Rule 40: Ventilation, temperature and humidity
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026
Rule 40 — Governs ventilation, temperature and humidity and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where…
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 employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where dock workers are employed with adequate ventilation maintain such temperature and air movement so as to provide reasonable condition of comfort and to prevent any harm to the health of employees.
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 40
40. Ventilation, temperature and humidity.- The employer of every dock work shall ensure that
effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every
building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where dock workers are
employed with adequate ventilation maintain such temperature and air movement so as to provide
reasonable condition of comfort and to prevent any harm to the health of employees.Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — The employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where dock workers are employed with adequate ventilation maintain such temperature and air movement so as to provide reasonable condition of comfort and to prevent any harm to the health of employees.
- Code Section mapping — 23. 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: Employer, Employee / worker, 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 ventilation, temperature and humidity, 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 employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where dock workers are employed with adequate ventilation main” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 23.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 40
What is Rule 40 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 40 — Governs ventilation, temperature and humidity and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where…
What does Rule 40 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “The employer of every dock work shall ensure that effective and suitable provisions are made in every dock for securing and maintaining in every building or an enclosure or a reefer hold or chamber or reefer container where dock workers are employed with adequate ventilation maintain such temperature and air movement so as to provide reasonable condition of comfort and to prevent any harm to the health of employees.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 40 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 40?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 40?
The current concordance maps Rule 40 to Section(s) 23.
When did Rule 40 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.