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The BOCW Act - 1996 mandates establishments with fifty or more building workers to create a written health and safety policy for approval by the Director General. This policy must outline commitments to worker safety, organizational responsibilities, risk assessment methods, and training arrangements. Additionally, the policy must be revised as necessary and displayed prominently at construction sites in accessible languages.

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Health and Safety Policy - 39 English

The BOCW Act - 1996 mandates establishments with fifty or more building workers to create a written health and safety policy for approval by the Director General. This policy must outline commitments to worker safety, organizational responsibilities, risk assessment methods, and training arrangements. Additionally, the policy must be revised as necessary and displayed prominently at construction sites in accessible languages.

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BOCW ACT -1996 (RULE-1998)

THE BUILDING AND OTHER


CONSTRUCTION WORKERS’
(REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT
AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE)
CENTRAL RULES, 1998
PART III SAFETY AND HEALTH CHAPTER
IV GENERAL PROVISIONS
39. Health and safety policy

3939. Health and safety policy:-(1)


(a) Every establishment employing fifty or more building workers shall prepare a written statement of
policy in respect of safety and health of building workers and submit the same for the approval of the
Director General;
(b) the policy referred to in clause (a) shall contain the following namely:
(i) the intentions and commitments of the establishment regarding health, safety and environmental
protection of building workers;
(ii) organisational arrangements made to carry out the policy referred to in clause (a) specifying the
responsibility at different levels of hierarchy;
(iii) responsibilities of the principal employer, contractor, sub-contractor, transporter or other agencies
involved in the building or other construction work;
(iv) techniques and methods for assessment of risk to safety, health and environmental and remedial
measures therefor;
(v) arrangements for training of building workers, trainers, supervisors or other persons engaged in the
construction work;
vi) other arrangements for making the policy referred to in clause (a), effective;
PART III SAFETY AND HEALTH CHAPTER
IV GENERAL PROVISIONS
39. Health and safety policy
(c) the intention and commitment referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (b) shall be taken
into account in making decisions relating to plant, machinery, equipment, materials and
placement of building workers.
(2) A copy of the policy referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1), signed by an authorised
signatory shall be sent to the Central Government.
(3) The establishment shall revise the policy referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule
(1) as often as necessary under the following circumstances, namely: (i)
whenever any expansion or modification having implication on safety and health of the
building workers is made in such building or other construction work; or
(ii) whenever any new building or other construction work, substances, articles or
techniques are introduced having implication on health and safety of building workers.
(4) A copy of the policy referred to in sub-clause (a) of sub-rule (1) shall be displayed all
the conspicuous places in Hindi and a local language understood by the majority of
building workers at a constriction site.

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