Rule 20. Safety Committee and Safety officers under Section 22

(1) In every establishment which is a factory, motor transport undertaking, plantation, newspaper establishment and establishment relating to beedi and cigar and to such other establishment to which these rules apply; there shall be a safety committee :-(a) Wherein 100 or more workers are ordinarily employed; or

(b) Which carries on any process or operation declared to be dangerous under Section 82 of the Code; or

(c) Which carries on 'hazardous process' as defined under Section 2 (1) (za) of the Code;

(2) The tenure of the safety committee shall be for three years. The safety committee shall meet at least once in every quarter.

(3) The representative of the workers shall be chosen by the registered trade Union. In case where there is no registered trade union the members may be chosen by the workers of the establishment.

Provided that there shall be adequate representation of the women workers in the committee.

(4) Safety Committee shall have the right to be adequately and suitably informed of –

(a) potential safety and health hazards to which the workers may be exposed at workplace;

(b) data on accidents as well as data resulting from surveillance of the working environment and of the health of employees, conducted at such establishments.

(5) The owner, employer, occupier, agent or manager shall, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the recommendations of the Safety Committee shall take action to implement the recommendations.