Jharkhand's Jamshedpur steel and automotive cluster, Bokaro steel, Dhanbad and Ramgarh coal-linked industry, Ranchi heavy engineering and the Adityapur industrial area make it one of India's most heavy-industry-intensive states, with heat, dust, noise and metal-fume exposures.
Statutory medical surveillance in Jharkhand follows the Factories Act, 1948 as implemented through the Jharkhand Factories Rules, 1950 (adapted from the Bihar Factories Rules, 1950): 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 | Jharkhand Factories Rules, 1950 (adapted from the Bihar Factories Rules, 1950) |
|---|---|
| Enforcing authority | Directorate of Factories, Government of Jharkhand |
| Health Register (Certifying Surgeon / dangerous operations) | Form 16 |
| Health Register (Factory Medical Officer / hazardous process) | Form 24 |
| Certificate of Fitness | Form 33 (FMO, hazardous process); Form 24/25/27 certificates under specific dangerous-operation schedules · hazardous process: Form 33 |
| Examination frequency | Hazardous process: pre-employment, then every 6 months. Dangerous operations: as per schedule. |
| Verification status | Corroborated — official cross-check pending · last checked 2026-09-12 |
Duties of Certifying Surgeon: at visits to factories carrying on dangerous operations the Certifying Surgeon examines the persons employed and records the results in a register known as the Health Register (Form No. 16), kept by the manager; power of suspension by an entry in the register.
Medical Examination rule in the 62-M series hazardous-process rules: 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 24; no first employment without a Certificate of Fitness in Form 33 granted by the FMO; abnormalities reported to the Certifying Surgeon.
Occupational Health Centre provisions in the 62-M series hazardous-process rules, scaled by workforce.
Schedules (lead, chrome, silica, chemical works) require Certifying Surgeon examination at first employment and periodically with Form 16 entries and schedule-specific certificates.
Per schedule — heat-stress, audiometry, spirometry and chest X-ray for Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Adityapur steel and heavy-engineering workforces; blood lead and metal-fume surveillance where applicable.
Form 16 / Form 24 registers and certificates kept by the manager and available to the Inspector.
Jharkhand follows the Bihar pattern: Form 16 for Certifying Surgeon examinations and Form 24 for Factory Medical Officer examinations in hazardous processes.
We map your process list to the Jharkhand Factories Rules, 1950 (adapted from the Bihar Factories Rules, 1950) 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 Jharkhand.
Completed registers and certificates in the state-prescribed format, a digital copy, due-date recall and de-identified batch statistics for management.
Jharkhand continues the Bihar Factories Rules, 1950 as adapted on the state's formation in 2000, enforced by the Directorate of Factories, Jharkhand. The framework requires the Certifying Surgeon to examine workers in notified dangerous operations and record the results in a Health Register, and requires hazardous-process workers to be examined by a qualified Factory Medical Officer before employment and periodically with an Occupational Health Centre. Jamshedpur, Adityapur, Bokaro and Ranchi's steel, automotive and heavy-engineering plants employ large shift workforces with heat, dust and noise exposure where audiometry, spirometry and heat-stress assessment are routine. We are obtaining the official Jharkhand consolidated text to confirm form numbers before publishing them. Nodal Healthcare supports Jharkhand factories with on-site examination batches, AFIH-qualified doctors and Certifying Surgeon coordination.
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: Jharkhand Factories Rules, 1950 — full consolidated text (non-government host); official cross-check pending. Enforcing authority: Directorate of Factories, Government of Jharkhand. 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.
