Objective

The basic aim and objective of the Directorate is to enforce the legislations for securing safety, occupational health, work environment, welfare and working condition in factories. With the advent of new technology, innovation and modernization, the work of this Directorate has increased multi-fold over the last decade. Further, several chemical factories have come up in the State handling hazardous and toxic substances which has been a challenge for the enforcement mechanism to handle such complex matters in enforcement of Industrial Safety and Health. The Directorate is consistently putting its untiring effort to safeguard life and property of industrial workforce. 

The Directorate is bestowed with the added responsibility of developing Disaster Management system in Major Accident Hazard as well as Accident-prone factories of the State to prevent and mitigate Chemical and Industrial Disasters.

Besides, the legislations regulating Safety in Design, Manufacture, Quality assurance, Installation, Erection, Operation, Repair, Maintenance and Certification aspects of Boiler plants along with its connected Pipelines and equipments thereof is also a major responsibility assigned to the Directorate.