96. Notification of accidents and dangerous occurrences.- (1) When any accident which results in the death of any person or which results in such bodily injury to any person as is likely to cause his death or any dangerous occurrence specified in the Schedule takes place in a factory, the manager of the factory shall forth-with send a notice thereof by telephone, special messenger or telegram to the Inspector and the Chief Inspector. (2) When any accident or any dangerous occurance specified in the Schedule, which results in the death of any person or which result in such bodily injury to any person as is likely to cause his death, takes place in a factory, notice as mentioned in sub-rule (i) shall be sent also to :- (a) the District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Officer I. (b) the officer in charge of the nearest police station, and (c) the relatives of the injured or deceased person. (3) Any notice given as required under sub-rules (1) and (2) shall be confirmed by the manager of the factory to the authorities mentioned in these sub-rules within 12 hours of the accident or the dangerous occurrence by sending the Written report in Form No.18 in the case of an accident or dangerous occurrence causing death or bodily injury to any person and in Form 18-A in the case of dangerous occurrence which has not resulted in any bodily injury to any person. (4) When any accident or dangerous occurrence specified in the Schedule takes place in a factory and it causes such bodily injury to any person and prevents the person injured from working for a period of 48 hours or more immediately following the accident or the dangerous occurrence, as the case may be, the manager of the factory shall send a report thereof to the Inspector in Form No.18 within 24 hours after the expiry of 48 hours from the time of the accident or the dangerous occurrence. Provided that if in the case of any accident or dangerous occurrence death occurs of any person injured by such accident or dangerous occurrence after the notices and reports referred to in the foregoing sub-rules have been sent the manager to the factory shall for with send a notice thereof by telephone, special messenger or telegram to the authorities and persons mentioned in sub-rule (1) and (2) and also have this information confirmed in writing within 12 hour of the death. Provided further that, if the period of disability from working for 48 hour or more referred to in sub-rule (4) does not occur immediately following the accident, or the dangerous occurrence, but later on occurs in more than on spell, the report referred to shall be sent to the Inspector in the prescribed For 18 within 24 hours immediately following the hour when the actual total period of disability from working resulting from the accident or the dangerous occurrence becomes 48 hours. SCHEDULE The following classes of dangerous occurrence, whether or not they are attended by personal injury disablement :- (a) bursting of a plant used for containing or supplying steam under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. (b) Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, which hoist or other appliances used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof, or the overturning of a crane. (c) Explosion, fire, bursting out leakage or escape of any molten metal, or hot liquour or gas causing bodily injury to any person or damage to any room or place in which persons are employed or fire in rooms of cotton pressing factories when a cotton opener is in use. (d) Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting from the compression of gas. (e) Collapse or subsidence of any floor, gallery, roof, bridge, tunnel, chemney, walt, building or any other structure. | 
