Safety Audit

DETAILS The Safety Audit Scheme by the Government of Haryana aims to promote safety practices within Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by supporting them in conducting safety audits and implementing safety equipment. The scheme seeks to minimize workplace hazards and enhance industrial safety standards.  Objective The objective of the scheme is to promote safety audit which is a tool that can be utilized to improve safety and attitudes in the workplace. A safety audit is an inventory or checklist of items specifically geared to operations of an enterprise. It allows them to take action, correct hazards, and determine the appropriate actions to take to achieve the desired safety goals. Measuring safety performance also provides a baseline to compare future safety initiatives. It documents the effectiveness of safety program, identify compliance deficiencies, suggest safety solutions, improve the environment and personnel safety, reduce incidents and injuries and increase workplace safety. BENEFITS 75% reimbursement of expenses incurred for conducting safety audits, up to ₹1,00,000/-. 50% subsidy on cost of capital equipment required for safety measures, up to ₹5,00,000/-. ELIGIBILITY The applicant must be a Micro, Small, or Medium Enterprise (MSME), either newly established or existing. The enterprise must be registered with the appropriate authority (e.g., Udyog Aadhaar / EM Part-II). The safety audit must be conducted by auditors from a recognized ISO-certified agency. The industrial units must also comply with the following conditions: The item of manufacture should not fall in the restrictive list as notified by the State Government from time to time. Investments in new plant, machinery and equipments focussed towards enhancing safety shall only be eligible for subsidy under this scheme. The units should have obtained NOC/CLU from competent authority, if applicable. The units should be in commercial production. The units should be in regular production at the time of disbursement and the assistance shall not be released to the closed unit.