An OHC is a workplace clinic - staffed by doctors and/or nurses - handling emergencies, first aid, routine consultations, pre-employment and periodic medical exams, and occupational-hazard monitoring. Mandatory for many factories and larger establishments under safety law, it's the front line of employee health at industrial and large corporate sites.
In India
Required under factory legislation and reinforced by the OSH Code for eligible establishments. Increasingly digitised - linking on-site care to teleconsults, records and the broader benefits platform.
In practice
A 2,000-worker plant runs an OHC with a full-time doctor and paramedics: it handles daily minor injuries, conducts statutory periodic medical exams, and escalates serious cases to network hospitals - keeping care immediate and compliant.