Rule 59: Mock Drills
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026
Rule 59 — Governs mock drills and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check…
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
- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
- Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
Provisos / explanations
- Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies. B. MINES
Thresholds & timelines
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 59
59. Mock Drills.- Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial
premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure
quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock
drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
B. MINESApplication and evidence
- Primary statutory test — Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
- Additional operative limb — Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.
- Qualification / exception to test — Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies. B. MINES
- Code Section mapping — 24. 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.
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 mock drills, 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: “Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.” Also test the express qualification/proviso before concluding the result. Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 24.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 59
What is Rule 59 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 59 — Governs mock drills and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check…
What does Rule 59 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “Employer of every factory, mine, building or other construction work, industrial premise for manufacture of beedi and cigar, motor transport undertaking, and dock work shall ensure quarterly conduct of Mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 59 contain a proviso or explanation?
Yes. One extracted qualification is: “Provided that the employer of every plantation shall ensure annually conduct of mock drills to check emergency preparedness to deal with various emergencies. B. MINES”
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 59?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 59?
The current concordance maps Rule 59 to Section(s) 24.
When did Rule 59 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.