(1) In accordance with the provisions of this Code, the statutory standards and employer duties governing Preservation of records shall be enforced across all industrial premises, factories, mines, and workplaces throughout India.
(2) Every occupier, principal employer, contractor, and manager shall strictly implement the environmental benchmarks, machinery safeguards, working hour limitations, and welfare facilities specified under this section.
(3) Failure to maintain the health and safety standards mandated under this section shall constitute a punishable offence under Chapter XI, attracting fines and imprisonment where serious bodily injury or fatality occurs.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 41
Section 41 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 empowers authorized Special Officers and mining surveyors, acting under written orders from the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, to enter, inspect, survey, level, or measure any mine or mine workings at any time to verify boundary pillars, strata stability, and ventilation safety.
Mine management must maintain updated underground surveyor plans, ventilation schematics, and barrier pillar calculations certified by a DGMS-certified surveyor. When a Section 41 order is served, assign the head mine surveyor to accompany the visiting officer, log all joint measurements, and retain a signed copy of the field survey book.