Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Schedule I

Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

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{See sub rule (1) of Rule 4}

Sl. Section or rule under Qualifications Experience for the Facilities at his

No. which competency is Required purpose command

recognised

1 2 3 4 5

1 Rules made under A degree in Civil or (i) A minimum Requisite facilities

Section 79 and Structural experience of 10 years and tools required

Section2(1)(l) Engineering or a in the design or for the purpose.

Certificate of stability degree equivalent construction or testing

for buildings and the thereto. or repairs of structures;

process flow diagram (ii) Knowledge of non-

of the manufacturing destructive testing,

process, the site plan various codes of

and the detailed plans. practices that are

current and the effect

of the vibrations and

natural forces on the

stability of the

building.

2 Rules made under A degree in (1) A minimum Gauges for

Section18(2)(f) Electrical or experience of 7 measurement;

Dangerous Machines’. Mechanical or years in— instruments for

Textile Engineering (a) design or measurement of

or a degree operation or speed and any

equivalent thereto. maintenance; or other equipment or

(b) testing, device to

examination and determine the

inspection of safety in the use of

relevant dangerous

machinery, their machines.

guards, safety

devices and

appliances.

(2) He shall— be

conversant with

safety devices and

their proper

functioning.

3 Section18(2)(f) — A degree in (i) A minimum Facilities for load

Lifts and Hoists’ Electrical or experience of 7 years testing, tensile

Mechanical in— testing, gauge,

Engineering or a (a) design or erection equipment gadgets

degree equivalent or maintenance; or for measurement

thereto. (b) inspection and test and any other

procedure of Lifts and equipment,

Hoists. required for

(ii)He shall be— determining the

(a)conversant with safe working

relevant codes of conditions of

practices and test Hoists and Lifts.

procedures that are

current;

(b) conversant with

other Statutory

requirements covering

the safety of the Hoists

and Lifts.

4 Section 18(2)(f) — A degree in (i) A minimum Facilities for load

Lifting Machines, Electrical or experience of 7 years testing, tensile

chains, ropes, and Mechanical or in— testing, heat

lifting tackles. Metallurgical (a)design or erection or treatment,

Engineering or a maintenance; or equipment gadget

degree equivalent (b)testing, examination for measurement,

thereto. and inspection of lifting gauges and such

machines, chains, ropes other equipment to

and lifting tackles. determine the safe

(ii) He• shall be— working conditions

(a)conversant with the of the lifting

relevant code of machines, chains,

practices and test ropes and lifting

procedures that are tackles.

current;

(b) conversant with

fracture mechanics and

metallurgy of the

material of construction.

(c) conversant with heat

treatment, stress

relieving techniques as

applicable to stress

bearing components and

parts of lifting machines

and lifting tackles.

5 Section 18(2)(f) – A degree in (i) A minimum Facilities for

‘pressure plant’ Chemical or experience of 10 years carrying out

Electrical or in— hydraulic test, non-

Metallurgical or (a) design or erection or destructive test,

Mechanical maintenance, or gauges equipments/

Engineering or a (b)testing, examination gadgets for

degree equivalent and inspection of measurement and

thereto. pressure plants. other equipment or

(ii) He shall be— gauges to

(a) conversant with the determine the

relevant codes of safety in the use of

practice and test pressure vessels.

procedures relating to

pressure vessels;

(b) conversant with

statutory requirements

concerning the safety of

unfired pressure vessels

and equipment operating

under pressure;

(c) conversant with non-

destructive testing

techniques as are

applicable to pressure

vessels.

6 Section18(2)(f) - A Master’s degree in (i) A minimum Meters, instruments

‘precautions against Chemistry or a experience of 7 years in and devices duly

dangerous fumes’. degree in Chemical collection and analysis calibrated and

Engineering. of environmental certified for

samples and calibration carrying out the

of monitoring tests and

equipment; certifications of

(ii) He shall— be safety in working

conversant with the in confined spaces.

hazardous properties

of chemicals and their

permissible limit values;

7 Ventilation system as A degree in (i)- A minimum Facilities for

required under various Mechanical or experience of 7 years in testing the

Schedules framed Electrical the design, fabrication, Ventilation system,

under Section 82 such Engineering or a installation, testing of instruments and

as Schedules on— Degree equivalent ventilation systems and gauges for testing

(i)grinding or glazing thereto. systems used for the effectiveness of

of metals and extraction and collection the extraction

Processes incidental of dusts, fumes and systems for dust,

thereto. vapours and other vapours and fumes

(ii)cleaning or ancillary equipment. and any other

smoothing, (ii) He shall be equipment needed

roughering, etc. of conversant with relevant for determining the

articles by a jet of codes of practice and efficiency and

sand, metal shot or test procedures that are adequacy of these

grit or other abrasive current in respect of systems. He shall

propelled by a blast of Ventilation and have the assistance

compressed air or extraction system for of a person having

steam. fumes. a post graduate

(iii)handling and degree in Physics

processing of or diploma in

asbestos. Mechanical

(iv)manufacture of Engineering with at

Rayon by viscose least 7 years of

process, experience on

(v)foundry operations related facilities.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 27 August 2026, pp. 361–363 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 361 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.