Section 39 in The Orissa Building and Others Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2002
39. Overhead protection.
(1)The employer shall ensure at the building or other construction work that overhead protection is erected along the periphery of every building under construction which shall be of fifteen meters or more in height when completed.(2)Overhead protection referred to in sub-rule(1) shall not be less than two meters wide and shall be erected at height not more than five meters above the base of the building and the outer edge of such overhead protection shall be one hundred fifty millimeters higher than the inner edge thereof and shall be erected at an angle not more than twenty degree to its horizontal sloping into the building.(3)The employer shall ensure at the building and other construction work that any area exposed to risk of falling material, articles or objects is roped off or cordoned off or to otherwise suitably guarded from inadvertent entry of persons other than building workers at work in such area.
