Chapter
V — Health, safety and working conditions
Rule 24 — Precaution against dust, noxious gas, fumes and other impurities
Rule-by-rule operational analysis with Code, Form, evidence, authority and State-jurisdiction controls.
Rule identity
Part/sector
Factories
Control family
Work-environment engineering control
Linked Code sections
Section 23
Forms
No direct Annexure VII form identified
Source review
2026-07-17
Rule-level operational analysis
The exact Gazette wording controls. The following map converts Rule 24 into an implementation sequence and highlights the records needed to demonstrate compliance.
- Requirement 1. Identify the sector-specific standard and the actual exposure, occupancy or hygiene condition.
- Requirement 2. Use competent measurements and calibrated instruments where a numerical or exposure standard applies.
- Requirement 3. Apply elimination, substitution and engineering control before relying only on personal protective equipment.
- Requirement 4. Define cleaning, ventilation, maintenance, waste-disposal and inspection frequencies.
- Requirement 5. Trend deviations, complaints and occupational-health findings and close corrective actions.
Sub-rule review protocol
Who acts
Identify the employer, occupier, manager, contractor, worker, medical officer, Inspector-cum-Facilitator or other authority named in each sub-rule.
When
Record the triggering event and calculate every hour/day/month period from documentary evidence.
How
Use the portal, prescribed Form, written notice, examination, committee or technical control stated in the Rule.
Exception/proviso
Do not generalise an exception. Record why its facts and jurisdiction are satisfied.
Decision evidence
Keep the maker, reviewer, competent authority, date, acknowledgement and corrected version.
Later instrument
Check general/special orders, authority notifications, standards and State rules before reliance.
Code and Form concordance
Evidence and audit file
- risk and exposure assessment
- measurement/calibration records
- ventilation or sanitation maintenance
- inspection checklist
- worker complaint log
- corrective-action evidence
Failure consequence and cure
Persistent unsafe exposure can trigger improvement/prohibition action and enhanced liability where injury or disease results.
Where the Rule uses a portal, form or notified authority, a locally created substitute is not automatically equivalent. Cure should preserve the original due date and explain any late correction.
Worked implementation scenario
A covered establishment converts “Precaution against dust, noxious gas, fumes and other impurities” into a control with a named owner, trigger, deadline, prescribed evidence, reviewer and escalation path. A sample transaction is tested before the policy is treated as operational.
Rule-specific QA questions
Has the exact Gazette text been checked?
Yes for source structure and title; users must still read the complete Rule and sub-rules before applying it to facts.
Is this a State-rule page?
No. It covers the 2026 Central Rules. State-specific implementation belongs in a separately sourced State overlay.
Can another existing Finin2min article own this rule?
No. This URL is the canonical legal repository for Rule 24. Articles and hubs should link here without reproducing the full rule analysis.