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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 138. Rescue tracings

Chapter XIPart IV — MinesMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

(1) There shall be kept at a below ground mine, more than three legible tracings of the working of the mine upto a date not before three preceding months.

(2) The tracing shall show the system of ventilation in the mine and in particular, the general direction of air-current, every point where the quantity of air is measured, every air-crossing, ventilation-door, stopping, booster fan and any other principal device for regulation and distribution of air, fire-dams, preparatory stoppings, every fire-fighting equipment, every water-dam with dimensions and other particulars of construction, every pumping, telephone and ambulance station, every room used for storing inflammable material, reserve stations and every haulage and travelling roadway.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) — Gazette of India, p. 217 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 217 · official download · all sources