THE UTTARANCHAL BUILDING AND OTHER

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (REGULATION

OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE) RULES, 2005

In pursuance of the provisions of Article 348(3) of the Constitution of India, the

Governor of Uttaranchal is pleased to order the publication of the following English
translation of Notification No. 963/VIII/680-Shram/2002, dated June 25, 2005.

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 40 and Section 62 of the Building
and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Act, 1996, (Central Act 27 of 1996), the State Government of Uttaranchal,
after consultation with the Expert Committee constituted under section 5 of the said
Act, hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER I
1. Short title, application and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called
the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2005.
(2) They shall apply to the building or other construction work relating to any
establishment in relation to which the appropriate Government is the State
Government of Uttaranchal.
(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Uttaranchal
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 (Central Act 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 Chief Inspector of Inspection
of Buildings and Constructions appointed under sub section (2) of section
41 of the Act;
(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;

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(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 to 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 appointed by the State 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 than
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 mechanical 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) "false works" means the structural supports and bracing for formworks 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 is pre-determined and the relative spacings
of the principal members are fixed;
(u) "Government" means the State Government of Uttaranchal;
(v) "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;
(w) "hazard" means danger or potential danger;
(x) "hazardous substance" means any substance which due to its explosiveness,
inflammability, radio-activity, toxic or corrosive properties, or other similar
characteristics, may—
(i) cause injury; or
(ii) affect adversely the human system; or

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(iii) cause loss of 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;

(y) "high pressure air" means air used to supply power to pneumatic tools and
devices;
(z) "independent tied 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;
(za) "ledger" means a member spanning horizontally and tying scaffolding
longitudinally and which acts as a support for putlogs or transoms;
(zb) "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;
(zc) "lifting gear" means ropes, chains, hooks, slings and other accessories of a
"lifting appliance";
(zd) "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;
(ze) "low pressure air" means air supplied to pressurize working chambers and
man-locks and medical locks;
(zf) "magazine" means a place in which explosives are stored or kept, whether
above or below ground;
(zg) "man-lock" means any lock, other than a medical lock, used for the
compression or decompression of persons entering or leaving a working
chamber;
(zh) "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;
(zi) "materials lock" means a chamber through which materials and equipments
pass from one air pressure environment into another;
(zj) "medical lock" means a double compartment lock used for the therapeutic
recompression and decompression of persons suffering from the ill-effects of
decompression;
(zk) "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;
(zl) "outrigger" means a structure projecting beyond the facade of a building
with the inner end being anchored and includes a cantilever or other support;
(zm) "plant or equipment" includes any plant, equipment, gear machinery,
apparatus or appliance, or any part thereof;
(zn) "pressure" means air pressure in bars above atmospheric pressure;
(zo) "pressure plant" means the pressure vessel along with its piping and other
fittings operated at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure;

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(zp) "putlog" means a horizontal member on which the board, plank or decking
of a working platform are laid;
(zq) "responsible person" means a person appointed by the employer to be
responsible for the performance of specific duty or duties and who has
sufficient knowledge and experience and the requisite authority for the proper
performance of such duty or duties;
(zr) "reveal tie" means the assembly of a tie tube and a fittings used for
tightening a tube between two opposite surfaces;
(zs) "right angle coupler" means a coupler, other than a swivel or putlog coupler,
used for connecting tubes at right angles;
(zt) "rock bolt" means a mechanical expansion bolt or a bolt used with
cementitious or resin anchoring system which is set in drilled hole in the arch
or wall of a tunnel to improve rock competency;
(zu) "roofing bracket" means a bracket used in sloped roof construction and
having sharp points or other means for fastening to prevent slipping;
(zv) "safely 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;
(zw) "safe working load," in relation to an article of lifting gear or lifting
appliance, 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;
(zx) "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;
(zy) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to these rules;
(zz) "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;
(zza) "service shaft" means a shaft for the passage of building workers or
materials to or from a tunnel under construction;
(zzb) "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;

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(zzc) "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;
(zzd) "sole plate" means a member used to distribute the load from the base plate
or the standard of wooden scaffolds to the supporting surface;
(zze) "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;
(zzf) "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;
(zzg) "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;
(zzh) "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;
(zzi) "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 stabilizing the excavated areas;
(zzj) "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;
(zzk) "testing establishment" means an establishment with testing and
examination facilities, as approved by the Central Government or the Chief
Inspector of Inspections of Building and Constructions 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;
(zzl) "tie" means an assembly used to connect a scaffold to a rigid anchorage;
(zzm) "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;
(zzn) "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;
(zzo) "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;

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 (iii) step-ladder;
(iv) tripods; or
(v) movable contrivances similar to any of the foregoing;
(zzp) "tubular scaffold" means a scaffold constructed from tubes and couplers;
(zzq) "tunnel" means a subterranean passage made by excavating beneath the
overburden into which a building worker enters or is required to enter to
work;
(zzr) "underground" means any space within the confines of a shaft, tunnel,
caisson or cofferdam;
(zzs) "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;
(zzt) "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;
(zzu) "working platform" means a platform which is used to support building
workers or materials and includes a working stage;
(zzv)"working pressure" means pressure, in a working chamber, to which building
worker is exposed;
(zzw) "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 used and not
defined in these rules but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning
respectively as assigned to them in the Act.
4. Savings.—The provisions of these rules shall be in addition to and not in
substitution for on in diminution of the requirements imposed by the Act.

CHAPTER II

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS,

ARCHITECTS, PROJECT ENGINEERS AND
DESIGNERS, BUILDING WORKERS, ETC.
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 if 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
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(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 is 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
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.
(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 Government.
(7) No person related with any building and other construction work shall
willfully 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
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 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, examination 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 to 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 building
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 Government and the
Board.—It shall be the duty of every person in the service of the Government
or the Board to comply with the directions given by the Central Government
or by the State Government from time to time to carrying into execution in the
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
necessity, 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 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.

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9. Exemption.—The 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 the Government is satisfied that
such building or 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 the 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 the Government shall not grant exemption under this rule unless it is
satisfied that such exemption would not adversely affect the safety, health and
welfare of building workers.

PART II
STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REGISTRATION OF
ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER III
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
10. Constitution of State Advisory Committee.—The State Advisory
Committee shall consist of—
a. a Chairperson to be appointed by the State Government;
b. two Members of the Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal to be elected from the
Legislative Assembly — Members;
c. a member to be nominated by the Central Government — Member;
d. the Chief Inspector of Inspection of Building and Construction—Member ex-
officio;
e. the Chief Inspector of Factories & Boilers — Member ex-officio;
f. two members representing the employers to be nominated by the State
Government;
g. two members representing the building and other construction workers to be
nominated by the State Government;
h. two members to be nominated by the State Government, one representing state
level associations of architects or engineers and one representing accident
insurance institutions.
11. Term of Office.—The Chairperson and members of the Committee except the
elected representatives of the Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal shall hold
office for a period of three years from the date of their appointment as notified
in the Official Gazette and in respects the Members of Legislative Assembly
of Uttaranchal, each of them shall hold office for three years or till he/she
remains a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal, whichever is
earlier.
12. Resignations.—(1) A member of the state Advisory Committee, not being an
ex-officio member, may resign his office by a letter in writing addressed to the
State Government through the Secretary Labour, Government of Uttaranchal
with prior information to the Chairperson of such Committee.

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 (2) The seat of such a member shall fall vacant from the date on which his
resignation is accepted by the State Government or on the expiry of thirty days
from the date of receipt of the letter of resignation by the Secretary Labour,
Government of Uttaranchal, whichever is earlier.
13. Cessation of membership.—If any member of the State 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 State 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 State Advisory Committee—
(i) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(ii) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(iii) or if he has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the State
Government, involves moral turpitude.
(2) Where a question arises as to whether a disqualification has been incurred
under sub-rule (1), the State Government shall decide such question.
15. Removal from membership.—The State Government may remove from
office any member of the State Advisory Committee, if in his 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 State Advisory Committee, the Chairperson of such
Committee shall submit a report to the State Government and on receipt of
such report, the State 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 State Advisory Committee.—(1) (i) The State Government may
appoint one of its officers not below the rank of Deputy Labour Commissioner
in the State Labour Department as Secretary to the State Advisory Committee
and appoint such other staff being in the service of the Government, as he 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
State Government from time to time.
(2) The Secretary of the State Advisory Committee—
(i) shall assist the Chairperson of such Committee in convening meetings of
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 (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 State 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 State Advisory Committee shall be paid
travelling allowance for attending the meeting of the Committee at such rates as
are admissible to a class one officer of the Government of Uttaranchal and daily
allowances shall be calculated at the maximum rate admissible to such class one
officer.
19. Disposal of business.—(1) Every matter which the State 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 State 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 State Advisory Committee shall be invalid merely
for reasons of any vacancy in or any defect in constitution of the Committee.
20. Meetings.—(1) The State 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 State 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
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 (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.
22. Quorum.—No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the State
Advisory Committee unless at least four members of such Committee are
present in that meeting which shall include at least one member of the
Legislative Assembly of Uttaranchal:
Provided that if at any meeting of such Committee less than four 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.
CHAPTER IV
REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS
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 within sixty days
from the commencement of the work.
(2) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by a
demand draft/pay order/banker's cheque 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.

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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 111 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. (1) Fees.— 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 any day—
(a) is upto one hundred : Five hundred rupees.
(b) Exceeds hundred but does not exceed : One thousand rupees.
five hundred
(c) Exceeds Five hundred : Two thousand five hundred rupees
.
(2)Late Fees: If the application for registration is not submitted within the time
limit specified in sub-rule(1) of Rule 23, late fee at the rate of 25 % of the rates of fees
mentioned in sub-rule(1) shall be levied.

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 CHAPTER V
APPEALS, COPIES OF ORDERS, PAYMENT OF FEES, ETC.
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 two 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 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 date 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 representative/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 state 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.—Copies 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 one
hundred 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

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 of the order made by the officer concerned. A copy of the certificate of
registration, on loss or mutilation, of may also be obtained in the same manner
and on payment of like fees.
33. Payment of fees and Head of Account.—(1) Unless otherwise provided in
these rules, all fees to be paid under these rules shall be paid in the local
Treasury under the relevant departmental Head of account.
Provided that all the fees payable under this Act may be paid through a
crossed Demand Draft/Pay order/Bankers cheque drawn on a bank in
Uttaranchal in favour of the Registering Officer or the Appellate Officer as the
case may be and the concerned officer shall deposit the fees so paid in the
above mentioned head of account.
PART III
SAFETY AND HEALTH
CHAPTER VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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,
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 (f) land slides getting building worker buried, floods, storms and other natural
calamities, is prepared and submitted for the approval of the Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal.
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) 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 Maximum Weight Load
(In the areas upto 3000 feet height) (In the areas more than 3000 feet
height)
Adult-man 55 kg 50 kg

Adult-female 30 kg 25 kg
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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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction.
(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
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 (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 measures 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 the
employer shall be sent to the Registering Authority.
(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 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
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 (2) Overhead protection referred to in sub-rule (1) shall not be 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 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 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction,
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
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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 water-proof 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
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 (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 sufficient
illumination at all times 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
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 (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 off 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
approved by the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction,
Uttaranchal.

CHAPTER VII
LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR
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 surh
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
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 Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to steam winch
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.—An 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 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 movement of the lifting
parts of every crane if the load exceeds the safe working load, wherever
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(b) the provisions of sub-clause (i) of clause (a) apply, except where it is not possible
to instal 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-
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 (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 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 fitted 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 stating 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, and 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
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 (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 foot rest 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 machine,
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 lifting appliances 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
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 (n) in hoisting a barrow, any wheel of such barrow 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 such
material;
(q) when hoisting of load is done in an enclosed space, neither the lifting material
nor the boom should project outside the enclosed space;
(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
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(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 approved by the
Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal;
(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 safety 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 parts 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
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 (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 height reasonable beyond such
platform or some other suitable handhold is provided in lieu thereof 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 ladder 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
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 deformed or is otherwise damaged or raised scrafs 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 by 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 diametres 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 be tucked against the lay of the rope;
(ii) protruding ends of such strands in any splice of wire rope slings shall
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 (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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction,
Uttaranchal 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Constructions, Uttaranchal, 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 priched chains, pulley
blocks or weighing machines; and
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(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 in form-X 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
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 (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
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 material or tools which may interfere with the handhold or foothold of
such occupant or otherwise endanger him; and
(c) 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 inter-locking 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 there 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 wheel barrow placed directly on a platform of a hoist for raising or
lowering of such wheel barrows is so secured that such wheel barrows cannot
move and such platform is enclosed to prevent the fall of the contents kept in
such wheel barrows;
(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
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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 lifting 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.
CHAPTER VIII
RUNWAYS AND RAMPS

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
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 (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 wheel barrows, etc.— The employer shall ensure at a construction
site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) every runway or ramp used for wheel barrows, 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.
CHAPTER IX
WORK ON OR ADJACENT TO WATER
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 experiencrfd 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
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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 life buoys 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 life buoys 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 Steersman of such vessel and
another is situated after part of such vessel; and
(vi) that the position of the Steersman of the vessel is such that he has a
reasonably free view of all sides.
87. Prevention from drowing. - The employer shall ensure at a construction site
of a building or other construction work that where, on or adjacent to the work
place 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.
For handling rescue equipments referred to above, at least two persons
knowing diving should be avialable at such sites.

CHAPTER X
TRANSPORT AND EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT
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 comers 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
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objects are—
(i) of sound construction and free from defects;
(ii) provided with the 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 signaler;
(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 person 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 forsuch 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
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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 work
place where fire hazards may exist;
(e) the materials are loaded on the elevator after the drying drain has warned 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
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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.

CHAPTER XI
CONCRETE WORK
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;
(d) no machinery or any object should fall below by using wire nets, screen nets
etc.
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
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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 arekept 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
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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 pre-stressed 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, pre-stressed concrete girders or concrete beams are kept
upright by bracing or other effective means;
(d) anchor fittings for pre-tensioned strands of pre-stressed 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 pre-
stressed concrete girders or concrete beams;
(f) building workers do not cut wires of pre-stressed concrete girders or
concrete 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, braces and other supports used for such concreting
work;
(b) a person responsible for concreting work makes a thoroughinspection 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 clause (b) and clause (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
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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 the 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.

CHAPTER XII
DEMOLITION
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
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 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. All roads and open spaces adjacent to the site of
demolition work shall be closed or suitably protected by barrackating.
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 more 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
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by means of entrances, hallways, stairways 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
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 (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.

CHAPTER XIII
EXCAVATION AND TUNNELLING WORKS
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 Chief Inspector
of Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal.
(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
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 and so appointed by such employer for the purpose of such excavation or
tunnelling work shall be sent to the Chief Inspector of Inspections of
Building and Construction, Uttaranchal.
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 a 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) 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal.
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; and
(iii)the emergency procedures for rescue from such danger or hazards.
123. Register of employment, etc.—(1) Every employer shall ensure that at 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
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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
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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 abuilding 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 walls 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
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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 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 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
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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 the 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
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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
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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 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Constructions, Uttaranchal 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of
Building and Construction, Uttaranchal 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 metre 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
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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 ground fault 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
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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 wires.—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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal.
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
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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 de-compression 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 de-compression 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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal for compression
and de-compression of building workers, where it is impracticable to
install both the man-lock and the material-lock at a tunnelling work;
(v) de-compression of all building workers to atmospheric condition at
tunnelling work is carried out in accordance with a de- compression
procedure approved by the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal.
(vi) the man-lock at tunnelling work is not used for any purpose other than
compression or de-compression of building workers;
(vii) no de-canting of building workers at tunnelling work is carried out
without prior approval of Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal except in an emergency;
(viii) in case a building worker collapses or is taken ill during his de-
compression 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 de-compression 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 de-compressions 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
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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 the 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.

CHAPTER XIV
CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF STEEP ROOF
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
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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.

CHAPTER XV
LADDERS AND STEP-LADDERS
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 foot- hold
and hand-hold 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 which depends for its support solely on nails/ spikes
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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.

CHAPTER XVI
CATCH PLATFORM AND HOARDINGS, CHUTES,
SAFETY BELTS AND NETS
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 notless than
one metre.
176. Hoardings.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or
other construction work that hoardings are constructed when the Registering
Authority considers 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of
Building and Construction, Uttaranchal or any other person authorised
by him;
(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
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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, life lines and devices for the attachment of such life lines
conform to the relevant national standards;
(b) every building worker is supplied with safety belt and safety life lines for
his protection and such building worker uses such belts and life lines
during the performance of his work;
(c) all building workers using safety belts and safety life lines have the
knowledge of safe use and maintenance of such belts and life lines and are
supplied with necessary instructions for its use;
(d) the responsible person for supervising the use of safety belts and safety life
lines referred to in clause (b) inspects and ensures that such safety belts
and life lines 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 safety 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 life lines and
safety nets when they are not in use and are protected against mechanical
damage, damages from chemicals and damages from biological agents.

CHAPTER XVII
STRUCTURAL FRAME AND FORMWORK
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. Form work, false work and shoring.—The employer shall ensure at a
construction site of a building or other construction work that—
(a) form work and false work are so designed, constructed and maintained that
such form work and false work support the load that may be imposed on
them;
(b) such form work is so erected that working platform, means of access,
bracing, means of handling and stabilising could easily be fixed with such
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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 pre-fabricated 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, life lines, catch nets or catch platform;
(iv) power-operated mobile working platforms;
(b) the work of erection or dismantling of buildings or structures or form work
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 pre-fabricated 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 pre-fabricated parts;
(e) the hooks and other devices built in or provided on the structural steel or
pre-fabricated 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) pre-fabricated 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) store places are so constructed that—
(i) there is no risk of structural steel or pre-fabricated 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 pre-fabricated 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 pre-
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damaging such parts; and
(ii) marked with the maximum permissible load in the most
unfavourable lifting conditions;
(j) structural steel or pre-fabricated parts are lifted by such methods and
applications that prevent them from spinning accidentally;
(k) structural steel or pre-fabricated 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 pre-
fabricated 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 pre-fabricated 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. Form work.—The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building
or other construction work that—
(a) all form work are properly designed keeping in view the safety of building
workers, building or structures;
(b) a responsible person for structural frame and form work—
(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
form work;
(iii) supervises such structural frame and form work;
(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 form work.
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
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hazard.

CHAPTER XVIII
STACKING AND UNSTACKING
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 slacking 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) the cement or other materials in bags shall be stacked in a header and
stature-wise in rows alternately in not more than 10 numbers and there will
be circulation of space of at least 600 mm in between two such rows;
(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
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workers working for such storing or handling.

CHAPTER XIX
SCAFFOLD
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
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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 upper most 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—
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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;
(d) every opening or shaft in the floor is provided with suitable means to
protect the fall of a person or material by providing suitable fencing or
railing of height not less than 900 mm.
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 part 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
dangerous equipment.
199. Screening net and wire nets.—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, wire nets 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 the 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,
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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 Chief
Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal 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-triggers 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,
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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
swing;
(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
devicesupports 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 at 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.

CHAPTER XX
COFFERDAMS AND CAISSONS
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 in rush 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal;
(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
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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
work site 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
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 CHAPTER XXI-
SAFETY ORGANISATION
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 presided over 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 such group of employers with prior permission of Chief Inspector
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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 Assistant Labour Commissioner/ Deputy Labour Commissioner/
Additional Labour Commissioner, having jurisdiction in the area in
which the establishment in which such accident or dangerous
occurrence took place is located. Such Assistant Labour
Commissioner/ Deputy Labour Commissioner/Additional Labour
Commissioner shall be the authority appointed under section 39 of the
Act;
(ii) Board with which the building worker involved in accident was
registered as a beneficiary;
(iii) Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction,
Uttaranchal 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
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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 towers, pipelines or
bridges;
(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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal in Form XIV under proper acknowledgement
211. Procedure for enquiry into the 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 he 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.
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public body, concerned with the enforcement or compliance of safety
provisions of the Act and these 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;
(d) 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 Government is of the opinion that the matters 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 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
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 section 39 of the Act within five days of the completion of the enquiry in cases
where subenquiry 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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal and the Government by
the authority referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 210.

CHAPTER XXII
EXPLOSIVES
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.
CHAPTER XXIII
PILING
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
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(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 safely helmet or
hard hat and safety shoes;
(d) piles are prepared at a distance, at least equal to twice the length of the
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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.

CHAPTER XXIV
MEDICAL FACILITIES
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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of
Building and Construction, Uttaranchal considers appropriate for the
periodical medical examination of such worker, is medically examined at
such intervals as the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction, Uttaranchal 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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal 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 State 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 he 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
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 (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) immunization 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
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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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction, Uttaranchal 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) co-operate 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, Uttaranchal in matters of treatment, job placement, accident
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 (c) the special medical service referred to in clause (a) is headed by a
construction medical officer and is provided 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building
and Construction, Uttaranchal 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 to 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;
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(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 State
Government from time to time, are provided.
CHAPTER XXV
INFORMATION TO BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
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.

PART IV
HOURS OF WORK, WELFARE, PAYMENT OF WAGES, REGISTERS
AND RECORDS, ETC.
CHAPTER XXVI
HOURS OF WORK, REST INTERVALS AND WEEKLY OFF, ETC.
234. Hours of work, intervals of rest and spread over, etc.—(1) No building
worker employed in building or other construction work shall be required or
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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 prominent place.
(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 three 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
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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 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
234;
(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 as 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 done in excess
of such daily or weekly hours and for work done on such rest day.

CHAPTER XXVII
NOTICES, REGISTERS, RECORDS AND COLLECTION OF
STATISTICS
238. Notice of wage periods, etc.—(1) Every employer shall cause to display at
the conspicuous place of the work place 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
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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 State 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, over-time 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;
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(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 State 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 referred 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 Government of Uttaranchal 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"
entry 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.

CHAPTER XXVIII
WELFARE OF BUILDING WORKERS
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
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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 white
washed 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 metres 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
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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.

CHAPTER XXIX
WAGES
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
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 PART V
CHAPTER XXX
THE UTTARANCHAL BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS' WELFARE BOARD
250. Definitions.—In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) "Board" means the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers'
Welfare Board constituted under section 18 of the Act;
(b) "contribution" means the sum of money payable to the Fund by the
beneficiary under section 16 of the Act;
(c) "family" means the husband or wife and minor sons and unmarried
daughters of the beneficiary worker and the parents solely dependant on
him;
(d) "Fund" means the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers'
Welfare Fund constituted by the Board under section 24 of the Act;
(e) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board appointed under section 19
of the Act;
(f) "year" means a financial year;
251. Constitution of the Board.—(1) The Board shall consist of—
(i) a Chairperson, appointed by State Government;
(ii) a member, nominated by the Central Government;
(iii) three members, representing the State Government of whom one shall be the
Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction, one shall be a
representative of the Finance Department, one shall be a representative of the
Law Department;
(iv) three members, representing the employers, appointed by the State
Government;
(v) three members, representing the building and other construction workers
nominated by the Government.
(2) one of the appointed members shall be a woman.
(3) The term of office of the Chairperson and the members of the Board other
than the official members shall be three years from the date of their appointment:
Provided that the members may continue in office till their successors are
appointed:
Provided further that in no case the members shall continue in office
beyond the period of four years from the date of their appointment.
252. Filling up of casual vacancies.—A member nominated to fill a casual vacancy
shall hold office for the remaining period of the term of office of the member in
whose place he is nominated.
253. Meeting of the Board.—The Board shall ordinarily meet once in two months:
Provided that the Chairperson shall, within fifteen days of the receipt of a
requisition in writing from not less than one-third of the members of the Board,
call a meeting thereof.
254. Notice of meeting and list of business.—Notice intimating the date, time and
venue of every meeting together with a list of business to be transacted at the
meeting shall be sent by registered post or by special messenger, to each member
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matter which in his opinion is urgent, notice of not less than three days shall be
deemed sufficient.
255. Chairperson to preside at meetings.—(1) The Chairperson shall preside over
every meeting of the Board in which he is present, and if, for any reason the
Chairperson is unable to attend the meeting any member nominated by the
Chairperson in this behalf shall preside over the meeting.
(2) When the Chairperson is absent and no member has been nominated by the
Chairperson under sub-rule (1), the members present shall elect one of them to
preside over the meeting and the member so elected shall exercise all the powers
of the Chairperson in conducting the meeting.
(3) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Board unless, at least, six
members are present, of whom one shall be from among those nominated under
clause (iii) of sub-rule (1) of rule 251.
256. Absence from the State.—If any member leaves the state for a period of not less
than six months without intimation to the Chairperson, he shall be deemed to have
resigned from the Board.
257. Transaction of business.—Every question considered at a meeting of the Board
shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and
in the event of any equal votes, the Chairperson shall have and exercise a casting
vote.
258. Minutes of the meetings.—Every decision taken at a meeting of the Board shall
be recorded in a minutes book at the same meeting and signed by the
Chairperson. The minutes Book shall be a permanent record.
259. Fees and allowances.—(1) Every non-official member of the Board shall be paid
a sitting fee of hundred rupees or amount as may be fixed by the Government
from time to time, for attending meeting of the Board. This fee shall not be
applicable for sub-committee meetings.
(2) The Chairperson shall be paid a sitting fee of six hundred rupees or amount as
may be fixed by the Government from time to time, for attending the meeting of
the Board.
260. Appointment and constitution of sub-committees.—(1) The Board may
appoint such sub-committees as it may deem fit for the proper discharge of its
duties and having non-official member of such sub-committee shall be allowed
travelling allowance and daily allowance for attending the meeting of the sub-
committee at such rates as are admissible to a Deputy Labour Commissioner of
the Government of Uttaranchal and daily allowance shall be calculated at the
maximum rate permissible to such Deputy Labour Commissioner..
(2) Constitution of sub-committee.—The sub committee shall consist of the
following persons, namely:—
(a) The Chairperson of the Board;
(b) one member representing the employers;
(c) one member representing the building workers;
(d) two members representing the State Government, not below the rank of a
Deputy Labour Commissioner.
(3) The Chairperson of the Board shall be the Chairperson of the sub- committee
also. If the Chairperson is absent at any time the members present shall elect one
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 (4) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the sub-committee unless at
least three members of the committee are present of whom one shall be from
the members representing employers and another one shall be from the
members representing building workers.
(5) The term of the sub-committee shall be one year from the date of its
constitution:
Provided that the sub-committee shall continue in office until a new
committee is constituted:
Provided further that in no case, the sub-committee shall continue
beyond a period of two years from the date of its original constitution.
(6) The recommendations of the sub-committee shall be placed before the
Board for its decision.
261. Powers, duties and functions of the Board.—(1) The Board shall be
responsible for,—
(a) all matters connected with the administration of the Fund;
(b) laying down policies for the deposits of the amount of the Fund;
(c) submission of annual budget to Government for sanction;
(d) submission of annual report to Government on the activities of the Board;
(e) proper maintenance of accounts;
(f) annual audit of accounts of the Board, in accordance with provisions of the
Act;
(g) collection of contribution to the Fund and other charges;
(h) launching of prosecutions for and on behalf of the Board;
(i) speedy settlement of claims and sanction of advances and other benefits;
(j) proper and timely recovery of any amount due to the Board.
(2) The Board shall furnish information to Government on such matters as the
Government may refer to it, from time to time.
262. Secretary to Board.—(1) The Secretary to the Board shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Board.
(2) The Secretary shall, with the approval of the Chairperson issue notice to
convene meetings of the Board and keep the record of minutes and shall take
necessary steps for carrying out the decisions of the Board.
263. Appointment of Secretary and other officers.—(1) The Board may, with the
prior concurrence of the Government, appoint an officer of the Government
not below the rank of a Deputy Labour Commissioner of the Labour
Department as Secretary of the Board.
(2) The Board may, with the prior concurrence of the Government, appoint,—
(i) as many officers of the Government, not below the rank of Assistant
Labour Commissioner, in the Labour Department; and
(ii) such other officers and employees of any other department of the
Government, as it considers necessary to assist the Board in the
efficient discharge of its functions under the Act.
264. Administrative and financial power of the Secretary.—(1) The Secretary of
the Board may, without reference to the Board, sanction expenditure and
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to sanction expenditure on any single item from time to time by the Board.
(2) The Secretary may also exercise such other administrative and financial
powers other than those specified in sub-rule (1), above, as may be delegated
to him from time to time by the Board.
(3) The Board may, from time to time delegate, subject to such conditions as it
may deem fit, administrative and financial powers to any other officer under
its control and supervision to the extent considered necessary for its efficient
functioning.
265. The Uttaranchal Building and other Construction Workers' Welfare
Fund.—
(1) The Board may, as soon as may be after the coming into force of these
rules, constitute a Fund by the name "The Uttaranchal Building and other
Construction Workers' Welfare Fund" in accordance with the provision of
the Act and these rules.
(2) The Fund shall vest in and be administered by the Board.
(3) There shall be credited to the Fund—
(a) grant or loan or advances if any, made by the Government of India or
by the State Government or any local authority;
(b) the contribution paid by the beneficiaries under these rules;
(c) all sums received by the Board from such other sources as may be
decided by the Central Government or the State Government.
266. Membership.—(1) Every building worker who has completed eighteen years
of age but has not completed sixty years of age and who is not a member in
any other welfare fund established under any law for the time being in force
and who has completed ninety days of service as a building worker in the year
immediately preceding shall be eligible for membership in the Fund.
(2) A certificate to prove age as specified below, shall also be submitted along
with the application:—
(i) School records.
(ii) Certificate from the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(iii)In the absence of the above certificates, a certificate from a Medical
Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon in Government
Service.
(3) Certificate from the employer or contractor that the applicant is a
construction worker shall be produced alongwith the application for
registration. In case such a certificate is not available, a certificate issued by
the registered construction building workers unions or a certificate issued by
Assistant Labour Commissioner of the concerned area or by the Executive
Officer of the Panchayat may also be considered.
(4) Every building worker eligible to become a beneficiary to the Fund shall
submit an application in Form No. XXVII to the Secretary or to an officer
authorised by him in this behalf. Every such application shall be accompanied
by the documents mentioned in this rule and a registration fee of twenty five
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 (5) Where the Secretary or an Officer authorised by him, is satisfied that the
applicant fulfils the conditions, such building workers shall be registered as a
member.
(6) Any person may within thirty days, file an appeal to the Board against the
decision taken under sub-rule (5) and the decision of the Board thereon shall
be final.
(7) The Building worker shall also file a nomination in Form No. XXVIII. The
nomination shall stand revised in the name of the spouse on his acquiring a
family or on the happening of any legal change in the status of the family.
(8) The Secretary or other officer authorised by him in this behalf shall issue
to every beneficiary an identity card with a photo of the beneficiary affixed in
Form No. XXXII and maintain a register of identity cards so issued in Form
No. XXXIII.
267. Contribution to the Fund.—(1) A beneficiary of the fund shall contribute to
the Fund twenty rupees per mensem. This contribution shall be remitted in
advance once in three months in any of the banks specified by the Board in the
district in which the member resides.
(2) If a beneficiary commits default in the payment of contribution
continuously for a period of one year, he shall cease to be a beneficiary of the
Fund. However, with the permission of the Secretary or an officer authorised
by him in this behalf the membership may be resumed on repayment of arrears
of contribution with a fine of two rupees per month subject to the condition
that such resumption shall not be allowed more than twice.
268. Duty of the employer to file returns.—(1) Every employer shall, within
fifteen days from the commencement of these Rules send to the Secretary a
consolidated return containing the particulars of the building workers entitled
to be registered showing their basic wages, allowances and the amount being
spent for the free supply of food, if any.
(2) Every employer shall, before the fifteenth day of every month send to the
Secretary or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf a return in Form
No. XXX showing the details of the workers entitled to be registered as well
as those who left the service during the preceding month.
(3) Every employer shall furnish to the Secretary or any other Officer
authorised by him in this behalf, in Form No. XXXI particulars regarding the
branches. Directors, Managers, Occupiers, Partners, person/persons who has/
have the ultimate control over the affairs of his establishment.
269. Maintenance and production of Records and Registers.—(1) Every
employer shall maintain a Register showing the particulars of the building
workers and a Register of contribution in such form as may be directed by the
Secretary or other officer authorised by him.
(2) Every employer shall whenever the Secretary or any other officer
authorised by him requires in person or by notice in writing to produce the
records in respect of the building worker, shall deliver such records to the
officer concerned in time and if the records are not returned he shall issue a
receipt forthe records so retained by him.
270. Transfer of accumulation in any Existing Fund.—(1) If a worker who
becomes a member of this Fund, the concerned authorities shall transfer such
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 (2) The authority of the other welfare fund shall, furnish to the Secretary or
any other officer authorised by him in this behalf a statement showing the total
accumulation in the credit of every member on the date of transfer under sub-
rule (1) and the amount of advance if any taken by the member.
271. Maternity benefit.—The women employees who are beneficiary of the fund
shall be given Rs. 1000 each as maternity benefit during the period of
maternity. On an application made by her in Form No. XXXIV with such
other documents as may be specified shall be submitted for this benefit:
Provided that this benefit shall not be allowed for more than twice.
272. Eligibility for pension.— A member of the Fund who has been working as a
building worker for not less than one year after the commencement of these
rules shall on completion of sixty years of age be eligible for pension. The
pension will become payable from the first day of the succeeding to the month
in which he completes sixty years of age.
273. Procedure for payment of pension.—(1) An application for pension shall be
submitted in Form No. XXXV to the Secretary of the Board or the officer
authorised by him for the purpose.
(2) If in the opinion of the Secretary of the Board or the officer authorised by
him the applicant is eligible for pension, he shall sanction pension and send
the pension sanctioning order to the applicant:
Provided that no application shall be rejected unless the applicant has
been given an opportunity of being heard.
(3) If it is found that the applicant is not eligible for pension, the application
shall be rejected, and the applicant informed accordingly.
(4) The applicant may file an appeal before the Board against the decision
taken under sub-rule (3) within sixty days from the date of the receipt of the
order:
Provided that the Board may for sufficient reason in writing condone
the delay upto one year in filing the appeal.
(5) The amount of pension shall be one hundred and fifty rupees per mensem.
An increase of ten rupees shall be given for every completed year of service
beyond five years. The Board may with the previous approval of the
Government revise the pension.
(6) The pension sanctioning authority shall maintain a register in Form No.
XXXVI.
274. Advance for purchase or construction of house.—(1) The Board may on
application by a member, sanction an amount not exceeding fifty thousand
rupees as advance for the outright purchase of a house or for the construction
of house. The beneficiary shall along with the application in Form No. XXIX
produce such documents as may be specified by the Board.
(2) No advance under sub-rule (1) shall be sanctioned to those who do not
have membership in the Fund continuously for five years and having fifteen
years service for superannuation.
(3) A completion certificate shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Board
within six months from the date of drawal of advance. The amount sanctioned
as advance shall be recovered in equal instalments as may be fixed by the
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275. Disability pension.—(1) The Board may sanction an amount of one hundred
and fifty rupees per mensem as disability pension to a beneficiary who is
permanently disabled due to paralysis, leprosy, T.B., accident etc. In addition
to the pension he will be eligible for an ex-gratia payment of not more than
five thousand rupees depending upon the percentage of disability and subject
to such conditions as may be fixed by the Board.
(2) The application for disability pension and ex-gratia payment under sub-
rule (1) shall be made in Form No. XXXIX with such certificate and other
documents as may be specified by the Board.
276. Loan for the purchase of Tools.—An amount of five thousand rupees will be
sanctioned as loan to the members of the fund, for the purchase of tools. Those
who have completed three years membership in the Fund and those who remit
contribution regularly will be eligible for this loan. The beneficiary should not
have completed fifty-five years of age. The loan amount shall be recovered in
not more than sixty instalments. An application in Form No. XL shall be made
for this loan with such other documents as may be specified by the Board.
277. Payment of Funeral Assistance.—The Board may sanction an amount of one
thousand rupees to the nominees/dependants of a deceased member, towards
funeral expenses. An application in Form No. XLI shall be submitted for this
benefit.
278. Payment of Death Assistance.— The Board may sanction an amount of
fifteen thousand rupees to the nominees/dependents of a member towards
death benefit, in case of death. If the death is due to an accident, during the
course of employment, the nominee/dependents of the member shall be given
fifty thousand rupees towards death assistance.
279. Application for Assistance on Death.—(1) A nominee who is entitled to
Death Assistance under this rule shall submit to the Secretary or any other
officer authorised by him an application in Form No. XXXVII. A certificate
regarding the death/accident death issued by a Government doctor shall be
produced along with the application and other documents specified by the
Board.
(2) The Secretary or the officer authorised by him may on receipt of the
application conduct an enquiry with regard to the eligibility of the applicant.
(3) If the Secretary or the officer authorised by him is satisfied that the person
who has applied for financial assistance is entitled for such assistance he may
sanction the amount.
(4) The sanctioning authority shall maintain a register for this purpose in Form
No. XXXVIII.
(5) A person aggrieved by any decision taken under sub-rule (3) may file an
appeal before the Board within sixty days from the date of receipt of the order
under that sub-rule and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final.
280. Medical Assistance to beneficiaries.—The Board may sanction financial
assistance to the beneficiaries who are hospitalized for five or more days due
to accident or any disease. The financial assistance shall be two hundred
rupees for the first five days and twenty rupees each for the remaining days,
subject to a maximum one thousand rupees. This assistance shall also be given
to the beneficiary met with accident and put in plaster at residence. If
disability is resulted due to accident, the worker shall be eligible for a financial
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submitted with such other documents as may be specified by the Board.
281. Financial assistance for education.—Children of the members shall be
eligible for such financial assistance as may be determined by the Board for
such courses of study as may be specified by the Board from time to time. An
application in Form No. XLIII shall be submitted with such documents and
within such time as may be specified by the Board.
282. Financial Assistance for marriage.—The Building workers having
continuous membership for three years shall be eligible to get financial
assistance of two thousand rupees for the marriage of their children. A female
member of this Fund is also eligible for this assistance for her own marriage.
This assistance shall be sanctioned for the marriage of two children of the
beneficiary. An application in Form No. XLIV shall be submitted along with
such other documents as may be specified by the Board.
283. Family pension.—In the event of death of a pensioner, family pension shall
be given to the surviving spouse. The amount of pension will be fifty per cent
of the pension received by the pensioner or one hundred rupees which ever is
higher. An application in Form No. XLV shall be submitted with such
documents as may be specified by the Board within three months from the
date of death of the pensioner.
284. Recovery of advances and loans.—The Board shall have the power to
stipulate the conditions for recovery of loan and advances.
285. Refund of the contribution of deceased member.—(1) On the death of a
member, the amount of contribution standing in his credit shall be given to his
nominee. In the absence of a nominee the amount shall be paid to his legal
heirs in equal shares.
(2) All financial benefits under these rules other than death benefit and
medical assistance for accidents shall become payable only after one year of a
person becoming member of the fund.
286. Withdrawal to pay premium for Life Insurance Policy.—(1) Sanction can
be accorded to a member of the fund for remitting the premium for Life
Insurance Policy from the amount standing in his credit in the fund.
Withdrawal of amount for this purpose shall not be allowed more than one in
an year.
(2) The full particulars of the policy shall be furnished to the Secretary of the
Board in such form as may be specified by him.
(3) No amount, more than those actually required for remitting the premium,
shall be sanctioned from the amount standing in this credit of the member.
287. Assignment of Policy to the Fund.—(1) Within six months of the withdrawal
of the amount the policy shall be assigned to the Secretary of the Board as
security for the amount withdrawn.
(2) While according sanction for withdrawing an amount for remitting
premium in receipt of an old policy, the secretary of the Board shall ensure
from the Life Insurance Corporation whether that policy is free from any
encumbrances.
(3) No changes in the policy on transfer to another policy shall be made
without the previous approval of the Secretary of the Board and the particulars
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him.
(4) If the policy is not so assigned and entrusted, the member shall
immediately remit to the Fund any amount withdrawn from the Fund for the
policy together with interest at such rate as may be fixed by the Board in
consultation with the State Government.
288. Returning of the Policy.—The Board shall return the policy in the following
circumstances, namely:—
(i) on the member leaving service permanently on superannuation;
(ii) on leaving service permanently due to physical or mental disability;
(iii) on the death of the member before he leaves the service;
(iv) on the maturity of the policy assigned before the member leaves service or
on the member becoming entitled to receive payment of the money in any
other manner.
289. Accounts.—(1) Excluding the administrative expenses, all interest, rent and
other income realized and all profits or losses if any, on the investment shall
be credited or debited, as the case may be, to an account called the "Interest
Suspense Account".
(2) The Secretary of the Board or any other officer authorised by him shall
submit a statement to the Government on 15th day of March every year or on
such other date as the Government may specify, an annual report appending a
classified statement of the assets of the fund.
290. Investment of amount.—All moneys belonging to the Fund may be invested
in the Nationalized Banks or Scheduled Banks or in the securities referred to
in clauses (a) to (d) of section 20 of the Indian Trust Act, 1882 (2 of 1882).
291. Utilisation of the Fund.— The fund shall not, without the previous approval
of Government, be expended for any purpose other than those mentioned in
the Act and the Rules.
292. Expenditure from the Fund.—(1) All expenses for the administration of the
fund, fees and allowances of the Directors of the Board Salaries, Leave
Salaries, Joining time pay. Travelling Allowance, Compensatory Allowances,
Charge Allowances, Pension contribution and other benefits of personnel
expenses, for the legitimate needs of the Board and the stationery expenses
shall be met from the Administrative Account of the Fund.
(2) The amounts incurred by the Government for the administration of the
fund shall be treated as a loan which shall be repaid from the Administration
Account.
293. Report regarding the functioning of the Board.—A report on the
functioning of the Board during every financial year shall be approved by the
Board before the 15th day of June next year and be submitted to the
Government before the 31st day of July of that year.
294. Copies of the registers and reports to be furnished.—The Secretary of the
Board shall furnish copies of the registers and annual report of the fund to any
employer or member of the fund on written application and on payment of
such fees as may be specified by the Board in this behalf with the approval of
the Government.
295. Recovery of arrears.—If any amount due from an employer or a member is
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that amount to the Collector of the District concerned. On receipt of the
certificate the District Collector shall recover the amount in the same manner
as arrears of revenue due on land.
296. Execution of Contract.—All orders and other instruments shall be made and
executed in the name of the Board and shall be authenticated such persons as
the Board may specify.

PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER XXXI
POWERS OF CHIEF INSPECTOR OF INSPECTIONS OF BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTORS
297. Power to engage experts, agencies.—(1) The Chief Inspector of Inspections
of Building and Construction 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 conducting 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 Government of Uttaranchal 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 class one officer of the Government of
Uttaranchal.
(6) In addition to travelling allowance and daily allowance referred to in sub-
rule (5) an engineer or architect or agency, they shall also be paid honorarium
at the rates as may be specified by the Government by notification in the
Official Gazette from time to time.
298. 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
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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 an 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.
299. 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 the 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 to a copy to
the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction.
(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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction or
where such order is by the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction to the Secretary Labour, Government of Uttaranchal and the
Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction or the Secretary
Labour 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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building
and Construction or the Secretary Labour, Government of Uttaranchal,
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by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time:
Provided further that the prohibiting order, shall be complied with,
pending the decision of the Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and
Construction or the Secretary Labour, Government of Uttaranchal.

SCHEDULE- I
[See rules 56 (a), 71 (a) and 72 (a) (ii)]
MANNER OF TEST AND EXAMINATION BEFORE TAKING
LIFTING APPLIANCE, LOOSE 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) Loose 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
SWL (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 lifted 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 not be less than the load
as specified in the following table:—
TABLE
SWL (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
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(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
(a) Wire Rope forming part of Sling. Safe working load of the 5
Sling: Safe working load up to and equal to 10 tonnes, SWL 10
above 10 tonnes and up 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; SWL up to and equal to 160 tonnes, ----------------------
-----
(8.85 x SWL)+
1910
SWL above 160 tonnes.
(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
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 (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 Master that the ship's
stability will be 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 (other than ship's derricks and winches).—(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
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
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 (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.
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
amido derivatives or its sequelae.
7. Occupational asthama.
8. Pesticide poisoning.
9. Carbon monoxide poisoning.
10. Toxic jaundice.
11. Toxic anaemia.
12. Compressed air illness (Caissions disease).
13. Noise induced hearing loss.
14. Isocyanates poisoning.
15. Toxic nephritis.

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 cetrimide solution (1 per cent.) or suitable
antiseptic solution.
(ix) One (two hundred ml) bottle of mercurochrome (2 per cent.) solution in
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(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 tablets (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.

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 anemiae aremations (120 ml).
(xv) Smelling salt (60 gm).
(xvi) Two medium size sponges.
(xvii) Six hand towels.
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(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.
(xl) Three dressing forceps.
(xli) Three scalpels.
(xlii) One stethoscope and a B.P. apparatus.
(xliii) Rubber bandage — pressure bandage.
(xliv) Oxygen cylinder with necessary attachments.
(xlv) Atropine eye ointments.
(xlvi) I.V. Fluids and sets 10 nos.
(xlvii) Suitable, foot operated, covered, refuse containers.
(xlviii) Adequate number of sterilised, paired, latex hand gloves.

SCHEDULE- V
(See rule 227)
CONTENTS OF AMBULANCE VAN OR CARRIAGE
The ambulance van or carriage 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,
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(b) Safety Equipment.—Flaros with life of three thousand minutes, floor lights, flash
lights, fire extinguishers (dry powder type), insulated gantlets.
(c) Emergency Care Equipment.—(i) Resuscitation.—Portable suction unit, portable
oxygen unit, bagvalve mask, hand operated artificial ventilation unit, airways,
mouthgag tracheotomy 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 mm x 100 mm universal dressing 250 mm 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 Ipecac, activated charcoal prepacketed dose, snake bite
kit, drinking water.
(v) Emergency Medicines.—As per requirement (under the advice of construction
Medical Officer).

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
1½ 102
1 105
¾ 107
½ 110
¼ 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.

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
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2. Complete the 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 for placement
ascertained 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.
SCHEDULE- VIII
[See rules 209 (1) and (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
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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); and
(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 Chief Inspector of
Inspections of Building and Construction may, subject to such conditions
that he may specify, relax all or any of the above said 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.— 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 advise 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
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(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 safety rules and safe working practices in consultation with senior
officials of the establishment;
(xiii)supervise and guide safety precautions to be taken in ports, 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.—Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and other Construction,
Uttaranchal 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.
SCHEDULE-IX
(See rule 225)
Hazardous process:
(1) Roof work.
(2) Steel erection.
(3) Work under and over water.
(4) Demolition.
(5) Work in confined spaces.

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 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 impovious service, adequately
illuminated and ventilated.
(4) Adequate equipment for day-to-day treatment.
(5) Necessary equipment to manage any medical emergency.
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 Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction, may 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 State Government who may
also from time to time prepare a panel of such organisations.
(5) Complete particulars including name, qualification and experience of the
construction medical officer will be intimated to the inspector having jurisdiction.

SCHEDULE- XII
[See rule 152 (a)]
PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN THE
WORK ENVIRONMENT

Sl. Substance Permissible limit of exposure

No. Time-weighted Short-
term
average exposure
limit
concentraction (TWA) (STEL)
(8 hrs.) (15 min.)*

*
Line free dust as measured by the vertical elutriator cotton-dust sampler.

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 ppm mg./m Ppo mg./m
** **
1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Acetaldehyde 100 180 150 270

2. Acetic acid 10 25 15 37
3. Acetone 750 1780 1000 2375
4. Aerolein 0.1 0.25 0.3 0.8
5. Acrylonitrile—Skin (S.C.) 2 4.5 - -
6. Aldrin—Skin - 0.25 - -
7. Allyl chloride 1 3 2 6
8. Ammonia 25 18 35 27
9. Aniline—Skin 2 10 - -
10. Anisidine (0-,p-isomers)-Skin 0.1 0.5 - -
11. Arsenic & soluble compounds (as As) - 0.2 - -
12. Benzene (S.C.) 10 30 - -
13. Beryllium & Compound (As Be) (S.C.) - 0.002 - -
14. Boron trifluoride—C 1 3 - -
15. Bromine 0.1 0.7 0.3 2
16. Butane 800 1900 - -
17. 2-Butanone (Methyl ethyl Ketone-MBK) 200 590 300 885
18. n-Butyl acetate 150 710 200 950
19. n-Butyl alcohol-Skin-C 50 150 - -
20. Sec/tart. Butyl acetate 200 950 - -
21. Butyl mercaptan 0.5 1.5 - -
22. Cadmium Dust and salts (as Cd) - 0.05 - -
23. Calcium oxide - 2 - -
24. Carbaryl (Sevin) - 5 - -
25. Carbofuran (Furadan) - 0.1 - -
26. Carbon disulphide—Skin 10 30 - -
27. Carbon monoxide 50 55 400 440
28. Carbon tetrachloride—Skin (S.C.) 5 30 - -
29. Chlordane—Skin - 0.5 -
30. Chlorine 1 3 3 9
31. Chlorobenzene (monochlorobenzene) 75 350 - -
32. Chloroform (S.C.) 10 50 - -
33. bis (Chloromethy) ether (H.C.) 0.001 0,005 - -
34. Chromic acid and chromates (as Cr.)
(water soluble) — 0.05 - - -
35. Chromous salts (as Cr.) - 0.5 - -
36. Copper fume - 0.2 - -
37. Cotton dust, raw - 0.2 - -
38. Cresol, all isoi-ners—Skin 5 22 - -
39. Cyanides (as CN)—Skin - 1 - -
40. Cyanogens 10 20 - -
41. DDT (Dishlorodiphenyl trichloroethane) - 1 - -
42. Demeton—Skin 0.01 0.1 - -
43. Diazinon—Skin - 0.1 -
44. Dibutyl phthalate - 5 - -
45. Dichlorvos (DDVP) — Skin 0.1 1 - -

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46. Dieldrin—Skin - 0.25 - -
47. Dinitrobenzene (all isomers)—Skin 0.15 1 - -
48. Dinitrotoluene—Skin - 1.5 - -
49. Diphenyl (Biphenyl) 0.2 1.5 - -
50. Endosulfan (Thiodan)—Skin - 0.1 - -
51. Endrin—Skin - 0.1 - -
52. Ethyl acetate 400 1400 - -
53. Ethyl alcohol , 1000 1900 - -
54. Ethylamine 10 18 - -
55. Fluorides (as F) - 2.5 - -
56. Fluorine 1 2 2 4
57. Formaldehyde (S.C.) 1.0 1.5 2 3
58. Formic acid 5 9 - -
59. Gasoline 300 900 500 1500
60. Hydrazine—Skin (S.C.) 0.1 0.1 - -
61. Hydrogen chloride—C 5 7 - -
62. Hydrogen cyanide—Skin—C 10 10 - -
63. Hydrogen fluorine (as F)—C 3 2.5 - -
64. Hydrogen peroxide 1 1.5 - -
65. Hydrogen sulphide 10 14 15 21
66. Iodine—C 0.1 1 - -
67. Iron Oxide Fume (Fe 0) (as Fe) - 5 - -
68. Isoarnyl acetate 100 525 - -
69. Isoamyi alcohol 100 360 125 450
70. Isobutyl alcohol 50 150 - -
71. Lead, inorg., dusts and fumes (as Pb) - 0.15 - -
72. Lindane—Skin - 0.5 - -
73. Malathion—Skin - 10 - -
74. Manganese dust and compounds (as Mn)—C - 5 - -
75. Manganese fume (as Mn) - 1 - -
76. Mercury (as Hg)—Skin
(i) Alkyl compounds - 0.01 - 0.03
(ii) All forms except alkyl vapour - 0.05 - -
(iii) Aryl and inorganic compounds - 0.1 - -
77. Methyl alcohol (Methanol)-Skin 200 260 250 310
78. Methyl collosolve (2-Methoxy-ethanol)—Skin 5 16 - -
79. Methyl isobutyl ketone 50 205 75 300
80. Methyl isocyanate—Skin 0.02 0.05 - -
81. Naphthalene 10 50 15 75
82. Nickel carbonyl (as Ni) 0.05 0.35 - -
83. Nitric acid 2 5 4 10
84. Nitric oxide 25 30 - -
85. Nitrobenzene—Skin I 5 - -
86. Nitrogen dioxide 3 6 5 10
87. Oil mist, mineral - 5 - 10
88. Ozone 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6
89. Parathion—Skin - 0.1 - -
90. Phenol—Skin 5 19 - -
91. Phorate (Thimet)—Skm - 0.05 - 0.2
92. Phosgene (Carbonyi chloride) 0.1 0.4 - -
93. Phosphine 0.3 0.4 1 1
94. Phosphoric acid - 1 - 3

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95. Phosphorus (yellow) - 0.1 - -
96. Phosphorus pentachloride 0.1 1 - -
97. Phosphorus trichloride 0.2 1.5 0.5 3
98. Pierie acid—Skin - 0.1 - 0.3
99. Pyridine 5 15 - -
100. Silane (Silicon tetrahudride) 5 7 - - -
101. Sodium hydroxide-C - 2 - -
102. Styrene, monomer (Phenylethylene) 50 215 100 425
103. Sulphur dioxide 2 5 5 10
104. Sulphur hexafluoride 1000 6000 - -
105. Sulphuric acid - 1 - -
106. Tetraethyl lead (as Pb)—Skin - 0.1 - -
107. Tolune (Toluol) 100 375 150 560
108. 0-Toluidine-Skin (S.C.) 2 9 - -
109. Tributvi phosphate 0.2 2.5 - -
110. Trichloroethylene 50 270 200 1080
111. Uranium, natural (as U) - 0.2 - 0.6
112. Vinyl chloride (H.C.) 5 10 - -
113. Welding fumes - 5 - -
114. Xylene (0-,m-, p-isomers) 100 435 150 655
115. Zinc oxide
(i) Fume - 5.0 - 10
(ii) Dust (Total dust) - 10.0 - -
116. Ziroconium compounds (as Zr) - 5 - 10
ppm Parts of vapour or gas per million parts of contaminated air by volume at 25C
and 760 mm of Hg.
mg/m milligram of substance per cubic metre of air.
* Not more than 4 times a day with at least 60 min. interval between successive
exposures.
Molecular weight
** mg/m = —————————— x ppm
24.45
G denotes Ceiling Limit.
Skin. denotes potential contribution to the overall exposure by the coetaneous route
including mucous membranes and eye.
S.C. denotes Suspected Human Carcinogen.
H.C. denotes Confirmed Human Carcinogen.
Substance Permissible time-weighted
average
concentration (TWA) (8 Hrs.)
Silica, SiO
(a) Crystalline
(i) Quartz
10600
(1) In terms of dust count—————————————— mppem
% Quartz = 10
10

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(2) In terms of respirable dust————————————— mg/m3
% respirable Quartz + 2
30
(3) In terms of total dust———————————— mg/m3
% Quartz + 3
(ii) Cristobalite Half the limits given against quartz.
(iii) Tridvmit Half the limits given against quartz.
(iv) Silica, fused Same limits as for quartz.
(v) Tripoli Same limits as in formula in item (2) given against
quartz.
(b) Amorphous Silicates 10mg/m3, Total dust.
Asbestos (h.C.) *2 fibres/ml, greater than 5 m in length and less than 3
m in breadth with length to breadth ratio equal to or
greater than 3:1.
Portland Cement 10mg/m3, Total dust containing less than 1% quartz.
Coal Dust 2mg/m3, respirable dust fraction containing less than
5% quartz.
mppcm Million particles per cubic metre of air, based on impinger samples counted
by light-field techniques.
* As determined by the membrane filter method at 400-450 x magnification (4
mm objective) phase contrast illumination.
* Respirable Dust:
Fraction passing a size-selector with the following characteristics:

Aerodynamic Diameter (m) % passing selector

(unit density sphere)
<2 90
2.5 75
3.5 50
5.0 25
10 00

FORM-I
[See rule 23 (1)]
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS
EMPLOYING BUILDING WORKERS
1. Name and location of the Establishment where building or other construction
work is to be carried on.
2. Postal address of the Establishment.
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4. Full name and address of the Manager or person responsible for the supervision
and control of the Establishment.
5. Nature of building or other construction work carried/is to be carried on in the
Establishment.
6. Maximum number of building workers to be employed on any day.
7. Estimated date of commencement of building or the other construction work.
8. Estimated date of completion of the building or other construction work.
9. Particulars of demand draft, enclosed (name of the Bank, amount, demand draft
No. and date).
Declaration by the employer
(i) I hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
(ii) I undertake to abide by the provisions of the Building and other
Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Act, 1996 and the rules made thereunder.
Principal Employer
Seal and Stamp
(For office use)
Office of the Registering Officer appointed under the
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation
of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
and State Rules made thereunder.
Date of Receipt of application:

FORM-II
[See rule 24 (1)]
No. Date:
GOVERNMENT OF UTTARANCHAL
OFFICE OF THE REGISTERING OFFICER
A Certificate of Registration is hereby granted under sub-section (3) of section
7 of the Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and the rules made thereunder, to
M/s.................................... having the following particulars subject to conditions laid
down in the Annexure:
1. Postal Address/location where building or other construction work is to be carried
on by the Employer.
2. Name and address of employer including location of the building and other
construction work.
3. Name and permanent address of the establishment.
4. Nature of work in which building workers are employed or are to be employed.
5. Maximum number of building workers to be employed on any day by the
employer.
6. Probable date of commencement and completion of work.

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7. Other particulars relevant to the employment of building workers.

Signature of Registering Officer with Seal

ANNEXURE
The registration granted hereinabove is subject to the following conditions,
namely:—
(a) the certificate of registration shall be non-transferable;
(b) the number of workmen employed or building workers in the
establishment shall not, on any day, exceed the maximum number
specified in the certificate of registration;
(c) save as provided in these rules, the fees paid for the grant of registration
certificate shall be non-refundable;
(d) the rates of wages payable to building workers by the employer shall not
be less than the rates prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (II
of 1948) for such employment where applicable, and where the rates have
been fixed by agreement, settlement or award, not less than the rates so
fixed; and
(e) the employer shall comply with the provisions of the Act and the rules
made thereunder.

FORM-III
[See rules 24 (2) and 25 (2)]
REGISTER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Sl. Registration Name and Address, Name of the Nature of building
No. No. and date location of the employer or other
establishment registered and his construction work
where a building or other address
construction
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Name and Probable date Maximum No. Probable duration Remarks

permanent of of building of building or
address of commencement workers to be other construction
Establishment of work employed on work & probable
any day date of completion
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

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 FORM-IV
{See rules 26 (3) and 239 (1)]

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT/COMPLETION OF BUILDING

OR OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORK

(1) (i) Name and address (Permanent) of the Establishment.............................

(ii) Name of the employer and address.........................................................
(2) Name and situation of place where the building and other construction is proposed
to be carried on.
(3) No. and date of Certificate of registration....................................................
(4) Name and address of the person incharge of the construction work.
(5) Address to which the communications relating to building or other construction
work may be sent.
(6) Nature of work involved and the facilities including plant or machinery provided.
(7) The arrangement storage of explosives, if any, to be used in building or other
construction work.
(8) In case the notice is for commencement of work, the approximate duration of
work.
I/We hereby intimate that the building or other construction work (Name of
work) having registration No............................... dated........................ is likely to
commence/is likely to be completed with effect from., on.................... (date).
..................................(date)/

Signature of the Employer

To,
The Inspector,
---------------------------------
---------------------------------

FORM-V
[See rules 56 and 74 (b). Schedule I]

CERTIFICATE OF INITIAL AND PERIODICAL TEST AND

EXAMINATION OF WINCHES, DERRICKS AND
THEIR ACCESSORY GEAR

Test Certificate No. ........................................

In case of construction site, name of the construction site where lifting appliances are
fitted/installed/located:
Situation and Description of Angle to the Test load Safe working
lifting appliances and Gear with horizontal derrick applied load at the angle
distinguishing number or marks boom at which test shown in

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(if any), which have been tested, load applied column (2)
thoroughly examined
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(Degrees) (Tonnes) (Tonnes)

Name and address of public service, Name and position of the Competent
association, company, or firm or testing Person of public service, association,
establishment making the test and company or firm or testing establishment.
examination.
(5) (6)

I certify that on the ...............day of ........... 20....... the lifting appliance shown
in column (1) together with its necessary gear was tested in the manner set forth
overleaf in my presence; that a careful examination of the said lifting appliances after
the test showed that it had withstood the test load without injury or permanent
deformation; and that the safe working load of the said lifting appliance and accessory
gear is as shown in column (4).
Signature of the Competent Person Date...................
Seal
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person

FORM-VI
[See rules 56 and 74 (b)]

CERTIFICATE OF INITIAL AND PERIODICAL TEST AND

EXAMINATION OF CRANES OR HOISTS AND
THEIR ACCESSORY GEAR
Test Certificate No. ........................................
Name of the construction site where cranes or hoists are fitted/located/installed:
Situation & For jib cranes radius at Test load applied Safe working load for jib
description the test load was applied cranes at radius shown
in column (2)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(Metres) (Tonnes) (Tonnes)

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 Name and address of public service, Name and position of the Competent
association, company, or firm or testing Person of public service, association,
establishment making the test and company or firm or testing establishment.
examination.
(5) (6)

I certify that on the.....................day of..............20..... the above lifting appliances

together with its accessory gear, was tested in the manner set forth overleaf, that a careful
examination of the said lifting appliance and gear after the test showed that it had
withstood the test load without injury or permanent deformation; and the safe working
load of the said lifting appliance and gear is as shown in column (4).
Signature of the Competent Person Seal Date
............
(See Note 3)
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person

FORM-VII
[See rules 70 (d) and 74 (b) (ii)]
CERTIFICATE OF INITIAL AND PERIODICAL TEST AND
EXAMINATION OF LOOSE GEARS
Test Certificate No. ........................................
Name of the construction site where loose gears are fitted/located/installed:
Distinguishi Description, Number Date of Test load Safe working
ng Number dimension and tested test applied load (SWL)
or Mark material of (tonnes) (tonnes)
gear/device
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Name and Initial test and Name and address Name and position
address of examination certificate of public service of the Competent
manufacturer or No. and date (only in association, Person in public
suppliers case of periodical test company or firm or service, association,
and examination) testing company or firm or
establishment testing
making the test and establishment
examination
(7) (8) (9) (10)

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 I certify that on the......................... day of .............20....... the above gear was
tested and examined in the manner set forth overleaf; that the examination showed the
said gear/device withstood the test load without injury or deformation; and that the
safe working load of the said gear/device is as shown in column 6.
Signature of the Competent Person Seal
Date................
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person.

FORM-VIII
[See rules 62 and 74 (b)]

CERTIFICATE OF TEST AND EXAMINATION OF WIRE ROPE

BEFORE BEING TAKEN INTO USE

Test Certificate No. ..............................

(1) Name and address of maker or supplier
(2) (a) Circumference/diameter of rope
(b) Number of strand
(c) Number of wires per strand
(d) Lay
(e) Core
(3) Quality of wire (e.g. Best Plough steel)
(4) (a) Date of test of sample of rope
(b) Load at which sample broke (tonnes)
(c) Safe working load of rope (tonnes)
(d) Intended use
(5) Name and address of public service,
association, company or firm or testing
establishment making the test and examination.
(6) Name and position of Competent Person in
public service, association, company or firm or
testing establishment making the test and
examination.
I certify that the above particulars are correct, and that the test and examination
were carried out by me and no defects affecting its safe working load (SWL) were
found.
Signature of the Competent Person Seal
Date............
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person.

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 FORM-IX
[See rules 72 and 74 (b)]

CERTIFICATE OF ANNEALING OF LOOSE GEARS

Test Certificate No...............................
Name of the Construction site where loose gears are fitted/located:
Distinguishi Description Number of the Number Date of Defects found
ng number of gear certificate of annealed annealing at careful
or mark test & inspection
examination after annealing
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Name and address of public service, Name and position of the Competent
association company or firm of testing Person of public service, association,
establishment carrying out the annealing company or firm or testing establishment.
and inspection
(7) (8)

I certify that on the date shown in column (5) the gear described in columns
(1) to (4) was effectually annealed under my supervision that after being so annealed
every article was carefully inspected; and that no defects affecting its safe working
condition were found other than those indicated in column (6).
Signature of the Competent Person Seal Date......................
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person.

FORM-X
(See rules 69 and 73)

CERTIFICATE OF ANNUAL THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF

LOOSE GEARS EXEMPTED FROM ANNEALING

Name of the Construction site where loose gears are fitted/located:

Distinguishing Description of gear Number of the Remarks
number or mark certificate of initial
and periodical test
and examination

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(1) (2) (3) (4)

Name and address of public service, Name and position of the Competent
association company or firm of testing Person of public service, association,
establishment carrying out the annealing company or firm or testing establishment.
and inspection
(5) (6)

I certify that on the.......................................... day of ..........20....... the above

gear, described in column (2) was thoroughly examined; and that no defects affecting
its safe working condition were found other than those indicated in column (4).
Signature of the Competent Person Seal Date
.............
Registration/Authority number of the Competent Person.

FORM-XI
[See rule 223 (c)]
CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION
1. Certificate Serial No. .........................
Date............................................
2. Name.....................................................
Identification marks: (1)....................
(2)....................
3. Father's Name........................................
4. Sex...........................................................
5. Residence................................................ son/daughter of.................................
6. Date of birth, if available..................... and/or certificate age.........................
7. Physical Fitness
I hereby certify that I have personally examined
(name)......................................., son/daughter/wife of....................... residing
at................................. who is desirous of being employed in building and
construction work and that his/her age as nearly as can be ascertained from my
examination is............................ years and that he/she is fit for employment
in.................................................. as an adult/adolescent.
8. Reason for—
(1) refusal of
certificate.........................................................................................
(2) certificate being revoked.................................................................................

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Signature/Left hand Thumb Signature with Seal
impression of building worker Medical Inspector/C.M.O.
Note.—
1. Exact details of cause of physical disability should be clearly stated.
2. Functional/productive abilities should also be stated if disability is stated.

FORM-XII
[See rule 223 (d)]
HEALTH REGISTER
(In respect of persons employed in Building and other construction work involving
hazardous processes)
Name of the Construction Medical Officer/Medical Inspector.
(a) Mr................................... From................................... to...................................
(b) Mr................................... From................................... to...................................
(c) Mr................................... From................................... to...................................
Sl. Works No. Name of Sex Age (Last Date of Date of
No. building birthday) employment of leaving or
worker present work transfer to
other work
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Reason for Nature of Raw Material Date of Medical Results of If suspended

leaving, job or or by-product examination by medical from work,
transfer or occupation handled certifying examination state period
discharge Surgeon of suspension
Medical with detailed
Inspector/CMO reasons
(8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

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 Certified fit to resume duty on with If certificate of unfitness or suspension
signature of Medical Inspector/C.M.O. issued to worker
(14) (15)

Signature with date of Medical Inspector/CMO

Note.— (i) Column (8)—Detailed summary of reason for transfer or discharge
should be stated.
(ii) column (11) should be expressed as fit/unfit/suspended.
FORM-XIII
[See rule 230 (a)]
NOTICE OF POISONING OR OCCUPATIONAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
1. Name and address of the employer :
2. Name of the building worker and his
work No., if any :
3. Address of the building worker :
4. Sex and Age :
5. Occupation :
6. State exactly what the patient was doing
at the time of contracting the disease :
7. Nature of poisoning or disease from which
the building worker is suffering from :
Date ................ Signature of the employer/CMO
Note.—When a building worker contracts any disease specified in Schedule
XII, a notice in this form shall be sent forthwith to the Chief Inspector of Inspections
of Building and Construction.
FORM-XIV
[See rule 210 (7)]
REPORT OF ACCIDENTS AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES
1. Name of the project/work
2. Location of project/work
3. Stage of construction work
4. Particulars of Employer
(a) Main contractor firm/Co:
Name
Address
Phone Nos.
Nature of business
(b) Sub-contractor's particulars:
Name

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 Address
Phone Nos.
Nature of business
5. Particulars of injured person
(a) Name
(First) (Middle) (Surname)
(b) Home Address
(c) Occupation
(d) Status of the worker:
Casual
Permanent
(e) Sex: Male Female
(f) Age
(g) Experience
(h) Marital status: Married/Unmarried/
Divorced
6. Particulars of Accident
(a) Exact place where accident occurred
(b) Date
(c) Time
(d) What the injured person was doing at the time of accident?
(e) Weather condition
(f) How long employed by you for this particular job?
(g) Particulars of equipment/machine/ tool involved & condition of the same after
the accident occurred
(h) Brief description of the accident
7. Nature of injuries
(a) Fatal
(b) Non-fatal
(c) If non-fatal, state precisely the nature of injuries
(Describe in detail the nature of injury for instance fracture of right arm, sprain
etc.)
(d) First-Aid: Given: Not given:
(e) If not, give the reasons
(f) Name & designation of the person by whom first-aid was given
(g) If admitted to hospital,
Name of the hospital:
Address of the hospital
Phone No. Name of the Doctor
8. Mode of transport used
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9. (a) How much time was taken to shift the
injured person?
If very late, state the reasons
(b) How the reporting was made?
Telephone Telegram Special
Messenger Letter
(c) Who visited the accident site first and
what
action was proposed by him?
(d) What are the actions taken for the
investigation of the accident by the
employer?
(Describe about photographs/ Video
film/measurements taken, etc.)
10. Particulars of the persons given witness:
(a) Name Address Occupation
1.
2.
(b) Whether Temporary Permanent
11. Particulars in case of fatal:
Date Time
Whether registered with Building and other If yes, give Reg. No.
Construction Workers' Welfare Board
12. Dangerous occurrences as covered under the
Regulation No. (Give details)
(a) collapse or failure of lifting appliances,
hoist conveyors, etc.
(b) collapse or subsidence of soil, any wall,
floor, gallery, etc.
(c) collapse of transmission towers, pipeline,
bridges, etc.
(d) explosion of receiver, vessel, etc.
(e) fire and explosion
(f) spillage or leakage of hazardous
substances
(g) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision
of transport equipment
(h) leakage or release of harmful toxic gases
at the construction site
(i) failure of lifting appliance, loose gear,
hoist or building and other construction
work machinery, transport equipment,
etc.
13. Certificate from the Employer or authorised
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I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above particulars are correct
in every respect.
Place ............ Signature
Date ............. Designation
c.c. forwarded for information and follow-up action:
1.
2.
Note.—If more than one person is involved, then for each person, information is to be
filled up in separate forms.
FORM-XV
(See rule 240 and 276)
REGISTER OF BUILDING WORKERS EMPLOYED BY THE EMPLOYER

1.Name and address 3. Name and permanent

of establishment address of establishment
where building and
other construction work
is carried on
2. Nature and location of work. 4. Name and address of
employer
Sl. Name and Age and Father's/H Nature of Permanent Home
No. Surname of Sex usband's employment/ address of
workman name designation workman (Village
and Taluk and
(Distt.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Local Date of Signature or Date of Reasons for

Address commencement thumb impression termination of termination
of employment of workman employment
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

If the building worker is/was beneficiary, the date of registration as a Remarks

beneficiary, the registration No. and the name of Welfare Board
(12) (13)

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 FORM-XVI
[See rule 241 (1) (a)]
MUSTER-ROLL

1. Name and address 2. Name and permanent address of

of the establishment establishment
where building or other construction
work is carried on
3. Nature of building or other 4. Name and address of Employer
construction work
For the month of..
Sl. No. Name of the Father's/Hus Sex Dates Remarks
building worker band's name
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1.
2.
3.

FORM-XVII
[See rule 241 (1) (a)]
REGISTER OF WAGES
1. Name and address of the establishment 2. Name and permanent address of
where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on
3. Nature of building or other 4. Name and address of the employer
construction work Wage period: Monthly

Sl. Name of Serial No. in the Designation/nat No. of Units of

No. workman register of workman ure of work days work done
done worked
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Daily rate of Amount of wages earned

wages/piece
rate Basic Dearness Overtime Other cash payments Total
wages allowances (nature of payment to be
indicated)
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

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Deductions, if any, Net amount paid Signature / Thumb Initial of employer
(indicate nature) impression of or his
workman representative
(13) (14) (15) (16)

FORM-XVIII
[See rule 241 (1) (a)
FORM OF REGISTER OF WAGES-CUM-MUSTER-ROLL

1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address

of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work
Sl. Sl. No. in Name of Designation/ Daily Total attendance/
No. Register of employee nature of attendance/ units of work
building work done units worked done
workers
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Daily rate of Amount of wages earned

wages/piece
rate Basic Dearness Overtime Other cash Total
wages allowances payments
(nature of
payment to be
indicated)
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

Deductions, if any, Net amount paid Signature/Thumb Initial of employer

(indicate nature) impression of workman or his representative
(13) (14) (15) (16)

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 FORM-XIX
[See rule 241 (1) (b)]
REGISTER OF DEDUCTIONS FOR DAMAGE OR LOSS
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work

Sl. Name of Father's/ Designation Particulars Date of Whether

No. work Husband's / nature of of damage damage building
name employment or loss or loss worker
showed cause
against
deduction
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Name of person in Amount of No. of Date of recovery

whose presence deduction instalments
building worker's imposed First instalment Last instalment
explanation was heard
(8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

FORM-XX
[See rule 241 (1) (b)]
REGISTER OF FINES
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work

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Sl. Name of Father's/Husband's Designation/ Act/omission Date of
No. building name nature of for which fine offence
worker employment imposed
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Whether Name of person Wage Amount of Date on Remarks

building in whose periods the fine which fine
worker showed presence building and wages imposed realised
cause against worker's payable
fine explanation was
heard

(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

FORM-XXI
[See rule 241 (1) (b)]
REGISTER OF ADVANCES
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work

Sl. Name Father's/ Designation/ Wage period Date and

No. Husband's name nature of and wages amount of
employment payable advance
given

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

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Purpose(s) for No. of instalments Date and amount Date on Remarks
which advance by which advance of each which last
given to be repaid instalment repaid instalment
was repaid
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

FORM-XXII
[See rule 241 (1) (c)]
REGISTER OF OVERTIME
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work

Sl. Name of Father's/Husband's Sex Designation Date on which

No. building name /nature of overtime
worker employment worked
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Total overtime Normal Overtime Overtime Date on Remarks

worked or rates of rate of earnings which
production in case wages wages overtime
of piece rated wages paid .

(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

FORM-XXIII
[See rule 241 (2) (a)]
WAGE BOOK
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other 4. Wage Period
construction work

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 For the Month.............
Week/Fortnight/
ending...................
1. No. of days worked.................................................................
2. No. of units worked in case of piece-rate workers...................
3. Rate of daily/monthly wages/piece-rate................................
4. Amount of overtime wages......................................................
5. Gross wages payable................................................................
6. Deductions, if any, on account of the following:—
(a) fines
(b) damage or loss
(c) loans and advances
(d) subscription towards provident fund
(e) subscription towards the fund of the Building Workers' Welfare
(f) any other deductions e.g. subscriptions to Co-operative Society or account of loans
from Co-operative Society/housing loan, or contribution to any relief fund as per
provision of clause (P) of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Payment of Wages
Act or for payment of any premium of Life Insurance Corporation
7. Net amount of wages paid...........................................
Initials of the Employer
or his Representative

FORM-XXIV
[See rule 241 (2) (b)]
SERVICE CERTIFICATE
1. Name and address of the establishment 2.Name and permanent address
of where building or other construction establishment
work is carried on.
3. Nature of building or other
construction work
4. Name and address of the workman : ................................................................
5. Age or Date of Birth : ................................................................
6. Identification Marks : ..................................................................
7. Father's/Husband's name : ..................................................................
Sl. Total period for which Nature of Rate of wages If the building
No. employed work done (with worker was a
particulars of beneficiary his
unit in case of registration No.,
piece work) date and the
name of the
Board
From To
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

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 Reasons/grounds Remarks
on
which the employment terminated
(7) (8)

Signature
FORM-XXV
[See rule 242]
ANNUAL RETURN OF EMPLOYER TO BE SENT TO THE
REGISTERING OFFICER
Year ending 31st December,....................
1. Full name and full address of the establishment of the building and other construction
work (Place, Post Office, District)
2. Name and permanent address of the establishment
3. Name and address of the employer
4. Nature of building and other construction work carried on
5. Full name of the Manager or person responsible for supervision and control of the
establishment
6. Number of building workers ordinarily employed
7. Total number of days during the year on which building workers were employed
8. Total number of man-days worked by building workers during the year
9. Maximum number of building workers employed on any day during the year
10. The number of accidents that took place during the year as under:
(a) The total number of accidents.
(b) The number of accidents resulting in disablement of building workers for less than 48
hours, the number of building workers involved and the number of man-days lost.
(c) The number of accidents resulting in disablement of building workers beyond 48
hours but not resulting in any permanent partial or permanent total disablement, the
number of building workers involved, and the number of man-days lost on account of
such accidents.
(d) The number of accidents resulting in permanent partial or total disablement, the
number of building workers involved and the number of man-days lost on account of
such accidents.
(e) The number of accidents resulting in deaths of building workers and the number of
resultant deaths.
The Chief Inspector or Inspectors appointed by a State Government under the Act shall
direct the owners of establishments registered under this Act, to send the copies of Annual
Returns submitted by the employers of registered establishments in respect of the
concerned State Government or appropriate Government to the Director General of
Inspections by virtue of provisions of section 60 of the Act.
The Chief Inspector or Inspectors appointed under this Act by a State Government shall
direct the owners of such establishments as are registered under this Act by registering
officers appointed by the concerned State Government to send copies of the Annual
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11. Change, if any, in the management of the establishment, its location, or any other
particulars furnished to the Registering Officer in the application for Registration
indicating also the dates.
Employer
Place.........
Date..........

FORM-XXVI
[See rule 74 (b)]
REGISTER OF PERIODICAL TEST—EXAMINATION OF LIFTING
APPLIANCE AND GEARS ETC.
PART-I
INITIAL AND PERIODICAL LOAD TEST OF LIFTING APPLIANCES
AND THEIR ANNUAL THOROUGH EXAMINATION

"Thorough examination" means a visual examination, supplemented, if necessary, by

other means such as a 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 appliances and gear shall be
dismantled.
(A)
Initial and periodical load tests of lifting appliance
I certify that on the date on which I
Situation and No. of have appended my signature the Remarks
description of certificate of lifting appliance shown in column (to be,
lifting test and (1) was tested and no defects signed
appliances examination affecting its safe working condition and dated)
tested with of competent were found other than those shown
distinguishing person in column (5)
number of
marks if any Date and Date and
signature with signature with
seal seal

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1.
2.

(B)
Annual thorough examination
I certify that on the date to which I have appended my signature, the lifting appliance
shown in column (1) was thoroughly examined and no defects affecting its safe
working conditions were found other than those shown in column (12)

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 Date and Date and Date and Date and Date and Date and Remarks (to be
signature signature signature signature signature signature signed and dated)
with seal with seal with seal with seal with seal with seal
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

Note.—If all the lifting appliances are thoroughly examined on the same date it will
be sufficient to enter in column (1) "All lifting appliances". If not, the parts which
have been thoroughly examined on the dates must be clearly indicated.
PART-II
INITIAL AND PERIODICAL LOAD TEST OF LOOSE GEARS AND
ANNUAL THOROUGH EXAMINATION
List of loose gear:
The following classes of loose gears namely:—
1. Chains made of malleable cast iron;
2. Plate link chains;
3. Chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels made of steel;
4. Pitched chains;
5. Rings, hooks, shackles and swivels permanently attached to pitched chains, pulley
blocks, container, spreaders, trays, slings, baskets, etc., and any other similar gear;
6. Hooks and swivels having screw-threaded parts or ball bearings or other case-
hardened parts; and
7. Bordeaux connections.
INITIAL TEST AND PERIODICAL LOAD TEST OF LOOSE GEARS
Distinguis Descriptio No. of I certify that on the date to Remarks to
hing No. n of loose certificates which I have appended my be signed
and marks gear tested of test and signature the loose gears shown and dated
and examinati in columns (1) and (2) were
examined on of thoroughly examined and no
competent defects affecting its safe
person working condition were found
other than those shown in
column (6)
Date and Date and signature
signature with seal
with seal
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I certify that on the date to which I have appended my signature, the loose gears shown in
column (1) and column (2) were thoroughly examined by me and no defects affecting
their safe working condition were found other than those shown in column (10)

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 Date and signature Date and signature Date and signature Remarks (to be signed
with seal with seal with seal and dated)
(7) (8) (9) (10)

PART-III
ANNEALING OF CHAINS, RINGS, HOOKS, SHACKLES AND SWIVELS
(OTHER THAN THOSE EXEMPTED)
(See Part-II)
12.5 mm and smaller If used with lifting appliance driven by power, must be annealed
chains, rings, hooks, once atleast in every six months.
shackles and swivels If used solely with lifting appliance worked by hand, must be
in general use. Other annealed once atleast in every twelve months.
chains, rings, hooks,
shackles and swivels If used with lifting appliance driven by power, must be annealed
in general use. once atleast in twelve months.
If used solely with lifting appliance worked by hand, must be
annealed once atleast in every two years.

Note.—It is recommended though not required by rules - that annealing should be

carried out in a suitably constructed furnace heated to temperature between 1100
degree and 1300 degree Fahrenheit or 600 degree and 700 degree Centigrade, for a
period between 30 and 60 minutes.
Distingui Descriptio No. of the I certify that on the date to which I Remarks to
shing No. n of gear certificate have appended by signature, the be signed
or mark annealed of test gear described in column (1) and and dated
and column (2) was effectually
examinati annealed under my supervision;
on that after being so annealed every
article was carefully inspected and
that no defects affecting its safe
working condition were found other
than those shown in columns 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

FORM-XXVII
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
[See rule 266 (4)]
1. Name :
2. Address :
3. Whether SC/ST :
4. Name of Father :

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5. Marital Status : (Married, Unmarried or widow)
6. Date of birth :
7. Name, address and Register No. :
of the Establishment where the
applicant is working
8. E.S.I./P.F. No. :
9. Name and address of employer :
10.Total service :
11. Rate of subscription :
12.Name of Bank and Branch,
where subscription is to be paid :
13. If the applicant is already a member :
of any other Welfare Board, the name
of such Boards and registration No.
of the applicant.
The above facts are true to the best of my knowledge and information.
Place .................... Signature of the applicant.
Date .................... Name and Signature of
Employer.

FORM-XXVIII
NOMINATION FORM
[See rule 266 (7)]
I nominate the following person/persons as rightful dependants, to receive all the dues
from the Fund on my behalf and in the event of my death, as rightful heirs to receive
all benefits due to me.
Name & Address of Relationship with Age of Nominee Amount to be given to
Nominee/Nominees member each Nominee

Place .................... Name, Address Regn. No.

& Date .................... Address of the worker

FORM-XXIX
UTTARANCHAL BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WELFARE BOARD
(See rule 274)
Application No. :
APPLICATION FOR HBA Fee Rs.
1. (a) Name of the applicant
(b) Permanent Address
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2. Date of Birth
3. Date of retirement
4. (a) Register Number
(b) Date of Registration
(c) Rate of remittance
(d) Date of first remittance
(e) Date of last remittance
(f) Total amount remitted
(g) Whether the membership has
Ever been revived, if so details
(h) Details of revival
5. Purpose of advance (new
construction/Maintenance/Purchase
of land with Building)
6. Whether the applicant has a house
of his own (give details)
7. Amount of advance required
8. Details of land property
(a) Panchayat/Town
(b) Village
(c) Taluk
(d) District
(e) Area
(f) Survey No.
(g) Valuation of the property
9. Whether the applicant has received
Any other loan for HBA, give details
10. Estimate for construction/Maintenance
of building as per plan:
11. Details of the amount raised apart
from the loan :
12. Whether the applicant has received :
Loan previously from this Board

DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Place ....................
Signature....................
Date .................... Name
.........................
Details of documents to be produced:
1. Plan and estimate (approved)
2. Encumbrance Certificate of 14 years
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 4. Land tax receipt
5. Original document
6. Attested copy of ration card (Page 2, 4) for maintenance application.
7. Ownership of the building (for maintenance only)
8. Terminal benefit declaration
9. Attested copies of identity card and passbook
10. Title clearance certificate
11. Age certificate of the building (for maintenance only)
12. Valuation certificate of the building (for maintenance only)
13. No objection certificate from the authorities for construction.
14. Declaration from the applicant that neither he/she/nor his/her spouse or children own
a house (for new construction).

MORTGAGE DEED
This Deed of Mortgage is executed on this the.................... day of ................. two
thousand hundred and........................... by Shri/Smt.............................
son/daughter/wife of ........................ aged................... residing................
at.................... Village...................... Taluk................... District.....................and
Shri/Smt............................ son/daughter/wife of Shri.....................................
aged.....................residing at.............................. village.............................
Taluk...................... District............................... (Thereinafter called the
Mortgagor/Mortgagors which expression shall include his/ her/their executers,
administers, legal representatives and assigns) in favour of the Uttaranchal Building
and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board established under the Building and
Other Construction Workers Welfare Act and having its Chief Office at Uttaranchal
(thereinafter called 'the Mortgage' which expression shall include its successors or
assigns wherever the context or meaning thereof shall so require or permit).
Whereas the Mortgagor/Mortgagors has/have applied to the Mortgage for a loan of
Rs. 50,000 (Rupees fifty thousand only for the construction of a house on the land,
more particularly mentioned and described in the Schedule hereunder written:—
And whereas on the request of the Mortgagor/Mortgagors the Mortgagee has agreed
to lent an advance in two instalments to be mortgager a loan of Rs. 50,000 (Rupees
fifty thousand only) subject to the covenants, terms and conditions herein contained
and having the repayment thereof, secured in the manner hereinafter expressed.
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS:
1. In pursuance of the said agreement and in consideration of the sum of Rs. 50,000
(Rupees fifty thousand only) now lent and advance/and paid by the Mortgagee to the
Mortgagor/Mortgagors, (the receipt whereof the Mortgagor hereby admits and
acknowledges) the Mortgagor/Mortgagors hereby transfers/ transfer by way of simple
Mortgage the immovable property, more particularly mentioned and described in the
schedule hereunder written together with the building to be constructed thereon and
other improvements thereon from time to time to the intent that of the said property
and the building and other improvements shall remain and be charged as security for
payment to the Mortgagee of the said loan amount interest and cost and the
Mortgagee shall have the first charge over the same.
2. The loan amount shall be paid to the Mortgagor/Mortgagors by the Mortgagee in
two instalments that the first instalment of a sum of Rs. 20,000 (Rupees twenty

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thousand only) equal to 40% of the loan sanctioned shall be paid to the
Mortgagor/Mortgagors for starting construction, that the 2nd and final installment of
Rs. 30,000 (Rupees thirty thousand only) equal to 60% of the loan shall be paid after
completing the construction of roof and on starting finishing works. The construction
of the building shall be completed in all respects utilizing the 2nd installment and
certificate of completion shall be produced within two months from the receipt of last
installment.
3. The instalments shall be paid only subject to the availability of funds and the non-
payment of amounts due to paucity of funds shall not entitle the Mortgagor/
Mortgagors to realize any loss that he/she/they may sustain on that account from the
Mortgagee.
4. The Mortgagor/Mortgagors hereby assures/assure upto the Mortgagee that
he/she/they is/are the absolute owners of the property mentioned in the schedule
hereto and that they are free from any encumbrance or charge of any description,
whatsoever or any attachment or restraints on alienation.
5. The Mortgagor/Mortgagors shall not at any time during the continuance of this
security create any Mortgage lien or charge by way of hypothecation, pledge or
otherwise create encumbrance of any kind whatsoever in respect of the properties
described in the schedule hereto or any part thereof, or let or lease them except with
the prior permission in writing of the Chief Executive Officer, Uttaranchal Building
and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board until the whole amount with interest
are fully repaid.
6. The loan shall bear interest at the rate of 5% per annum or such other higher rate of
interest as may be fixed by the Mortgage from time to time.
7. The loan shall be repaid by the Mortgagor/Mortgagors in monthly instalments at
the rate as would be fixed and intimated by the Mortgagee. The first installment
becoming due on the expiry of 6 months from the date of disbursement of the first
installment, subsequent installments shall be paid on or before the 10th day of
succeeding month for 167 months. Any interest due on the loan amount outstanding
on the date of payment of an installment shall be paid along with the installment.
8. At the time of disbursement of the 2nd installment the Mortgagee shall deduct the
interest and other expenses due on the 1st installment till the date of payment of the
2nd installment. If the Mortgagee pays only a part of the loan amount to the
Mortgagor due to the non-availability of funds such part of the loan shall be repaid by
the Mortgagor in instalments at the rate as would be fixed and intimated by the
Mortgagee.
9. If the Mortgagor/Mortgagors dies/die before the disbursement of the remaining
instalments of the loan after having received one or more instalments of the loan and
if his/her/their heir or heirs executor/executors refuses/refuse to avail of the remaining
installment and also refuses or refuse to complete the construction of the house
according the approved plan and estimate within one year after the date of
disbursement of the first installment of the loan the whole loan advance with interest
shall be liable to be summarily recovered by proceedings against the property
movable or immovable of the deceased Mortgagor/Mortgagors under the provisions
of the revenue recovery at for the time being enforced and the relevant provisions of
the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Rules, as if some
were arrears of public revenue due on land or in such other manner as the Mortgagee
may deem fit.
10. If the heir/heirs executors of the deceased Mortgagor/Mortgagors does/do not
require the balance instalments of the loan and are, however willing to complete the

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construction at her/his/their cost, the amount already paid to the Mortgagor/
Mortgagors out of the sanctioned loans will be treated as the actual amount of the loan
sanctioned and the recovery shall be effective at the rate of installment prescribed for
that amount of loan.
11. The Mortgagor/Mortgagors shall remit the instalments in the Banks prescribed by
the Mortgagee in the manner specified for this purpose or by the challans prescribed
by the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
12. If any installment of principal or interest is not remitted on the due dates a penal
interest at the rate of 5% in addition to the usual rates shall be paid and such amount
as are not paid on due dates.
13. The loan amount shall be utilized only for the purpose for which it is sanctioned.
Each installment of the loan referred to in Clause II above shall be utilized within the
time limit prescribed. In case the Mortgagor/Mortgagors fails/ fail to claim the
subsequent installment within three months from the drawal of the previous
instalments such previous installment shall be treated as the last installment unless the
time is extended by the mortgagee and recovery shall commence as provided in the
terms and conditions prescribed for the grant of the loan.
14. If the Mortgagor/Mortgagors fails/fail to utilize any installment of loan within the
maximum period admissible and does not apply for subsequent installment of loan as
provided in the conditions the entire amount already disbursed shall be recoverable
from him/her/them with interest in lump sum.
14 (a) If the Mortgagor/Mortgagors is/are found to have failed in utilizing the amount
for the construction of house as specified in the mortgage deed within the prescribed
period, the mortgagee is entitled to realize the entire loan amount plus other charges
with interest in a lump after the issuance of a registered notice directing to pay the
amount within a period of 30 days.
(i) If the Mortgagor/Mortgagors repay the amount due in lump sum within the
stipulated period the mortgage deed shall be released.
(ii) If the Mortgagor/Mortgagors fails/fail to repay the amount due within the period
of 60 days as stipulated above the mortgagee will have the right to take step to realize
the entire dues to the Board in lump. In addition to that a penalty not exceeding 5% of
the loan amount actually received by the loanee or Rs. 1000 (Rupees one thousand
only) whichever is higher shall also be realized from the Mortgagor/Mortgagors.
15. In the event of any information furnished in the application being found false or
materially incorrect, the Mortgagee shall be cancel the loan and recover the entire
amount outstanding in lump with interest accrued thereon by selling the mortgaged
property besides taking such legal action against the borrower as may be considered
desirable.
16. The Mortgagor/Mortgagors shall not alter or modify the building constructed in
accordance with the plan approved by the Mortgagee so as to diminish the value of
the property or construct any other building in the property, offered as security till the
entire amount with interest are repaid.
17. In case of the Mortgagor/Mortgagors at any time make default in the payment of
two consecutive instalments or commits breach of all or any of the terms and
conditions contained herein the balance of the principal of sum which shall for the
time being remain unpaid together with interest accrued thereon and all sums found
due to the Mortgagee under or by virtue of these presents shall forthwith become
payable in a lump at once and in case of default of payment of the whole sum
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take possession of the Mortgaged property and to sell the same. The balance of the
sale proceeds after adjusting all amounts due to the Mortgagee will be disbursed to the
Mortgagor. The Mortgagee shall also have all the powers vested in the Mortgagee
under the provision of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
18. Without prejudice to any or all of the other rights and remedies of the Mortgagee
all sums found due to the Mortgagee under or by virtue of these presents shall be
recoverable from the Mortgagor/Mortgagors and his/her/their properties, movable and
immovable under the provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act for the time being in
force as though they are arrears of Public Revenue due on land and in accordance
with the relevant provision of the Building and Other Construction Workers(
Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 in any other manner
as the Mortgagee may deem fit.
19. The Mortgagor/Mortgagors shall be bound by the terms of the application form
and the conditions attached thereto which shall form part of this deed as if they are
incorporated on this deed.
20. This Mortgage has been fully explained to the Mortgagor/Mortgagors and the
Mortgagor/Mortgagors has/have executed these presents fully understanding the
implications thereof and all his/her/their obligations thereunder and after receiving
such advice.
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO
(here enter details of all land and buildings)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Shri............................................ the Mortgagors here to set
his/her/their hands the day and year first above, written and signed by
Shri/Smt.................................. in the presence of witness:
1.
2.
Signed by Shri/Smt.......................................... in the presence of witnesses:
1.
2.
STAGE CERTIFICATE FOR RELEASE OF SECOND INSTALMENT OF
ADVANCE SANCTIONED BY THE UTTARANCHAL BUILDING & OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WELFARE BOARD UNDER HOUSING LOAN
SCHEME
BENEFICIARY PROPERTY
1. Regn. No................................. District......................................
2. Name ...................................... Taluk........................................
3. Address.................................... Village......................................
4. Signature................................... Sy. No. .....................................
The Construction of building in the property detailed above by the beneficiary
specified above has reached/completion of foundation basement and on completion
work upto lintel level/completion of the lintel work/completion of the linter work and
50% of the work of the roof and stored the materials for the work of shutters/
completion of the roof work and has been completed 40% of the finished work as per
the plan and the beneficiary is eligible for the second installment of the loan
sanctioned by the Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare
Board.

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 Certified that the work valued at Rs............................ has been carried out by the
beneficiary as on..............................
Place ................... Signature of District, Executive
Date ................... Officer/T.E.O. or any Authorised
Officer with name & designation.
Name of Office.
FORM-XXX
UTTARANCHAL BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WELFARE BOARD
[See rule 268 (2)]
Return for the month of.................. regarding the details of workers
Name and Address of the Establishment :
Sl. No. of workers No. & Name(s) of No. & Name(s) of No. of workers as
No. as on the close worker(s) who worker(s) to be on the close of
of previous left service during registered current month
month the month

Place..................... Name and Signature

Date...................... of the Employer
(Office Seal)

FORM-XXXI
UTTARANCHAL BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WELFARE BOARD
[See rule 268 (3)]
PARTICULARS OF ESTABLISHMENT
1. Name of the Establishment :
2. Nature of Establishment Whether
Company/Partnership Firm/sole
proprietorship :
3. Names of the partners/Directors/
Proprietor :
4. Name of Managing Partner/Managing
Director/Person who is in ultimate
control of the establishment :
5. Details of branches :
6. Details of occupiers :
Place ................... Name, Signature
Date .................... and Designation
(Office Seal)

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 FORM-XXXII
FORM OF IDENTITY CARD
[See rule 266 (8)]
PAGE-I
PHOTO
Signature, date and official designation of
the registering authority (with office seal)
PAGE-II
Name of Member
Address
Male/Female
Name of Job
Registration No.
District
Date of Registration
Name of Bank & Branch in which
subscription is to be paid :
Subscription rate: Rs. 20 :
PAGE-III
Date of birth
Completed age
Date of retirement
Marital Status Married/Unmarried
Name of Wife/Husband
Address
Whether wife/husband, a Member of
this Board Yes/No
If so, name and registration Number
Name of Nominees
Relationship with the member
Signature/Thumb impression of the
member
Official designation and signature of
registering authority.

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 FORM-XXXIII
REGISTER OF IDENTITY CARD
[See rule 266 (8)]
Name of district............
Sl. No. of Identity Date of issue Name and Signature of Remarks
No. Cards address of District
the worker Executive
Officer

(1) (2) (3). (4) (5) (6)

FORM-XXXIV
(See rule 271)
APPLICATION FOR MATERNITY BENEFIT
1. Name and address of applicant
2. Registration No.
3. Age and date of birth
4. Name of husband
5. Date of confinement
6. Have you applied for this
benefit earlier
7. If so how many times and give
details
8. Date of registration
9. Date of payment of 1st subscription
and amount
10. Date of payment of last subscription
11. Name of bank and place
12. List of Documents submitted
(a) Copy of Challans or copy of
pass book
(b) Medical certificate in original.

The facts furnished above are true to my knowledge and information.

Place ....................... Name and signature of applicant
Date .......................

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 FORM OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
(To be obtained from a Medical Officer )
I have examined Smt. ......................................age ............... and wife of
Shri..................................... she is pregnant running ......................................month.
She had delivered a child on......................................
Place ...................... Name of Doctor & Seal
Date ......................

FORM-XXXV
[See rule 273 (1)]
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
1. Name and address of applicant :
2. Registration No. :
3. Date of completion of 60 years :
4. Date of payment of 1st subscription
amount and name of bank
5. Default if any and reasons thereof :
6. Date of payment of last subscription :
amount, date and name of bank
7. List of documents :
(a) Identity Card
(b) Pass Book
(c) Challans
8. Address at which pension is to
be sent :
9. Any other information (Details :
of benefit if any, from other
welfare Boards)
The facts mentioned above are true to my knowledge and information.
Place ........................ Name and signature of applicant
Date ........................

FORM-XXXVI
[See rule 273 (6)]
REGISTER OF PAYMENT OF PENSION
PPO Name & address of the Date of Birth Date of Total service
No. pensioner with retirement
Membership No. in The Date of entry in
U.B.O.C.W.W. Board the scheme

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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No. & date of order of Date of Monthly rate of Dated-initial of
sanctioning Authority commencement of pension Rs. Secretary.
pension
(6) (7) (8) (9)

Remarks
Order on cancellation of pension etc.
May be noted here with reason and date
Effect under initials of Secretary
(10)

Details of Pension Paid

Month/Year Amount of Pension Date of sending of Dated-initials of
Money Order Secretary .
(11) (12) (13) (14)

Remarks (Details of undelivered

M.O. etc. may be noted here
(15)
FORM-XXXVII
[See rule 279 (1)]
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE ON DEATH
1. Name and address of applicant
2. Relationship with deceased worker
3. Name and address of the deceased worker
4. Registration No.
5. Age & Date of Birth
6. Whether deceased worker married
7. Cause of Death (Give details)
8. Details of documents submitted
9. Amount of financial assistance
applied for
The above details are true to my knowledge and information.
Place....................... Name and signature
Date ......................

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 FORM-XXXVIII
[See rule 279(4)]
REGISTER OF ASSISTANCE ON DEATH
Sl. Date of receipt Name and Period of Date of death Order No.
No. of application Register No. remittance and date
of worker
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Name & address of Amount of Refund of Total Initial

nominee with Assistance on Amount
Relationship to Death
deceased Member
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

FORM-XXXIX
[See rule 275 (2)]
APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY PENSION
1. Name and address of applicant :
2. Age and date of birth :
3. Registration No. :
4. Date of payment of first subscription :
amount and Name of Bank & Branch
5. Date of payment of last subscription :
amount .and Name of Bank
6. Total amount of subscription :
7. Details of disease/accident :
8. Nature of disability due to :
disease/accident
9. Details of treatment in Government
hospitals
Date of admission and date of
discharge :
10. Whether the patient was in plaster?
If so, for how many days? :

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 11. Amount spent for treatment (should :
be supported by medical bills
countersigned by the treating doctor)
12. List of documents submitted :
13. Details of benefits received, :
if any before
14. Details of benefits received, if any :
from Government or any other
institution, for the above treatment.
The above facts are true to my knowledge and information.
Place ......................... Name and signature of applicant
Date .........................
FORM-XL
[See rule 276]
Application No.
APPLICATION FOR INSTRUMENT LOAN
1. Name of the Applicant
2. Father's/Husband's Name
3. Residential Address
4. Registration No.
5. Name of Bank in which
contribution remitted
6. Age & Date of Birth
7. Monthly Income
8. Details of other properties if any,
owned or possessed by the applicant
9. DETAILS OF SURETIES:
Name & Address :
Occupation & Address :
Age & Date of Birth :
Present net monthly income :
Details of other properties
Owned/possessed by the surety :
Whether the surety has offered
himself as surety for any other
transaction earlier, if so, the details :
10. Whether salary certificate from
the employer is attached :
11. Particulars of Instruments to be purchased:
(a) Description
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(c) Model
(d) Invoice price (copy enclosed)
(e) Name & Address of supplier/dealer
12. (a) Amount of loan applied for :
(b) No. of monthly instalments :
proposed for repayment
DECLARATION
A. I/We confirm that the funds will be used for the stated purpose only and will not be
used for speculation and/or anti-social purpose.
B. I/We understand that the Board has the right to recall the funds if they are not used
for the stated purpose.
C. I/We understand that the sanction of the facility is at the discretion of the Board
and I/We will execute necessary Security Documents as per the Board's requirements
to its satisfaction.
Place ........................ Signature of applicant
Date .........................
Surety 1. Name and Signature
(For Office Use only)
The application submitted by Shri.................................employed as
.................................in .................................has been verified. The certificate of
employment and surety in respect of the borrower/surety has been attached along with
the undertaking by the employer.
An amount of Rs. .................................(Rupees .................................) may be
sanctioned for the purpose being the amount requested/amount eligible 75% of the
invoice amount to be recovered of Rs.................................. (Rupees ...........................)
in .................................equal monthly instalments. The last installment will be the
amount outstanding after remittance of the .................................installment including
other dues to the Board at the time of closing of the loan amount.
Sanctioned/Rejected
Secretary

EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE
Certified that Shri/Smt. .................................S/o, D/o, W/o .................................
of................................ House No. ................................. Town .................................
Desam................................. Village................................. Taluk
................................. District ................................. now residing at House No.
.................................Town/ Desam,................................ Village.................................
Taluk................................. District........................... is a
permanent/officiating/acting/provisional....................... (Designation).
DETAILS OF HIS/HER SERVICE ARE AS UNDER
1. Date of entry into service.................................
2. Date of which continuous service begins.................................
3. Date of retirement.................................

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 DETAILS OF HIS/HER PAY, ETC. ARE AS UNDER
1. Basic pay....................................... (a) Provident Fund...............................
2. Dearness Allowance...................... (b) LIC recoveries.................................
3. HRA................................................ (c) Income Tax.....................................
4. Compensatory Allowance.............. (d) Loan recoveries
1. ....................................................
2. ...................................................
3. ...................................................
5. Other Allowances............................... (e) Other recoveries
1. ...................................................
2. ...................................................
Total (A)................................. Total (B).................................
Net Salary: (A)-(B) Rs. .................................
Place ..................... Signature
Date..................... Name
(Office Seal) Designation of the
Head of Office/Department

UNDERTAKING FOR RECOVERY FROM PAY

I .................................(Name in full).................................(Office/department) owe to
Uttaranchal Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board, the sum of Rs.
................................(Rupees .................................) borrower has undertaken to repay
in equated monthly instalments of Rs. .................................on.................................the
lay of every month, I hereby agree that in case of default of payment of monthly
instalments in connection with the said transactions monthly recoveries of such
amounts as may be fixed by the Board from time to time of which information will be
given by the Board may be made from my salary at source and remitted or paid to the
Board or its duly authorised representatives.
Place ...................... Signature of employee
Date
I agree to effect the above recoveries.
Place......................... Signature of the Head of
Date ........................ Office/Department
(Office Seal)
FORM-XLI
(See rule 277)
APPLICATION FOR FUNERAL ASSISTANCE
1. Name and address of applicant :
2. Relationship of applicant with the :
deceased worker
3. Name and address.of deceased worker :
4. Registration No. :
5. Date of registration :

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 6. Date of payment & first subscription,:
amount and name of bank, branch
7. Date of payment of last subscription,:
amount, name of bank, branch
8. Duration of membership :
9. Whether membership was live? :
10. Date of death of the worker :
11. Reason for death :
12. Whether applicant is the nominee :
of the worker
13. If not, whether the applicant has :
submitted dependence certificate
14. Name, age and date of birth of the :
nominee
15. If nominees are minor, name :
of guardian and his relationships
with the children
16. Whether consent letters from other :
nominees submitted? (Where the
No. of nominees is more than one)
17. Whether certificate of guardianship :
submitted by the minor children
18. Amount of assistance, applied for :
The above facts are true to my best of knowledge and information.
Place ......................... Name and address of applicant
Date .........................
FORM-XLII
(See rule 280)
APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL BENEFIT
1. Name and address of applicant
2. Age and date of birth
3. Registration No.
4. Date of payment of first subscription
Amount and Name of Bank

5. Date of payment of last subscription

Amount and Name of Bank

6. Total amount remitted

7. Details regarding disease/surgery

8. Disability if any, due to disease

or surgery

9. Period of treatment as patient in

Government Hospitals (Date of
admission in the Hospital and

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10. List of documents submitted :

11. Details of medical benefits :

received, if any before
The facts mentioned above are true to my knowledge and information.
Place ...................... Name and address of applicant
Date .......................
FORM-XLIII
(See rule 281)
APPLICATION FOR EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
1. Name of student :
2. Male/Female :
(a) SC/ST :
(b) Whether proof is attached :
4. Name of college and affiliated :
University/Board
5. Name and year of course :
6. Date of admission to the course :
7. Age & date of birth of the student :
8. Details of qualifying examination
passed :
Name of Exam. Name of affiliated Month & year of
University/Board/State passing qualifying
examination

9. Marks scored in the qualifying Maximum marks

examination :

Subject Marks Maximum Percentage

Scored marks
Total marks
10. (a) Name of parent of applicant :
(b) Registration No. :
(c) Date of payment of first :
subscription
(d) Date of payment of last :
subscription
(e) No. of instalments paid :
Total subscription paid
(f) Permanent address :
(g) Has the membership been : Yes/No
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 If so, period of revival :
The facts mentioned above are true to my knowledge. If selected for the scholarship, I
promise that I will abide by the condition stipulated in the Scheme.
Place ..................... Name and signature of the
student
Date ......................
AFFIDAVIT OF THE PARENT OF THE STUDENT
I (Name and address) S/o or D/o (Name and address)................................... solemnly
affirm the following:
1. My son/daughter Shri/Smt. ................................... is studying for
................................... (name and years of course).
2. I am a member of the Board since ................................... (Year) with registration
No.
3. Subscription has been paid upto...................................
4. If any of the above facts are found to be wrong later, the scholarship amount
granted to the student will be remitted back by me. The decision of Secretary in this
regard will be applicable to me and it will be final and I agree with the same.
5. I also agree to recover any amount of default due from me.
Place ................... Name and
signature
Date ....................
(To be signed before MLA/MP/Panchayat President/Gazetted Officer of State or
Central)
I certify that Smt./Shri................................... who has signed above has put the
signature in my presence.
Place ..................... Attesting Officer
Date ..................... Name
(Seal) Official designation
I ................................... head of ................................... (Name of institution) hereby
certify that Smt./Shri................................... is a ................................... year student
of................................... course. I have examined the application submitted by the
student and I am convinced that it is correct. This institution is affiliated to the
...................................university/Board.
(Office Seal) Signature of Principal/ Head
Place ................... Name
Date .................... Official Designation
ENQUIRY REPORT OF SECRETARY/ OFFICER AUTHORISED
1. Shri/Smt. ................................... is a live member of this Board, having registration
No. ................................... and is paying subscription regularly.
2. He has paid subscription regularly from ...................................to
................................... He has not defaulted payment of subscription. Membership has
been revived for the period from ...................................to ................................... I
recommend/do not recommend the application (reason for rejection).
SECRETARY/ OFFICER AUTHORISED

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 FORM-XLIV
(See rule 282)
APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE ASSISTANCE
1. Name of applicant :
2. Address :
3. Registration No. :
4. Age and Date of Birth :
5. Date of payment of first :
subscription, amount &
name of Bank and branch
6. Date of payment of last :
subscription, amount, name
of Bank and branch
7. Duration of membership :
8. Is membership live?
9. If application is for the marriage of
Son/Daughter
(1) Whether husband or wife,
a member of this Board :
(2) If so, has she/he applied :
for the financial assistance
(3) Date of birth of the son/ :
daughter who is getting
(4) Address of the bride or :
bridegroom of the son/
daughter
(5) Date and place of marriage :
(6) Date & No. of the Certificate
of marriage :
Name and address of the authority
who issued the Certificate
(7) Have you applied for financial :
assistance for the marriage of
any other son/daughter; if so,
details of the same
10. If application is for the Marriage of self
(for women worker only)
(1) Name and address of :
husband/bridegroom
(2) Date & place of marriage :
(3) No. & Date of Marriage certificate:
Name and address of authority who issued
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11. Are you in receipt of any financial :
assistance for the purpose from
Government or any other institution if so details of the same.
The above facts are true to the best of my knowledge and information.
Place......................... Name and signature of the applicant
Date.........................

FORM-XLV
(See rule 283)
APPLICATION FOR FAMILY PENSION
1. Name and address of applicant
2. Address of the pensioner/worker
3. Relationship with worker
4. Date of death of the worker
5. Monthly pension received by the
worker
6. Whether applicant is receiving
pension from Government/Semi-
Government or any other
Institution? If yes, details thereof
7. Whether applicant is receiving
salary from Government/Semi-
Government/private institutions?
If yes, details thereof
8. List of documents submitted
The above facts are true to the best of my knowledge and information.
Place......................... Name and signature of the applicant
Date ........................

LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED ALONGWITH APPLICATION

1. Death certificate of the worker.
2. Certificate showing relationship between the applicant and
the worker.
3. Certificate stating that the applicant is not receiving any
pension from Government/Semi-Government/Private Institution.
4. Certificate stating that the applicant is not receiving any
salary from Government/Semi-Government/Private Institutions.

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 FORM-XLVI
(See rule 280)
APPLICATION FOR EX GRATIA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
ACCIDENTS
1. Name and address of applicant :
2. Age and date of birth :
3. Registration No. :
4. Date of payment of first subscription,:
amount, Challan No. and Name
of Bank, Branch.
5. Date of payment of last subscription
Challan No., amount, name of
Bank, branch :
6. Total amount of subscription :
7. Details regarding accident :
8. Nature of disability due to accident :
9. Whether treated in Government
hospital? If so, date of admission
and date of discharge :
10. Whether applicant was in :
plaster? If so, for how many days
11. Details of documents submitted :
12. Financial assistance applied for :
13. Have you received any financial :
assistance for treatment before?
If yes, give particulars.
The above facts are true to the best of my knowledge and information.
Place......................... Name and signature of the applicant
Date ........................

..........................................................................................................................................

By order ,

( Nrip Singh Napalchyal)

Principal Secretary

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