Rule 2. Definitions

(1) In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

(1) "access" or "egress" means passageways, corridors. stairs, platforms, ladders and any other in cans to be used by a building worker for normally entering or Icaving the workplace or for escaping in case of danger:

(2) "approved" means approved in writing by the Chief Inspector- cum-Facilitator or the State Government;

(3) "Appcilate officer" means a person notified by the State Government and authorized for the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Code;

(4) "Appeliale authority" means Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator appointed under subsection (1) of section 34 by Government of Gujarat;

(5) "Artificial humidification' means the introduction of moisture into the air of'a room by any artificial means whatsoever except the unavoidable escape of steam or water vapour into the atmosphere directly due to a manufacturing process:

Provided that the 'introduction of air directly from outside through moistened mats or screens placed in opening at times when the temperature of the room is 80 degrees or more, shall notbe deemed to be artificial humidification;

(6) "base plate" means a plate for distributing the load from a Standard in the case of metal scaffolds:

(7) "bay" in relation to scaffolds, means that portion of the scaffold between horizontal or vertical supports whether standards or supports From which the portion is suspended, are adjacent longitudinally;

(8) 'Belt' includes any driving strap or rope;

(9) 'Board' means the Board under section 17 of the Code;

(10) "brace" means a member incorporated diagonally in a scaffold for stability;

(11) "bulkhcad" means an airtight structure separating the wvorking chamber from free air or from another chamber under a lower pressure than the working pressure;

(12) "caisson" means an air and watertight chamber in which it is possible for person to work under air pressure greater than atmospheric pressure at sea level to excavate material below water level;

(13) "Central rules" means the, "The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2020;

(14) "child" means a person who has not completed fourteen years of age;

(15) "code" means the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020;

(16) "cofferdam" means a structure constructed entirely or in part below water level or below the level of the water level in the ground and intended to provide a place for work that is free of water;

(17) "compressed air" means air mechanically raised o a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure at sea level;

(18) "construction site" means any site at which any of the processes or operations, related to building or other construction work, are carried on:

(19) "conveyor" means a mechanical device used in building or other construction work for transport of building material, articles, or packageslor solid bulk from one pain • to another point;

(20) "danger" means danger of accident or of injury or to health and life of building worker or any other person;

(21) "Dangerous occurrence "means any dangerous occurrence specified in the Schedule of rule 14 takes place in a factory;

(22) "decanting" ineans the rapid decompression of persons n a man-lock to atmospheric pressure at sca level followed promptly by their recompression in a decant lock, where they are then decompressed according to the appropriate decompression table in accordance with approved decompression procedures;

(23) "Degree' (of temperature) means degrees on the Fahrenheit scale;

(24) "demolition work" means the work incidental to or connected with the total or partial dismantling or razing of a building or a structure other than a building and includes the removing or dismantling of machines or other equipment;

(25) "excavation" means the removal of earth, rock or other material in connection with construction or demolition work;

(26) "false works" means the structural supports and bracing for formwvorks or forns:

(27) "flashpoint" means the minimum liquid temperature at which a spark or flame causes an instantaneous flash in the vapour space above the liquid;

(28) "forms" means prescribed under or annexed to this rule;

(29) "frame or modular scaffold" means a scaffold manufactured in such a way that the geometry of the scaffold is pre-determined and the relative spacing of the principal members are fixed;

(30) 'Funne' includes gas or vapour;

(31) "guardrail" means a horizontal rail secured to uprights and erected along the exposed sides of scaffolds, floor openings, runways and gangways to prevent persons from falling;

(32) "hazardous substance" means any substance wlich due to its explosiveness, in flammability. radioactivity, toxic or corrosive proportics, or other similar characteristics, may:

(i) cause injury; or

(ii) affect adversely the human system; or

(iii) cause loss of life or damage to property on work- environment, while handling, transporting or storing and classified as such under the national standards or in case such national standards do not exist to the generally accepted interational standards;

(33) "high pressure air" means air used to supply power to pneumatic tools and devices;

(34) 'Health Officer' means the Municipal Health Officer, District Health Officer or such other official as may be appointed by the State Government in that behalf;

(35) 'Hygrometer' means an accurate wet and dry-bulb hygrometer conforming to the By: prescribed condition as regards constructions and maintenance;

(36) "independent tied scaffold" means a scaffold, the working platform of which is supported from the base by two or more rows of standards and which apart from the necessary ties stands completely free of the building;

(37) 'Inspector-cum-Facilitator" means an officer notified under section 34 of the Code:

(38) "ledger" means a member spanning horizontally and tying scaffolding longitudinally and which acts as a support for putlogs or transoms;

(39) "Licensing Authority" means the licensing authority appointed by the State Government for purpose of these rules;

(40) "lifting appliance" means a crane, hoist, derrick, winch, gin pole,sheet legs, jack, pulley block or other equipent used for lifing materials, objeces or building worker;

(41) "lifting gear" means ropes, chains, hooks, slings and other accessories of a "lifting appliance";

(42) "lock attendant" ineans the person in charge of a man-lock or medical lock and who is immediately responsibic for controlling the compression, recompression or decompression of persons in such locks;

(43) "low pressure air" neans air supplied to pressurize working chambers and manlocks and medical locks;

(44) "magazine" means a place in which explosives are stored or kept, whether above or below ground;

(45) "Manager' means the person responsible to the occupier for the working of the factory for the purpose of the code;

(46) "man lock" means any lock, other than a medical lock, used for the compression or decompression of persons entering or leaving a working chamber;

(47) 'Maintained' means maintained in an eflicient state, inefficient working order and in good repair;

(48) "material hoist" means a power or manually operated and suspended platform or bucket operating in guide rails and used for raising or lowering material exclusively and operated and controlled from a point outside the conveyance;

(49) "materials lock" means a chamber through which materials and equipment pass from one air pressure environment into another; Py"

(50) "medical lock" means a double compartment lock used for the therapeutic recompression and decompression of persons suffering from the ill-effects of decompression;

(51) "Medical Officer" means a person appointed under section 42 of the Code by the Government of Gujarat for the purposes of this Code within such local limits or for such factory or class or description of factories as it may assign to them respectively;

(52) "national standards" means standards as approved by Bureau of Indian Standards and in the absence of such standards of Bureau of Indian Standards, the standards approved by the Central Government for a specific purpose:

(53) "outrigger" means a structure projecting beyond the facade of a building with the inner end being anchored and includes a cantilever or other support;

(54) "plant or equipment" includes any plant, equipment, gear, machinery, apparatus or appliance, or any part thereof:

(55) "pressure" means air pressure in bars above atmospheric pressure:

(56) "pressure plant" means the pressure vessel along with its piping and other fittings operated at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure;

(57) "putlog" means a horizontal member on which the board, plank or docking of a working platform are laid;

(58) 'Qualified Nurse' means a person who possesses a qualification in nursing recognized under the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947,and who is registered with the Gujarat Nursing Council, or a similar registered body of any other State in India.

(59) "registering officer" means the registering officer appointed by the State Government for purpose of these rules;

(60) "responsible person" means a person appointed by the employer to be responsible for the performance of specific duty or duties and who has sufficient knowledge and experience and the requisite authority for the proper performance of such duty or duties;

(61) "revcal tic" means the assembly of a tie tube and fittings used for lightening a tube between two opposite surfaces:

(62) "right angle coupler" means a coupler, other than a swivel or putlog coupler, used for connecting tubes al right angles;

(63) "rock belt" means a mechanical expansion bolt or a bolt used with cementitious or resin anchoring system which is sct in drilled hole in the arch or wall of a tunnel to improve rock competency:

(64) "roofing bracket" means a bracket used in sloped roof construction and having sharp points or other means for fastening to prevent slipping;

(65) "safely screen" means an air and water tight diaphragm placed across the upper part of a compressed air funnel betieen the face and bulkhead, in order to prevent flooding the crown of the tunnel between the safety screen and the bulkhead to provide a safe means of refuge and exit from a flooding or flooded tunnel;

(66) "safe working load" in relation to an article of lifting gear or lifting appliances, means the load which is the maximum load that may be imposed on such article or appliance with safety in the normal working conditions as assessed and certified by a competent person;

(67) "scaffold" means any temporarily provided structure on or from which building workers perform work in connection with building or other construction work to which these rules apply, and any temporarily provided structure which cnables building workers to obtain access to or which cnables materials to be taken to any place at which such work is performed, and includes any working platform. gangıvay, run, ladder or stepladder (other than a ladddr or step ladder which does not form part of such structure) together with any guardrail. toe board or other safeguards and all fixings, but does not include lifting appliance or a lifting machine or a structure used merely to support such an appliance or such amachinc or to support other plant or equipment;

(68) "section" means a section of the Code;

(69) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules;

(70) "segment" includes a cast iron or precast concrete segmented structure fonned to the curvature of the tunnel cross-section and used to support the ground surrounding the tunnel;

(71) "service shaft" means a shaft for the passage of building workers or materials to or from a tunnel under construction:

(72) "shaft" means an excavation having a longitudinal axis at an angle greater than fortyfive degrees from the horizontal -

(i) for the passage of building workers or materials to or froma tunnel or

(11) leading to au existing tunnel:

(73) "shield" means a movable frame which supports the working face of a tunnel anc ground immediately behind it and includes equipment designed to excavate support the excavated areas in a tunnel;

(74) "shoring" means the construction of'a temporary structure to support temporaril: unsafe structure. These render lateral support to walls and are used under following circumstances-

(1) when a wall shows signs of bulging out due to had workmanship;

(ii) when a wall cracks due to unequal settlement of foundation, and the crac wall needs repair:

(iii) when an adjacent structure is to be dismantled;

(iv) when opening are to be made or enlarged in the wall;

(75) "sole plate" means a member used to distribute the load from the base plate or standard of wooden scaffolds to the supporting surface;

(76) "sound or good construction" means construction conforming to the relev National or State standard whichever is applicable or in case such National or St standards do not exist, to other generally accepted international engineeri standards or code of practices:

(77) "sound or good material" means materials of a quality conforming to the relevi national or state standards whichever is applicable or in case such national or sti standards do not exist, to other generally accepted international engineeri standards or code of practices;

(78) "standard" in relation to bay in Rule 2(f) means a member used as a vertical supp‹ or column in the construction of scaffolds which transmits a load to the ground to the solid construction;

(79) "standard safe operating practices" means the practice followed in building at other construction activities for the safety and health of workers and safe operatic of machineries and equipment used in such activities and such practices confon to all or any of the following, namely -

(1) relevant standards approved by Bureau of Indian Standards;

(ii) national building code;

(iii) manufacturer's instructions on safe use of equipment and machinery;

(iV) code of practice on safely and health in construction industry published by International Labour Organization and amended from time to time;

(80) "State advisory board" means the State Occupational Safety and Health advisory board constituted under section 17 of the code.

(81) "steel rih" includes all steel beams and other structural members shaped to conform to the requirements of' a particular tunnel cross section, used for the purpose of supporting and stabilizing the excavated areas;

(82) "suspended scaffold" means a scaffold suspended by means of ropes or chains and capable of being raised or lowered but does not include a boatswain's chair or similar appliance;

(83) "'ie" means an assembly used to connect a scaffold to af rigid anchorage;

(84) "toe board" means a member fastened above a working platform,access landing, access way, wheel barrow run, ramp or other platform to prevent building workers and materials falling there from;

(85) "transom" means a member placed horizontally and used to tie transversely one lodge to another, or one standard to another in an independent tic scaffold;

(86) "trestle scaffold" includes a scaffold in which the supports for the platform are any of the following, which are self-supporting, namely -

(i) split heads;

(ii) folding;

(iii) step-ladder;

(iv) tripods;

(V) movable contrivances similar to any of the fordgoing;

(87) "tubular scaffold" means a scaffold constructed from tubes and couplers;

(88) "tunnel" means a subterrancan passage made by excavating beneath the over burden into which a building worker enters or is required to enter to work;

(89) "underground" means any space within the confines of a shaft, tunnel, caisson or cofferdam;

(90) "vehicle" means a vehicle propelled or driven by mechanical or electrical power and includes a trailer, traction engine, tractor, road-building machine and transport equipment;

(91) "working chamber" means the part of the construction site where work in a compressed air enviromment is carried out, but does not include a man-lock or medical-lock:

(92) "working platform" means a platfonn which is used to support building workers or materials and includes a working stage:

(93) "working pressure" means pressure, in working chamber, to which building worker is exposed;

(94) "workplace" means all places where building workers are required to be present or to go for work and which are under the control of an employer;

(95) 'Workroom' means any place occupied by employees engaged in any manufacturing process, with or without the aid of poser.

(2) Words and expressions not defined in these rules but defined or usad in the Code shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Code.