Lok Sabha Question No. 3452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Industrial Accidents
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3452 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

## †3452. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a)whether the descriptive report of annual or other period of industrial accidents is prepared by listing industrial accidents occuring in heavy industries  and  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  curb industrial incidents in the country during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the descriptive details of industrial accidents that took place during  the  last  five  years  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  have  been prepared and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  any  report  has  been  prepared  in  this  regard  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor; and
- (d)the details of compensation and other facilities given to the labourers and employees involved in the industrial accidents during the last five years in the State of Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): The Central Government has enacted the Factories Act, 1948, for  ensuring the occupational safety, health and welfare of the workers employed in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948. There are elaborate provisions pertaining to health, safety, welfare, hazardous processes,  working  hours,  penalties  and  procedures  etc  under  the  Act and  the  Rules  framed  thereunder  are  adequate  to  ensure  safety  and health of the workers working in the registered factories. The Occupier and  Managers  of  the  factories  registered  under  the  Act  are  required  to comply with the provisions of the Act and the Rules framed thereunder and in case of violation of any of the provision of the Act and Rules, the Chief Inspector of Factories/Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health of the  State  Governments  are  empowered  to  initiate  penal  action  against the occupier and manager of the factories.

Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes  (DGFASLI),  an  attached  office  of  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment through correspondence with the Chief Inspector of Factories/ Directorates of Industrial Safety and Health of the States/Union Territories collects information of fatal injuries, non-fatal injuries, details of prosecutions, convictions, number of inspections etc. in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 including heavy industries. The details of fatal and non-fatal injuries for the calendar years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 are at Annexure I and II. However, DGFASLI doesn't maintain descriptive details of industrial accidents in the country. The  compensation  to  the  labourers  and  employees  for  the accidents occurred in the factories are provided by the respective factory owners in terms of relevant provisions of  the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3452 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2020 REGARDING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

Fatal Injuries in registered factories state-wise (2013 - 2017)

| Sl.   | State/UT                              | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   |
|-------|---------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                        | 97     | 82     | 68     | 68     | 68     |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                     | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 4     | Assam                                 | 8      | 13     | 8      | 12     | 10     |
| 5     | Bihar                                 | 4      | 2      | 10     | 11     | 17     |
| 6     | Chandigarh                            | #      | #      | NIL    | 1      | 1      |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                          | 97     | 113    | 74     | 81     | 72     |
| 8     | Daman and Diu &Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 12     | 21     | 12     | 15     | 16     |
| 9     | Delhi                                 | 13     | 1      | 6      | 10     | 37     |
| 10    | Goa                                   | 10     | 5      | 8      | 3      | 5      |
| 11    | Gujarat                               | 250    | 209    | 206    | 272    | 229    |
| 12    | Haryana                               | 51     | 35     | 41     | 67     | 49     |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                      | 11     | 13     | 4      | 9      | 14     |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir                     | #      | 3      | NIL    | 1      | NIL    |
| 15    | Jharkhand                             | 37     | 32     | 29     | 21     | 17     |
| 16    | Karnataka                             | 82     | 84     | 72     | 54     | 49     |
| 17    | Kerala                                | 27     | 24     | 20     | 18     | 16     |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                           | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                        | 48     | 41     | 44     | 30     | 30     |
| 20    | Maharashtra                           | 199    | 187    | 145    | 150    | 137    |
| 21    | Manipur                               | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 22    | Meghalaya                             | 3      | 1      | NIL    | 2      | 3      |
| 23    | Mizoram                               | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 24    | Nagaland                              | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 25    | Odisha                                | 58     | 46     | 55     | 46     | 52     |
| 26    | Puducherry                            | 3      | 6      | 5      | 2      | 3      |
| 27    | Punjab                                | 29     | 16     | 21     | 23     | 20     |
| 28    | Rajasthan                             | 55     | 39     | 33     | 15     | 31     |
| 29    | Sikkim                                | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                            | 109    | 105    | 87     | 104    | 71     |
| 31    | Telangana                             | *      | 71     | 57     | 63     | 70     |
| 32    | Tripura                               | 2      | 2      | 4      | 1      | NIL    |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh                         | #      | 45     | 39     | 46     | 58     |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                           | 11     | 7      | 21     | 10     | 9      |
| 35    | West Bengal                           | 96     | 63     | 38     | 54     | #      |
| Total | Total                                 | 1312   | 1266   | 1107   | 1189   | 1084   |

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

Note

: (i) *  :   There are no registered factories in this State/UT.

(ii) # :  Data not provided by the Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) of the State/UT.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3452 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2020 REGARDING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

Non-Fatal Injuries in registered factories state-wise (2013 - 2017)

| Sl.   | State/UT                               | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   |
|-------|----------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 46     | 48     | 46     | 70     | 69     |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                         | 472    | 147    | 78     | 247    | 103    |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                      | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 4     | Assam                                  | 57     | 58     | 40     | 41     | 54     |
| 5     | Bihar                                  | 156    | 7      | 188    | 184    | 80     |
| 6     | Chandigarh                             | 2      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | 4      |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                           | 43     | 75     | 50     | 56     | 84     |
| 8     | Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 57     | 47     | 58     | 39     | 30     |
| 9     | Delhi                                  | 14     | 9      | 20     | 26     | 37     |
| 10    | Goa                                    | 44     | 81     | 71     | 56     | 52     |
| 11    | Gujarat                                | 1611   | 1334   | 1516   | 1169   | 1189   |
| 12    | Haryana                                | 46     | 58     | 39     | 40     | 38     |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                       | 23     | 23     | 23     | 31     | 27     |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir                      | #      | 18     | 14     | 2      | 1      |
| 15    | Jharkhand                              | 92     | 96     | 115    | 69     | 59     |
| 16    | Karnataka                              | 588    | 665    | 612    | 464    | 358    |
| 17    | Kerala                                 | 386    | 234    | 326    | 158    | 236    |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                            | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                         | 465    | 383    | 348    | 358    | 268    |
| 20    | Maharashtra                            | 2013   | 1687   | 1471   | 1352   | 1167   |
| 21    | Manipur                                | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 22    | Meghalaya                              | 3      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 3      |
| 23    | Mizoram                                | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 24    | Nagaland                               | #      | #      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    |
| 25    | Odisha                                 | 196    | 165    | 167    | 169    | 136    |
| 26    | Puducherry                             | 25     | 12     | 16     | 20     | 35     |
| 27    | Punjab                                 | 103    | 98     | 100    | 115    | 117    |
| 28    | Rajasthan                              | 706    | 624    | 571    | 133    | 343    |
| 29    | Sikkim                                 | *      | *      | *      | *      | *      |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                             | 415    | 293    | 327    | 344    | 192    |
| 31    | Telangana                              | *      | 60     | 39     | 56     | 117    |
| 32    | Tripura                                | 4      | 8      | 3      | 3      | NIL    |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh                          | #      | 47     | 57     | 63     | 52     |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                            | 35     | 42     | 21     | 44     | 15     |
| 35    | West Bengal                            | 19250  | 19180  | 13940  | 57     | #      |
| Total | Total                                  | 26852  | 25500  | 20257  | 5367   | 4866   |

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

Note : (i) *  :There are no registered factories in this State/UT. (ii) # :Data not provided by the Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) of the State/UT.

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