An employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) adequate and alternative staircases, ramps, ladders etc. are provided for use of the occupants of the premises of construction site;
(b) such premises or the construction site is provided with—
(i) fire extinguishing equipments sufficient to extinguish any probable fire at such construction site;
(ii) an adequate water supply at sufficient pressure as per national standards; and
(iii) the number of trained persons required to operate the fire extinguishing equipment provided under sub-clause (i);
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(c) fire extinguishing equipments under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) are properly maintained and inspected at a regular interval of not less than once in a year by a responsible person and a record of such inspection is maintained;
(d) in case of every launch or boat or other craft used for transport of building workers and the equipments and the cabin of every lifting appliance including mobile crane, adequate number of portable fire extinguishing equipment of suitable type shall be provided at each of such launch, boat or craft used for building workers and lifting appliances etc.; and
(e) occupants shall be warned by a false alarm as mock exercise once in a year.