Lok Sabha Question No. 2673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Compensation given to Labourers in Industrial Accidents
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## COMPENSATION GIVEN TO LABOURERS IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

†2673. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a)the  details  of  the  number  of  industrial  accidents  registered  in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra during the last five years and the amount of compensation given to the victim labourers/persons;
- (b)the details of rules/laws in force for providing compensation to the labourers incurring injuries in the industrial accidents;
- (c)the  details  of  orders/directions  issued  for  their  implementation
- particularly in Chhattisgarh;
- (d)the details of the procedure for registering FIR by Police on the complaint of the labourers injured in the industrial accidents as well as of the officials responsible for handling the case; and
- (e)the  details  of  the  procedure  of  providing  compensation  and economic assistance to the injured labourer of industrial accident through the Government scheme meant for making damages paid to the beneficiary?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (e): The  Government  has  enacted  the  Factories  Act,  1948, which provides for safety, health and welfare of workers working in the factories registered under the Act.  The Act and rules framed thereunder are enforced by the respective State Governments/ Union Territories  (UTs)  through  the  Chief  Inspectors  of  Factories  (CIFs)/ Directorates of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH) in their respective spheres.  Penalties and procedures etc. have been provided under Factories  Act,  1948  and  rules  framed  thereunder  for  violation  of provisions of the Act.  CIFs/ DISH are empowered to take legal action against  the  occupier  and  manager  of  the  factory  for  violating  the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 and rules framed thereunder.

As  per  the  data  received  by  the  DGFASLI  from  the CIFs/DISH of the State Governments/ UTs, the details of the fatal and non-fatal  injuries  in  factories  registered  under  the  Factories  Act, 1948 in the States/UT of Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are given below:

| Sl. No.   | State/UT       | 2018   | 2018       | 2019   | 2019       | 2020   | 2020       | 2021   | 2021       | 2022   | 2022       |
|-----------|----------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|
|           |                | Fatal  | Non- Fatal | Fatal  | Non- Fatal | Fatal  | Non- Fatal | Fatal  | Non- Fatal | Fatal  | Non- Fatal |
| 1.        | Chhattisgarh   | 91     | 67         | 86     | 65         | 84     | 117        | 82     | 117        | 78     | 77         |
| 2.        | Delhi          | 5      | 26         | 6      | 23         | 9      | 4          | 6      | 19         | 36     | 47         |
| 3.        | Madhya Pradesh | 22     | 265        | 44     | 299        | 26     | 242        | 30     | 258        | 36     | 269        |
| 4.        | Maharashtra    | 142    | 1292       | 145    | 1089       | 154    | 778        | 180    | 793        | 178    | 819        |

Data Source: DGFASLI [collected through Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) of States/UTs].

The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 provides, inter -alia, for payment of compensation to employees and their dependents in case of injury and accident arising out of and in the course of employment and resulting in disablement or death. The Act is implemented by the State Governments.

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