Haryana's Gurugram–Manesar–Bawal automotive corridor, Faridabad–Ballabgarh engineering and forging units, Panipat textiles and refinery, Sonipat–Kundli food processing and Yamunanagar plywood and metal industries employ large shift-based workforces with noise, forging-heat, welding-fume and solvent exposures.
Statutory medical surveillance in Haryana follows the Factories Act, 1948 as implemented through the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 (as applicable to the State of Haryana): pre-employment and periodic examinations of workers in hazardous processes by a Factory Medical Officer, Certifying Surgeon examinations for notified dangerous operations, a Health Register and Certificates of Fitness in the state-prescribed format, and an Occupational Health Centre scaled to the workforce. Nodal Healthcare delivers all of this as an on-site programme.
| Applicable rules | Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 (as applicable to the State of Haryana) |
|---|---|
| Enforcing authority | Industrial Safety and Health Wing, Labour Department, Government of Haryana |
| Health Register (Certifying Surgeon / dangerous operations) | Form 17 |
| Health Register (Factory Medical Officer / hazardous process) | Form 17-A |
| Certificate of Fitness | Form 32 (Certificate of Fitness) · hazardous process: Form 32 |
| Examination frequency | Hazardous process: pre-employment, then every 6 months (Rule 70-N). Dangerous operations: as per schedule, commonly every 12 months. |
| Verification status | Corroborated — official cross-check pending · last checked 2026-09-12 |
Rule 17 (Duties of Certifying Surgeon): at visits to factories carrying on dangerous operations the Certifying Surgeon examines the persons employed and records the results in the Health Register in Form 17, kept by the manager; power of suspension by an entry in the register.
Rule 70-N (Medical Examination): workers in a hazardous process are examined by the Factory Medical Officer once before employment and once every six months; details recorded in the Health Register in Form 17-A; no first employment without a Certificate of Fitness in Form 32 granted by the FMO; abnormalities reported to the Certifying Surgeon whose opinion is final.
Rule 70-O (Occupational Health Centre): scaled by workforce — retainer FMO, part-time FMO with OHC room, or full-time FMO with two-room OHC.
Schedules (lead, electrolytic plating with nickel/cadmium urine tests, chrome, silica, solvents) require Certifying Surgeon examination within 15 days of first employment and re-examination every 12 months with Form 17 entries and Form 32 certificates.
Per schedule — nickel/cadmium in urine for plating, blood lead, spirometry and chest X-ray for foundry and forging dust in Faridabad and Gurugram–Manesar units.
Form 17 / Form 17-A registers and Form 32 certificates kept by the manager and available to the Inspector; health records made available to workers under the 70-series rules.
Haryana uses Form 17 for Certifying Surgeon examinations and Form 17-A for Factory Medical Officer examinations in hazardous processes.
We map your process list to the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 (as applicable to the State of Haryana) to determine which workers need pre-employment, six-monthly or annual examinations and which tests apply.
Occupational-health physicians holding the DGFASLI-recognised AFIH qualification conduct the Factory Medical Officer examinations and support your Occupational Health Centre.
Where a schedule requires the State-appointed Certifying Surgeon, we coordinate their visit and examinations as part of the same programme, subject to the appointment rules in Haryana.
Completed registers and certificates in the state-prescribed format, a digital copy, due-date recall and de-identified batch statistics for management.
Haryana continues to apply the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952, as adapted for the State after its formation in 1966 and amended since, under the Factories Act, 1948. The Industrial Safety and Health Wing of the Haryana Labour Department enforces them. The rules provide for a State-appointed Certifying Surgeon to examine workers in notified dangerous operations and record the results in a Health Register, for a Certificate of Fitness to be issued after examination, and for medical examination of workers in hazardous processes by a qualified Factory Medical Officer with an Occupational Health Centre scaled to the workforce. Haryana's automotive and forging plants in Gurugram, Manesar, Bawal and Faridabad commonly trigger the noise, welding-fume, electroplating and solvent requirements. We are verifying the Haryana-specific register and certificate form numbers against the official consolidated text before publishing them. Nodal Healthcare supports Haryana factories with on-site examination batches, AFIH-qualified doctors for Factory Medical Officer and OHC requirements, and Certifying Surgeon coordination for scheduled operations.
Send us your process list and headcount — we will map the applicable rules, tests and frequency and quote an on-site batch.
Status: Corroborated — official cross-check pending · Last checked: 2026-09-12. Source: Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 as applicable to Haryana — full consolidated text (non-government host); official India Code cross-check pending. Enforcing authority: Industrial Safety and Health Wing, Labour Department, Government of Haryana. Rules change — we re-check each state periodically and confirm current requirements before every batch.
Nodal Healthcare provides occupational-health services through qualified medical professionals. AFIH-qualified doctors and Factory Medical Officers are not, by virtue of that qualification, Certifying Surgeons; Certifying Surgeons are appointed or authorised by the State Government under Section 10 of the Factories Act, 1948. Where a statutory provision requires a Certifying Surgeon or other authority-approved practitioner, we coordinate compliant services through appropriately qualified, authorised or empanelled professionals, subject to the applicable state rules and appointment requirements. Content on this page is a general guide and not legal advice; always confirm current requirements with the competent state authority.
