Contents of the OSH Rules (Gujarat)

The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025

Schedule II

Chapter III — Duties of Employer and Employees, Etc.Printed after rule 11Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020No. GHR/2025/76/FAC/142021/68396/M3, 6 Jun 2025

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List of Dangerous Occurrences

The following classes of dangerous occurrences, whether or not they hte attended by personal

injury or disablement. nanely: -

(i) Bursting, of any plant or pipeline or equipment containing petroleum, steam, compressed

air or other substance at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure;

(ii) Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist or other appliances used in raising or

lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof, or the overluring of a crane;

(iii) Explosion, explosion due to explosives, fire, leakage or rolcasc of hannful toxic gases,

bursting out, leakage or escape of any molten metal,or hot liquid or gas causing bodily injury

to any person or damage lo anyplace in which persons are employed;

(iv) Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storge at pressure greater than

atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting

from the compression of gas;

(v) Collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoist or conveyors or other similar equipment

for handling building or construction material or breakage or failure of rope, chain or loose

gears; overturning of cranes used in building or other construction work: falling of objects

or materials or persons from height;

(Vi) Collapse of any wall, floor, gallery, roof bridge, tunnel, chimney. wall, building

subsidence of soil or any other structure, platform, staging, scaffolding or any means of

access including formvork; contactwork, excavation and collapse of transinission;

(vii) Spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container;

(viii) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment within the establishment;

(ix) fall from height of any excavation, loading or transport machinery:

(x) an instantaneous failure of a pillar, part of a pillar or several pillars of coal (i.e., a bump) in

working below ground;

(хi) a rock-burst in working below ground; a premanure collapse of any part of the working;

(xii) a breakage, fracture or failure of an essential part of any machine or apparatus whereby the

safety of persons may be endangered;

(xiii) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery, or interruption of normal

mnining operations;

(xiv) failure of dump or side in opencast working; a blowout;

failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons may be endangered; or (xV)

spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing burn injury to any person;

(xvi) a major uncontrolled emission of petroleum or chemical spillage.

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