Lok Sabha Question No. 1408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Deaths at Worksites
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## DEATHS AT WORKSITES

1408. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the  details  of  industrial,  mining  and  construction  worksite  deaths and  injury  reported  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years,
- State/UT-wise and industry-wise; and
- (b)the preventive steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): The  details  of  industrial,  mining  and  construction  worksite deaths  and  injuries  reported  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise are enclosed at Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure III respectively.

However, Government of India has enacted a comprehensive legislation i.e. the Factories Act, 1948, for taking care of the occupational Safety, Health  & Welfare issues of the workers employed in the factories registered under the Act.  There are elaborate provisions pertaining to the health, safety, welfare provisions related to hazardous  process,  working  hours,  penal  provisions  etc.  The  Factories Act, 1948 and the State Factories Rules framed there under are enforced by  the  respective  State/UTs  for  compliance  to  the  safety,  health  and welfare provisions of the Act and Rules.

The  matters  relating  to  safety,  health  and  welfare  of persons employed in the mines are dealt with under the Mines Act, 1952, Rules and Regulations made thereunder are enforced by the Directorate

General of Mines Safety (DGMS) under Ministry of Labour & Employment.

To ensure that the mine workers are provided with adequate  safety  measures  in  the  mines,  officers  of  DGMS  undertake inspections  of  mines.  To  prevent  accidents  in  the  mines  the  following steps are taken.

-  Propagate  safety  awareness  in  mines,  workers  participation  and sensitization in matters of safety and safety training programmes.
-  Introduction  of  Risk  Assessment  Techniques  and  preparation  of safety management plan aimed at elimination of risks and to ensure safety of workmen and Introduction of standard operating procedures to avoid unsafe practices in mines.
-  Circulars  are  issued  as  guidelines  for  safe  operations  in  identified thrust areas by DGMS.

The Building and Other Constructions Workers' (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 regulates the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide the safety, health and welfare measures.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1408  FOR  05/03/2018  RAISED  BY  SHRI  SANKAR  PRASAD  DATTA  REGARDING  DEATHS  AT WORKSITES

Fatal and Non-fatal injuries in the Factories registered under Factories Act, 1948 (20142016)

| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory             | 2014           | 2014               | 2015           | 2015               | 2016           | 2016               |
|-----------|------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory             | Fatal Injuries | Non Fatal Injuries | Fatal Injuries | Non Fatal Injuries | Fatal Injuries | Non Fatal Injuries |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 5              | 15                 | 0              | 46                 | 0              | 70                 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 85             | 174                | 68             | 78                 | 68             | 247                |
| 3.        | Assam                              | 13             | 58                 | 8              | 40                 | 12             | 41                 |
| 4.        | Bihar                              | 12             | 251                | 10             | 188                | 11             | 184                |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                         | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  | 1              | 0                  |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 101            | 71                 | 74             | 54                 | 81             | 56                 |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 21             | 47                 | 12             | 58                 | 15             | 39                 |
| 8.        | Delhi                              | 1              | 9                  | 6              | 20                 | 10             | 26                 |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 5              | 80                 | 8              | 71                 | 3              | 55                 |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 240            | 1751               | 248            | 1534               | 272            | 1169               |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 41             | 64                 | 40             | 61                 | 67             | 40                 |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 13             | 23                 | 3              | 23                 | 9              | 31                 |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 3              | 18                 | 0              | 14                 | 1              | 2                  |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          | 21             | 78                 | 29             | 115                | 21             | 69                 |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          | NA             | NA                 | 51             | 30                 | 54             | 464                |
| 16.       | Kerala                             | 24             | 234                | 20             | 326                | 18             | 158                |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 59             | 334                | 44             | 438                | 30             | 358                |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        | 187            | 1687               | 145            | 1471               | 150            | 1352               |
| 19.       | Manipur                            | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                          | 1              | 1                  | 1              | 1                  | 2              | 1                  |
| 21.       | Mizoram                            | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  |
| 22.       | Nagaland                           | 0              | 0                  | 1              | 0                  | 0              | 0                  |
| 23.       | Odisha                             | 46             | 165                | 55             | 167                | 46             | 169                |
| 24.       | Puduchery                          | 6              | 12                 | 3              | 25                 | 2              | 20                 |
| 25.       | Punjab                             | 12             | 97                 | 21             | 100                | 23             | 115                |
| 26.       | Rajasthan                          | 39             | 624                | 33             | 571                | 15             | 133                |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu                         | 105            | 291                | 87             | 327                | 104            | 344                |
| 28.       | Telangana                          | 54             | 39                 | 76             | 37                 | 63             | 56                 |
| 29.       | Tripura                            | 2              | 6                  | 4              | 3                  | 1              | 3                  |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 45             | 47                 | 39             | 57                 | 46             | 63                 |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand                        | 7              | 47                 | 21             | 21                 | 10             | 44                 |
| 32.       | West Bengal                        | 63             | 19180              | 38             | 13940              | NA             | NA                 |
| Total     | Total                              | 1211           | 25403              | 1145           | 19816              | 1135           | 5309               |

Note:

(i) There are no registered factories in Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Sikkim.

(ii) P   : Provisional

(iii) NA:  Not Available

Source: Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with Chief Inspector of Factories of States/UTs.

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 FOR 05/03/2018 RAISED BY SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA REGARDING DEATHS AT WORKSITES

Details of deaths and injuries in Coal Mine during the year 2015-2018

| State          |   Number of Deaths |   Number of Injuries |
|----------------|--------------------|----------------------|
| 2015           |               2015 |                 2015 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  8 |                   25 |
| Gujarat        |                  3 |                    1 |
| Jharkhand      |                 11 |                   28 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                  8 |                   31 |
| Maharashtra    |                  5 |                   16 |
| Orissa         |                  3 |                    4 |
| Rajasthan      |                  1 |                    0 |
| Telangana      |                  7 |                  187 |
| Tamilnadu      |                  1 |                    3 |
| West Bengal    |                  8 |                   21 |
| 2016           |               2016 |                 2016 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                 13 |                  174 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  4 |                   13 |
| Gujarat        |                  0 |                    3 |
| Jharkhand      |                 46 |                   17 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                 13 |                   25 |
| Maharashtra    |                  3 |                   14 |
| Odisha         |                  2 |                    4 |
| Telangana      |                  1 |                    4 |
| Tamilnadu      |                  2 |                    1 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                  1 |                    2 |
| West Bengal    |                 10 |                   20 |
| 2017           |               2017 |                 2017 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                  8 |                   99 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  7 |                    6 |
| Jharkhand      |                 11 |                   14 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                  8 |                   11 |
| Maharashtra    |                  4 |                    6 |
| Odisha         |                  5 |                    2 |
| Rajasthan      |                  1 |                    0 |
| Telangana      |                  4 |                   41 |
| Tamilnadu      |                  1 |                    0 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                  1 |                    1 |
| West Bengal    |                  8 |                    5 |
| 2018           |               2018 |                 2018 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                  0 |                    3 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  2 |                    2 |
| Telangana      |                  0 |                    4 |
| West Bengal    |                  0 |                    1 |

Note: Serious injures includes fatal accident injuries. Data as on 31.01.2018.

## Details of deaths and injuries in Non-Coal Mine during the year 2015-2018

| State            |   Number of Deaths |   Number of Injuries |
|------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
| 2015             |               2015 |                 2015 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                  6 |                    1 |
| Assam            |                  1 |                    6 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  1 |                    5 |
| Gujarat          |                  2 |                   18 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                  0 |                    1 |
| Jharkhand        |                  1 |                    2 |
| Karnataka        |                  3 |                    6 |
| Kerala           |                  0 |                    1 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  1 |                    1 |
| Maharashtra      |                  1 |                    0 |
| Odisha           |                  2 |                    1 |
| Rajasthan        |                 20 |                    7 |
| Tamilnadu        |                  4 |                    1 |
| Tripura          |                  1 |                    0 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  5 |                    1 |
| 2016             |               2016 |                 2016 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                  8 |                    1 |
| Assam            |                  5 |                    3 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  2 |                    8 |
| Goa              |                  0 |                    1 |
| Gujarat          |                  1 |                    4 |
| Haryana          |                  1 |                    0 |
| Jharkhand        |                  6 |                    4 |
| Karnataka        |                  4 |                    1 |
| Kerala           |                  0 |                    5 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  2 |                    3 |
| Maharashtra      |                  3 |                    3 |
| Odisha           |                  1 |                    1 |
| Rajasthan        |                  5 |                    4 |
| Tamilnadu        |                  6 |                    6 |
| Uttaranchal      |                  1 |                    0 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  3 |                    4 |
| West Bengal      |                  3 |                    0 |
| 2017             |               2017 |                 2017 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                 14 |                    0 |
| Assam            |                  0 |                    9 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  0 |                    8 |
| Goa              |                  1 |                    0 |
| Gujarat          |                  1 |                    3 |
| Jharkhand        |                  2 |                    1 |
| Karnataka        |                  5 |                    1 |
| Kerala           |                  0 |                    2 |

| Madhya Pradesh   |    1 |    1 |
|------------------|------|------|
| Maharashtra      |    2 |    2 |
| Odisha           |    5 |    2 |
| Rajasthan        |   23 |    3 |
| Tamilnadu        |   10 |    7 |
| West Bengal      |    2 |    2 |
| 2018             | 2018 | 2018 |
| Rajasthan        |    1 |    0 |

Note: Serious injures includes fatal accident injuries. Data as on 31.01.2018.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 FOR 05/03/2018 RAISED BY SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA REGARDING DEATHS AT WORKSITES

State-wise Details of workers injured and died during three years and the current year (up to 30th June 2017) on construction sites in Central Sphere.

| S.No   | State                    | 2014            | 2014         | 2015            | 2015         | 2016            | 2016         | 2017            | 2017         |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|        |                          | Workers injured | Workers Died | Workers Injured | Workers Died | Workers Injured | Workers Died | Workers Injured | Workers Died |
| 1      | Karnataka                | -               | 02           | -               | 02           | -               | 04           | 01              | 01           |
| 2      | Gujarat                  | -               | 01           | -               | 03           | -               | 17           | -               | 01           |
| 3      | Haryana, Punjab, J&K, HP | -               | -            | -               | 05           | -               | 03           | -               | -            |
| 4      | Uttar Pradesh            | -               | -            | -               | 02           | -               | 03           | -               | -            |
| 5      | Andhra Pradesh           | 01              | -            | -               | -            | -               | -            | -               | -            |
| 6      | Kerala                   | 01              | 04           | -               | 19           | 04              | 11           | -               | 01           |
| 7      | Rajasthan                | 02              | 02           | -               | 01           | -               | 03           | -               | -            |
| 8      | Tamilnadu                | -               | 05           | -               | -            | -               | -            | -               | -            |
| 9      | Bihar                    | -               | 01           | -               | 02           | -               | -            | -               | -            |
| 10     | West Bengal              | -               | 01           | -               | 02           | -               | -            | -               | -            |
| 11     | Maharashtra              | 01              | 10           | -               | 05           | 02              | 06           | 01              | 03           |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh           | -               | 08           | -               | 03           | -               | 02           | -               | 01           |
| 13     | New Delhi                | -               | -            | -               | -            | 03              | 06           | -               | -            |
| 14     | Assam                    | -               | -            | -               | 02           | 01              | 02           | -               | -            |
| 15     | Odisha                   | -               | -            | -               | -            | 01              | 01           | 04              | 03           |
| 16     | Jharkhand                | -               | 02           | -               | 01           | -               | -            | -               | -            |
| 17     | Chhattisgarh             | -               | -            | -               | 02           | -               | -            | -               | -            |
|        | Total                    | 05              | 36           | -               | 49           | 11              | 58           | 06              | 11           |

Source:- Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).

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