Safety Officers: RBE No.91/2000 – Appointment in Workshops

No.E(LL)99/AT/FAC/3, dated 17.05.2000

Sub:  Appointment of Safety Officers in Workshops.

The issue of appointment of Safety Officers in Production Units/ Railway workshops has been under consideration of this Ministry for quite some time. It has now been decided that the required number of Safety Officers as per the norms laid down by the respective State Governments should be appointed from the existing supervisory cadre of the railway workshops in grades Rs.7450-11500 and Rs.6500-10500. The qualifications and experience prescribed, brief details of duties and other service conditions of Chief Safety Officer/ Safety Officer are as under:-

Qualifications:-

• Should be an engineering graduate with minimum two years supervisory experience or a diploma holder in any branch of engineering/ technology with practical experience of not less than 5 years.
• The Safety Officer is required to possess a degree or diploma in industrial safety from a recognised institute.
• If the selected supervisor is not having degree or diploma in Industrial Safety, then he should be sent for training in Industrial Safety to Central Labour Institute (CLI) or Regional Labour Institute (RLI).
• Preference should be given to those having knowledge of language spoken by majority of workers.

Condition of Service of Safety Officers:-

The number of Safety Officers to be appointed in a factory may exceed one depending upon the number of workers employed and the rules framed by the State Government where the factory is located. Whenever more than one Safety Officer is required to be appointed, one of them is required to be designated as Chief Safety Officer and should have status higher than the others. The Chief Safety Officer/ Safety Officer of the workshop would report directly to the Workshop In-charge.

Duties of Safety officers:-

Chief Safety Officer/ Safety Officer would carry out duties as laid down in the Rules framed by State Government under the Factories Act including planning and organising measures for effective control of workman safety.

Other Conditions:-

(i) The posts of Chief Safety Officer/ Safety Officer may be provided in Grades Rs.7450-11500 and Rs.6500-10500 by re-designating the required number of posts from the existing sanction of posts of Supervisors of the workshops. The total strength of posts of Supervisors which include the posts that are designated as Safety Officers will remain unchanged.

(ii) Selection for appointment of Chief Safety Officer/ Safety Officer should be made from among the candidates applying for the post as per extant rules.

(iii) The post of Chief Safety/ Safety Officer would be ex-cadre.

This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.91/2000

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.