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Occupational Heat Stress Rules — India

Standards

StandardAuthorityLegal statusRule type
India WBGT Work/Rest Bands (source needs verification)Bureau of Indian StandardsSource Needs VerificationSchedule Engine
Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan 2019 Update (applied across Gujarat)Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation / NRDC / IIPH, with GSDMA Gujarat State HAP 2020GuidanceAlert Overlay
Tamil Nadu Heat Wave Action Plan (TNSDMA) + BOCW Outdoor-Work Timing RestrictionTamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority / Tamil Nadu Labour Department (BOCW)RegulationStop Work Rule
Kerala Seasonal Midday Outdoor-Work Rest Order (Minimum Wages Act, 1958, ss. 24-25)Kerala Labour CommissionerateRegulationStop Work Rule

Most protective composite

Reference conditions: moderate work (300 W), acclimatized worker. WBGT values below are illustrative reference points, not a threshold of any single standard.

WBGT (°C)Most protective result
2860 / 0 min work/rest per hr (most protective)
3145 / 15 min work/rest per hr (most protective)
3415 / 45 min work/rest per hr (most protective)

This is the single most protective applicable result at each condition (stop-work override, else minimum work / maximum rest minutes) — standards are never averaged. Contributing standard(s) across these conditions: India WBGT Work/Rest Bands (source needs verification).

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