Rule 19: Duties of Safety Officers in case of dock work and building or other construction work
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Rule 19 — Governs duties of safety officers in case of dock work and building or other construction work and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following,…
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following, namely:- (a) advising the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the effective control of personal injuries;
- (j) to design and conduct either independently or in collaboration with the training department, suitable training and educational programme for the prevention of personal injuries; and (k) the safety officer shall maintain in a bound paged book or in retrievable and non-editable electronic form a detailed record of the work performed by safety officer.
Provisos / explanations
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this rule.
Thresholds & timelines
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 19
19. Duties of Safety Officers in case of dock work and building or other construction work.-The
duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations,
concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment
and shall include the following, namely:-
(a) advising the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the
effective control of personal injuries;
(b) advising on safety aspects in all job studies and to carry out detailed job safety studies of
selected jobs;
(c) to check and evaluate the effectiveness of the action taken or proposed to be taken to prevent
personal injuries;
(d) to provide advice on matters related to carrying out safety inspections;
(e) to carry out plant safety inspections 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;
(f) to render advice on matters related to reporting and investigation of accidents, dangerous
occurrences and diseases;
(g) to investigate selected accidents and dangerous occurrences ;
(h) to investigate the cases of notifiable diseases listed in the Third Schedule to the Code;
(i) to organise in association with the concerned departments, 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;
(j) to design and conduct either independently or in collaboration with the training department,
suitable training and educational programme for the prevention of personal injuries; and
(k) the safety officer shall maintain in a bound paged book or in retrievable and non-editable
electronic form a detailed record of the work performed by safety officer.Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following, namely:- (a) advising the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the effective control of personal injuries;
- Additional operative limb — (j) to design and conduct either independently or in collaboration with the training department, suitable training and educational programme for the prevention of personal injuries; and (k) the safety officer shall maintain in a bound paged book or in retrievable and non-editable electronic form a detailed record of the work performed by safety officer.
- Code Section mapping — 22. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Worker.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Sections cited/mapped
Forms
No form is directly mapped in the current rule register.
Worked example
For an establishment affected by duties of safety officers in case of dock work and building or other construction work, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following, namely:- (a) advising the concerned departments in pl” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 22.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 19
What is Rule 19 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 19 — Governs duties of safety officers in case of dock work and building or other construction work and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following,…
What does Rule 19 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise and assist in the fulfilment of statutory obligations, concerning prevention of personal injuries and maintenance of a safe working environment and shall include the following, namely:- (a) advising the concerned departments in planning and organising measures necessary for the effective control of personal injuries;” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 19 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this rule text. Check the complete rule below for clause-level conditions.
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 19?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 19?
The current concordance maps Rule 19 to Section(s) 22.
When did Rule 19 come into force?
The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.