Lok Sabha Question No. 687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Accidents in Industries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Sanghamitra Maurya, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 687 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRIES

## 687.  SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a)the  details  of  accidents  occurring  in  various  industries  of  the country;
- (b)whether the Government has taken cognizance of the alarmingly high number of accidents, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the  number  of  deaths  reported  by  Directorate  General  Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes in these industries during
- the last five years along with compensation given to them;
- (d)the steps taken/being taken to address this problem;
- (e)whether the Government has taken any action against responsible persons/industry owners who are responsible for this lapse due to inadequate occupational safety;
- (f)whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  fact  that around 50 per cent posts of safety inspectors, medical inspectors and chemical inspectors are vacant in these factories; and
- (g)if  so,  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure
- appointment of adequate number inspectors in these industries?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): 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.

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  2017  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 2017 to 2021 is at Annexure-II. The details of compensation given to the accidents victims are not maintained by DGFASLI.

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.

(f) & (g): The  posts  of  safety  inspectors,  medical  inspectors  and chemical  inspectors  are  filled  up  by  respective  States  /  Union Territories and their details are also maintained by them.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  687 for  answer  on  24.07.2023  regarding Accidents in Industries.

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

| Years   | Injuries   | Injuries   |
|---------|------------|------------|
| Years   | Fatal      | Non-Fatal  |
| 2017    | 1084       | 4866       |
| 2018    | 1154       | 4528       |
| 2019    | 1127       | 3927       |
| 2020    | 1050       | 2832       |
| 2021    | 988        | 2803       |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  687 for  answer  on  24.07.2023  regarding Accidents in Industries.

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

|   Years |   Prosecutions launched |   Convictions made |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|    2017 |                    8603 |               6415 |
|    2018 |                    9461 |               5000 |
|    2019 |                   13354 |               7147 |
|    2020 |                    7490 |               2563 |
|    2021 |                    9068 |               5012 |

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