(1) The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work, where one thousand or more building workers are employed that,—
(a) a special medical service or an occupational health service is available at such construction site at all times and such service shall,— Sections 40 (2)
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(i) provide first – aid and emergency treatment;
(ii) conduct special medical examination for occupational hazards to such building workers before their employment and thereafter at such intervals, as may be specified by the Chief Inspector from time to time;
(iii) conduct training of first-aid personnel of such medical service;
(iv) render advice to such employer on conditions of work and improvement, required to avoid hazards to the health of such building workers;
(v) promote health education/ including family welfare among such building workers;
(vi) co-operate with the Inspector having jurisdiction in the detection, measurement and evaluation of chemical, physical or biological factors suspected of being harmful to such building workers; and
(vii) undertake immunisation for all such building workers against tetanus, typhoid, cholera and other infectious diseases;
(b) the special medical service, referred to in clause (a), may collaborate with the Labour Department of the State or any other concerned department or service of the Government of State or the Government of India in the matters of treatment, job placement, accident prevention and welfare of such building workers;
(c) the special medical service, referred to in clause (a), is headed by a Medical Officer and is provided with adequate staff, laboratory and other equipments;
(d) the premises of the special medical service, referred to in clause
(a) , are conveniently accessible, comprised of at least a waiting room, a consulting room, a treatment room, a laboratory and suitable accommodation for nurses and other staff of such service;
(e) the special medical service, referred to in clause (a), maintains records pertaining to its activities, referred to in sub-clause (i) 100 to (vii) of clause (a) and sends to the Chief Inspector once in every three months, information in writing on,—
(i) the state of health of such building workers; and
(ii) the nature and causes of occupational injuries or diseases suffered by any of such building workers, treatment provided to such building worker and measures taken to prevent recurrence of such injury or disease.