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Up to 10,000 building workers—four Safety Officers. For every additional 5000 building workers or part thereof—one Safety Officer. Any appointment, when made shall be notified to the Inspector having jurisdiction in the area, giving full details of the qualifications, terms and conditions of service of such safety officer. Qualification—(a) A person shall not be eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer unless he: (i) possesses a recognised degree in any branch of engineering or technology or architecture and had a practical experience of working in a building or other construction work in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than two years or possesses a recognised diploma in any branch of engineering or technology and has had practical experience of building or other construction work in a supervisory capacity for a period of not less than five years; (ii) possesses a recognised degree or diploma in industrial safety with at least one paper in construction safety (as an elective subject); (iii) has adequate knowledge of the language spoken by majority of building workers from the construction site in which he is to be appointed. (b) Notwithstanding the provision contained in clause (a), any person who— (i) possesses a recognised degree or diploma in engineering or technology or architecture and has had experience of not less than five years in the filed, 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 Sch VIII The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 113 five years or has undergone training in education, consultancy or research in the field or accident prevention in industry, port, or in any institution or an establishment dealing with building or other construction work, shall also be eligible for appointment as a Safety Officer: Provided that, in case of person who has been working as Safety Officer in industry or port, institution or an establishment dealing with building or other construction work for a period of not less than three years on the date of commencement of these rules, the Director General may, subject to such conditions that he may specify, relax all or any of the abovesaid qualification. Condition of Service—(a) Where number of Safety Officers appointed exceeds one, one of them shall be designated as Chief Safety Officer and shall have the status higher than the others. The Chief Safety Officer shall be in over all charge of the safety functions as envisaged in sub-clause (iv) and also other Safety Officers working under his control. (b) the Chief Safety Officer or Safety Officer, where only one Safety Officer is appointed, shall be given the status of a Senior Executive and he shall work directly under the control of his Chief Executive. All other Safety Officers shall be given appropriate status to enable them to dispatch their functions effectively. (c) the scale of pay and allowances to be granted to the Safety Officers including the Chief Safety Officer and the other conditions of their service shall be the same as those of the officers of corresponding status of the establishment in which they are employed. Duties of Safety Officer—(a) The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist the employer in the fulfilment of his obligations, statutory or otherwise concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintaining a safe working environment. These duties shall include the following, namely: (i) to 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 out detailed safety studies of selected activities; (iii) to check and evaluate the effectiveness of action taken or proposed to be taken to prevent personal injuries; (iv) to advise purchasing and ensuring quality of personal protective equipment conforming 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; 114 The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 Sch IX (ix) to promote the working of safety committees and to act as an advisor to such committees; (x) to organise, in association with concerned departments, campaigns, competitions, contests and other activities which will develop and maintain the interest of building workers in establishing and maintaining safe conditions of work and procedures; (xi) to design and conduct, either independently or in collaboration with other agencies, suitable training and educational programmes for prevention of accidents to building workers; (xii) to frame safe rules and safe working practices in consultation with senior officials of the establishment; (xiii) supervise and guide safety precautions to be taken in building and other construction work of the establishment. Facilities to be provided to Safety Officers—The employer shall provide each safety officer with such facilities, equipment and information that are necessary to enable him to dispatch his duties effectively. Prohibition of performance of other duties—No Safety Officer shall be required or permitted to do any work which is unconnected to, inconsistent with or detrimental to the performance of the duties prescribed in this Schedule. Exemptions—Director General may, in writing, exempt any employer or group of employers from any or all of the provisions of these rules subject to compliance with such alternative arrangements as may be approved and notified by him in the order of 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. SCHEDULE X [SEE RULE 225(B)] Service and facilities to be provided in occupational health centres—(1) One full time construction medical officer for building or other construction work, employing workers upto one thousand and one additional construction medical officer for every additional one thousand workers or part thereof. (2) The staff, including one nurse, one dresser-cum-compounder, one sweeper-cum-ward boy with each construction medical officer for full work hours. (3) The occupational health centre with a floor area of minimum fifteen square metres constituting two rooms with smooth walls and intern service, adequately illuminated and ventilated. (4) Adequate equipment for day-to-day treatment. (5) Necessary equipment to manage any medical emergency. 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. Sch XII The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 115 (3) A medical officer having working experience in organisation establishments involved in policy, execution and advice and safety and health of workers employed in mines, ports and docks, factories and building and other construction work, for a period of not less than three years may, subject to the satisfaction of the Director General, not be required to possessing the training referred to in item (2) above. (4) The syllabi of the courses leading to the above certificates and the organisation conducting such courses shall be approved by the Central Government who may also from time-to time prepare a panel of such 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 Sr. No. Substance Permissible limits of exposure Time Weighted average Concentration (TWA) (8 hrs.) Short-term exposure limit (STEL) (15 min.)* ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3 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 Aorolein 0.1 0.25 0.3 0.8 5 Acrylonitrile-skin (S.C.) .2 4.5 - - 6 Aldrin-skin - 0.25 - - 7 Allylchloride 1 3 2 6 8 Ammonia 25 18 35 27 9 Aniline-skin 2 10 - - 10 Anisidine (o-P, isomers)-skin 0.1 0.5 - - 11 Arsenic & soluble compounds (as As) - 0.2 - - 12 Benzene (SC) 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) 200 590 300 835 18 n-Butyl acetate 150 710 200 950 19 n-Butyl alcohol-skin C 50 150 - - 20 sec/tert.Butyl acetate 200 950 - - 21 Butyl mercaptan 0.5 1.5 - - 116 The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 Sch XII Sr. No. Substance Permissible limits of exposure Time Weighted average Concentration (TWA) (8 hrs.) Short-term exposure limit (STEL) (15 min.)* ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 - - 31 Chlorobenzene (monochlorobenzene) 75 350 - - 32 Chloroform (S.C.) 10 50 - - 33 bis-Chloromethyl ether (H.C.) 0.001 0.005 - - 34 Chromic acid and chromates (as Cr) (Water Soluble) - 0.05 - - 35 Chromous Salts (as Cr) - 0.05 - - 36 Copper fume - 0.2 - - 37 Cotton dust, raw - 0.2* - - 38 Cresol, all isomers-skin 5 22 - - 39 Cyanides (as CN)-skin - 1 - - 40 Cyanogen 10 20 - - 41 DDT (Dichorodiphenly- trichoroethane) - 1 - - 42 Demeton-skin 0.01 0.1 - - 43 Diazinon-skin - 0.1 - - 44 Dibutyl Phthalate - 5 - - 45 Dicholorvas (DDVP)-skin 0.1 1 - - 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 (Thiadon)-Skin - 0.1 - - 51 Endrin skin - 0.1 - - 52 Ethyl acetate 400 1400 - - Sch XII The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 117 Sr. No. Substance Permissible limits of exposure Time Weighted average Concentration (TWA) (8 hrs.) Short-term exposure limit (STEL) (15 min.)* ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3 1 2 3 4 5 6 53 Ethyl alcohol 1000 1900 - 54 Ethylamine 10 18 - - 55 Fluorides (as F) - 2.5 - - 56 Flourine 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 Flourine (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 (FeO) (as Fe) - 5 - - 68 Isoamyl acetate 100 525 - - 69 Isoamyl alcohol 100 360 125 450 70 Isobutyl alcohol 50 150 - - 71 Lead,inorg fumes and dust (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) Atyl and inorganic compounds - 0.1 - - 77 Methyl alcohol(Methanol)-Skin 200 260 250 310 118 The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 Sch XII Sr. No. Substance Permissible limits of exposure Time Weighted average Concentration (TWA) (8 hrs.) Short-term exposure limit (STEL) (15 min.)* ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 1 5 - - 86 Nitrogen dioxide 3 6 5 10 87 Oil mist, minerals - 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)-skin - 0.05 - 0.2 92 Phosgene (Carbonyl Chloride) 0.1 0.4 - - 93 Phosphine 0.3 0.4 1 1 94 Phosphoric acid - 1 - 3 95 Phosphorus (yellow) - 0.1 - - 96 Phosphorus pentachloride 0.1 1 - - 97 Phosphorus trichloride 0.2 1.5 0.5 3 98 Piecie acid-skin - 0.1 - 0.3 99 Pyridine 5 15 - - 100 Silane (silicon tetrahydride) 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 Toluene (Toluol) 100 375 150 560 Sch XII The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 119 Sr. No. Substance Permissible limits of exposure Time Weighted average Concentration (TWA) (8 hrs.) Short-term exposure limit (STEL) (15 min.)* ppm mg/m3 ppm mg/m3 1 2 3 4 5 6 108 O-Toluidune-skin (S.C.) 2 9 - - 109 Tributyl 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 (o-,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 250C and 760 mm of Hg. 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/m3 =----------------------------- x ppm 24.45 G: denotes Ceiling Limit Skin : denotes potential contribution to the overall exposure by the cutaneous 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 hours) Silica, SiQ (a) Crystalline (i) Quartz 10600 (1) In terms of dust count ------------------------ mppcm % Quartz = 10 10 (2) In terms of respirable dust ------------------------- mg/m3 % respirable Quartz + 2 30 (3) In terms of total dust ------------------------- mg/m3 %Quartz + 3 120 The Building and Other Construction Workers‘ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998 Sch XII (ii) Cristobalite Half the limits given against quartz (iii) Tridymite 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 um in length and less than 3 um in breadth with length to breadth ratio equal to or greater than 3:1 Portland cement 10 mg/m3, Total dust containing less than 1% quartz Coal Dust 2 mg/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 (um) (Unit density sphere) % passing sector < 2 90 2.5 75 3.5 50 5.0 25 10 00 FORM [SEE RULE 23 (1)] APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING BUILDING WORKERS