Dhansukhbhai Chhaganbhai Chaudhari

Retired Director Industrial Safety & Health(Gujarat) and at present member State Expert Appraisal Committee(SEAC) With GPCB, Expert committee member with Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management(GIDM),Gandhinagar. Partner of Core Safety Consultancy Services, Vadodara.

(1) Regulatory work administration and Monitoring and compliance enforcement related to:-

➢ The Factories’ Act, 1948 and the Gujarat Factories Rules, 1963

➢ An important segment of Environment Protection Act, 1986 pertaining to:-

a) The Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules (MSIHC), 1989

b) The Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response Rules (EPPR), 1996

➢ The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and Rules there under

➢ The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Rules there under

➢ The Gujarat Physically Handicapped Persons (Employment in Factories) Act, 1982

➢ The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and Rules there under

(2) Heading Inquiry committees related  to major accidents as well as “Dangerous occurrences” along  with departmental officers (3) Site layout and equipment drawing review and release of approval notification and issuance of Factory Licenses.

(4) Reviewing of credentials pertaining to the potential applicants including chartered agencies seeking “Competency accreditation” for carrying out various types of checking, inspection and examinations covered under different sections. Interviewing and certifying them followed by monitoring of their works, studying log sheet entries and endorsing renewals on regular periodicities as applicable. (5) Administration work at Head and regional offices throughout the tenure. (6) Successfully striving and achieving the Abolition of child labor in the registered factories

1. Formulated drafts; Compiled them, reviewed, updated and got approval from concerned authorities with State Crisis Plan as per Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996. This has been considered as a landmark evolution in the history of statutory provisions evolved at the aftermath of Bhopal disaster.

2. Led a strong team of senior level officials at the level of Joint director and down below up to Officers and supporting staff as incumbent chief for 8 years Led a strong team of senior officials.

3. Worked as Regional Head for about 1½ years and as In-charge Director for 4 years, Published a departmental booklet for the first time in the anal of DISH on “Gujarat on the move… in upholding & Protecting the Cause of Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare at work place”.as part of Golden Jubilee celebrations of the State This exclusive booklet christened as “Vikas Gatha” got released on 5/1/2012 at the hands of Shri Vajubhai Vala, then Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Labour and Employment and Transport, Gujarat State. It was widely circulated among many stakeholders and received highly inspirational and excellent feedback.

4. Organized National Level Chemical Industrial Disaster Mock drills were held at Surat and Alang under the guidance of NDMA which received accolades from different districts as well as  other state level authorities  of DM

5. To prevent highly probable accidents arising out of Drum Washers / Jet Dying machines in synthetic fiber processing industries in Surat, a prototype safer design was suggested at the behest our directorate. The industries were motivated to spent Rs. 4 Crore for compliance of safety measures. Thereby such accidents got reduced to minimum.

6. Organized a No. of safety and health awareness programs throughout the State.

• 1. Refresher course for Senior Inspector of Factories from 18/6/2001 to 29/6/2001 at CLI, Mumbai.
• 2. Karmyogi training on 20/12/2005 to 23/12/2005.
• 3. Training course on “Industrial / Chemical Disaster Management” at NIDM, Delhi on 19/6/2006 to 23/6/2006.
• 4. CCC
• Training at SIPA, Surat Center from 16/3/2007 to 3/4/2007.
• 5. Training on Occupational Health organized by Indian Society of Health Administrators (ISHA) at Bangalore in the year 2009.
• 6. Study cum exposure visit to Germany and Netherland on “Industrial Disaster Risk Management (IDRM)” between 20/6/2010 to 3/7/2010.
• 7. Training on “Chemical Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response” on 20-21 September 2010 organized by Inwent India/DMI/ CD Studies
• 8. I have under gone training during 22/9/2014 to 3/10/2014 at Chicago, USA for Occupational safety and health.
• 9. Attended training programs at Regional Labour Institute, Chennai and Regional Labour Institute, Kanpur on Industrial Safety & Health.
• 10. Training regarding Administration and Disaster Management at SIPA, Ahmedabad.
• 11. Training During 16 to 20 Dec-2019 on Occupational safety and Health Program design for industrial Hazards and Public Health at Dalla Lana School of public Health university of Toronto,Canada.