Lok Sabha Question No. 4231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Accidents at Construction Sites
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4231 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## ACCIDENTS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES

## 4231. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a)the  number  of  construction workers  in the country,  State/UT Gender-wise;
- (b)whether there is any data on the number of accidents happened at construction sites during the last three years along with the major causes for the same, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the details of remedial measures taken at the sites where accidents have occurred;
- (d)whether it has come to the notice of the Government that at times there  is  no  safety  gear  provided  to  the  labourers  at  construction sites and they work in life threatening conditions; and
- (e)if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto along with the steps being taken to enforce tighter regulations at construction sites in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): The  number  of  construction  workers  in  the  country,  State/UT gender-wise is not available. However the total number of construction workers registered is given in annexure - 'I'.
- (b): Yes, the State-wise  data  in this regard in respect  of the establishments  in  the  Central  Sphere  is  at  Annexure-  II.  The  major causes for the accidents at the construction site have been found to be road accidents, falling from the height and electrocution.

(c) & (d): The BOCW (RECS) Act and the rules framed thereunder lay down  exhaustive  safety  provisions  and  use  of safety gears  for protection of BOC workers. Under rule 210 of the Building and Other Construction  Workers (RE & CS) Central Rules 1998, it is mandatory for the establishments to send report of any accident on the construction site to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), the Board  with  which  the  BOC  worker  involved  in  the  accident  was registered, the Director General, the next of kin/relative of the worker, the  officer  in-charge  of  the  nearest  police  station  and  the  District Magistrate. In case of occurrence of any accident at the construction site, a detailed enquiry under rule 211 of the BOCW (RE&CS) Central Rules is conducted and the enquiry report is submitted by the enquiry officer  before  the  Director  General  (Inspection).  If  it  is  found  by  the enquiry officer  during  the  enquiry  that  there  was  negligence  /lack  of safety  measures  as  prescribed  under  the  BOCW  (RE&CS)  Act,  1996 prosecution is proposed against the defaulter employer.

(e): Offices  of  the  Chief  Labour  Commissioner(Central)  are regularly conducting inspections under Building and Other Construction Workers  (Regulation of  Employment&  Conditions  of Services)  Act,  1996  in  the  establishments  falling  under  the  Central Sphere for ensuring compliance of the Building and Other Construction Workers  (Regulation  of  Employment&  Conditions  of  Services)  Act 1996.  The  details  of  total  number  of  inspection  conducted  under Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions  of  Services)  Act,  1996  for  the  year  2018  is  enclosed  as Annexure  III.  Inspections  in  the  State  sphere  are  conducted  by  the State  enforcement  agencies,  the  data  in  respect  of  which  is  not centrally maintained.

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## State-wise statement of number of Workers Registered under the Building and Other Construction Workers Acts, 1996 up to 30.09.2018 (provisional)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | No. of workers registered with the Board   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 1,815,889                                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 30,841                                     |
| 3         | Assam                    | 143,574                                    |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 828,451                                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 1,574,790                                  |
| 6         | Goa                      | 3,738                                      |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 654,550                                    |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 763,373                                    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 147,932                                    |
| 10        | J&K                      | 342,295                                    |
| 11        | Jharkhand                | 796,146                                    |
| 12        | Karnataka                | 1,542,432                                  |
| 13        | Kerala                   | 1,491,300                                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           | 2,996,227                                  |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 989,018                                    |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 118,332                                    |
| 17        | Meghalaya                | 24,032                                     |
| 18        | Mizoram                  | 21,865                                     |
| 19        | Nagaland                 | 11,912                                     |
| 20        | Odisha                   | 2,234,569                                  |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 746,102                                    |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 2,049,258                                  |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 36,236                                     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               | 2,853,544                                  |
| 25        | Telangana                | 1,175,531                                  |
| 26        | Tripura                  | 99,762                                     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh            | 4,208,744                                  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand              | 232,627                                    |
| 29        | West Bengal              | 3,101,362                                  |
| 30        | Delhi                    | 539,421                                    |
| 31        | A &NIsland               | 14,392                                     |
| 32        | Chandigarh               | 19,813                                     |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 2,176                                      |
| 34        | Daman and Diu            | 5,149                                      |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              | 179                                        |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 41,224                                     |
|           | Total                    | 31,656,786                                 |

## Annexure -II

State-wise details of number of casualties at construction sites in the Central sphere

| S.No                    | State   | 2016            | 2016         | 2017            | 2017         | 2018 (31.12.2018)   | 2018 (31.12.2018)   |
|-------------------------|---------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                         |         | Workers Injured | Workers Died | Workers Injured | Workers Died | Workers Injured     | Workers Died        |
| 1 Karnataka             | 0       |                 | 4            | 1               | 1            | 0                   | 2                   |
| 2                       | Gujarat | 0               | 17           | 0               | 1            | 0                   | 4                   |
| 3 Haryana Punjab J&K HP | 0       | 3               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 4 Uttar Pradesh         | 0       | 3               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 0       | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   | 5                   |
| 6 Kerala                | 4       | 11              | 0            | 1               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 7 Rajasthan             | 0       | 3               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 8 Tamil Nadu            | 0       | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 9 Bihar                 | 0       | 0               | 0            | 1               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| West Bengal             | 0       | 0               | 0            | 1               | 0            | 0                   | 10                  |
| 11 Maharashtra          | 2       | 6               | 1            | 3               | 0            | 2                   |                     |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh       | 0       | 2               | 0            | 1               | 1            | 2                   |                     |
| New Delhi               | 3       | 6               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 0                   | 13                  |
| 14 Assam                | 1       | 2               | 0            | 0               | 2            | 1                   |                     |
| 15 Odisha               | 1       | 1               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 16 Jharkhand            | 0       | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0                   |                     |
| 17 Chhattisgarh         | 0       | 0               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 1                   |                     |
| TOTAL                   | TOTAL   | 11              | 58           | 2               | 9            | 5                   | 12                  |

Statement showing number of inspections conducted under BOCW (RE&CS) Act for the period from January, 2018 to November,  2018

| S.No.   | Regions     |   No. of inspections conducted |
|---------|-------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Ahmedabad   |                            102 |
| 2       | Aimer       |                             90 |
| 3       | Asansol     |                             27 |
| 4       | Bangalore   |                             17 |
| 5       | Bhubaneswar |                             47 |
| 6       | Chandigarh  |                            120 |
| 7       | Chennai     |                             69 |
| 8       | Cochin      |                             42 |
| 9       | Delhi       |                            108 |
| 11      | Dhanbad     |                             64 |
| 12      | Guwahati    |                             73 |
| 13      | Hyderabad   |                             89 |
| 14      | Jabalpur    |                             58 |
| 15      | Kanpur      |                             71 |
| 16      | Kolkata     |                            117 |
| 17      | Mumbai      |                             70 |
| 18      | Nagpur      |                             25 |
| 19      | Patna       |                             14 |
| 20      | Rajpur      |                             91 |
|         | Total       |                           1326 |

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