61-UC. Notification of Major Accidents.- (1) Where a major accident occurs on a site or in a pipeline, the occupier, shall, within 48 hours, notify the Inspector and Chief Inspector of that accident, and furnish thereafter to the Inspector and Chief Inspector a report relating to the accident in instalments, if necessary, in Schedule 5. (2) The Inspector and Chief Inspector shall, on receipt of the report in accordance with sub-rule (1) of this rule, undertake a full analysis of the major accident and send the requisite information to the Ministry of Environment and Forests through the Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes and Ministry of Labour, Government of India. (3) An occupier shall notify to the Inspector steps taken to avoid any repetition of such occurrence on a site. (4) The Inspector and Chief Inspector shall compile information regarding major accidents and make available a copy of the same to the Ministry of Environment and Forests through Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes and Ministry of Labour, Government of India. (5) The Inspector and the Chief Inspector shall inform the occupier in writing, of any lacunae which in their opinion needs to be rectified to avoid major accident. | 
