“7A. (1) To carry out the safety audit, the minimum required man days shall be as follows, namely :—
(a) Major Accident Hazards Factories and for factories carrying out hazardous processes :—
(i) One man day in case of factory employing up to fifty workers;
(ii) Two man days in case of factory employing fifty one workers upto one hundred and fifty workers;
(iii) Three man days in case of factory employing one hundred and fifty one to five hundred workers;
(iv) Four man days in case of factory employing more than five hundred workers;
(b) Factories other than Major Accident Hazards Factories and factories carrying out hazardous processes :
(i) Two man days in case of factory employing fifty-one to two hundred and fifty workers;
(ii) Three man days in case of factory employing two hundred and fifty one to one thousand workers;
(iii) Four man days in case of factory employing more than one thousand workers.
(2) The duration required to conduct the safety audit shall not exceed fifteen days.
7-B. The Safety Audit shall be carried out only by an Institution having Certificate of Recognition in the following types of factories, namely :—
(a) Major Accident Hazards Factories;
(b) Factories carrying out hazardous processes and employing more than two hundred and fifty workers;
(c) Other factories not covered under sub-rule (2)(i) and (ii) of rule 1 and employing more than one thousand workers:
Provided that, for the factories mentioned in clause (c), inclusion of person of Chemical Engineer in the audit team is not mandatory.” महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असााधाारण भााग एक-ल, जूून १९, २०२४/ज्येेष्ठ २९, शकेे १९४६ 15
10. Rule 9 of the principal Rules shall be renumbered as sub-rule (1) thereof; and after sub-rule
(1), as so re-numbered, the following sub-rule shall be added, namely :— “(2) The Safety Auditor shall visit the factory within one month after expiry of three months from the date of submission of external Safety Audit Report to the occupier to verify the action taken report submitted by the occupier of the concerned factory and the report of the same shall be submitted to the concerned office of the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health in Schedule III with a copy to occupier.”.
11. In Schedule I appended to the principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-clause (i), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely :— “(i) degree in branch of Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical or Production branch Engineering and having ten years’ experience in manufacturing, maintenance, design, project or safety department in the supervisory or above capacity in factories and one year full time diploma in Industrial Safety recognized by the Board of Technical Education or All India Council of Technical Education or recognized University “, or
(ii) sub-clauses (ii) and (iii) shall be deleted ;
(iii) in sub-clause (iv),—
(a) the words “or diploma” shall be deleted ;
(b) for the words “fifteen” the words “five” shall be substituted ;
(2) in clause 3, the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—
3. “Applicant whose age is more than fifty eight years shall not be eligible to apply for recognition as a safety auditor or its renewal.”