Lok Sabha Question No. 4060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Safety Audit of Industrial Companies
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## SAFETY AUDIT OF INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES

## 4060. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

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

- (a)whether the Government had issued necessary guidelines to the
- industrial companies to get third party fire and safety audit done;
- (b)if so, whether many companies are not following rules despite the
- issuance of such guidelines;
- (c)if so, the details of action taken in this regard along with the number and details of industrial companies which have failed in safety audit, State-wise;
- (d)the action taken against the industrial companies which have failed on safety norms; and
- (e)the details of preventive steps taken by the Government to check industrial disasters and accidents?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (d): The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change (MoEFCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had prepared an 'Integrated Guidance Framework for Chemicals Safety in Respect of the Isolated Storages and Industries   Covered Under Manufacture, Contd..2/-

Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals (MSIHC) Rules, 1989' in compliance  with  the  directions  of  the  Hon'ble  Green  Tribunal  dated 11.06.2021  in  the  matter  of  Original  Application  no.  60/2021.  The framework covers chemical accident scenarios like spillages/ leakages  of  hazardous  chemicals,  fire,  explosion  or  other  incidents arising out of handling of hazardous chemicals and provides guidance to industrial units on conducting safety audits in adherence to Indian Standard, IS:14489:2018 - Code of Practice on Occupational Safety & Health Audit.

The  Government  of  India  has  also  enacted  the  Factories Act, 1948 which provides for the occupational safety, health & welfare of workers working in the factories registered under the said Act. The Control  of Industrial  Major  Accident  Hazards  (CIMAH)  Rules  framed under  Section  41-B  of  the  Factories  Act,  1948  provide  for  'Safety reports  and  safety  audit  reports'  which  are  applicable  to  Major

Accident Hazards (MAH) installations.

The  MSIHC  Rules  and  CIMAH  Rules  are  enforced  by  the Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF)/Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH)  of  the  respective  States  /UTs  Governments.  The  details  of industrial companies that failed in safety audit along with action taken against such companies is not maintained centrally.

(e): 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. 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.

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