OF Rules 9

Section 9 · Safety reports and safety Audit report

(1)

Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2) of this rule, an occupier shall not undertake any industrial activity on isolated storage (to which these rules apply) unless he has prepared a safety report on that industrial activity or isolated storage containing the information specified in Schedule VIII and has sent a copy there of to the Chief Inspector atleast 90 (ninety) days before commencing of that activity)]

(2)

The occupier of a factory carrying industrial activity or isolated storage shall arrange to carry out safety audit by a competent agency to be accredited by an accredition board constituted by the Ministry of Labour of Government of India in this behalf.

(3)

The audit under sub-rules (1) and (2) shall be carried out as under-

(a)

Internally once in a year by a team of suitable plant personnel;

(b)

externally once in two years by a competent agency duly accredited in this behalf; and

(c)

in the year when the external audit is carried out, internal audit need not be carried out.

(4)

The occupier within 30 (thirty) days of the completion of the audit, shall send a report to the Chief Inspector with regard to the implementation of the audit recommendations, if any.

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