Rule 12. Duties of employee under clauses (d) and (g) of Section 13

(1) Every employee employed in an establishment viz. a factory, building or other construction worketc shall always co-operate in all respects with the management while carrying out any work or any emergency duty assigned to them in pursuance of the provisions of this code and building an occupational Safety & Health culture.

(2) In particular, the employees of factories, building or other construction work shall carry out the following duties.

a) Every employee who comes to know about the existence of any unsafe or unhealthy conditions in the establishment shall report to the employer or health and safety representative or safety officer or concerned Supervisor as soon as practicable, and who in turn reports it to the employer electronically or in writing or telephonically.

b) Every employee in a factory, building or other construction work shall not make a safety device or appliance or any guarding or fencing arrangement, inoperative or defective and shall report the defective condition of the aforesaid arrangements as soon as he is aware of any such defect.

c) Before commencing any work, all employees in the factory, building or other construction work shall check their work place as well as the machinery, equipment or appliance used and report any malfunction or defect immediately to the supervisor or any responsible person of the management.

d) All employees shall always use all the personal protective equipment issued to them in a careful manner.

e) All employees in a factory, building or other construction work shall not remain in an unauthorized place or carryout unauthorized work or improvise any arrangements or adopt short cut method or misuse any of the arrangements in a manner against the interest of Occupational Safety & Health.

f) The employees shall not refuse to undergo medical examination as required under these rules.