Rule 40. Duties of Safety Officer

The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist the management of factory or establishment in the fulfillment of its obligations, statutory or otherwise, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintaining a safe working environment. These duties shall include the following, namely:-

(i) to advise the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the effective control of personal injuries;

(ii) to advise on safety aspects in all job studies, and to carry out detailed job safety studies of selected jobs;

(iii) to check and evaluate the effectiveness of the action taken or proposed to be taken to prevent personal injuries;

(iv) to advise the purchasing and stores departments in ensuring high quality and availability of personal protective equipment;

(v) to provide advice on matters related to carrying out plant safety inspections:

(vi) to carry out plant safety inspections in order to observe the physical conditions of work and the work practices and procedures followed by workers and to render advice on measures to be adopted for removing the unsafe physical conditions and preventing unsafe actions by workers;

(vii) to render advice on matters related to reporting and investigation of industrial accident and disease;

(viii) to investigate selected accidents;

(ix) to investigate the cases of notifiable disease listed in the Third Schedule of the Code and dangerous occurrences reportable under the Code and rules;

(x) to advise on the maintenance of such records as are necessary relating to accidents, dangerous occurrences and notifiable diseases;

(xi) to organise in association with the concerned department, campaigns competitions, contests and other activities which will develop and maintain the interest of the workers in establishing and maintaining safe conditions of work and procedures; and

(xii) to design and conduct either independently or in collaboration with the training department, suitable training and educational programmes for the prevention of personal injuries.