Contents of the OSH Rules (Mizoram)

The Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Schedule 1

Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020No. B-11011/12/2026-LESDE, 12 Aug 2026

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(See rule 84)

Manufacture of aerated waters and Processes incidental thereto

1. Fencing of machines – All machines for filling bottles or siphons shall be so constructed, placed or

fenced as to prevent, as far as may be practicable, a fragment of a bursting bottle or siphon from

striking any person employed in the factory.

2. Face guards and gauntlets

(1) The occupier shall provide and maintainin good condition for the use of all persons engaged in

filling bottles or siphons–

(a) Suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat, and

(b) Suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the whole hand and arms:

Provided that Paragraph 2 (1) shall not apply where bottles are filled by means of an

automatic machine so constructed that no fragment of a bursting bottle can escape:

Provided further that a machine so constructed that, only one arm of the bottler

at work upon it is exposed to danger, a gauntlet need not be provided for the arm which is

not exposed to danger.

(2) The occupier shall provide and maintain in good condition for theuse of all persons engaged in

corking, crowing, screwing, wiring, foiling, capsuling, sighting or labelling bottles or siphons.

(a) Suitable face-guards to protect the face, neck and throat, and

(b) Suitable gauntlets for both arms to protect the arm and at least half of the palm and the space

between the thumb and forefinger.

3. Wearing of face-guards and gauntlets – All persons engaged in any of the processes specified in

paragraph 2 of this schedule shall, while at work in such processes, wear the face-guards and gauntlets

provided under the provisions of the said paragraph.

Source: The Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, No. B-11011/12/2026-LESDE — Mizoram Gazette Extraordinary, Vol. LV, Issue No. 674, 13 August 2026, p. 68 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 68 · official download · all sources