Lok Sabha Question No. 3804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Occupational Diseases
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3804 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

## 3804. SHRI B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a)whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  number  of  workers  dying  due  to  occupational disease is the highest in India and if so, the details thereof; and country  along  with  occupational  diseases  diagnostic  centres  set  up  in  the

- (b)the details and the number of occupational disease identified in the country to diagnose the occupational diseases, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): Section 89 of the Factories Act, 1948 provides the list of Notifiable diseases which is applicable to the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948. A copy of the Third Schedule is enclosed as Annexure.

The following diseases have been notified under the Mines Act, 1952 as occupational diseases connected with mining operations:

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- Silicosis
- Pneumoconiosis
-  Manganese Poisoning (Nervous Type)
-  Asbestosis
-  Cancer  of  lung  or  the  stomach  or  the  pleura  and  peritoneum  (  i.e. mesothelioma)
- 
- Noise Induced Hearing Loss
-  Contact Dermatitis caused by direct contact with chemical.
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- Pathological manifestations due to radium or radioactive substances

Most of the major mining companies have established Occupational Disease Board to diagnose the cases of pneumoconiosis as per recommendations of  Ninth  Conference  of  Safety  in  Mines.  National  level  diagnostic  centres  i.e. National  Institute  of  Miners'  Health,  Nagpur,  National  Institute  of  Occupational

Health, Ahmedabad etc. also diagnose the occupational diseases.

The number of deaths among mine workers reported due to silicosis during the last three years and the current year is 327 as reported by the State Governments  and  Union  Territories  to  Director  General  of  Mines  Safety  (DGMS) under  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment.  The  number  of  occupational diseases  in  the  registered  Factories  under  the  Factories  Act,  1948  reported  by

Chief Inspector of Factories for the last three years is 169.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3804 FOR 19/03/2018 RAISED BY SHRI B V NAIK REGARDING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE (See sections 89 and 90)

## List of notifiable diseases

1. Lead poisoning including poisoning by any preparation or compound of lead or their sequelae.
2.   Lead tetra-ethyl poisoning.
3.   Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelae.
4. Mercury poisoning or its sequelae.
5. Manganese poisoning or its sequelae.
6.   Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae.
7.   Poisoning by nitrous fumes.
8. Carbon bisulphide poisoning.
9. Benzene poisoning, including poisoning by any of its homologues, their nitro or amino derivatives or its sequelae.
10.  Chrome ulceration or its sequelae.
11.  Anthrax.
12. Silicosis.
13.  Poisoning by halogens or halogens derivatives of the hydrocarbons, of the alipathic series.
14. Pathological manifestation due to -

(a) redium or other radioactive substances. (b) X-rays.

15.  Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin.
16.  Toxic anaemia.
17.  Toxic jaudice due to poisonous substances.
18.  Oil acne or dermatitis due to mineral oils and compounds containing mineral oil base.
19. Byssionosis.
20. Asbestosis.
21.  Occupational  or  contract  dermatitis  caused  by  direct  contract  with  chemical  and paints. These are of types, that is, primary irritants and alergic sensitizers.
22.  Noise induced hearing loss (exposure to high noise levels).
23. Berryllium poisoning.
24.  Carbon monoxide.
25. Coal miners' pnuomoconiosis.
26. Phosgene poisoning.
27.  Occupational cancer.
28. Isocynates poisoning.
29. Toxic nephritis.