The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026
Rule 45. Appointment of safety officers under sub-section (2) of section 22 and clause (zzq) of sub-section (2) of section 133
Official text
(1) In every establishment which is a-(a) factory wherein five hundred workers or more; or
(b) factory carrying on hazardous process wherein two hundred fifty workers or more; or
(c) building and other construction work wherein two hundred and fifty workers; or
(d) major Accident Hazard installation; or
(e) factory manufacturing sulfuric acid not less than one safety officer shall be appointed by the employer:
Provided that, -(i) for an establishment specified in clause (a), one additional safety officer shall be appointed if number of workers employed are more than one thousand but not exceeding one thousand five hundred and one more safety officer shall be appointed for every additional one thousand workers or part thereof;
(ii) for an establishments specified in clause (b), clause (c), clause (d) and clause (e) one additional safety officer shall be appointed if number of workers employed are more than five hundred but not exceeding one thousand and one more safety officer shall be appointed for every additional one thousand workers or part thereof.
(2) The occupier of the factory or employer of building or other construction establishment, as the case may be, shall inform the concerned Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction and the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction about the appointment of the Safety Officer or Chief Safety Officer within seven days from such appointment.