Lok Sabha Question No. 2354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Accidents in Workplaces
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2354 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015 ACCIDENTS IN WORKPLACES

## 2354. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI SHRI MANOJ TIWARI

Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  accidents/deaths  in  various  hazardous  workplaces particularly in excavation types of work where labourers are stranded in tunnels or depth holes during the last three years and the current year, year and State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has a policy to ensure the safety of workers at their workplace particularly in excavation types of works;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- whether there is a monitoring mechanism regarding the safety of workers
- (d) especially at such places and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor along with the corrective action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (e): Hazardous  and  dangerous  works  and  particularly  excavation types of works in mining comes within the purview of DGMS. A statement on the number of fatal/serious accidents in coal mines during 2012-2015 is given in the annexure.

Adequate provisions for safety and health of persons employed in mines are made in the Mines Act, 1952 and rules and regulations made thereunder. To see that mine managements carry out the mining operations in accordance with  the  legal  provisions  to  ensure  safety  of  mining  workers,  officers  of DGMS make periodic inspections of all types of Mines. During inspection of Mines,  if  the  working  or  the  environment  are  found  to  be  unsafe  and dangerous  from  the  point  of  view  of  safety  of  workers,  violation  letters, notices  of  prohibitory  orders  are  immediately  move  to  the  management  to take  necessary  steps  for  improvement  unless  the  conditions  improve  for redeployment of persons as recorded through inspections, the orders are to be deployed in such conditions not vacated and persons are not allowed.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2354 FOR 14.12.2015 ASKED BY DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI AND SHRI MANOJ TIWARI REGARDING ACCIDENTS IN WORKPLACES.

Sate/UT-wise number of fatal/serious accidents in coal mines during 2012 - 2015

|                |      | Fatal                  | Fatal                 | Fatal                    | Serious                  | Serious                  |
|----------------|------|------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| State          | Year | No. of Fatal Accidents | No. of persons killed | No. of persons S/Injured | No. of Serious Accidents | No. of persons S/Injured |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2012 | 13                     | 14                    | 0                        | 318                      | 320                      |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2013 | 10                     | 11                    | 6                        | 313                      | 313                      |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2014 | 17                     | 18                    | 1                        | 222                      | 232                      |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2015 | 7                      | 7                     | 0                        | 153                      | 153                      |
| Assam          | 2012 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Assam          | 2014 | 0                      | 0                     | 0                        | 1                        | 1                        |
| Chhattisgarh   | 2012 | 9                      | 10                    | 1                        | 22                       | 22                       |
| Chhattisgarh   | 2013 | 9                      | 9                     | 0                        | 19                       | 20                       |
| Chhattisgarh   | 2014 | 8                      | 8                     | 1                        | 30                       | 30                       |
| Chhattisgarh   | 2015 | 7                      | 7                     | 0                        | 6                        | 6                        |
| Gujarat        | 2013 | 3                      | 3                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Gujarat        | 2015 | 2                      | 2                     | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Jharkhand      | 2012 | 22                     | 23                    | 1                        | 48                       | 50                       |
| Jharkhand      | 2013 | 24                     | 27                    | 2                        | 25                       | 25                       |
| Jharkhand      | 2014 | 15                     | 15                    | 0                        | 32                       | 33                       |
| Jharkhand      | 2015 | 16                     | 16                    | 2                        | 20                       | 22                       |
| Jammu& Kashmir | 2013 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2012 | 8                      | 8                     | 0                        | 30                       | 30                       |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2013 | 10                     | 11                    | 1                        | 25                       | 25                       |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2014 | 8                      | 9                     | 1                        | 18                       | 18                       |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2015 | 9                      | 10                    | 2                        | 15                       | 16                       |
| Maharashtra    | 2012 | 6                      | 7                     | 2                        | 20                       | 20                       |
| Maharashtra    | 2013 | 6                      | 6                     | 0                        | 27                       | 27                       |
| Maharashtra    | 2014 | 8                      | 9                     | 0                        | 24                       | 25                       |
| Maharashtra    | 2015 | 6                      | 6                     | 3                        | 11                       | 11                       |
| Odisha         | 2012 | 2                      | 2                     | 0                        | 9                        | 9                        |
| Odisha         | 2013 | 1                      | 1                     | 1                        | 9                        | 9                        |
| Odisha         | 2014 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 11                       | 11                       |
| Odisha         | 2015 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 2                        | 2                        |
| Rajasthan      | 2012 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Rajasthan      | 2014 | 2                      | 2                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Rajasthan      | 2015 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2012 | 3                      | 3                     | 0                        | 5                        | 5                        |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2013 | 0                      | 0                     | 0                        | 3                        | 3                        |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2014 | 2                      | 2                     | 0                        | 2                        | 2                        |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2015 | 1                      | 1                     | 0                        | 3                        | 3                        |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 2012 | 4                      | 4                     | 0                        | 2                        | 2                        |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 2013 | 4                      | 4                     | 0                        | 1                        | 1                        |

|               |      | Fatal                  | Fatal                 | Fatal                    | Serious                  | Serious                  |
|---------------|------|------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| State         | Year | No. of Fatal Accidents | No. of persons killed | No. of persons S/Injured | No. of Serious Accidents | No. of persons S/Injured |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2014 | 3                      | 3                     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| West Bengal   | 2012 | 10                     | 10                    | 2                        | 82                       | 84                       |
| West Bengal   | 2013 | 9                      | 9                     | 1                        | 34                       | 34                       |
| West Bengal   | 2014 | 5                      | 5                     | 0                        | 40                       | 40                       |
| West Bengal   | 2015 | 7                      | 7                     | 0                        | 20                       | 21                       |
| All India     | 2012 | 79                     | 83                    | 6                        | 536                      | 542                      |
| All India     | 2013 | 77                     | 82                    | 11                       | 456                      | 457                      |
| All India     | 2014 | 69                     | 72                    | 3                        | 380                      | 392                      |
| All India     | 2015 | 57                     | 58                    | 8                        | 230                      | 234                      |

Note :  Data for the year 2014 & 2015 are provisional. Data for the year 2015 are upto 31.10.2015.

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