The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 8 Notice of disease

Chapter: III · Duties of Employer and Employee
Text as on: As notified 08 May 2026

8.Notice of disease.- (1) Where in any establishment, a worker contracts any disease specified in the Third Schedule to the Code, the employer of the establishment shall send a notice

forthwith either electronically or by speed post, to the Inspector-cum Facilitator or Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator in the following format namely:-

NOTICE OF DISEASE

(1) Name and address of the employer:

(2) Name and address of establishment:

(3) Nature of establishment:

(4) In case of mines, the name of the mineral:

(5) Details of Patient:

(a) Name of Patient:

(b) Worker number of Patient:

(d) Precise occupation of patient:

(6) Nature of disease from which patient is suffering:

(7) Date of detection of disease:

(8) Details of qualified medical practitioner:

(9) Has the case been reported to the Medical Officer: Date:

Signature of employer

(2) Where qualified medical practitioner attends to a person who is or has been employed in an establishment and who is or is believed by the qualified medical practitioner to be suffering from any disease specified in the Third Schedule to the Code, the medical practitioner shall forthwith send the report in writing to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator stating-

(a) the name and full postal address of the patient;

(b) the disease from which qualified medical practitioner believes the patient to be suffering;

and

8.Notice of disease.- (1) Where in any establishment, a worker contracts any disease specified
in the Third Schedule to the Code, the employer of the establishment shall send a notice

forthwith either electronically or by speed post, to the Inspector-cum Facilitator or Chief
Inspector-cum-Facilitator in the following format namely:-

NOTICE OF DISEASE
(1) Name and address of the employer:
(2) Name and address of establishment:
(3) Nature of establishment:
(4) In case of mines, the name of the mineral:
(5) Details of Patient:

(a) Name of Patient:
(b) Worker number of Patient:
(c) Address of patient:
(d) Precise occupation of patient:
(6) Nature of disease from which patient is suffering:
(7) Date of detection of disease:
(8) Details of qualified medical practitioner:
(9) Has the case been reported to the Medical Officer:
Date:

Signature of employer

(2) Where qualified medical practitioner attends to a person who is or has been employed in an
establishment and who is or is believed by the qualified medical practitioner to be suffering from any
disease specified in the Third Schedule to the Code, the medical practitioner shall forthwith send the
report in writing to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator stating-

(a) the name and full postal address of the patient;
(b) the disease from which qualified medical practitioner believes the patient to be suffering;

and
(c) the name and address of the establishment in which the patient is or was last employed.