Lok Sabha Question No. 1890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Industrial Accidents
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1890 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

1890.  SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  cognizant  about  the  rising  industrial accidents in the country in 2021 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the Government has taken steps to monitor the investigation  of  these  accidents  including death of workers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)if so, the action taken in this regard;
- (d)whether  the  Government  is  looking  to  draw  an  action  plan  to prevent such accidents;
- (e)if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (f): The 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  Act.    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.  These provisions are adequate to  ensure  safety  and  health  of  the  workers  working  in  the  factories registered under the Act.

The  Factories  Act,  1948  and  the  rules  framed  thereunder are enforced by States/Union Territories through their Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF)/Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH).

The  Occupier  and  Managers  of  the  factories  registered under  the  Act  are  required  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the Factories Act, 1948 and rules framed thereunder. In case of violations of any of the provisions thereof, the CIF/DISH of the State Governments  are  empowered  to  initiate  penal  action  against  the occupier and manager of the factories.

Directorate  General  Factory  Advice  Service  and  Labour Institutes  (DGFASLI),  an  attached  office  of  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment, through correspondence with the CIF/DISH of the States /Union Territories collects information of fatal and non-fatal accidents in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948.

As  per  the  information  received  by  DGFASLI  from  States/ Union Territories,  the  details  of  fatal  and  non-fatal  accidents  for  the calendar  years  2019  to  2021  is  at  Annexure-I  and  the  details  of prosecution and conviction under section 92 and 96 - A of the Act ibid, for the calendar years 2019 to 2021 is at Annexure-II.

Further, the Factories Act, 1948 has been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.  The Code has been notified on 29 th  September, 2020. However, it will come into force from the date notified by the Government.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1890 for answer on 19.12.2022 regarding Industrial Accidents.

Details of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the factories registered under Factories Act, 1948, year -wise

| Years   | Injuries   | Injuries   |
|---------|------------|------------|
| Years   | Fatal      | Non-Fatal  |
| 2019    | 1127       | 3927       |
| 2020    | 1050       | 2832       |
| 2021*   | 919        | 2699       |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1890 for answer on 19.12.2022 regarding Industrial Accidents.

Details of prosecutions and convictions under section 92 and 96A of Factories Act, 1948, year - wise

| Years   |   Prosecutions launched |   Convictions made |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| 2019    |                   13354 |               7147 |
| 2020    |                    7490 |               2563 |
| 2021*   |                    8434 |               4761 |

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