Notification under subrule 2 of Rule 131 of Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions(Central) Rules, 2026
The Gazette of India
CG-JH-E-10072026-274268
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 514] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 6, 2026/ASHADHA 15, 1948
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(Directorate General Of Mines Safety)
NOTIFICATION
Dhanbad, the 1st July, 2026
G.S.R. 572(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred on me under sub-rule (2) of rule 131 of the
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, I, Ujjwal Tah, Chief Inspector-cumFacilitator of Mines, also designated as the Director General of Mines Safety, hereby, specify the apparatus and
equipment to be provided and maintained at the entrance of a belowground mine, where no rescue room is located, as
follows:
Scope: These standards specify the apparatus and equipment to be provided and maintained at the entrance
of a belowground mine, where no rescue room is located as required under Rule 131(2) of the
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026.
Applicability: These standards shall be applicable to all below ground mine, where no rescue room is located close
to mine entrance.
Compliance Requirement:
Apparatus and equipment to be provided and maintained at the surface of mine where no rescue room is
located close to mine entrance
1.0 BREATHING APPARATUS-Nos
1.1 Compressed air breathing apparatus- 02 (Two)
1.2 Spare Cylinders -02 (Two)
1.3 Self Contained Self Rescuer- 03 (Three)
2.0 Flame safety lamp with maintenance tool kit-1 (One)
3.0 Multi-gas detector with methane, Carbon-monoxide, Carbon dioxide and Oxygen sensors-02 (Two)
OR
a) Methane detectors-02(Two)
b) Carbon-monoxide detetors-02(Two)
c) Carbon-dioxide detector -02(Two)
d) Oxygen detector-02(Two)
4.0 Whirling hygrometer-02(Two)
5.0 Safety belt-04 (Four)
6.0 Resuscitating apparatus-01 (One),
6.1 Spare cylinder-01 (One)
7.0 First-aid box-02(Two)
8.0 Blankets-02 (Two)
9.1 Scoop stretchers-1 (One)
9.2 Spine board-1 (One)
Provided that the Chief Inspector-cum-facilitator may, by an order in writing, require any mine to provide and
maintain such additional or higher capacity apparatus and equipment as may be considered necessary.
[F. No. DGMS/01-1/2026/SOMA(HQ)]
UJJWAL TAH, Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Mines
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