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State of Uttar Pradesh - Section

Section 144 in U.P. Building And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 2009

144. Lifting and carrying of excessive weights [Section 40].

- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that -
(a)[ No building and other construction worker shall be permitted to lift by hand, carries overhead, over his back of shoulders any material, article, tool or appliances exceeding the maximum limits in weight set out in the following table to these rules : [Substituted by Notification No. 989/XXXVI-2-2017, dated 23.8.2017, (w.e.f. 4.2.2009).]
Person Maximum weight of material, article, tool orappliance
When the work is intermittent When the work is continuous
Adult man 50kg 50kg
Adult woman 30kg 20kg
Adolescent male 25kg 20kg
Adolescent female 18kg 15kg
Unless aided by any other building worker or a mechanical device.]
(b)No building worker aided by other building workers, lift by hand or carry overhead or over their back or shoulders, any material, article, tool or appliance exceeding in weight the sum total of maximum limits set out for each building worker separately under clause (a), unless aided by a mechanical device.
Work on Adjacent to Water[Section 40-2(m)]