excessive wear, corrosion or other defects
which in the opinion of the person who inspects it or Inspector, having jurisdiction, is unfit for
use;
(d) eye splices and loops of ropes for the attachment of hooks, rings and other such parts to
wire ropes are made with suitable thimble;
(e) a thimble or loop splice made in any wire rope sling conforms to the following standards,
namely:—
(i) wire rope sling shall have at least three tucks with full strand of rope and two tucks with one-
half of the wires cut out of each of such strand in all cases, such strands shall he tucked against
the lay of the rope;
(ii) protruding ends of such strands in any splice of wire rope slings shall be covered or treated
so as to leave no sharp points;
(iii) a fibre rope or a rope sling shall have at least four tucks; tail of such tuck being whipped in a
suitable manner; and
(iv) a synthetic fibre rope or rope sling shall have at least four tucks with full strand followed by
further tuck with one-half filaments cut out of each of such strand and final tuck with one-half of
the remaining filaments cut out from such strands. Any portion of the splices containing such
tucks, with reduced number of filaments, shall be securely covered with suitable tape or other
materials: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply where any other form of
splice, which may be shown to be as efficient as the splice with above standards, is used.

72. Heat treatment of lifting gears.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) all chains other than briddle chains attached to derricks and all rings, hooks, shackles and
swivels used in hoisting or lowering of such derricks are effectively annealed under supervision
of a competent person and at the following intervals, namely:—
(i) such chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels which are not more than twelve and a half
millimetre of length are so annealed at least once in every six months; and
(ii) all other such chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels are so annealed at least once in
every twelve months: Provided that such annealing as referred to in sub-clause (i) and sub-
clause (ii) shall not be required if the Inspector, having jurisdiction, after obtaining the approval
of the Director General, directs that such chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels undergo
some other treatment and in such cases the treatment directed by such Inspector shall be
followed: Provided further that in case of such chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels used
solely on such derricks and other hoisting appliances which are worked by hand, the provisions
of sub-clause (i) and sub-clause (ii), as the case may be, shall apply as if for the period of six
months and twelve months the periods of twelve months and two years have respectively been
substituted therein: Provided also that in case where the Inspector, having jurisdiction, is of the
opinion that owing to the size, design material or frequency of use of any such chains, rings,
hooks, shackles and swivels, the requirement of this clause for annealing is not necessary for
the protection of building worker, he may after obtaining the approval of the Director General,
certify in writing to such employer that subject to the conditions specified in such certification,
such chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels are exempted from such annealing and
thereafter the provision of this clause shall apply subject to such exemption: Provided also that
this clause shall not apply to—
(i) pitched chains, working on sprocket or sprocketed wheels;
(ii) rings, hooks and swivels permanently attached to pitched chains, pulley blocks or weighing
machines; and
(iii) hooks and swivels having ball bearings or other case hardened parts;
(b) a chain or a loose gear made of high tensile steel or alloy steel is plainly marked with a mark
indicating that it is so made;
(c) no chain or loose gear made of high tensile steel or alloy steel is subjected to any form of
heat treatment except where such treatment is necessary for the purpose of repair of such chain
or loose gear and that such repair is made under the direction of the competent person;
(d) that the wrought iron gear, the past history of which is not traceable, is suspected of being
heat treated at incorrect temperature, is normalised before using it on any building or other
construction work.

73. Certificate to be issued after actual testing and examination, etc.—The employer shall
ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that a competent person
issues a certificate for the purpose of rule 56, rule 62, rule 71 and rule 72 only after actual
testing or, as the case may be, examination of the apparatus specified in the said rules.

74. Register of periodical test, examination and certificates thereof.—The employer shall ensure
at a construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) a register in Form XXVI, annexed to these rules is maintained and particulars of such test
and examination of lifting appliances, lifting gears and heat treatment as required under rule 56,
rule 62 and rule 72, are entered in such register;
(b) certificate in respect of each of the following is obtained from competent person in the forms
as mentioned below, namely:—
(i) in case of initial and periodical test and examination under rule 56 and rule 71, for—
(a) winches, derricks and their accessory gears in Form V annexed to these rules;
(b) cranes or hoists and their accessory gears in Form VI annexed to these rules;
(ii) in case of test, examination and re-examination of loose gears under clause (d) of rule 70 in
Form VII annexed to these rules;
(iii) in case of test and examination of wire ropes under rule 62 in Form VIII annexed to these
rules;
(iv) in case of heat treatment and examination of loose gears under rule 72 in Form IX annexed
to these rules;
(v) in case of annual thorough examination of the loose gears under clause (b) of rule 70,
except where required particulars of such exemption have been enclosed in the register referred
to in clause (a), in Form XXVI, annexed to these rules, and such certificates are attached to the
register referred to in clause (a);
(c) the register referred to in clause (a) and the certificates referred to in clause (b) attached to
such register are—
(i) kept at such construction site in case such register and certificate relate to lifting appliances,
loose gear and wire ropes;
(ii) produced on demand before an Inspector having jurisdiction; and
(iii) retained for at least five years after the date of the last entry made in such register;
(d) no lifting appliance or lifting gear in respect of which an entry is required to be made in
register referred to in clause (a) and certificate of test and examination are required to be
attached in such register in the manner as specified in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may
be, is used for building or other construction work unless the required entries have been made
in such register and certificates.

75. Vacuum and magnetic lifting gear.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) no vacuum lifting gear, magnetic lifting gear or any other lifting gear where the load on it is
held by adhesive power, is used while workers are performing operations beneath such gear;
(b) a magnetic lifting gear used in connection with building or other construction work is
provided with an alternative supply of power, such as batteries which may come into operation
immediately in the event of failure of the main power supply;
(c) no building worker shall work within the swinging zone of the lifting gear or load or building or
other construction material suspended to such lifting gear.
76. Knotting of chains and wire ropes.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that no chain or wire rope with a knot in it is used in building
or other construction work.

77. Carrying of persons by means of lifting appliances, etc.—

(1) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that
no building worker is raised, lowered or carried by a power-driven lifting appliance except—
(a) on the driver’s platform in the cage of a crane; or
(b) on a hoist; or
(c) on an approved suspended scaffold: Provided that a building worker may be raised, lowered
or carried by a power-driven lifting appliance—
(i) in circumstances where the use of a hoist or of a suspended scaffold is not reasonably
practicable and the requirements of sub-rule (2) are complied with; or
(ii) on an aerial cableway or aerial ropeway in case where the requirements of sub-rule (2) are
complied with;
(2) The requirements referred to in proviso to sub-rule (1) are as below, namely:—
(i) that the appliance referred to in such proviso can be operated from one position only;
(ii) that any winch used in connection with the appliance referred to in such proviso comply with
the requirements of rule 59;
(iii) that no person shall be carried by the appliance referred to in such proviso except—
(a) in a chair or cage; or
(b) in a skip or other receptacle at least three feet deep which is suitable for safe carriage of a
person and any such chair, cage, skip or other receptacle is made of good construction, sound
material, and has adequate strength and is properly maintained with suitable means to prevent
any occupant therein from falling out of it and is free from any material or tools which may
interfere with the handhold or foothold of such occupant or otherwise endanger him; and
(iv) that suitable measures shall he taken to prevent the chair, cage, skip or other receptacle
from spinning or tipping in a manner dangerous to any occupant therein.

78. Hoists carrying persons.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) no building worker is carried by a hoist unless it is provided with a cage which—
(i) is so constructed as to prevent, when its gates are shut, any building worker carried by such
hoist from falling out of it or from being trapped between any part of such cage and any fixed
structure or other moving part of such hoist or from being struck by articles or materials falling
down the hoistway on which such hoist is moving; and
(ii) is fitted on each of its side from which, access is provided to a landing place with a gate
which has efficient interlocking or other devices to secure so that such gate cannot be opened
except when such cage is at a landing place and that such cage cannot be moved away from
any such place until such gate is closed;
(b) every gate in the hoistway enclosure of such hoist used for carrying persons is fitted with
efficient interlocking or other devices to secure so that gate cannot be opened except when the
cage of such gate is at the landing place, and that such cage cannot be moved away from the
landing place until such gate is closed.
(c) in every hoist used for carrying building workers these are provided suitable and efficient
automatic devices to ensure that the cage of such hoist comes to rest at a point above the
lowest point to which such cage may travel.

79. Attachment of loads.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) when a sling is used to hoist long materials, a lifting beam is used to space the sling legs for
proper balance and when a load is suspended at two or more points with slings, the eyes of the
lifting legs of such slings are shackled together and such shackle or eyes of the shackled slings
are placed on the hook or the eyes of such lifting legs are shackled directly to the hoisting block,
ball or balance beam, as the case may be;
(b) every container or receptacle used for raising or lowering stone, bricks, tiles, slates or other
similar objects is so enclosed with the hoist as to prevent the fall of such objects;
(c) a loaded wheelbarrow placed directly on a platform of a hoist for raising or lowering of such
wheelbarrows is so secured that such wheelbarrows cannot move and such platform is
enclosed to prevent the fall of the contents kept in such wheelbarrows;
(d) landings of a hoist are so designed and arranged that building workers on such hoist are not
required to lean out into empty space for loading and unloading any material from such hoist.

80. Tower Cranes.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) no person other than the operator trained and capable to work at heights are employed to
operate tower cranes;
(b) the ground on which a tower crane stands has adequate bearing capacity;
(c) bases for tower cranes and trucks for rail-mounted tower cranes are firm and levelled and
such cranes are erected at a reasonably safe distance from excavations and are operated
within gradient limits as specified by the manufacturer of such cranes;
(d) tower cranes are sited where there is a clear space available for erection, operation and
dismantling of such cranes;
(e) tower cranes are sited in such a way that the loads on such cranes are not handled over any
occupied premises, public thoroughfares, railways or near power cables, other than construction
works for which such cranes are used;
(f) where two or more tower cranes are sited and operated, every care is taken to ensure
positive and proper communication between operators of such cranes to avoid any danger or
dangerous occurrences;
(g) tower cranes are used for loading magnet or demolition ball service, piling operation or other
similar operations which could impose excessive load stresses on the crane structure of such
cranes;
(h) the instructions of the manufacturer of a tower crane and standard safe practices regarding
such crane are followed while operating or using such crane.

81. Qualification of operator of lifting winches and of signaller, etc.—The employer shall ensure
at a construction site of a building or other construction work that no person is employed to drive
or operate a lifting appliance, whether driven by mechanical power or otherwise or to give
signals to drive or operator of such lilting appliance or to work as a operator of a rigger or
derricks unless he—
(i) is above eighteen years of age;
(ii) is sufficiently competent and reliable:
(iii) possesses the knowledge of the inherent risks involved in the operation of lifting appliances;
and
(iv) is medically examined periodically as specified in Schedule VII annexed to these rules.

82. Use of runways and ramps by building worker.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) runway or ramp provided for use by building workers is not less than four hundred and thirty
millimetres in width and is constructed of not less than twenty-five millimetres thick planking or
any other material of adequate strength to withstand the required load supported substantially in
relation to the span and braced of such runway or ramp and design and construction of such
runway or ramp is in accordance with the relevant national standards;
(b) every runway or ramp provided for use of building workers located more than three metres
above the floor or ground is on open sides provided with a guard rail of adequate strength and
height of not less than one thousand millimetres.

83. Use by vehicles.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) all runways and ramps are of sound construction, strength and are securely braced and
supported;
(b) every runway or ramp for the use of transport equipment like trailers, trucks or heavier
vehicles has a width of not less than three point seven metres and is provided with timber curbs
or any other material of adequate strength with not less than two hundred millimetres by two
hundred millimetres in width placed parallel to, and secured to, the sides of such runway or
ramp and such runways or ramps are designed in accordance with the relevant national
standards.

84. Slope of ramps.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that every ramp has a slope not exceeding one in four and the total rise of a
continuous ramp used by building workers carrying material or using wheelbarrows does not
exceed three point seven metres, unless broken by horizontal landing of at least one point two
metres in length or as provided in accordance with the relevant national standards.

85. Use by wheelbarrows, etc.— The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) every runway or ramp used for wheelbarrows, hand carts or hand trucks is not less than one
metre in width and is constructed of not less than fifty millimetres thick planking and is
supported and braced suitably for such use;
(b) every runway or ramp located more than three metres above the floor or ground is provided
on the open sides with suitable guard rails of adequate strength.

86. Transport by water.—

(1) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that
—
(a) when any building worker has to proceed to or from any working place by water for purposes
of carrying on a building or other construction work, proper measures are taken to provide for
his safe transportation and vessels used for such purpose are used in charge of a responsible
person, and are properly equipped for safe navigation and are maintained in good condition;
(b) maximum number of persons which can be safely carried in a vessel as certified under the
relevant law in force is marked plainly and conspicuously on such vessel and such number is
not exceeded during use of such vessel for carrying persons.
(2) The vessel referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) shall conform to the following namely:—
(i) that adequate protection is provided to the building workers in such vessel from inclement
weather;
(ii) that such vessel is manned by adequate and experienced crew, as per the relevant law for
the time being in force;
(iii) that in case the bulwarks of such vessel are lower than sixty centimetres from the level of
the deck of such vessel, the open edge of such bulwarks are fitted with suitable fencing to a
height of at least one metre above such deck and the post and stanchions and similar parts
used in such fencing are not spaced more than two metres apart;
(iv) that the number of lifebuoys on deck of such vessel is at least equal to the number of crew
members of such vessel and is not less than two;
(v) that all lifebuoys on deck of such vessel are kept in good state of maintenance and are so
placed that if such vessel sinks then they remain to float and one of such buoys is within the
immediate reach of the Steerman of such vessel and another is situated after part of such
vessel; and
(vi) that the position of the Steerman of the vessel is such that he has a reasonably free view of
all sides.

87. Prevention from drowning.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of building or
other construction work that where, on or adjacent to the workplace of any construction site to
which these rules apply, there is water into which a building worker employed for work on such
site is, in the course of his employment, may fall and has the risk of drowning, suitable rescue
equipment is provided and kept in an efficient state for ready use and measures are taken to
arrange for the prompt rescue of such building worker from the danger of drowning and where
there is a special risk of such fall from the edge of adjacent land or from a structure adjacent to
or above the water or from floating stage on such water, secure fencing is provided near the
edge of such land, structure or floating stage, as the case may be, to prevent such fall, and such
fencing may be removed or allowed to remain unerected for the time and to the extent
necessary for the access of building workers to such work or the movement of material for such
work.

88. Earth moving equipment and vehicles.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of
a building or other construction work that—
(a) all vehicles and earth moving equipment are made of good material, proper design and
sound construction and are sufficiently strong for the purpose for which such equipment are
used and are maintained in good state of repair and are properly used in accordance with
standard safe operating practices: Provided that the truck or trailer employed for transporting
freight containers are of the size sufficient to carry the containers, without overhanging and are
provided with twist locks conforming to national standards, at all the four corners of each of such
truck or trailers and such truck or trailers are certified for such use by an authority under the
relevant law for the time being in force and is inspected by a responsible person, at least once
in a month and record of such inspection is maintained;
(b) all transport or earth moving equipment and vehicles are inspected at least once a week by
a responsible person and in case any defect is noticed in such equipment or vehicle, it is
immediately taken out of use;
(c) power trucks and tractors are equipped with effective brakes, head lights and tail lamps and
are maintained in good repair and working order;
(d) side stanchions on power trucks and trailers for carrying heavy and long objects are—
(i) of sound construction and free from defects;
(ii) provided with tie chains attached to the top across the loads for preventing such stanchions
from spreading out; and
(iii) kept in position while loading and unloading;
(e) safe gangways are provided for to and fro movement of building workers engaged in loading
and unloading of lorries, trucks, trailers and wagons;
(f) trucks and other equipment are not loaded beyond their safe carrying capacity which shall be
clearly marked on such trucks and other equipment;
(g) handles of hand trucks are so designed as to protect the hands of the building workers
working on such trucks, or such handles are provided with knuckle guards;
(h) no unauthorised person rides the transport equipment employed in such work;
(i) a driver of a transport equipment manoeuvres such equipment under the direction of a
signaller;
(j) adequate precaution such as isolating the electric supply or erecting overhead barriers of a
safe height is taken when earth moving equipment or vehicles are required to operate in
dangerous proximity to any live electric conductor;
(k) vehicles and earth moving equipments are not left on a slope with the engine of such
vehicles or equipment running;
(l) all earth moving equipment, vehicles or other transport equipment are operated only by such
persons who are adequately trained and possess such skill as are required for safe operation of
such equipment, vehicle or other transport equipment.

89. Power shovels and excavators.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) a shovel or an excavator whether operated, by steam or electric or by internal combustion,
used for such work is constructed, installed, operated, tested and examined as required under
any law for the time being in force and the relevant national standards;
(b) excavator equipped for use as a mobile crane is—
(i) examined and tested in accordance with the requirements for such mobile crane under these
rules; and
(ii) fitted with an automatic safe working load indicator;
(c) buckets or grabs of power shovels are propped to restrict the movement of such buckets or
grabs while being repaired or while the teeth of such buckets or grabs are being changed.

90. Bulldozers.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) an operator of a bulldozer before leaving such bulldozer—
(i) applies the brakes;
(ii) lowers the blade and sipper; and
(iii) puts the shift lever into neutral;
(b) a bulldozer is left on level ground at the close of the work for which such bulldozer is used;
(c) the blade of a bulldozer is kept low when such bulldozer is moving uphill;
(d) the bulldozer blades are not used as brakes except in an emergency.

91. Scrapers.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) a tractor and scraper is joined by safety line at the time of its operation;
(b) the scraper bowls are propped while blades of such scraper are being replaced;
(c) a scraper moving downhill is left in gear.

92. Mobile asphalt layers and finishers.—The employer shall ensure on a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) a mixture elevator is within a wooden or sheet metal enclosure with a window for
observation, lubrication and maintenance;
(b) bitumen scoops have adequate covers;
(c) when asphalt plants are working on a public road, adequate traffic control is established on
such road and the building workers working with such plant are provided with reflecting jackets;
(d) a sufficient number of fire extinguishers are kept in readiness on such workplace where fire
hazards may exist;
(e) the materials are loaded on the elevator after the drying drain has warmed up of such
elevator;
(f) no open light is used for ascertaining the level of asphalt;
(g) inspection opening is not opened till there is a pressure in the boiler which may cause injury
to a building worker.

93. Pavers.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction
work that pavers are equipped with guards suitable to prevent building workers from walking
under the skip of such pavers.

94. Road rollers.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) before a road roller is used on the ground, such ground is examined for its bearing capacity
and general safety, especially at the edges of slopes such as embankments on such grounds;
(b) a roller is not moved downhill with the engine out of gear.

95. General safety.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) every vehicle or earth moving equipment is equipped with—
(i) silencers;
(ii) tail lights;
(iii) power and hand brakes;
(iv) reversing alarm; and
(v) search light for forward and backward movement, which are required for safe operation of
such vehicle or earth moving equipment;
(b) the cab of vehicle or earth moving equipment is kept at least one metre from the adjacent
face of a ground being excavated;
(c) when a crane or shovel are travelling, the boom of such crane or shovel is in the direction of
such travel and the bucket or scoop attached to such crane or shovel is raised and without load,
except when such travelling is downhill.

96. General provisions regarding use of concrete.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) all construction with the use of concrete or reinforced concrete are based on plans as—
(i) include specifications of steel and concrete and other material to be used in such
construction;
(ii) give technical details regarding methods for safe placing and handling of such materials as
specified in sub-clause (i);
(iii) indicate the type, quality and arrangement of each part of a structure of such construction;
and
(iv) explain the sequence of steps to be taken for completion of such construction;
(b) formwork and shores used for concrete work are structurally safe and are properly braced or
tied together so as to maintain position and shape of such formwork or shores;
(c) formwork structure used for concrete work has sufficient cat-walks and other secure access
for inspection of such structure if such structure is in two or more tiers.

97. Preparation and pouring of concrete and erection of concrete structures.—The employer
shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) a building worker handling cement or concrete—
(i) wears close-fitting clothing, gloves, helmet or hard hat, safety goggles, proper footwear and
respirator or mask to protect him from danger in such handling;
(ii) keep as much of his body covered as is required to protect him from danger in such
handling;
(iii) takes all necessary precautions to keep cement and concrete away from his skin in such
handling;
(b) lime pits are fenced or enclosed;
(c) lime pits are filled and emptied by such devices which do not require workers to go into the
pit;
(d) moving parts of the elevators, hoists, screens, bunkers, chutes, grouting, equipment used for
concrete work and of other equipment used for storing, transport and other handling ingredients
of concrete are securely fenced to avoid contact of building workers with such moving parts;
(e) screw conveyors used for cement, lime and other dusty materials are completely enclosed.

98. Buckets.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) concrete buckets used with cranes or aerial cableways are free from projections from which
accumulations of concrete could fall;
(b) movements of concrete buckets are governed by signals necessary to avoid any, danger by
such movements.

99. Pipes and pumps.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) a scaffolding carrying a pipe for pumped concrete is strong enough to support such pipe at
time when such pipe is filled with concrete or water or any other liquid and to bear all the
building workers who may be on such scaffold at such time, safely;
(b) every pipe for carrying pumped concrete is—
(i) securely anchored at its end point and at each curve on it;
(ii) provided near the top of such pipe with an air release valve; and
(iii) securely attached to a pump nozzle by a bolted collar or other adequate means;
(c) the operation of concrete pumps are governed by standard signals relevant in accordance
with the relevant national standards;
(d) building workers employed around a concrete pump wear safety goggles.

100. Mixing and pouring of concrete.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) the concrete mixture does not contain any material which may unduly affect the setting of
such concrete, weaken such concrete or corrode steel used with such concrete;
(b) when dry ingredients of concrete are being mixed in confined spaces such as silos,—
(i) the dust shall be exhausted at the time of such mixing; and
(ii) in case the dust cannot be exhausted, as specified in sub-clause (i), the building workers
shall wear respirators at the time of such mixing;
(c) when concrete is being tipped from buckets, building workers are kept out of the range of
any kickbacks of such buckets;
(d) loads are not dumped or placed on settling concrete.

101. Concrete panels and slabs.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) all parts of a concrete panel or concrete slab are hoisted uniformly;
(b) concrete panels are adequately braced in their final positions and such bracings shall remain
in such position until such panels are adequately supported by other parts of the construction for
which such panels are used;
(c) temporary bracing of concrete panels are securely fastened to prevent any part of such
panels from falling when such panels are being moved.

102. Stressed and tensioned elements.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or construction work that—
(a) building workers do not stand directly over jacking equipment while stressing of concrete
girders and beams is being done;
(b) a prestressed concrete unit is not handled except at points on such unit and by the devices
specified for such work by the manufacturer of such devices;
(c) during transport, prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams are kept upright by bracing
or other effective means;
(d) anchor fittings for pretensioned strands of prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams
are kept in a safe condition in accordance with the instructions of manufacturer of such anchor
fittings;
(e) building workers do not stand behind jacks or in line with tensioning elements and jacking
equipment during tensioning operations of prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams;
(f) building workers do not cut wires of prestressed concrete girders or beams under tension
before such concrete used for such girders or beams is sufficiently hardened.

103. Vibrators.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building construction work
that—
(a) a building worker, who is in good physical condition, operates vibrators used in concreting
work;
(b) all practical measures are taken to reduce the amount of vibration transmitted to the
operators working in concreting work;
(c) when electric vibrators are used in concreting work,—
(i) such vibrators shall be earthed;
(ii) the leads of such vibrators shall be heavily insulated; and
(iii) the current shall be switched off when such vibrators are not in use.

104. Inspection and supervision.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) a person responsible for a concreting work supervises the erection of the formwork, shores,
graces and other supports used for such concreting work;
(b) a person responsible for concreting work makes a thorough inspection of every formwork
after erection of such formwork in such concreting work to ensure that such formwork is safe;
(c) a person responsible for a concreting work regularly inspects the formwork, shores, braces,
reshores and other supports during the placing of concrete;
(d) any unsafe condition which is discovered during the inspections mentioned under clauses
(b) and (c) is remedied immediately;
(e) a person responsible for a concreting work keeps all records of inspections referred to in
clause (a) and clause (b) at the workplace relating to such inspection and produces them for
inspection upon the demand of an Inspector having jurisdiction.

105. Beams, floors and roofs.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) horizontal and diagonal bracings are provided in both longitudinal and transverse directions
as may be necessary to provide structural stability to formwork used in concreting work and
shores used in such concreting work are properly seated top and bottom and are secured in
their places;
(b) where shores used in concreting work rest upon the ground, base plates are provided for
keeping such shores firm and in level;
(c) where the floor to ceiling height of a concreting work exceeds nine metres or where the
formwork deck used in such concreting work is supported by shores constructed in two or more
tiers, or where the dead, live and impact loads on the formwork used in such concreting work
exceed seven hundred kilogram per square metre, the structure of such formwork is designed
by a professional engineer in the relevant field and the specifications and drawings of such
formwork are kept at such construction site and produced on demand before the Inspector
having jurisdiction;
(d) where the structure of the formwork used in concreting work is designed by a professional
engineer, such engineer shall be responsible for the supervision of construction and stability of
such structure.

106. Stripping.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) stripping of formwork used in concreting work commences until the concrete on such
formwork is fully set, examined and certified to this effect by the responsible person and record
of such examination and certification is maintained;
(b) stripped forms in concreting work are removed or stockpiled promptly after stripping from all
areas in which building workers are required to work or pass;
(c) protruding nails, wire ties and other formwork accessories not required for subsequent
concreting work are pulled, cut or otherwise made safe.

107. Reshoring.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) reshoring used in concreting work is provided to a slab or beam for its safe support after its
stripping or where such slab or beam is subjected to superimposed loads due to construction
above such slab or beam;
(b) the provisions applicable to shoring in a concreting work under this chapter shall also be
applicable to reshoring in such work.

108. Preparation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that all glass or similar material or article in exterior openings are removed
before commencing any demolition work and all water, steam, electric, gas and other similar
supply lines are put-off and suitably capped and the concerned department of the appropriate
Government or local authority is informed and permission obtained wherever required before
commencing such demolition work and wherever it is necessary to maintain water, gas or
electric line or power during such demolition, such line shall be so located or protected with
substantial coverings so as to protect it from damage and to afford safety to the building workers
and the general public.

109. Protection of adjacent structures.—The employer responsible for a demolition work at a

construction site of a building or other construction work shall, during demolition process of such
demolition work, examine the walls of all structures adjacent to the structure to be demolished to
determine the thickness, method of support to such adjacent structures and in case, such
employer has reason to believe that any of such adjacent structure is unsafe or may become
unsafe during such demolition process, he shall not perform demolition activity affecting such
unsafe adjacent structure unless and until remedial measures like sheet piling, shoring, bracing,
or similar other means so as to ensure safety and stability to such unsafe adjacent structure
from collapsing are taken.

110. Demolition of walls, partitions, etc.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) any demolition of walls or partitions is proceeded in a systematic manner as per the standard
safe operating practices and all work above each tier of any floor beams is completed before the
safety of the support of such beam is impaired;
(b) masonry is neither loosened nor permitted to fall in such masses or volume or weight as to
endanger the structural stability of any floor or structural support;
(c) no wall, chimney or other structure or part of a structure is left unguarded in such a condition
that it may fall, collapse or weaken due to wind pressure or vibration;
(d) In the case of demolition of exterior walls by hand, safe footing is provided for the building
workers employed for such demolition, in the form of sound flooring or scaffolds;
(e) walls or partitions which are to be demolished by hand are not left standing than one storey
high above the uppermost floor on which persons are working.

111. Method of operation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that debris, bricks and other materials or articles are removed—
(i) by means of chutes;
(ii) by means of buckets or hoists;
(iii) through openings in the floors; or
(iv) by any other safe means.
112. Access to floor.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that safe access to and egress from every building is provided at all times in
the course of demolition of such building by means of entrances, hallways, stairway or ladder
runs which are so protected as to safeguard the building workers using such means from falling
material or articles.

113. Demolition of structural steel.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that—
(a) all steel structures are demolished column by column and tier by tier and every structural
member which is being demolished is not under any stress and such structural member is
suitably lashed to prevent it from any uncontrolled swinging or dropping or falling;
(b) large structural members are not thrown or dropped from the building but are carefully
lowered by adopting suitable safe method;
(c) where a lifting appliance like a derrick is used for demolition, the floor on which such lifting
appliance rests is completely planked over or supported and such floor is of adequate strength
to sustain bearing load for such lifting appliance and its operation.

114. Storage of material or article.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that,—
(a) all materials or articles are not stored or kept on platform, floor or stairways of a building
being demolished: Provided that this clause shall not apply to the floor of a building when such
floor is of such strength as to support safely the load to be superimposed by storing such
materials or articles;
(b) an access to any stairway or passageway is not affected or blocked by storing any material
or article;
(c) suitable barricades are provided so as to prevent materials or articles from sliding or
rebounding into any space used by the building workers.

115. Floor openings.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that every opening used for the removal of debris from every floor which is not
closed to access, except the top or working floor is provided with an enclosure from such floor to
its ceiling, or such opening is so barricaded that no building worker has access to within a
horizontal distance of six metres from such opening through which debris is being dropped.
116. Inspection.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that a person responsible for demolition work makes continuous inspections
during demolition process of such demolition work so as to detect any hazard resulting from
weakened or deteriorated floors or walls or loosened materials or articles during such demolition
process and that no building worker is permitted to work where such hazard exist unless
remedial measures like shoring or bracing are taken to prevent such hazards.

117. Warning signs, barricades, etc.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) barricades and warning signs are erected along every side throughout the length and
breadth of a building or other construction work to be demolished to prevent unauthorised
persons from entering into the site of such building or other construction work during demolition
operations;
(b) during the demolition of an exterior masonry wall or a roof from a point more than twelve
metres above the adjoining ground level of such wall or roof, if persons below such wall or roof
are exposed to falling objects, suitable and safe catch platforms shall be provided and
maintained at a level not more than six metres below the working level except where an exterior
built-up scaffold is provided for safe and adequate protection of such persons;
(c) suitable and standard warning signs in accordance with national standards are displayed or
erected at conspicuous places or position at the workplace.

118. Mechanical method of demolition.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that the following requirements are fulfilled in case the
mechanical method of demolition like use of swinging weight, clamshell bucket, power shovel,
bulldozer or other similar mechanical methods are used for the purpose of demolition, namely:
—
(a) that the building or structure or remaining portion thereof shall be not more than twenty-four
metres in height;
(b) that where a swinging weight is used for demolition, a zone of such demolition having a
radius of at least one and a half times the height of the structure or portion thereof being so
demolished shell be maintained around the points of impact of such swinging weight;
(c) where a clamshell bucket is being used for demolition, a zone of demolition shall be
maintained within eight metres of the line of travel of such bucket;
(d) that where other mechanical methods are being used to affect total or partial collapse of a
building or other construction work, there shall be maintained in the area into which the affected
portion of such building or other construction work may fall, a zone of demolition at least one
and a half times the height of such affected portion thereof; and
(e) no person other than building workers or other persons essential to the operation of
demolition work shall be permitted to enter a zone of demolition referred to in clause (a) which
shall be provided with substantial barricades.

119. Notification of intention to carry out excavation and tunnelling work.—

(1) Every employer carrying out any excavation or tunnelling work at a construction site of a
building or other construction work shall, within thirty days, prior to the commencement of such
excavation or tunnelling work, inform in writing the detailed layout plans, method of construction
and schedule of such excavation or tunnelling work to the Director General.
(2) In case compressed air is used in such excavation or tunnelling work or any work incidental
to or required for such excavation or tunnelling work, the technical details and drawings of all
man-locks and medical locks together with names and addresses of all construction medical
officers having qualification as laid down in Schedule XI annexed to these rules and so
appointed by such employer for the purpose of such excavation or tunnelling work shall be sent
to the Director General.

120. Project engineer.—

(1) Every employer undertaking any excavation or tunnelling work shall appoint a project
engineer for safe operation of such projects of such excavation or tunnelling work for which
such engineer is appointed.
(2) Such project engineer shall exercise overall control of the operations and the activities at
such project and be responsible for carrying out the activities safely.

121. Responsible person.—

(1) Every employer undertaking excavation or tunnelling work at a construction site of building
or other construction work shall appoint a responsible person for safe operation for such
excavation or tunnelling work.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of the responsible person referred to in sub-rule (1) person shall
include—
(a) to carry out smoothly such excavation or tunnelling work;
(b) to inspect and rectify any hazardous situation relating to such excavation or tunnelling work;
(c) to take remedial measures to avoid any unsafe practice or conditions relating to such
excavation or tunnelling work.
(3) The name and address of the responsible person referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be
forwarded to the Director General.

122. Warning signs and notices.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) suitable warning signs or notices, required for the safety of building workers carrying out the
work of an excavation or tunnelling, shall be displayed or erected at conspicuous places in Hindi
and in a language understood by the majority of such building workers at such excavation or
tunnelling work;
(b) such warning signs and notices with regard to compressed air working shall include—
(i) the danger involved in such compressed air work;
(ii) fire and explosion hazards;
(iii) the emergency procedures for rescue from such danger or hazards.

123. Register of employment, etc.—

(1) Every employer shall ensure that a construction site of a building or other construction work
where an excavation or tunnelling work is being carried on, a register of employment of building
workers carrying out such excavation or tunnelling work, is maintained and produced on
demand to the Inspector having jurisdiction.
(2) Periods of work of such excavation or tunnelling work, in which such building workers are
employed, shall be maintained in a register on day-to-day basis and such register shall be
produced on demand to the Inspector having jurisdiction.

124. Illumination.—
(1) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that
all workplaces where excavation or tunnelling works are carried out shall be adequately
illuminated in accordance with the relevant national standards.
(2) Every employer carrying out excavation or tunnelling works at a construction site of a
building or other construction work shall provide for emergency generators on such construction
site to ensure adequate illumination at all workplaces where such excavation or tunnelling work
is being carried out, in case of power failure.
125. Stability of structure.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) where there is any doubt as to the stability of any structure adjoining the work-place or other
areas to be excavated or where tunnelling work is to be carried out, the project engineer
referred to in rule 120 arranges for measures like underpinning, sheet piling, shoring, bracing or
other similar means to support such structure and to prevent injury to any building worker
working adjacent to such structure or damage to property or equipment adjacent to such
structure;
(b) where any building worker engaged in excavation is exposed to hazard of falling or sliding
material or article from any bank or side of such excavation which is more than one and a half
metres above his footing, such worker is protected by adequate piling and bracing against such
bank or side;
(c) the excavation and its vicinity are checked by a responsible person referred to in rule 121
after every rain, storm or other occurrences carrying hazards and in case a hazard is noticed all
such checking, adequate protection against slides and cave-in to prevent such hazard is
provided;
(d) temporary sheet piling installed for the construction of a retaining wall after excavation is not
removed except on the advice of the responsible person referred to in rule 121 after an
inspection carried out by such responsible person;
(e) where banks of an excavation are undercut, adequate shoring is provided to support the
material or article overhanging such bank;
(f) excavated material is not stored at least zero point six five metre from the edge of an open
excavation or trench and the banks of such excavation or trench are stripped of loose rocks and
other materials which may slide, roll or fall upon a building worker working below such bank;
(g) adequate and suitable warning signs are put up at conspicuous places at the excavation
work to avoid any person falling into the excavations or trenches;
(h) the responsible person referred to in rule 121, ensures at the excavation work that no
building worker is permitted to work where such building worker may be struck or endangered
by the excavation machinery or material or article used in such excavation.

126. Piling, shoring and bracing.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) plank used for sheet piling in excavation or tunnelling work is of sound material with
adequate strength;
(b) shores and braces used in excavation or tunnelling work are of adequate dimensions and
are so placed as to be effective for their intended purposes;
(c) earth supported shores or braces used in excavation or tunnelling work bear against a
footing of sufficient area and stability to prevent the shifting of such shores or braces.

127. Safe access.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that ladders, stair cases or ramps are provided, as the case may be, for safe
access to and egress from excavation where the depth of such excavation exceeds one point
five metres and such ladders, stair cases or ramps comply with the relevant national standards.

128. Trenches.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that a trench or excavation is protected against falling of a person by suitable
measures if the depth of such trench or excavation exceeds one and a half metres and such
protection is an improved protection in accordance with the design and drawing of a
professional engineer, where such depth exceeds four metres.

129. Depth of trenches.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) where the depth of a trench requires two lengths of sheet piling, one above the other, the
lower piling is set inside the bottom strings or wales of the upper piling and such sheet piling is
driven down and braced as the excavation continues;
(b) all metal sheet piles used in excavation or a trench are welded end to end and secured by
other similar means.

130. Positioning and use of machinery.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that any machinery used in excavation and tunnelling work is
positioned and operated in such a way that such machinery does not endanger the operator of
such machinery or any other person in the vicinity.

131. Breathing apparatus.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that—
(a) suitable breathing apparatus is provided to a building worker while working in compressed
air environment for his use at excavation or tunnelling work; and
(b) such breathing apparatus is maintained in good working condition at all times.

132. Safety measures for tunnelling operation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) where there is a danger of falling or sliding of material from the roof face or wall of a tunnel,
adequate measures such as shoring, supporting by means of rock bolts, segments or steel sets
are taken for the safety of building workers;
(b) the excavated areas are made safe by use of suitably designed and installed steel sets, rock
bolts or similar other safe means;
(c) the responsible person referred to in rule 121 examines and inspects the workplaces in a
tunnel before the commencement of work in such tunnel, and at regular intervals thereafter, to
ensure safety of the building workers in such tunnel;
(d) the portal areas of a tunnel with loose soil, or rock, likely to cause injury to a person are
adequately protected with supports.

133. Pneumatic tools.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that supply lines to pneumatic tools used within a tunnel are fitted with
watertrap or safety chain or safety wire, as the case may be.

134. Shafts.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) surroundings of a shaft used in excavation or tunnel work are protected from being washed
away by construction of sufficient height;
(b) where a building worker is required to enter a shaft at an excavation or tunnelling work, safe
means of access is provided for such entry;
(c) every shaft at excavation or tunnelling work is provided with a steel casing, concrete piping,
timber shoring or other materials of adequate strength for the safety of building workers working
in such shaft;
(d) such casing and bracing are provided to a shaft at an excavation or tunnelling work up to the
depth of such shaft at an excavation or tunnelling work according to the appropriate design for
such casing and bracing;
(e) a reinforced concrete raft and beam is provided around the opening of a shaft at an
excavation or tunnelling work if the ground surrounding such opening is unstable or unsafe.

135. Lift for shaft.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building of other
construction work that lift is provided for transport of building workers and materials or articles at
an excavation or tunnelling work required to descend more than fifty metres in a shaft.

136. Means of communication.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building

or other construction work that—
(a) reliable and effective means of communication such as telephone or walkie-talkie are
provided and are maintained in working order for arranging better and effective communication
at an excavation or tunnelling work at the following locations, namely:—
(i) working chamber at the face of an excavation;
(ii) intervals of hundred metres along the tunnel;
(iii) working chamber side of a man lock near the door of such man lock;
(iv) interior of each chamber of a man lock;
(v) location conspicuous a lock attendant’s station;
(vi) a compressor plant;
(vii) a first-aid station; and
(viii) outside the portal or the top of a shaft.
(b) such number of bells and whistles are made available at all times at the locations referred to
in sub-clause (i) to sub-clause (viii) of clause (a) as are necessary for the safety of persons at
such locations.

137. Signals.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that the standard audio or video signals are used in excavation or tunnelling
work and are conspicuously located or displayed near entrance to he workplace and in such
other locations as may be necessary to bring such signals to notice of all building workers
employed in such excavation or tunnelling work.

138. Clearances.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) the minimum lateral clearance of half a metre is maintained between any part of a vehicle
and any fixture or any equipment used in an excavation or tunnelling work after allowing the
throw or swing of such fixture or equipment;
(b) the overhead clearance for a locomotive drive at excavation or tunnelling work is not less
than one point one zero metres above the seat of such driver and not less than two metres
above the platform where such driver stands or of any other dimension in accordance with the
relevant national standard.

139. Shelters.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that the adequate number of shelters for the safeguard of the building workers
are provided where, in the course of working, they are liable to be struck by a moving vehicle or
other material handling equipment in a tunnel.

140. Use of internal combustion engine.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that no internal combustion engine is used underground in
excavation or tunnelling work unless such engine is so constructed that—
(a) the air entering the engine gets cleared before entry; and
(b) no fumes or sparks are emitted by the engine.

141. Inflammable oils.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that inflammable oils with the flash point below the working temperature that
is likely to be encountered in a tunnel are not used in excavation or tunnelling work.

142. Coupling and hoses.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that only high pressure hydraulic hoses and couplings are used on
hydraulic plants underground and such hoses and couplings are adequately protected against
any possible damage in excavation or tunnelling work.

143. Hose installation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that all hydraulic lines and plants working at a temperature exceeding seventy
degree centigrade are protected by adequate insulation or otherwise against accidental human
contact in excavation or tunnelling work
144. Fire resistant hoses.—The employer shall insure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that no fire hydraulic hoses other than fire resistant hydraulic hoses are used
when hydraulically activated machinery and equipment is employed in tunnels.

145. Flame proof equipment.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that only flame proof equipment of appropriate type as per relevant
national standards is used where there is a danger of flammable or explosive atmosphere being
prevalent inside the tunnel.

146. Storing of oil and fuel underground.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) all oils, greases or fuels stored underground in excavation or tunnelling work are kept in
tightly sealed containers and in fire resistant areas at safe distances away from explosive and
other flammable chemicals;
(b) appropriate flame proof installation is used in such storage areas as specified in clause (a).

147. Use of gases underground.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) petrol or liquefied petroleum gas or any other flammable substances are not used, stored
inside the tunnel except with the prior approval of the project engineer under rule 120;
(b) after the use of the petroleum or liquefied petroleum gas, or highly inflammable substances
referred to in clause (a), all remaining petroleum or liquefied petroleum gas or highly
inflammable substances are removed immediately from such tunnel;
(c) no oxy-acetelene gas is used in a compressed air environment in excavation or tunnelling
work.

148. Water for fire-fighting.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) adequate number of water outlets are provided on excavation or tunnelling work and are
readily made accessible throughout the tunnel for fire-fighting purposes and such water outlets
are maintained for effective fire-fighting;
(b) all air locks are equipped with fire-fighting facilities at excavation or tunnelling work;
(c) an audible fire alarm is provided to warn the building workers whenever a fire breaks out on
an excavation or tunnelling work;
(d) adequate number and types of fire extinguishers, in accordance with relevant national
standards, are provided and made readily available to fight any outbreak of fire at an excavation
or tunnelling work;
(e) fire extinguishers with vapourising liquids and high pressure carbon dioxide are not used in
tunnels or other confined spaces;
(f) the instructions regarding steps to be followed to fight outbreak of fire, at an excavation or
tunnelling work, written in Hindi or local language understood by the majority of the building
workers employed on such excavation or tunnelling work, are displayed at conspicuous and
vulnerable places of such excavation or tunnelling work.

149. Flooding.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) watertight bulkhead doors are installed at the entrance of a tunnel to prevent flooding during
a tunnelling work where more than one tunnel is driven from a shaft;
(b) all necessary measures are taken to ensure that no building worker is trapped in any
isolated section of a tunnel when any bulkhead door of such tunnel is closed;
(c) where there is likelihood of flooding or water rushing into a tunnel during a tunnelling work,
arrangements are made for immediate starting of water pumps to take out water of such
flooding or water rushing and for giving alert signals to the building workers and other persons
to keep them away from danger.

150. Steel curtains.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that air tight steel curtains are provided in areas liable to flooding at tunnelling
work and in case of descending tunnel such curtains are provided in the top half of such tunnels
to ensure the retention of pockets of air for rescue purpose.

151. Rest shelters.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that,—
(a) where building workers employed in a compressed air environment in a tunnelling work are
required to remain at the work site for one hour or more after decompression from pressure
exceeding one bar, adequate and suitable facilities are provided for such building workers to
rest;
(b) every man-lock, medical lock and any other facility inside these locks at an excavation a
tunnelling work is maintained in a clean state and in good repairs;
(c) a first-aid room is provided and is readily available at a construction site of a tunnelling work;
(d) each man-lock attendant station is provided with a first-aid box at a construction site of a
tunnelling work.

152. Permissible limit of exposure of chemicals.—The employer shall ensure at a construction

site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) the working environment in a tunnel or a shaft in which building workers are employed does
not contain any of the hazardous substances in concentrations beyond the permissible limits as
laid down in the Schedule XII annexed to these rules;
(b) the responsible person referred to in rule 121 conducts necessary test before the
commencement of a tunnelling work for the day and at suitable intervals as fixed by the Director
General to ensure that the permissible limits of exposure are not exceeded and a record of such
test is maintained and is made available for inspection to the Inspector having jurisdiction, on
demand.

153. Ventilation.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that all working areas in a free air tunnel are provided with ventilation system
as approved by the Director General and the fresh air supplied in such tunnel is not less than six
cubic metres per minute for each building worker employed underground in such tunnel and the
free air-flow movement inside such tunnel is not less than nine metres per minute.

154. Air supply intake point.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that the air intake points for all air compressors are located at places
where such intake air does not get contaminated with dust, fumes, vapour and exhaust gases or
other contaminants.

155. Emergency generators.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that—
(a) every compressed air .system in a tunnel is provided with emergency power supply system
for maintaining continued supply of compressed air in such compressed air system and is
capable of operating air compressor and ancillary systems of such compressed air system;
(b) the emergency power supply system is maintained and is readily available at all limes at an
excavation or tunnelling work.
156. Air mains.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that every air main supplying air to the working chamber, man-lock or
medical-lock used at an excavation or tunnelling work is protected against accidental damage
and where it is not practicable to provide such protection, a stand-by air main is provided.

157. Bulk head and air-locks.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) a bulk head or air tight diaphragms retaining compressed air, when used within a tunnel or a
shaft, is constructed to withstand the maximum pressure at one point two five times the
maximum working pressure of such bulk head or diaphragm and such bulk head or diaphragm
is tested before its each use by a responsible person referred to in rule 121 to ensure that such
bulk head or diaphragm is in proper working order;
(b) such responsible person keeps the record of each test referred to in clause (a) and such
record is produced for inspection to the Inspector having jurisdiction on demand;
(c) the bulk head or diaphragm referred to in clause (a) are made of sound material of adequate
strength and are able to withstand to maximum pressure on which they are subjected to at any
time of their use;
(d) a bulk head anchorage and air lock is tested at its workplace at an excavation or tunnelling
work immediately after their installation at such place.

158. Diaphragms.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that all diaphragms which are in the form of horizontal decks across a shaft
used at excavation or tunnelling work are securely anchored.

159. Portable electrical hand tools.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that all portable electrical hand .tools and inspection lamps
used underground or in a confined space at an excavation or tunnelling work are operated at a
voltage not exceeding twenty-four volts.

160. Circuit breaker.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) adequate numbers of differential groundfault circuit breakers are installed for every electrical
distribution system and its sub-systems used at an excavation or tunnelling work and the
sensitivity of each of circuit breaker is adjusted in accordance with the requirement set out in
accordance with the relevant national standards;
(b) no semi-enclosed fuse unit is used in underground place at an excavation or tunnelling work.

161. Transformer.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that no transformer is used in any section of a tunnel under compressed air
unless such transformer is of the dry type and conforms to the relevant national standards.

162. Live wire.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that there is no exposed live wire in working areas at an excavation or
tunnelling work which are accessible to building workers other than those authorised to work on
such live lines.

163. Welding sets.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that all welding sets used in a tunnel are of adequate capacity and of suitable
type approved by Director General.

164. Quality and quantity of air.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that,—
(a) every working chamber at an excavation or tunnelling work where compressed air is used,
the supply of such air is maintained not less than zero point three cubic metres per minute per
person working therein;
(b) a reserve supply of compressed air is made available at all times for man-locks and medical
locks used at a tunnelling work;
(c) the air supplied in a compressed air environment at a tunnelling work is as far as practicable
free from odour and other contaminants, namely, dust, fumes and other toxic substances.

165. Working temperature.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that the temperature in any working chamber at an excavation or
tunnelling work where building workers are employed does not exceed twenty-nine degree
centigrade and that the arrangement is maintained for keeping records in which the
temperatures measured by dry bulb and wet bulb inside such working chamber once in every
hour and to produce such records for inspection on demand to the Inspector having jurisdiction.
166. Man-locks and working in compressed air environment.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) man-locks used at a tunnelling work are of adequate strength, made of sound material and
designed to withstand any air pressure, internal or external, to which it may be subjected to in
the normal use or in an emergency:
(b) (i) doors of man-locks at an excavation or tunnelling work are made of steel;
(ii) man-locks used at a tunnelling work are airtight and devices are provided for sealing the
doors when such locks are under pressure;
(iii) the anchorage of a man-lock used at tunnelling work have adequate strength to withstand
the pressure exerted by air on the man-lock;
(iv) there is adequate room available for the building worker for working in the man-lock used at
tunnelling work;
(v) where work is carried out in any compressed air tunnel, a man-lock in accordance with the
relevant national standards is used for such tunnel;
(c) (i) where a man-lock is used at tunnelling work, safety instructions in Hindi and in local
language understood by majority of building workers employed therein are displaced at
conspicuous place at such tunnelling work;
(ii) except in an emergency, compression and decompression operations are carried out in a
man-lock used at tunnelling work;
(iii) in an emergency any material lock may be used at tunnelling work for compression and
decompression of building worker and a record is kept in writing and produced for inspection on
demand to the Inspector having jurisdiction;
(iv) material-lock is used with the permission of Director General for compression and
decompression of building workers, where it is impracticable to install both the man-lock and the
material-lock at a tunnelling work;
(v) decompression of all building workers to atmospheric condition at tunnelling work is carried
out in accordance with a decompression procedure approved by the Director General;
(vi) the man-lock at tunnelling work is not used for any purpose other than compression or
decompression of building workers;
(vii) no decanting of building workers at tunnelling work is carried out without prior approval of
Director General, except in an emergency;
(viii) in case a building worker collapses or is taken ill during his decompression in a man-lock
used at tunnelling work, the lock attendant of such man-lock raises the pressure in such man-
lock until such pressure is equal to the maximum pressure which that building worker was
exposed to in the working chamber prior to such decompression and such lock attendant
immediately reports the matter relating to such collapse to the medical lock attendant and
medical officer on duty at such tunnelling work;
(ix) a building worker who had previously received training with a trained building worker to work
in a compressed air environment at tunnelling work is employed to work independently in such a
compressed air environment;
(x) a building worker who had undergone three decompressions from a pressure exceeding one
bar in a period of eight hours at tunnelling work is not allowed to enter a compressed air
environment except for the purpose of carrying out rescue work;
(xi) a building worker employed in a compressed air environment for a period of eight hours in a
day at tunnelling work is not employed again in such environment unless he has spent not less
than twelve consecutive hours of rest at atmospheric pressure;
(xii) no building worker is engaged in a compressed air environment at a pressure which
exceeds three bars at tunnelling work unless prior permission, in writing, has been obtained
from the Director General for such arrangement;
(xiii) no building worker is employed in a compressed air environment for more than fourteen
consecutive days in a month at tunnelling work;
(xiv) a register of employment of all building workers employed in compressed air environment
at tunnelling work, is maintained;
(xv) an identification badge is supplied to a building worker employed in compressed air
environment at tunnelling work;
(xvi) the badge of a building worker referred to in sub-clause (xv) contains particulars of his
name location of the medical-lock allotted to him for work, the telephone number of the
Construction Medical Officer concerned for his treatment and the instructions in case of his
illness of unknown and doubtful causes;
(xvii) record of all identification badges supplied to building workers under sub-clause (xvi), is
kept in a register;
(xviii) every building worker whose name appears in the register referred to in sub-clause (xvii)
wears the badge supplied to him under sub-clause (xv) at all times during his duty hours at
tunnelling work;
(xix) suitable warning signs are displayed, in the compressed air environment at tunnelling work,
for the prohibition of following, namely:—
(a) use of alcoholic drinks;
(b) use and carrying of lighters, matches or other sources of ignition;
(c) smoking; and
(d) an entry to person who has consumed alcoholic drinks.

167. Safety instruction.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that all building workers employed in compressed air environment at
tunnelling work follow the instructions issued for their safety in the course of such employment.

168. Medical lock.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that,—
(a) a suitably constructed medical lock is maintained at tunnelling work where building workers
are employed in a working chamber at a pressure exceeding one bar;
(b) where more than one hundred building workers are employed in a compressed air working
environment exceeding one bar at tunnelling work, one medical lock is provided for every one
hundred building workers or part thereof and such medical lock is situated as near as possible
to the main lock used at such tunnelling work.

169. Work on steep roofs.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that all practicable measures are provided to protect the building
workers against sliding when carrying out work on steep roofs.

170. Construction and installation of roofing brackets.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) roofing brackets are constructed to fit the pitch of steep roof and such brackets are used to
provide level working platform;
(b) a roofing bracket referred to in clause (a) is secured in its place by nailing pointed metal
projections attached to the underside of such bracket and securely driven into a steep roof on
which it is used or secured by a rope passed over the ridge pole and tie of such roof.

171. Crawling boards.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that,—
(a) all crawling boards used for work on steep roofs are of adequate strength, made of sound
material and of the type approved for the purpose of their use as per relevant national
standards;
(b) crawling board referred to in clause (a) are kept in good repairs and inspected by a
responsible person before being taken into use;
(c) crawling board referred to in clause (a) is secured to a steep roof on which it is used by ridge
hooks or other effective means;
(d) a firmly fastened lifeline of adequate strength is strung beside each crawling board referred
to in clause (a) throughout its length while using such crawling boards.

172. Construction and safe use.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) every ladder or step-ladder used in building or other construction work is of good
construction, made of sound material and of adequate strength for the purpose for which such
ladder or step-ladder is used;
(b) when a ladder is used as a means of communication, such ladder is lashed to a fixed
structure so that while working on such ladder it does not slip;
(c) a ladder or step-ladder does not stand on loose bricks or other loose packing and has a level
and firm footing;
(d) where it is required, in case of use of fixed ladders, sufficient foothold and handhold are
provided for use by the building worker;
(e) every ladder is—
(i) secured so as to prevent undue swaying;
(ii) equally and properly supported on each of its upright;
(iii) so used as not to cause undue sagging; and
(iv) placed as nearly as possible at an inclination of four in one;
(f) the use of all ladders and step-ladders conform to the relevant national standards for their
use.

173. Rungs.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that no ladder is used which has a missing or defective rung or a rung
depends for its support solely on nails, spikes or other similar fixing.

174. Materials for ladders.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that all wooden ladders used in building work—
(a) are constructed upright of adequate strength and are made of straight-grained wood, free
from defects and having the grain of such wood running lengthwise;
(b) have rungs made of straight-grained wood free from defects and mortised or securely
notched into the upright; and
(c) have reinforcing metal ties, if the tenons of such ladders are not secured by wedges.

175. Catch platforms.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) catch platform is not used for storage of material or as a working platform;
(b) catch platform is at least two metres wide and is inclined so that the position of outer edge of
such platform is fifteen hundred millimetres higher than the inner edge;
(c) the open end of catch platform is properly fenced to the height not less than one metre.

176. Hoardings.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of building or other

construction work that hoardings are constructed when the Director General consider it
necessary for protection of building workers and directs such employer to construct such
hoardings.

177. Chutes, its construction and use.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) wooden or metal chutes which are at an angle of more than forty-five degrees to the
horizontal and used for the removal of materials are closed on all sides except at their openings
used for receiving or discharging of materials or articles;
(b) all openings of chutes except their top openings are closed when not in use;
(c) every chute—
(i) is constructed of sound material, adequate strength and is suitable for the purpose it is
intended for use;
(ii) exceeding twelve metres in height is constructed in accordance with the design and
drawings of a professional engineer for such construction and approval of the Director General;
(d) a suitable warning notice is displayed at conspicuous location, written in Hindi and in a local
language, at the discharge end of every chute;
(e) every chute is cleared when debris has accumulated to a height which can pose danger to
building worker but such clearance is done in no case less frequently than once a day.

178. Safety belt and its use.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) safety belt, lifelines and devices for the attachment of such lifelines conform to the relevant
national standards;
(b) every building worker is supplied with safety belt and safety lifelines for his protection and
such building worker uses such belts and lifelines during the performance of his work;
(c) all building workers using safety belts and safety lifelines have the knowledge of safe use
and maintenance of such belts and lifelines and are supplied with necessary instructions;
(d) the responsible person for supervising the use of safety belts and safety lifelines referred to
in clause (b) inspects and ensures that such safety belts and lifelines are fit for use before taken
into use at every time.

179. Safety net and its use.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that—
(a) every safe net is of adequate strength, made of sound material and is suitable for use and
conforms to the relevant national standards;
(b) the responsible person for maintenance of safety nets and their use ensures safe fixing of
such safety nets and provides such safety nets with suitable and sufficient anchorage so that
the purposes for which such safety net is intended for use, is served.

180. Storage of safety belts and nets, etc.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of
a building or other construction work that proper arrangement is made for the safe storage of
safety belts, safety lifelines and safety nets when they are not in use and are protected against
mechanical damage, damages from chemicals and damages from biological agents.

181. General provision.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) the trained building worker under the direct supervision of a person, responsible for
structural frame and formwork, are employed for erection of such structural frame or formwork,
dismantling of building and structure and performance of an engineering work, formwork, false
work and shoring work;
(b) adequate measures are taken to guard against hazards arising from any temporary state of
weakness or unsuitability of a structure.

182. Formwork, false work and shoring.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) formwork and false work are so designed, constructed and maintained that such formwork
and false work support the load that may be imposed on them;
(b) such formwork is so erected that working platform, means of access, bracing, means of
handling and stabilising could easily be fixed with such formwork.

183. Erection or dismantling of steel and prefabricated structure.—The employer shall ensure at
a construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) the safety of building workers employed for the erection or dismantling of steel structures
and prefabricated structures is ensured from danger by using appropriate means such as the
following, namely:—
(i) ladder, gangways or fixed platforms;
(ii) platforms, buckets, boatswain’s chair or other appropriate means suspended from lifting
appliances;
(iii) safety harness, lifelines, catch net or catch platform;
(iv) power-operated mobile working platforms;
(b) the work of erection or dismantling of buildings or structures or formwork or false work or
shoring or any other civil engineering work is carried out by trained building workers under the
supervision of a person responsible for such work;
(c) steel or prefabricated structures are so designed and made that such structures can be
safely transported or erected; and weight of each unit of such structures is clearly marked on
such unit;
(d) the design of each such part maintains stability of each part of the structures referred to in
clause (a), clause (b) and clause (c), when erected, and to prevent danger, the design shall
explicitly take into account—
(i) the relevant conditions and methods of attachment in the operations of stripping, transport,
storing and temporary support during erection of such part; and
(ii) safeguards, such as provision of railings with working platforms, and for mounting such
railings and platforms easily on the structural steel or prefabricated parts;
(e) the hooks and other devices built in or provided on the structural steel or prefabricated parts
that are required for lifting and transporting such parts are so shaped, dimensioned and
positioned to withstand the stresses to which such hooks or other devices are subjected;
(f) prefabricated parts made of concrete are not stripped or erected before such concrete has
set and hardened sufficiently to the extent provided for in the plans, and such parts are
examined by the responsible person for any sign of damage before their use;
(g) storeplaces are so constructed that—
(i) there is no risk of structural steel or prefabricated parts falling or overturning;
(ii) storage conditions generally ensue stability and avoid damage having regard to the method
of storage and atmospheric conditions; and
(iii) racks are set on firm ground and designed so that units cannot move accidentally in such
store places;
(h) structural steel or prefabricated parts are not subjected to stresses prejudicial to their
stability while they are stored or transported or raised or set down;
(i) tongs, clamps and other appliances for lifting structural steel and prefabricated parts are—
(a) in such shape and dimensions as to ensure a secure grip without damaging such parts; and
(b) marked with the maximum permissible load in the most unfavourable lifting conditions;
(j) structural steel or prefabricated parts are lifted by such methods and applications that prevent
them from spinning accidentally;
(k) structural steel or prefabricated parts are provided with railings and working platforms before
raising such parts to prevent any danger of falling of building workers, materials or articles at the
time of any work with such parts;
(l) all reasonably practical measures are taken to avoid injury to building workers, building
structure or equipment while structural steel or prefabricated parts are handled or stored or
transported or raised or lowered;
(m) structures are not worked on during violent storms or high winds or any other such
hazardous situation;
(n) the risk of falling to which building workers, moving on high or sloping girders, may be
exposed is limited by all means of adequate collective protection or by the use of a safety
harness which is well secured to a sufficiently strong support;
(o) structural steel parts which are to be erected at a great height are, as far as practicable,
assembled on the ground;
(p) when structural steel or prefabricated parts are being erected, a sufficiently extended area
underneath the workplace shall be barricaded or guarded;
(q) steel trusses which are being erected are adequately shored, braced or guyed until they are
permanently secured in position;
(r) structural members are not forced into place by the hoisting machine while any building
worker is in such a position that he is likely to be injured by such operation.
184. Formwork.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) all formworks are properly designed keeping in view the safety of building workers, building
or structures;
(b) a responsible person for structural frame and formwork—
(i) inspects and examines the material, timber, structural steel and scaffolding for its strength
and suitability before being taken into use;
(ii) lays down procedures to cover all stages of such structural frame and formwork;
(iii) supervises such structural frame and formwork;
(iv) take all necessary steps or measures to correct any situation with a view to prevent accident
or dangerous occurrence during performances of such structural frame and formwork.

185. Deshoring.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) when shoring is removed, sufficient props are left in place of such shoring to prevent any
possible hazard; and
(b) deshoring is adequately braced or tied together with support to prevent any hazard.

186. Stacking and unstacking of materials and articles.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) where stacking, unstacking, stowing or unstowing of construction material or article, or
handling in connection therewith cannot be safely carried out unaided, reasonable measures to
guard against accident or dangerous occurrences are taken by shoring or otherwise to prevent
any danger likely to be caused by such handling;
(b) stacking of material or article is made on firm foundation not liable to settle and deviate such
material or article and does not overload the floor on which such stacking is made;
(c) the material or articles, are not stacked against partition or walls of a warehouse or store
place unless it is known that such partition or the wall is of sufficient strength to withstand the
pressure of such materials or articles;
(d) the materials or articles are not stacked to such a height and in such a manner as would
render the pile of such stack unstable and cause hazards to the building workers or the public in
general;
(e) where the building workers are working on stack exceeding one point five metres in height,
safe means of access to the stack is provided;
(f) all stacking or unstacking operations are performed under the supervision of a responsible
person for such stacking or unstacking;
(g) the stacking of construction materials or articles is not made near the site of excavation,
shaft, pit or any other such opening;
(h) stacks which may lean heavily or become unstable or collapse are barricaded.

187. Stacking of cement and other material bags.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) a stack pile is not more than ten bags in height unless such stack pile is stacked in a suitable
enclosure or otherwise adequately supported;
(b) while removing bags from the stack pile, the stability of such stack pile is ensured;
(c) bags containing cement or lime are stored in dry places;
(d) the materials like bricks, tiles or blocks are stored on a firm ground;
(e) reinforcing steel is stored according to its shape, size and length;
(f) stack of reinforcing steel is kept as low as possible;
(g) no pipe is stored on rack or in stack where such pipe is likely to fall by rolling;
(h) the angle of repose is maintained where loose materials are stacked;
(i) when dust-laden material is to be stored or handled, measures are taken to suppress the
dust produced by such storing or handling and suitable personal protective equipment are
supplied to and used by the building workers working for such storing or handling.

188. Scaffold construction.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that—
(a) every scaffold and every component thereof is of adequate construction, made of sound
material and free from defects and is safe for the purposes for which it is intended for use;
(b) in case bamboo is used for scaffolding, such bamboo is of suitable quality, good condition,
free from protruding knots and stripped off to avoid any injury to building workers during
handling such bamboo;
(c) all metal scaffolds used in building or other construction work conform to the relevant
national standards.

189. Supervision by a responsible person.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of

a building or other construction work that no scaffold is erected, added altered or dismantled
except under the supervision of a responsible person for such erection, addition, alteration or
dismantling.

190. Maintenance.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) the scaffold used in building or other construction work is maintained in good repairs and the
measures are taken against its accidental displacement or any other hazard;
(b) no scaffold or part thereof is partly dismantled and allowed to remain in such a condition
unless—
(i) the stability or safety of the remaining portion of such scaffold has been ensured by a
responsible person for the safety of such scaffolds;
(ii) in case the remaining part of such scaffold cannot be used by the building workers,
necessary warning notice written in Hindi and in a language understood by the majority of the
building workers that such scaffold is unfit for use, is displayed at the place where such scaffold
is erected.

191. Standards, ledger, putlogs.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that,—
(a) standards of a scaffold are—
(i) plumb, where practicable;
(ii) fixed sufficiently close together to secure the stability of such scaffold having regard to all the
possible working situations and conditions for the intended use of such scaffold;
(iii) spaced, as close as practicable, to ensure safety and stability of such scaffold;
(b) adequate measures are taken to prevent displacement of a standard of a scaffold either by
providing sole plate or a base plate, as necessary;
(c) ledgers of metal scaffold are placed at vertical intervals with due regard to safety and
stability of such scaffold;
(d) bamboo ledgers are kept as nearly as possible and are placed and fastened to the
standards of a scaffold with due regard to the stability of such scaffold.

192. Working platform.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) working platform is provided around the face or edge of a building adjoining at every
uppermost permanent floor of such building under construction and at any level where
construction work of such building is carried out;
(b) a platform is designed to suit the number of building workers to be employed on each bay of
a scaffold work on such platform and the materials or articles and tools to be carried with them
in such bay;
(c) the safe working load and the number of building workers to be employed in each bay of a
scaffold are displayed for the information of all the building workers employed at such
construction site.

193. Board, plank and decking.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) board, plank and decking used in the construction of a working platform is of uniform size
and strength and is capable of supporting the load and number of building workers in
accordance with the relevant national standards keeping in view the safety of such building
workers;
(b) metal decking, which forms part of a working platform, is provided with non-skid surface;
(c) no board or plank which forms the working platform is projected beyond its end support
unless it is effectively prevented from tripping or lifting;
(d) board, plank or decking is fastened and secured;
(e) at any one time, not more than two working platforms per bay, are used to support building
workers or materials or articles at such bay;
(f) adequate measures are taken to prevent injury which may be caused by falling material and
objects by using safety nets or other suitable means;
(g) concrete, other debris or materials are not allowed to accumulate at any platform on a
scaffold;
(h) where a work is to be done at the end of a wall, working platform at such workplace is faced
or, wherever practicable, at least zero point sixty metres beyond the end of such wall.

194. Repair of damaged scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that—
(a) no building worker is permitted to work on a scaffold which has been damaged or weakened
unless adequate safety measures have been taken to ensure the safety of such building worker;
(b) necessary warning signs are displayed at such places where repairs of scaffold are
undertaken.

195. Opening.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that—
(a) there is no opening in any working platform except for allowing access to such working
platform;
(b) wherever opening on a platform is unavoidable, necessary measures for protection against
falling of objects or building workers from such platform are taken by providing suitable safety
nets, belts or any other similar means;
(c) access from one working platform to another platform on a scaffold, if required is provided
with suitable and safe ladder for the use of building workers working on such platforms.

196. Guardrails.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that every side of a working platform from which a person is liable to fall is
provided with suitable and safe guardrails and toeboard of adequate strength to prevent fall of
any building worker, material or tools from such platform.

197. Scaffold used by building workers of different employers.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) where a scaffold or a part of a scaffold is used, which has previously been used by another
employer for his building workers, such scaffold or part thereof is used only after its inspection
and examination by a responsible person for its use that such scaffold or pan is safe and fit for
such use;
(b) if any rectification, alteration or modification in a scaffold or part thereof is needed to suit its
use, such rectification, alteration or modification is made in consultation with the responsible
person referred to in clause (a) before using such scaffold or part.

198. Protection against electric power line.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of
a building or other construction work that all necessary and practical measures for protection
are taken to prevent any building worker, working on a scaffold, from coming into contact with
the electric wires or dangerous equipment.
199. Screening net and wirenets.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that where a scaffold is erected in an area where the construction
activities may pose hazards to pedestrians or vehicular traffic nearby from the falling of objects,
wirenets or screening nets are used to envelope such scaffold.

200. Tower scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) the height of every tower scaffold used in building or other construction work is not more
than eight times, the lesser of a base dimension of such scaffold;
(b) a tower scaffold is lashed to a building or a fixed structure before being used by the building
workers;
(c) any tower scaffold which can be moved or castered is—
(i) constructed with due regard to the stability and, if necessary, adequately weighted at the
base;
(ii) used only on plain and even surface; and
(iii) has casters provided with positive locking devices to hold such scaffold in position;
(d) no building worker remains on board scaffold, tools, material when it is being shifted from
one position to another position.

201. Gear for suspension of scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) chains, ropes or lifting gears used for suspension of a scaffold are of adequate strength,
made of sound material and suitable for the purposes of their use and are maintained in good
repairs;
(b) chains, wires, ropes or metal tubes used for the suspension of a scaffold are—
(i) properly and securely fastened to every anchorage point and to the scaffold ledgers of other
main supporting members used for the support of such scaffold; and
(ii) so positioned as to ensure stability of the scaffold.

202. Trestle scaffold and cantilever scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site
of a building or other construction work that—
(a) no trestle scaffold is constructed with more than three tiers or if its working platform is more
than four point five metres above the ground or floor or other surface upon which such scaffold
is erected, such trestle scaffold is designed by professional engineer and has the approval of
Director General before being taken into use;
(b) no trestle scaffold is erected on a suspended scaffold;
(c) no cantilever or jib scaffold is used unless it is adequately supported, fixed and anchored on
opposite side of its support has out-riggers of adequate length and where necessary sufficiently
supported and braced to ensure safety and stability of such scaffold;
(d) no working platform resting on bearers let into a wall at one end and without other support is
used unless such bearers are of adequate strength, braced through the wall and securely
fastened on the other side.

203. Scaffold supported by building.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that—
(a) no part of a building is used as support or part of a scaffold unless such part of the building
is made of sufficient strength and made of sound material to afford safe support;
(b) overhanging eaves gutters are not used for supporting scaffold;
(c) suspended scaffold is made of in accordance with the relevant national standards before
being used by the building workers.

204. Use of winches and climbers for suspended scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) no suspended scaffold is raised or lowered by winches or climbers unless such scaffold is
made of sound material, adequate strength and has been tested and certified safe for use of
winches or climber for such raising or lowering by a competent person before being taken into
use;
(b) all suspended scaffolds counter-balanced by counter weights are of types, approved by the
Director General before being taken into use for building or other construction work;
(c) the working platform of a suspended scaffold is securely fastened to the building or structure
as to be safe and to prevent such platform from swinging;
(d) the safe working load which a suspended scaffold can carry, is displayed where such
scaffold is being used.

205. Safety devices for suspended scaffold.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site
of a building or other construction work that every suspended scaffold raised or lowered by the
winches or climbers, is provided at each of its suspension point with a safety rope with
automatic safety device mounted on each of such rope so that such safety rope with such
automatic safety device supports the platform of such scaffold in the event of failure of the
primary suspension wire ropes, winches, climbers or any part of the mechanism used for raising
or lowering such suspended scaffold: Provided that this rule shall not apply,—
(a) where the platform of such scaffold is supported with two independent suspension wire
ropes at or near each end of such platform so that in the event of failure of one of such
suspension wire rope, the other wire rope is capable of sustaining the weights of such platform
and its load and prevent it from tilting; or
(b) where a system is incorporated which operates automatically to support the platform of such
scaffold and its load in the event of failure of the primary suspension wire rope of such scaffold.

206. General provisions.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) every cofferdam and caisson is—
(i) of good construction, sound material and of adequate strength;
(ii) provided with adequate means for building workers to reach safely at the top of such
cofferdam or caisson, as the case may be, in the event of an inrush of water;
(iii) provided with safe means of access to every place where building workers are employed in
such cofferdam and caisson, as the case may be;
(b) the work relating to construction, positioning, modification or dismantling of cofferdams or
caissons is carried out under the supervision of a responsible person;
(c) all cofferdams and caissons are inspected by a responsible person at intervals as specified
by the Director General;
(d) a building worker is allowed to work in a cofferdam or caisson after such cofferdam or
caisson is inspected and found safe by responsible person within such preceding period as
approved by the Director General and a record of such inspection is maintained in a register;
(e) the work in compressed air in a cofferdam or caisson is—
(i) carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in the relevant national standards;
(ii) carried out by such building workers who have completed eighteen years of age and are
medically examined as required under rule 223;
(iii) carried out under the supervision of a responsible person;
(f) if the work in cofferdam or caisson is carried out in shifts, a record of the time spent by each
building worker in each such shift for carrying out the work is maintained in a register with
particulars of time taken for the compression of such building worker, if any;
(g) at every work .site or project in a cofferdam or caisson, where building workers are
employed to work in compressed air environment, a construction medical officer assisted by a
nurse or trained first-aid attendant, is available at all times at such site or project during such
work;
(h) there is one stand by reserve compressor to meet the emergency at each workplace or
project in a cofferdam or caisson.

207. Pressure plant and equipment.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that—
(a) the pressure plant and equipment—
(i) are examined and tested by the competent person before being put into use for such work;
(ii) is of proper design and construction, sound material and adequate strength to perform the
work for which it is used;
(iii) is properly maintained in good repairs and working condition;
(b) the pressure plant and equipment referred to in clause (a) is fitted with—
(i) a suitable safety-valve or other effective device to provide maximum safe discharge pressure
from being exceeded at any time;
(ii) a suitable pressure gauge with a dial range not less than one point five times and not
exceeding twice the maximum working pressure, easily visible and designed to show at all
times, the internal pressure in kilogram per square centimetre and marked with the maximum
safe working pressure at such plant and equipment;
(iii) a suitable-stop valve or valves by which the pressure plant or the system of the pressure
plant may be isolated from the source of supply of pressure or otherwise;
(c) every pressure plant or equipment shall be thoroughly examined by the competent person—
(i) externally, once in every period of six months;
(ii) internally, once in every period of twelve months; and
(iii) by hydraulic test once in a period of four years.

208. Safety Committees.—

(1) Every establishment wherein five hundred or more building workers are ordinarily employed,
there shall be a Safety Committee constituted by the employer which shall be represented by
equal number of representatives of employer and building workers employed in such
establishment. In no case the number of representatives of the employer shall exceed the
representatives of building workers. The Committee shall be represented by representatives of
the recognised unions wherever such unions exist.
(2) The main functions of the Safety Committee shall be—
(a) to identify probable causes of accident and unsafe practices in building or other construction
work and to suggest remedial measures;
(b) to stimulate interest of employer and building workers in safety by organising safety weeks,
safety competition, talks and film shows on safety, preparing posters or taking similar other
measures as and when required or as necessary;
(c) to go round the construction site with a view to check unsafe practices and detect unsafe
conditions and to recommend remedial measures for their rectification including First Aid
Medical and Welfare Facilities;
(d) to look into the health hazards associated with handling different types of explosives,
chemicals and other construction material and to suggest remedial measures including use of
proper personal protective equipment;
(e) to suggest measures for improving welfare amenities in the construction site and other
miscellaneous aspects of safety, health and welfare in building or other construction work;
(f) to bring to the notice of the employer the hazards associated with use, handling and
maintenance of the equipment used during the course of building and other construction work.
(3) The Safety Committee shall meet at regular intervals at least once in a month and it shall be
chaired by the senior person having overall control over the affairs of the construction site.
(4) The agenda and minutes of the meeting shall be circulated to all concerned and it shall be in
the language understood by majority of the building workers and shall be produced to the
Inspector on demand for inspection.
(5) The decisions and recommendations of the Safety Committee shall be complied with by the
employer within reasonable time limits.

209. Safety Officer.—

(1) In every establishment wherein five hundred or more building workers are ordinarily
employed, the employer shall appoint Safety Officers as per the scale laid down in Schedule VIII
annexed to these rules. Such Safety Officers may be assisted by suitable and adequate staff.
(2) Duties, qualifications and the conditions of service of Safety Officers appointed under sub-
rule (1) shall be as provided in Schedule VIII annexed to these rules.
(3) Wherever number of workers employed by single employer is less than five hundred, such
employers may form a group and appoint a common Safety Officer for group of employers with
prior permission of Director General.

210. Reporting of accidents.—

(1) Notice of any accident on the construction site which either—
(a) causes loss of life; or
(b) disables a building worker from working for a period of forty-eight hours or more immediately
following the accident, shall forthwith be sent by telegram, telephone, fax or similar other means
including special messenger within four hours in case of fatal accidents and seventy-two hours,
in case of other accidents involving building worker, to—
(i) the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), having jurisdiction in the area in which the
establishment in which such accident or dangerous occurrence took place is located. Such
Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be the authority appointed under section 3 of the
Act;
(ii) the Board with which the building worker involved in accident was registered as a
beneficiary;
(iii) the Director General; and
(iv) the next of kin or other relative of building worker involved in accident.
(2) Notice of any accident at a construction site of a building or other construction work which—
(a) causes loss of life; or
(b) disables such building worker from work for more than ten days following the accident, shall
also be sent to—
(i) the officer incharge of the nearest police station;
(ii) the District Magistrate or if the District Magistrate by order so desires to the Sub-Divisional
Magistrate.
(3) In the case of an accident falling under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) or clause (b) of sub-rule (2)
the injured building worker shall be given first-aid and immediately thereafter be transferred to a
hospital or other place for medical treatment.
(4) Where any accident causing disablement subsequently results in death of a building worker,
notice in writing of such death shall be communicated to the authorities as mentioned in sub-
rule (1) and sub-rule (2) within seventy-two hours of such death.
(5) The following classes of dangerous occurrences shall be reported to the Inspector having
jurisdiction, whether or not any death or disablement is caused to a building worker, in the
manner prescribed in sub-rule (1), namely:—
(a) collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoist or conveyors or other similar equipment for
handling building or construction material or breakage or failure of rope, chain or loose gears;
overturning of cranes used in building or other construction work; falling of objects from height;
(b) collapse or subsidence of soil, any wall, floor, gallery, roof or any other part of any structure,
platform, staging, scaffolding or any means of access including formwork;
(c) contact work, excavation, collapse of transmission;
(d) explosion of receiver or vessel used for storage, at a pressure greater than atmospheric
pressure, of any gas or gases or any liquid or solid used as building material;
(e) fire and explosion causing damage to any place on construction site where building workers
are employed;
(f) spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container;
(g) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment;
(h) leakage or release of harmful toxic gases at the construction site.
(6) In case of failure of a lifting appliance, loose gear, hoist or building and other construction
work machinery and transport equipment at a construction site of a building or other
construction work, such appliances, gear, hoist, machinery or equipment and the site of such
occurrence shall, as far as practicable, be kept undisturbed until inspected by the inspector
having jurisdiction.
(7) Every notice given under sub-rule (1), sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (4) shall be followed by a
written report to the Inspector, authority under section 39 of the Act, the Board and the Director
General in Form XIV under proper acknowledgment.

211. Procedure for enquiry into causes of accident or dangerous occurrence.—

(1) The enquiry under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 39 of the Act, as the case
may be, shall be conducted by the authority referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 210, in the following manner, namely:—
(a) the enquiry shall be commenced as early as it may be, and in any case, within fifteen days of
the receipt of notice of accident or dangerous occurrence under rule 210;
(b) the enquiry may be conducted by the authority referred to in sub-clause (i) clause (b) of sub-
rule (1) of rule 210 himself or by an enquiry officer appointed by such authority;
(c) the authority or enquiry officer, as the case may be, shall serve or cause to be served,
notices in writing, informing the date, time and place of such enquiry to all persons entitled to
appear in such enquiry and whose names and addresses are known to such authority or
enquiry officer;
(d) notwithstanding the provision of clause (b), for the purpose of notifying other persons who
may in any way be concerned or be interested in such enquiry, the authority or enquiry officer,
as the case may be, may publish notice of such enquiry in one or more local newspapers,
informing the date, time and place of such enquiry.
(2) The person entitled to appear at the enquiry may include—
(a) an inspector or any officer of the Central Government or the State Government or an
undertaking or public body, concerned with the enforcement or compliance of safety provisions
of the Act and the rules in the concerned establishment;
(b) a trade union or a workers’ association or an employers’ association;
(c) the worker involved in the accident or his legal heir or authorised representative;
(d) the owner of the premises in which the accident took place;
(e) any other person, at the discretion of the authority or the enquiring officer, as the case may
be, who may be interested in or be concerned with the cause of an accident or may have
knowledge about such cause or is likely to give material evidence or produce a relevant
document in connection with such accident or dangerous occurrence.
(3) In case the entitled person referred to in sub-rule (2) is a body corporate, a company, or any
other organisation, association, group of persons such group may be represented through an
authorised representative including a counsel or a solicitor.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (5) the enquiry shall be held in public.
(5) In cases where—
(a) the Central Government is of the opinion that the matter of the enquiry or any part of it are of
such nature that it would be against the interests of national security to hold the enquiry in public
and directs the said authority or the enquiry officer, as the case may be, to hold the enquiry in
camera; or
(b) on an application made by any party to the enquiry, the authority or the enquiry officer, as
the case may be, referred to in sub-rule (1), if it or he is of the opinion that the holding of public
enquiry will lead to disclosure of information relating to a trade secret, decides to hold the
enquiry of such part of it in camera, such enquiry shall not be held in public.
(6) Information disclosed by any person during the course of hearing or evidence in the cases
covered under sub-rule (5) shall not be disclosed to any person except for the purpose of the
enquiry.
(7) The person entitled to appear under sub-rule (2), called for evidence or representating in an
enquiry shall be entitled to make an opening statement, give evidence, request the enquiry
officer to call for specified document or evidence, cross-examine other person or to the extent
and at the stage permitted by the authority or enquiry officer holding the enquiry.
(8) Any evidence in an enquiry may be admitted at the discretion of the authority or enquiry
officer during the enquiry, who may, also direct that documents to be tendered in evidence may
be inspected by any person entitled or permitted to appear at such enquiry and that facilities be
afforded to such person to take or obtain copies thereof.
(9) The authority or the enquiry officer holding an enquiry may authorise any person, being an
officer of the Central Government, to assist such authority or enquiry officer where necessary,
for the purpose of conducting the enquiry, and the officer so authorised may enter the premises
of the concerned establishment during working hours, inspect the records relevant to such
enquiry, investigate and take such evidence as may be required to conduct such enquiry.
(10) The findings of the enquiry along with all evidence, in original, including statements of
witnesses shall be forwarded to the authority specified under section 39 of the Act within five
days of the completion of the enquiry in cases where sub-enquiry was not conducted by such
authority itself.
(11) A copy of the findings along with a brief statement of facts relating to an enquiry conducted
under this rule shall be forwarded to the Director General and the Central Government by the
authority referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 210.

212. Handling of explosives.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that—
(a) all explosives are handled, used or stored in accordance with the instructions and the
material data sheet supplied by the manufacturer of such explosives;
(b) the use of explosives is carried out in safe manner to avoid injury to any person and under
the direct supervision of a responsible person;
(c) before using any explosive, necessary warning and danger signals, are erected at
conspicuous places of such use to warn the building workers and the general public of the
danger involved in such use.
213. Precautions.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) notwithstanding the provisions of rule 212 the following precautions are observed at the
places of transporting, handling, storage and use of such explosives, namely:—
(i) prohibition of smoking, naked lights and other sources of ignition in the vicinity where
explosives are handled, stored and used;
(ii) to keep safe distance and to use non-sparking tools while opening packages containing
explosives;
(iii) to stop the use of explosives and handling thereof while the weather conditions are not
suitable for such use or handling;
(b) in addition to the provisions of this chapter, all measures and precautions required to be
observed for use, handling, storing or transportation of explosives under the rule framed under
the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884) are observed.

214. General provisions.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) all pile-driving equipment are of good design and sound construction, taking into account the
ergonomic principles and are properly maintained;
(b) a pile driver is firmly supported on a heavy timber sill, concrete bed or other secured
foundation;
(c) in case a pile driver is required to be erected in dangerous proximity to an electrical
conductor all necessary precautions are taken to ensure safety;
(d) the hoses of steam and air hammer are securely lashed to such hammer so as to prevent
them from whipping in case of connection or break;
(e) adequate precaution is taken to prevent the pile driver from overturning;
(f) all necessary precaution is taken to prevent hammer from missing the pile;
(g) a responsible person for inspecting pile-driving equipment, inspects such equipment before
taking it into use and takes all appropriate measures as required for the safety of building
workers before commencing piling work by such equipment.

215. Stability of adjacent structure.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that where there is any question of stability of a structure for
its adjoining areas to be piled, such structure is supported, where necessary, by underpinning,
sheet piling, shoring, bracing or by other means to ensure safety and stability of such structure
and to prevent injury to any person.

216. Protection of operator.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or

other construction work that an operator of every pile-driving equipment is protected from falling
objects, steam, cinders or water by substantially covering or otherwise or by other means.

217. Instruction to and supervision of building workers on a pile-driving equipment.—The

employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that every
building worker working on a pile-driving equipment is given instructions regarding safe work
procedure to be followed in piling operation and is supervised by a responsible person
throughout such work.

218. Entry of unauthorised person.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that all piling areas where pile-driving equipment is in use
are effectively cordoned off to prevent entry of unauthorised persons.

219. Inspection and maintenance of pile-driving equipment.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) pile-driving equipment is not taken into use until it has been inspected by a responsible
person and found to be safe for such use;
(b) pile-driving equipment in use is inspected by a responsible person for such inspection at
suitable intervals to ensure safety to the building worker working on such equipment;
(c) all pile lines and pulley blocks are inspected by a responsible person before the beginning of
each shift of piling operations.

220. Operation of pile-driving equipment.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work that—
(a) only experienced and trained building worker operates pile-driving so as to avoid any
probable danger from such operation;
(b) pile-driving operations are governed by generally prevalent and accepted signals so as to
prevent any probable danger from such operations;
(c) every building worker employed in pile-driving operation or in the vicinity of such pile-driving
operation wears ear protection and safety helmet or hard hat and safety shoes;
(d) piles are prepared at a distance, at least equal to twice the length of the longest pile, from
the place of pile-driving operations;
(e) when a pile driver is not in use, the hammer of such pile driver is blocked at the bottom of
the heads of such pile driver.

221. Working platform on piling frames.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a
building or other construction work that where a structural tower supports the lead of a pile
driver, suitable working platforms of adequate strength are provided on levels of such leads at
which it is necessary for the building workers to work and such platforms are provided with a
safety railing and toe boards on each side of such platforms, except on the hammer of such pile
driver or lead sides of such platform and where such platforms cannot be provided with such
railing and toe boards, a safety belt is provided to each such building worker.

222. Pile testing.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) the testing of pile is conducted under the supervision of a responsible person for such
testing;
(b) all practicable measures like displaying of warning notices, barricading the area and other
similar measures are taken to protect the area where the pile testing is carried out;
(c) entry to a pile-testing area is prohibited to general public to ensure safety.

223. Medical examination of building workers, etc.—The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) (i) a building worker who is employed for a work involving such risk or hazards, inherent in
such work as the Director General considers appropriate for the periodical medical examination
of such worker, is medically examined at such intervals as the Director General may direct from
time to time;
(ii) every operator of a crane, winch or other lifting appliance, transport equipment or vehicle, is
medically examined before employing such operator and again periodically, at such intervals as
the Director General may direct from time to time;
(iii) the medical examination referred to in sub-clause (i) and sub-clause (ii) is in accordance
with Schedule VII, annexed to these rules and is conducted by such medical officers or at such
hospitals as are approved by the Central Government for the purpose from time to time;
(iv) in case of a building worker who is exposed to special occupational health hazard owing to
job or work assigned to such worker, the periodical medical examination referred to in sub-
clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) includes such special investigation as may be deemed necessary by
the construction medical officer examining such building worker for the diagnosis of
occupational disease.
(b) no building worker is charged for the medical examination referred to in sub-clause (i) or
sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) and the cost of such examination is borne by the employer
employing such building worker.
(c) certificate of medical examination referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) of clause (a)
is issued in Form XI annexed to these rules.
(d) the record of the medical examination referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) of clause
(a) of every building worker employed by him is maintained in a register in Form XII annexed to
these rules and such register shall be made available to the inspector having jurisdiction, on
demand.
(e) in case a construction medical officer examining a building worker under sub-clause (i) or
sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) is of the opinion that such building worker so examined is required
to be taken away from the building or other construction work at which he is employed for health
protection, such medical officer shall inform the employer of such building worker accordingly
and such employer shall inform such opinion to the Board where such worker is registered as a
beneficiary.

224. Duties of construction medical officers.—

(1) The medical examination referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) of clause
(a) of rule 223 shall be carried out by a construction medical officer.
(2) The duties and responsibilities of such construction medical officer shall be as given below,
namely:—
(a) medical examination of building workers;
(b) first-aid care including emergency medical treatment;
(c) notification of occupational diseases to the concerned authorities in accordance with these
rules;
(d) immunisation services;
(e) medical record, upkeep and maintenance;
(f) health education including advisory services on family planning, personal hygiene,
environmental sanitation and safety;
(g) referral services.

225. Occupational health centres.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a

building or other construction work involving hazardous processes specified under Schedule IX
annexed to these rules that—
(a) an occupational health centre, mobile or static, is provided and maintained in good order at
such site;
(b) services and facilities as per the scale laid down in Schedule X, annexed to these rules are
provided at the occupational health centre referred to in clause (a);
(c) a construction medical officer appointed at an occupational health centre possesses the
qualification as laid down in Schedule XI, annexed to these rules.

226. Ambulance room.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that,—
(a) in case five hundred or less workers are employed at such construction site there is an
ambulance room at such construction site or an arrangement with a nearby hospital for
providing an ambulance room and such ambulance room is in the charge of a qualified nurse
and the service of such ambulance room is available to building worker employed at such
construction site at every time when he is at work;
(b) in case more than five hundred building workers are employed at such construction site
there is an ambulance room with effective communication system and such ambulance room is
in the charge of a qualified nurse and the service of such ambulance room is available to a
building worker employed at such construction site at every time when he is at work, and such
ambulance room is in overall charge of a construction medical officer;
(c) an ambulance room referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) is equipped with the articles
specified in Schedule IV, annexed to these rules;
(d) record of all cases of accidents and sickness treated at the ambulance room referred to in
clause (a) or clause (b) is maintained and produced to the inspector having jurisdiction on
demand.

227. Ambulance van.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that an ambulance van is provided at such construction site or an
arrangement is made with a nearby hospital for providing such ambulance van for transportation
of serious cases of accident or sickness of the building workers to the hospital promptly and
such ambulance van is maintained in good repair and is equipped with standard facilities
specified in Schedule V annexed to these rules.

228. Stretchers.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other

construction work that sufficient number of stretchers is provided at such construction site so as
to be readily available in an emergency.

229. Occupational health services for the building workers.—

(1) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work,
where more than five hundred building workers are employed that—
(a) a special medical service or an occupational health service is available at such construction
site at all times and such service shall—
(i) provide first-aid and emergency treatment;
(ii) conduct special medical examination for occupational hazards to such, building workers
before their employment and thereafter at such intervals as may be specified by the Director
General from time to time;
(iii) conduct training of first-aid personnel of such medical service;
(iv) render advice to such employer on conditions of work and improvement required to avoid
hazards to the health of such building worker;
(v) promote health education, including family welfare among such building workers;
(vi) cooperate with the Inspector having jurisdiction in the detection, measurement and
evaluation of chemical, physical or biological factors suspected of being harmful to such building
workers;
(vii) undertake immunisation for all such building workers against tetanus, typhoid, cholera and
other infectious diseases.
(b) the special medical service referred to in clause (a) collaborates with the labour department
or any other concerned department or service of the Government of India in matters of
treatment, job placement, accident prevention and welfare of such building workers.
(c) the special medical service referred to in clause (a) is headed by a construction medical
officer and is piovided with adequate staff, laboratory and other equipments.
(d) the premises of the special medical service referred to in clause (a) are conveniently
accessible, comprise at least a waiting room, a consulting room, a treatment room, a laboratory
and suitable accommodation for nurses and other staff of such service.
(e) the special medical service referred to in clause (a) maintains records pertaining to its
activities referred to in sub-clauses (i) to (vii) of clause (a) and sends to the Director General,
once in every three months, information in writing on—
(i) the state of health of such building workers; and
(ii) the nature and causes of occupational injuries or disease suffered by any of such building
workers, treatment provided to such worker and measures taken to prevent recurrence of such
injury or disease.

230. Notice of poisoning or occupational diseases.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) when a building worker contracts any disease specified in Schedule II annexed to these
rules, a notice in Form XIII annexed to these rules is sent without delay to the Inspector, having
jurisdiction, and to the Board with which such building worker is registered as a beneficiary;
(b) if any medical practitioner or construction medical officer attends on a building worker
suffering from any disease referred to in clause (a), such medical practitioner or construction
medical officer sends information regarding the name and full particulars of such building worker
and the disease suffered by him to the Director General without delay.

231. First-aid boxes.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) sufficient number of first-aid boxes or cupboards are provided and maintained for providing
first-aid to the building workers;
(b) every first-aid box or cupboard is distinctly marked “First-Aid” and is equipped with the
articles specified in Schedule III annexed lo these rules;
(c) nothing except appliances or requisites for first-aid is kept in a first-aid box or cupboard and
such box or cupboard is so kept as to protect it against contamination by dust or other foreign
matter and against penetration of moisture and such box or cupboard is kept in the charge of a
person trained in first-aid and is always readily available during working hours.

232. Emergency care services or emergency treatment.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) essential life-saving aides and appliances required to handle—
(i) head injuries and spinal injuries;
(ii) bleeding;
(iii) fractures and dislocations of bones and joints;
(iv) crush injuries;
(v) shock, including electric shock;
(vi) dehydration due to any cause;
(vii) snake bite, insect bite, scorpion and bee stings;
(viii) burns, including chemical burn;
(ix) bends or divers paralysis;
(x) other surgical, gynaecological, obstetric, or paediatric emergencies;
(xi) drowning;
(xii) sunstroke and frost bite to building workers, are provided and properly maintained under the
supervision of a construction medical officer.
(b) the essential life-saving aids for any emergent situation referred to in sub-clauses (i) to (xii)
of clause (a) are provided to an injured or a sick building worker during his transportation from
such building site to a hospital and till such building worker is attended by a doctor in such
hospital;
(c) any other equipment or facilities required for emergency care or treatment to the building
workers arising from special local conditions and construction processes at such building site,
as specified by the Central Government from time to time, are provided.

233. Furnishing of information to Bureau of Indian Standards.—The employer shall ensure at a

construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) every architect and other professional like structural engineer or project engineer involved in
the execution of a building or other construction project, furnishes to the Bureau of Indian
Standards, the details regarding the performance of and deviations or shortcomings, if any, of
the building materials, articles or processes used in such building and other construction project
for which the Indian Standards are already available;
(b) the architect and other professional referred to in clause (a) informs to the Bureau of Indian
Standards, the details of building materials, articles or processes used in the building and other
construction activities for which the Indian Standards do not exist with the Bureau of Indian
Standards and the performance of such materials, articles or processes along with the
suggestions for their improvement to enable the Bureau of Indian Standards to consider and
form necessary standards.
234. Hours of work, intervals of rest and spread over, etc.—(l) No building worker employed in
building or other construction work shall be required or allowed to work for more than nine hours
a day or forty-eight hours a week.
(2) No building worker employed in building or other construction work shall be required or
allowed to work continuously for more than five hours unless he had an interval of rest of not
less than half an hour.
(3) The working day of a building worker employed in building or other construction work shall
be so arranged that inclusive of the intervals of rest, if any, shall not spread over more than
twelve hours on any day.
(4) When a building worker works in any building or other construction work for more than nine
hours on any day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week, he shall, in respect of overtime
work, be entitled to wages at double the ordinary rate of wages.

235. Weekly rest, payment for work done on the day of rest at overtime rate, etc.—
(1) Subject to the provisions of these rules, each building worker employed in building and other
construction work shall be allowed a day of rest every week (hereinafter referred to as the rest
day which shall ordinarily be Sunday, but the employer may fix any other day of the week as the
rest day: Provided that the building worker shall be informed of the day fixed as the rest day and
of any subsequent change in such rest day before the change is effected, by display of a notice
to that effect in the place of employment at the place specified by the Inspector having
jurisdiction in this behalf.
(2) No building worker employed in building or other construction work shall be required or
allowed to work on a rest day unless he already had or will have a substituted rest day for a
whole day on one of the five days immediately before or after such rest day: Provided that no
substitution shall be made which results in a building worker working for more than ten days
consecutively without a rest day for a whole day.
(3) Where a building worker employed in building or other construction work has worked on a
rest day and has been given a substituted rest day on any one of the five days before or after
the rest day, as provided in sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), such rest day shall, for the purpose of
calculating the weekly hours of work, be included in the week in which such substituted rest day
occurs.
(4) A building worker employed in building or other construction work shall be granted wages for
a rest day, calculated at the rate applicable to the day preceding such rest day and in case he
has worked on a rest day and has been given a substituted rest day he shall be paid wages for
such rest day on which he worked, at the overtime rate and wages for such substituted rest day
at the rate applicable to the day preceding such substitute rest day. Explanation I.—For the
purpose of this rule “preceding day” means the last day preceding a rest day or a substituted
rest day, as the case may be, on which a building worker had worked and where such
substituted rest day falls on a day immediately after such a rest day, such “preceding day”
means the last day preceding such rest day on which such building worker had worked.
Explanation II.—For the purposes of this rule, “week” shall mean a period of seven days
beginning at midnight on a Saturday night.

236. Night shifts.—Where a building worker employed in building or other construction work
works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,—
(a) a rest day for the purposes of rule 235 shall mean a period of twenty-four consecutive hours
beginning from the time when such shifts ends;
(b) the hours after midnight during which such building worker has worked shall be counted
towards the previous day; and
(c) the following day shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning from the
time when such shift ends.

237. Application of provisions of this Chapter to certain classes of building workers.—

(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the classes of building workers specified under
clauses
(a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 28, of the Act subject to the following, namely:—
(a) no building worker employed in building or other construction work shall be be required or
allowed to work continuously for more than fifteen hours a day inclusive of intervals of rest or
sixty hours in a week: Provided that intervals of rest not less than half-an hour are given after
every five hours of continuous work as laid down in sub-rule (2) of rule 23;
(b) no building worker employed in building and other construction work shall be required or
allowed to work for more than fourteen consecutive days unless a rest of twenty-four hours is
given for rest to such worker.
(2) Where the working hours in respect of a building worker employed in building or other
construction work have exceeded the hours of work as laid down in sub-rule (1) of rule 234 or
where such worker has been deprived of a rest day due to application of sub-rule (1) of this rule,
such worker shall be paid at double the rate of normal wages in respect of the work in excess of
such daily or weekly hours and for work done on such rest day.
238. Notice of wages periods, etc.—
(1) Every employer shall cause to display at the conspicuous place of the workplace of an
establishment under his control, notice showing the rates of wages of the building workers
working in such establishment, hours of work of such worker, their wage periods, date of
payment of such wages, names and addresses of the inspectors having jurisdiction to such
establishment and date of payment of unpaid wages to such workers, in English, Hindi and in
the local language understood by the majority of such building workers.
(2) A copy of the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be sent to the Inspector having
jurisdiction and whenever any change occurs relating to facts contained in such notice, such
change shall be communicated by the employer to such Inspector.

239. Notice of commencement and completion.—

(1) Every employer shall, at least thirty days before the commencement of any building or other
construction work under his control, send or cause to be sent to the Inspector having
jurisdiction, a written notice intimating the actual date of the commencement, the probable date
of completion and other such particulars as referred to in sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Act
relating to such building or other construction work in Form IV, annexed to these rules.
(2) Where any change occurs in any of the particulars furnished under sub-rule (1) the employer
shall intimate such change to the Inspector having jurisdiction within two days of such change.
(3) Nothing contained in sub-rule (1) shall apply in case of such class of building or other
construction work as the Central Government may by notification specify to be emergent work.

240. Register of persons employed as building workers.—Every employer shall maintain in

respect of each registered establishment, where he employs building workers, a register in
Form XV, annexed to these rules.

241. Muster-roll, wages register, deduction register, overtime register and issue of wage books
and service certificates.—
(1) Every employer shall, in respect of each work on which he employs building workers,
maintain—
(a) muster-roll and a register of wages in Form XVI and Form XVII, respectively, annexed to
these rules: Provided that a combined register of wage-cum-muster-roll in Form XVIII, annexed
to these rules shall be maintained by the employer where the wage period for such building
worker is a fortnight or less;
(b) a register of deductions for damage or loss, register of fines and register of advances in
Form XIX, Form XX and Form XXI, respectively, annexed to these rules;
(c) a register of overtime in Form XXII annexed to these rules, for recording therein the number
of hours of, and the wages paid for, overtime work, if any.
(2) Every employer shall, in respect of each work on which he engages building workers,—
(a) issue where the wage period is one week or more, wage book to each of such building
worker in Form XXIII annexed to these rules to such building workers in which entries shall be
made at least a day prior to the disbursement of wages to them;
(b) issue a service certificate to each of such building worker in Form XXIV annexed to these
rules to such building workers on termination of his service on account of completion of such
work or for any other reason;
(c) obtain signature or thumb-impression of each such building worker against entries relating to
him on the register of wages or muster-roll-cum-wages register, as the case may be, and such
entries shall be authenticated by the employer or his authorised representative.
(3) In respect of an establishment to which the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), or
Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) or the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act,
1970 (37 of 1970) applies the following registers and records required to be maintained by an
employer under any of such Acts or the rules made thereunder, shall be deemed to be the
registers and records maintained by the employer under these rules, namely:—
(a) muster-roll;
(b) register of wages;
(c) register of deductions;
(d) register of overtime;
(e) register of fines;
(f) register of advances;
(g) combined register of wages-cum-muster-roll.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where a combined or alternative form, in
lieu of any of form specified under these rules, is sought to be used by an employer to avoid
duplication of work for compliance with the provisions of any other Act or the rules framed
thereunder or for administrative convenience, such combined or alternative form may be used
with the prior approval of the Central Government.
(5) Every employer shall, display at the conspicuous place of the work site where he employs
building workers, an abstract of the Act and these rules in English and in Hindi and in a
language understood by the majority of such building workers.
(6) Every employer shall ensure that the registers and other records required to be maintained
under the Act or these rules, are maintained complete and up-to-date, and, unless otherwise
provided for, are kept at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the
concerned workplace.
(7) The registers and other records relating to an establishment and required to be maintained
under the Act or these rules, shall be maintained legibly in English and in Hindi or in a language
understood by the majority of the building workers employed in such establishment.
(8) Every register or other record to in sub-rule (7) shall be preserved by the employer, with
whom such register or other record belongs, in original for a period of three calendar years from
the date of last entry therein.
(9) Every register, record or notice maintained under the Act, or these rules shall be produced or
caused to be produced by the employer concerned on demand before the Inspector or any
other authority under the Act or any other person authorised by the Central Government for
such purpose.
(10) In case, where during a wage period, no deduction has been made from the wages of a
building worker or no fine has been imposed on such building worker or no overtime work has
been performed by such building worker or no payment has been made for overtime work to
such building worker, a “nil” shall be made against such wage period at the appropriate place in
the relevant register maintained in Forms XIX, XX, XXI or XXII, as the case may be.

242. Returns.—Every employer of a registered establishment shall send annually a return

relating to such establishment in duplicate in Form XXV annexed to these rules to the
registering officer having jurisdiction so as to reach him not later than the fifteenth February
following the end of each calendar year with a copy to the Inspector having jurisdiction.

243. Latrine and urinal accommodation.—Latrines or urinals, as the case may be, required to be
provided under section 33 of the Act shall be of the types as specified below, namely:—
(a) every latrine shall be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure privacy, and shall have
a proper door and fastenings;
(b) (i) where both male and female building workers are employed, there shall be displayed
outside each block of latrines or urinals a notice containing therein “For Men Only” or “For
Women Only”, as the case may be, written in the language understood by the majority of such
workers;
(ii) such notice shall also bear the figure of a man or of a woman, as the case may be;
(c) every latrine or urinal shall be conveniently situated and accessible to building workers at all
times;
(d) every latrine or urinal shall be adequately lighted and shall be maintained in a clean and
sanitary condition at all times;
(e) every latrine or urinal other than those connected with a flush sewage system shall comply
with the requirements of the public health authorities;
(f) water shall be provided by means of a tap or otherwise so as to be conveniently accessible in
or near every latrine or urinal;
(g) the walls, ceilings and partitions of every latrine or urinal shall be whitewashed or colour-
washed once in every period of four months.

244. Canteens.—
(1) In every place wherein not less than two hundred and fifty building workers are ordinarily
employed, the employer of such building workers shall provide an adequate canteen in the
manner as specified in this rule for the use of such building workers.
(2) The canteen, referred to in sub-rule (1) shall consist of a dining hall with furniture sufficient to
accommodate building workers using such canteen, a kitchen, store-room, pantry and washing
places separately for building workers and for utensils.
(3) (i) The canteen referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be sufficiently lighted at all times when any
person has access to it;
(ii) the floor of such canteen shall be made of smooth and impervious material and inside walls
of such canteen shall be lime-washed or colour-washed at least once in every six months:
Provided that such inside walls of the kitchen of such canteen shall be lime-washed once in
every three months.
(4) (i) The precincts of the canteen referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be maintained in a clean and
sanitary condition;
(ii) waste water from such canteen shall be carried away in suitable covered drains and shall not
be allowed to accumulate in the surroundings of such canteen;
(iii) suitable arrangements shall be made for the collection and disposal of garbage from such
canteen.
(5) Building of the canteen referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be situated at the distance not less
than fifteen point two meters from any latrine or urinal or any source of dust, smoke or
obnoxious fumes.

245. Foodstuff to be served in the canteen.—The foodstuffs and other items to be served in the
canteen, referred to in sub-rule (1) of Rule 244, shall be in conformity with the normal dietary
habits of the building workers.

246. Serving of tea and snacks at the workplaces.—At a building or other construction work
where a workplace is situated at a distance of more than zero point two kilometres from the
canteen provided under sub-rule (1) of Rule 244, arrangement shall be made by the employer
employing building workers at such place for serving tea and light refreshment to such building
workers at such place.

247. Charges of foodstuff.—

(1) The charges for foodstuffs, beverages and other items served in the canteen provided under
sub-rule (1) of Rule 244 shall be based on “no profit no loss” and the price list of such items
shall be conspicuously displayed in such canteen.
(2) In arriving at the prices of items referred to in sub-rule (1), the following shall not be taken
into consideration as expenditure, namely:—
(a) the rent for the land and building of such canteen;
(b) the depreciation and maintenance charges for the building and equipment provided in such
canteen;
(c) the cost of purchase, repairs and replacement of equipments including furniture, crockery,
cutlery, utensils and uniforms provided to the employees of such canteen;
(d) the water charges and other charges incurred for lighting and ventilation of such canteen;
and
(e) the interest on the amounts spent for providing and maintaining furniture and other
equipment for such canteen.

248. Payment of wages.—An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other
construction work that—
(a) the wages of every building worker employed at such construction site where less than one
thousand such building workers are employed are paid before the expiry of the seventh day and
in other cases before the expiry of tenth day after the last day of the period in respect of which
such wages are payable;
(b) in case the employment of such building worker is terminated by or on behalf of such
employer, the wages earned by such building worker are paid before the expiry of the second
working day from the day on which employment of such building worker is terminated;
(c) all payments of wages are made on a working day at such construction site and during the
working time and on a date notified in advance and in case the work is completed the final
payment of wages is made within forty-eight hours of such completion of work.

249. Display of notices of wage regarding date of payment of wages.—An employer shall
ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that a notice showing the
period for which wages are to be paid, place and time of disbursement of such wages is
displayed at a conspicuous place of such construction site in English, in Hindi and in a local
language understood by the majority of building workers employed at such construction site.

250. Power to engage experts, agencies.—

(1) The Director General may engage experts or agencies, as deemed necessary, from the
fields of civil engineering, structural engineering, architecture and other disciplines of
occupational safety, health and environment, as and when required, for the purpose of
conducing any inspection, investigation or enquiry into the cause of an accident or a dangerous
occurrence or otherwise.
(2) the experts referred to in sub-rule (1) shall—
(a) possess a degree in the relevant field from a recognised university;
(b) possess not less than ten years’ experience of working in the relevant field out of which at
least five years shall be in the field of occupational safety, health and environment.
(3) Agencies referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be of national standing in the relevant field and
registered under the relevant law.
(4) The Central Government may, from time to time, prepare a panel of experts and agencies
referred to in sub-rule (1).
(5) An engineer or expert or agency employed under sub-rule (1) shall be paid such travelling
allowances and daily allowances as are allowed to him by his organisation where he is
employed or such travelling allowance and daily allowance as is admissible to officer of the rank
of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India.
(6) In addition to travelling allowance and daily allowance referred to in sub-rule (5) to an
engineer or architect or agency, they shall also be paid honorarium at the rates as may be
specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette from time to time.

251. Powers of Inspectors.—

(1) An Inspector may, at a construction site of a building or other construction work within local
limits for which he is appointed,—
(i) examine such construction site or place or premises used or to be used for such building or
other construction work;
(ii) take on the spot or otherwise such evidence of any person which he may deem necessary
for the purpose of any examination or enquiry connected with such building and other
construction work directly or indirectly: Provided that such person shall not be compelled to
answer any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate him;
(iii) take photographs, video clips, sample weight or measure or record or make such sketches
as he may consider necessary for the purpose of any examination or enquiry under these rules;
(iv) hold an enquiry into the cause of any accident or dangerous occurrence which he has
reasons to believe was the result of any operation connected with or incidental to such building
or other construction work, or of non-compliance with any of the provisions of the Act or these
rules.
(2) An Inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed issue show-cause notice
or warning to employers regarding the safety, health or welfare of building workers provided
under the Act or the rules.
(3) An Inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed, file in a court having
jurisdiction a complaint or other proceeding relating to an offence under the Act.
(4) An Inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed, direct any contractor or
any employer for getting the building workers medically examined in accordance with the
provisions of these rules.
(5) An Inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed require a person having
power of supervision and control of a construction site of a building or other construction work or
the employer, project in-charge or site in-charge of such construction site, as the case may be,
to provide such means or assistance as may be required by such Inspector for entry, inspection,
examination or enquiry for the exercise of his powers under sub-section (1) of section 43 of the
Act or this rule in relation to such construction site, or project.
252. Prohibition order.—
(1) If it appears to the Inspector that any site or place at which any building or other construction
work is being carried on, is in such condition that it is dangerous to life, safety or health of
building workers or the general public, he may, in writing serve on the employer of building
workers or on the owner of this establishment or on the person in charge of such site or place
an order prohibiting any building or other construction work at such site or place until measures
have been taken to remove the cause of the danger to his satisfaction.
(2) An Inspector serving an order under sub-rule (1) shall endorse a copy to the Director
General.
(3) Such prohibition order shall be complied with by the employer forthwith.
(4) Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-rule (1), may, within fifteen days from the date
on which the order is communicated to him, may prefer an appeal to the Director General or
where such order is by the Director General, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the
Ministry of Labour, New Delhi and the Director General or the Secretary, as the case may be,
shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, dispose of the appeal as
expeditiously as possible: Provided that the Director General or the Secretary to the
Government of India in the Ministry of Labour, as the case may be, entertain the appeal after
the expiry of the said period of fifteen days if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by
sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time: Provided further that the prohibition, shall be
complied with, pending the decision of the Director General or the Secretary to the Government
of India in the Ministry of Labour.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule I [See rules 56(a), 71(a) and 72] Manner of test and
examination before taking lifting appliance, lifting gear and wire rope into use for the first time.
Test Loads: (1) Lifting Appliance.—Every lifting appliance with its accessory gear, shall be
subjected to a test load which shall exceed the safe working load (SWL) as specified in the
following table:— Table Safe working load Test load Up to 20 tonnes 25 per cent in excess of
safe working load 20 to 50 tonnes 5 tonnes in excess of safe working load over 50 tonnes 10
per cent in excess of safe working load (2) Lifting Gear.—(a) Every ring, hook, chain, shackle,
swivel, eye-bolt, plate clamp, triangular plate or pulley block (except single sheave block) shall
be subjected to a test load which shall not be less than the load as specified in the following
table:— Table Safe working load (in tonnes) Test load (in tonnes) Up to 25 2 x safe working
load above 25 (1.22 x safe working load) + 20 (b) In the case of a single sheave block, the safe
working load shall be the maximum load which can safely be listed by the block when
suspended by its head fitting and the load is attached to a rope which passes around the
sheave of the block and a test load not less than four times the proposed safe working load
shall be applied to the head of the block. (c) In the case of a multi sheave block, the test load
shall be less than the load as specified in the following table:— Table Safe working load (in
tonnes) Test load (in tonnes) Up to 25 2 x safe working load 25 to 160 (0.9933 x safe working
load) + 27 above 160 1.1 x safe working load (d) In the case of hand-operated pulley blocks
used with pitched chains and rings, hooks, shackles or swivels, permanently attached thereto, a
test load not less than 50 per cent in excess of the safe working load shall be applied. (e) In the
case of a pulley block fitted with a bucket, the bucket shall be tested and the load applied to the
bucket when testing that block will be accepted as test load of the bucket. (f) In the case of a
sling having two legs, the safe working load shall be calculated when the angle between the
legs is 90 degree. In case of multi-legged slings the safe working load shall be calculated as per
national standards. (g) Every lifting beam, lifting frame, container spreader, bucket, tub, or other
similar devices shall be subjected to a test load which shall not be less than the load as
specified in the following table:— Table Proposed safe working load (in tonnes) Test load (in
tonnes) Up to 10 2 x safe working load 10 to 160 (1.04 x safe working load) + 9.6 above 160 1.1
x safe working load (h) Wire ropes.—In the case of wire ropes a sample shall be tested to
destruction. The test procedure shall be in accordance with recognised national standards. The
safe working load of the rope is to be determined by dividing the load at which the sample broke
by a co-efficient of utilisation, determined as specified in the following table:— Table Item Co-
efficient of utilisation (1) (2) (a) Wire Rope forming part of Sling. Safe working load of the 5
Sling: Safe working load up to and equal to 10 tonnes. Safe 10 working load above 10 tonnes
and up to and equal to 160 ————————— tonnes. (8.85 x SWL) + 1910 Safe working load
above 160 tonnes. 3 (b) Wire Rope as integral part of a Lifting Appliance: SWL of 10 the lifting
appliance: Safe working load up to and equal to ————————— 160 tonnes. (8.85 x SWL)
+ 1910 Safe working load above 160 tonnes. 3 (i) Before any test is carried out, a visual
inspection of the lifting appliance, or lifting gear involved shall be conducted and any visible
defective gear shall be replaced or renewed. (j) After being tested, all the lifting gears shall be
examined to see whether any parts have been injured or permanently deformed by the test.
Procedure for testing: (3) Derricks.—(a) A derrick shall be tested with its boom at the minimum
angle to the horizontal for which the derrick is designed (generally 15 degrees) or at such
greater angle as may be agreed. The angle at which the test has been carried out shall be
mentioned in the test certificate. The test load shall be applied by hoisting moveable weights.
During the test, the boom shall be swung with the test load, as far as practicable, in both
directions. (b) A derrick boom, designed to be raised with power, with the load suspended, shall,
in addition to the tests at (a), be raised (with the load suspended) to its maximum working angle
to the horizontal and the two outermost positions. (c) While test loading of a heavy lift derrick,
the competent person responsible for tests using moveable weights shall ascertain from the
owner of the vessel or floating platform that the stability of the vessel or platform is adequate for
the test. (4) The derricks tested under clause (3) shall not be used in union purchase rig unless:
(a) the derricks rigged in union purchase are tested with the test load appropriate to the SWL in
Union purchase (at the designed headroom and with the derrick booms in their approved
working positions); (b) the safe working load of that derrick in union purchase rig has also been
specified by a competent person in a report in Form V; (c) any limitation or conditions specified
in the said report are complied with; and (d) the two hoist ropes are coupled together by a
suitable swivel assembly. Note.—The safe working loads of derricks (for each method of rig
including union purchase) shall be shown on the Certificate of Test and marked on the derrick
booms. (5) Lifting appliances.—(a) The test load shall be lifted and swung, as far as possible, in
both directions. If the jib or boom of the crane has a variable radius, it shall be tested with test
loads at the maximum and minimum radii. In case of hydraulic cranes when owing to the
limitation of pressure, it is impossible to lift a test load in accordance with table under item (1), it
will be sufficient to lift the greatest possible load which shall be more than safe working load. (b)
The test shall be performed at maximum, minimum and intermediate radius points as well as
such points in the arc of rotation, as the competent person may decide. The test shall consist of
hoisting, lowering, breaking and swinging and swinging through all positions and operations
normally performed. An additional test shall be made by operating the machinery at maximum
working speed with the safe working load suspended. (6) Use of spring or hydraulic balances,
etc. for test loading.—All tests shall normally be carried on with the help of dead weights. In
case of periodical test, replacements or renewals, test load may be applied by means of suitable
springs or hydraulic balances. In such case, test load shall be applied with the boom, as far out
as practicable, in both directions. The test shall not be taken as satisfactory unless the balance
has been certified for accuracy by the competent authority within 2.0 per cent and the pointer of
the machine has remained constant at the test load for a period of at least five minutes. (7)
Testing machines and dead weights.—(a) A suitable testing machine shall be used for testing of
chains, wire ropes and other lifting gears. (b) Testing machines and balances to be used in test
loading, testing and checking shall not be used unless they have been certified for accuracy at
least once in the preceding twelve months by the competent authority. (c) Movable weights
used for the test loading of the lifting appliances having a safe working load not exceeding
twenty tonnes shall be checked for accuracy by means of suitable weighing machine of certified
accuracy. (8) Thorough examination after testing or test loading.—After being tested or test
loaded, every lifting appliance and associated gear shall be thoroughly examined to see that no
part has been damaged or permanently deformed during the test. For this purpose, the lifting
appliance or gear shall be dismantled to the extent considered necessary by the competent
person.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule II Notifiable Occupational Diseases in Building and other
Construction Work [See rule 230(a)] 1. Occupational dermatitis. 2. Occupational cancer. 3.
Asbestosis. 4. Silicosis. 5. Lead poisoning including poisoning by any preparation or compound
of lead or their sequelae. 6. Benzene poisoning, including poisoning by any of its homologues,
their nitro or amino derivative or its sequelae. 7. Occupational ashthama. 8. Pesticide poisoning.
9. Carbon monoxide poisoning. 10. Toxic jaundice. 11. Toxic anaemia. 12. Compressed air
illness (Caissons disease). 13. Noise induced hearing loss. 14. Isocyanates poisoning. 15. Toxic
nephritis.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule III Contents of a First-aid Box [See rule 231(b)] (i) A
sufficient number of eye wash bottles filled with distilled water or suitable liquid clearly indicated
by a distinctive sign which shall be visible at all times. (ii) 4 per cent xylocaine eye drops, and
boric acid eye drops and soda bycarbonate eye drops. (iii) Twenty-four small sterilised
dressings. (iv) Twelve-medium size sterilised dressings. (v) Twelve large size sterilised
dressing. (vi) Twelve large size sterilised burn dressings. (vii) Twelve (fifteen cm) packets of
sterilised cotton wool. (viii) (Two hundred ml) bottle of certimide solution (1 per cent) or suitable
antiseptic solution. (ix) One (two hundred ml) bottle of mercurochrome (2 per cent) solution in
water. (x) One (one hundred twenty ml) bottle of salvolatile having the doses and mode of
administration indicated on the label. (xi) One pair of scissors. (xii) One roll of adhesive plaster
(six cm x one metre). (xiii) Two rolls of adhesive plaster (two cms x one metre). (xiv) Twelve
pieces of sterilised eye pads in separate sealed packets. (xv) A bottle containing hundred tables
(each of three hundred twenty-five mg) of aspirin or any other analgesic. (xvi) Twelve roller
bandages ten cms wide. (xvii) Twelve roller bandages five cms wide. (xviii) One tourniquet. (xix)
A supply of suitable splints. (xx) Three packets of safety pins. (xxi) Kidney tray. (xxii) A snake
bite lancet. (xxiii) One (thirty ml) bottle containing potassium permanganate crystals. (xxiv) One
copy of first-aid leaflet issued by the Directorate General. (xxv) Six triangular bandages. (xxvi)
Two pairs of suitable, sterilised, latex hand gloves.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule IV [See rule 226(c)] Articles for ambulance room (i) A
glazed sink with hot and cold water always available. (ii) A table with a smooth top at least 180
cm x 105 cm. (iii) Means for sterilising instruments. (iv) A couch. (v) Two stretchers. (vi) Two
buckets or containers with close fitting lids. (vii) Two rubber hot water bags. (viii) A kettle and
spirit stove or other suitable means of boiling water. (ix) Twelve plain wooden splints 900 cm x
100 cm x 6cm. (x) Twelve plain wooden splints 350 cm x 75 cm x 6 cm. (xi) Six plain wooden
splints 250 cm x 50 cm x 12 cm. (xii) Six woollen blankets. (xiii) Three pairs of artery forceps.
(xiv) One bottle of spiritus annemiae aremations (120 ml). (xv) Smelling salt (60 gm). (xvi) Two
medium size sponges. (xvii) Six hand towels. (xviii) Four kidney trays. (xix) Four cakes of toilet,
preferably antiseptic soap. (xx) Two glass tumblers and two wine glasses. (xxi) Two clinical
thermometers. (xxii) Two tea spoons. (xxiii) Two graduated (120 ml) measuring glasses. (xxiv)
Two minimum measuring glasses. (xxv) One wash bottle (1000 cc) for washing eyes. (xxvi) One
bottle (one litre) carbolic lotion 1 in 20. (xxvii) Three chairs. (xxviii) One screen. (xxix) One
electric hand torch. (xxx) Four first-aid boxes or cupboards stocked to the standards prescribed
in the Schedule VII. (xxxi) An adequate supply of tetanus toxide. (xxxii) Injections — morphia,
pethidine, atrophine, adrenaline, coramine, novocaine (6 each). (xxxiii) Cramine liquid (60 ml).
(xxxiv) Tablets — antihistaminic antispasmodic (25 each). (xxxv) Syringes with needles — 2 cc,
5 cc, 10 cc and 500 cc. (xxxvi) Three surgical scissors. (xxxvii) Two needle holders, big and
small. (xxxviii) Suturing needles and materials. (xxxix) Three dissecting forceps. (xxxx) Three
dressing forceps. (xxxxi) Three scalpels. (xxxxii) One stethoscope and a B.P. apparatus.
(xxxxiii) Rubber bandage — pressure bandage. (xxxxiv) Oxygen cylinder with necessary
attachments. (xxxxv) Atropine eye ointments. (xxxxvi) I.V. Fluids and sets 10 nos. (xxxxvii)
Suitable, foot operated, covered, refuse containers. (xxxxviii) Adequate number of sterilised,
paired, latex hand gloves.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule V (See rule 227) Contents of Ambulance Van or
Carriage The Ambulance Van shall have equipments prescribed as under: (a) General.—A
portable stretcher with folding and adjusting devices with the Head of the stretcher capable of
being tilted upward. Fixed suction unit with equipment. Fixed oxygen supply with equipment.
Pillow with case, sheets, blankets, towels, emergency bag, bed pan, urinal glass. (b) Safety
Equipment.—Flaros with life of three thousand minutes, floor lights, flash lights, fire
extinguishers (dry powder type), insulated guntlets. (c) Emergency Care Equipment.—(i)
Resuscitation.—Portable suction unit, portable oxygen unit, bagvalve mask, hand operated
artificial ventilation unit, airways, mouthgag tracheostomy adapters, short spine board, I.V.
Fluids with administration unit, B.P. manometer cuff stethoscope. (ii) Immobilisation.—Long and
short padded boards, wire ladder splints, triangular bandage—long and short spine boards. (iii)
Dressing.—Gauze pads—100 m x 100 mm universal dressing 250 x 1000 mm, roll of aluminium
foils—soft roller bandages 150 mm x 5 mm yards adhesive tape in 75 mm roll safety pins,
bandage sheets, burn sheets. (iv) Poisoning.—Syrup of lpecac, activated charcoal prepacketed
dose, snake bite kit, drinking water. (v) Emergency Medicines.—As per requirement (under the
advice of construction Medical Officer).

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule VI Permissible Exposure in cases of Continuous Noise
(See rule 34) Total time of exposure (continuous or a number Second pressure level of short-
term exposures) per day (in hours) (in dBA) (1) (2) 8 90 6 92 4 95 3 97 2 100 11/2 102 1 105 3/4
107 1/2 110 1/4 115 Notes.—1. No exposure in excess of 115 dBA is to be permitted. 2. For any
period of exposure falling in between any figure and the next higher or lower figure as indicated
in column (1), the permissible sound pressure level is to be determined by extrapolation on a
proportionate basis.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule VII Periodicity of Medical Examination of Building
Workers [See rules 81(iv) and 223 (a) (iii)] 1. The employer shall arrange a medical examination
of all the building workers employed as drivers, operators of lifting appliances and transport
equipment before employing, after illness or injury, if it appears that the illness or injury might
have affected his fitness and, thereafter, once in every two years up to the age of forty and once
in a year, thereafter. 2. Complete and confidential records of medical examination shall be
maintained by the employer or the physician authorised by the employer. 3. The medical
examination shall include— (a) Full medical and occupational history. (b) Clinical examination
with particular reference to— (i) General Physique; (ii) Vision.—Total visual performance using
standard orthorator like Titmus Vision Tester should be estimated and suitability ascertained for
placement in accordance with the prescribed job standards. (iii) Hearing.—Persons with normal
hearing must be able to hear a forced whisper at twenty-four feet. Person using hearing aids
must be able to hear a warning shout under noisy working conditions. (iv) Breathing.—Peak flow
rate using standard peak flow meter and the average peak flow rate determined out of these
readings of the test performed. The results recorded at pre-placement medical examination
could be used as a standard for the same individual at the same altitude for reference during
subsequent examination. (v) Upper Limbs.—Adequate arm function and grip (both arms). (vi)
Lower Limbs.—Adequate leg and foot function. (vii) Spine.—Adequately flexible for the job
concerned. (viii) General.—Mental alertness and stability with good eye, hand and foot
coordination. (c) Any other tests which the examining doctor considers necessary.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule VIII [See rules 209(1) and 209(2)] Number of Safety
Officers, Qualification Duties, etc. Appointment of Safety Officers Number of Safety Officers.—
Within six months of coming into operation of these rules, every establishment employing more
than five hundred building workers and every other employer of building worker shall appoint
safety officers, as laid down in the scale given below:— 1. Up to 1000 building workers—one
Safety Officer. 2. Up to 2000 building workers—two Safety Officers. 3. Up to 5000 building
workers—three Safety Officers. 4. Up to 10,000 building workers—four Safety Officers. For
every additional 5000 building workers or part thereof—one Safety Officer. Any appointment,
when made shall be notified to the Inspector having jurisdiction in the area, giving full details of
the qualifications, terms and conditions of service of such Safety Officer. Qualification.—(a) A
person shall not be eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer unless he— (i) possesses a
recognised degree in any branch of engineering or technology or architecture and had a
practical experience of working in a building or other construction work in a supervisory capacity
for a period of not less than two years or possesses a recognised diploma in any branch of
engineering or technology and has had practical experience of building or other construction
work in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than five years; (ii) possesses a
recognised degree or diploma in industrial safety with at least one paper in construction safety
(as an elective subject); (iii) has adequate knowledge of the language spoken by majority of
building workers from the construction site in which he is to be appointed. (b) Notwithstanding
the provision contained in clause (a), any person who— (i) possesses a recognised degree or
diploma in engineering or technology or architecture and has had experience of not less than
five years in the field, dealing with the administration of Factories Act, 1948 or the Dock Workers
(Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 or the Building and Other Construction Workers
(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996; (ii) possesses a recognised
degree or diploma in engineering or technology and has had experience of not less than five
years or has undergone training in education, consultancy or research in the field or accident
prevention in industry, port, or in any institution or an establishment dealing with building or
other construction work, shall also be eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer: Provided that,
in case of person who has been working as Safety Officer in industry or port, institution or an
establishment dealing with building or other construction work for a period of not less than three
years on the date of commencement of these rules, the Director General may, subject to such
conditions that he may specify, relax all or any of the abovesaid qualification. Condition of
Service.—(a) Where number of Safety Officers appointed exceeds one, one of them shall be
designated as Chief Safety Officer and shall have the status higher than the others. The Chief
Safety Officer shall be in over all charge of the safety functions as envisaged in sub-clause (iv)
and also other Safety Officers working under his control. (b) the Chief Safety Officer or Safety
Officer, where only one Safety Officer is appointed, shall be given the status of a Senior
Executive and he shall work directly under the control of his Chief Executive. All other Safety
Officers shall be given appropriate status to enable them to dispatch their functions effectively.
(c) the scale of pay and allowances to be granted to the Safety Officers including the Chief
Safety Officer and the other conditions of their service shall be the same as those of the officers
of corresponding status of the establishment in which they are employed. Duties of Safety
Officer.—(a) The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist the employer in the
fulfilment of his obligations, statutory or otherwise concerning prevention of personal injuries
and maintaining a safe working environment. These duties shall include the following, namely:—
(i) to advice the building workers in planning and organising measures necessary for effective
control of personal injuries; (ii) to advise on safety aspects in a building or other construction
work and to carry out detailed safety studies of selected activities; (iii) to check and evaluate the
effectiveness of action taken or proposed to be taken to prevent personal injuries; (iv) to advise
purchasing and ensuring quality of personal protective equipment confirming to national
standards; (v) to carry out safety inspections of building or other construction work in order to
observe the physical conditions of work and the work practices and procedures followed by
building workers and to render advice on measures to be adopted for removing unsafe physical
conditions and preventing unsafe actions by building workers; (vi) to investigate all fatal and
other selected accidents; (vii) to investigate the cases of occupational diseases contracted and
reportable dangerous occurrences; (viii) to advise on the maintenance of such records as are
necessary with regard to accidents, dangerous occurrences and occupational diseases; (ix) to
promote the working of safety committees and to act as an advisor to such committees; (x) to
organise, in association with concerned departments, campaigns, competitions, contests and
other activities which will develop and maintain the interest of building workers in establishing
and maintaining safe conditions of work and procedures; (xi) to design and conduct, either
independently or in collaboration with other agencies, suitable training and educational
programmes for prevention of accidents to building workers; (xii) to frame safe rules and safe
working practices in consultation with senior officials of the establishment; (xiii) supervise and
guide safety precautions to be taken in building and other construction work of the
establishment. Facilities to be provided to Safety Officers.—The employer shall provide each
Safety Officer with such facilities, equipment and information that are necessary to enable him
to dispatch his duties effectively. Prohibition of performance of other duties.—No Safety Officer
shall be required or permitted to do any work which is unconnected to, inconsistent with or
detrimental to the performance of the duties prescribed in this Schedule. Exemptions.—Director
General may, in writing, exempt any employer or group of employers from any or all of the
provisions of these rules subject to compliance with such alternative arrangements as may be
approved and notified by him in the order or such exemption.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule IX (See rule 225) Hazardous processes (1) Roof work.
(2) Steel erection. (3) Work under and over water. (4) Demolition. (5) Work in confined spaces.
The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule X [See rule 225(b)] Services and facilities to be provided
in occupational health centres (1) One full time construction medical officer for building or other
construction work, employing workers up to one thousand and one additional construction
medical officer for every additional one thousand workers or part thereof. (2) The staff, including
one nurse, one dresser-cum-compounder, one sweeper-cum-ward boy with each construction
medical officer for full work hours. (3) The occupational health centre with a floor area of
minimum fifteen square metres constituting two rooms with smooth walls and intern service,
adequately illuminated and ventilated. (4) Adequate equipment for day-to-day treatment. (5)
Necessary equipment to manage any medical emergency.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Central Rules, 1998 Schedule XI [See rules 119(2) and 225(c)] Qualification of
construction medical officer (1) MBBS degree from a medical institute recognised by the
Medical Council of India; and (2) Diploma in industrial health or equivalent post-graduate
certificate of training in industrial health or health. (3) A medical officer having working
experience in organisation establishments involved in policy, execution and advice and safety
and health of workers employed in mines, ports and docks, factories and building and other
construction work, for a period of not less than three years may, subject to the satisfaction of the
Director General, not be required to possessing the training referred to in item (2) above. (4)
The syllabi of the courses leading to the above certificates and the organisation conducting such
courses shall be approved by the Central Government who may also from time to time prepare
a panel of such organisation. (5) Complete particulars including name, qualification and
experience of the construction medical officer will be intimated to the inspector having
jurisdiction.