Steps taken to check occupational diseases in INDIA

Steps taken to check occupational diseases

            The Ministry of Labour & Employment has made  adequate statutory provisions for safety, health and welfare of workers already exist under the Factories Act, 1948 and the Mines Act, 1952 and rules framed thereunder. The Statutes stipulate a system approach to identify, assess and prevent hazards at the workplace so as to reduce injuries and occupational diseases. Appropriate action is taken by the Inspecting Authorities including initiating prosecution cases against defaulters under the labour laws. 

 

             For strengthening preventive and promotive health services including occupational health services under ESI Medical Scheme, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has taken several steps which are as under:-

(i)                  Action plan has been drawn for prevention of occupational diseases.

(ii)                Health check up camps are being organized at work places for identification of occupational diseases amongst ESI Workers.

(iii)       Five Occupational diseases centers have been set up by ESIC in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Indore and Mumbai.  

State wise details of Occupational Diseases reported in factories for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010

State	Occupational Diseases	2008	2009	2010
Gujarat	Byssionosis	nil	nil	2
Gujarat	Noise Induced Hearing Loss	nil	nil	14
Gujarat	Asbestosis	nil	nil	21
Gujarat	Silicosis	nil	nil	14
Maharashtra	Noise Induced Hearing Loss	1	nil	nil
Kerala	Lead poisoning	1	nil	nil
Maharashtra	Occupational or contact dermatitis	11	nil	nil
Maharashtra	Nasal Septum Perforation	nil	5	nil
West Bengal	Byssionosis	nil	5	*
West Bengal	Silicosis	nil	23	*
	Total	13	33	51

Source:   Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with Chief Inspector of Factories of States/UTs.

* Information not available

Details of Occupational  Diseases reported from  Coal  Mines under the Mines Act, 1952.

Year	State	Coal Workers’ pneumoconiosis	Carcinoma of Lung	Carcinoma of Stomach
1994	Jharkhand	6	0	0
1995	Jharkhand	7	0	0
1996	Jharkhand	8	0	0
	Odisha	7	0	0
1997	Jharkhand	3	0	0
	West Bengal	2	0	0
1998	Jharkhand	1	0	0
	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	0
1999	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	0
	Odisha	1	0	0
	Chhattisgarh	1	0	0
2000	Jharkhand	2	0	0
	Madhya Pradesh	4	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	0	1	1
2001	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	1
2002	Jharkhand	1	0	0
	Odisha	1	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	1
2003	Jharkhand	2	0	0
	Odisha	1	0	0
	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	0
2004	Jharkhand	29	0	0
	Odisha	1	0	0
2005	Jharkhand	8	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	1
2006	Jharkhand	3	0	0
	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	0
2007	Jharkhand	5	0	0
	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	1	1	2
2008	Andhra Pradesh	1	0	1
2009	Andhra Pradesh	0	2	1
2010	Odisha	1	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	0	1	0
2011	Odisha	2	0	0
	Jharkhand	1	0	0
		104	5	8

Details of Occupational  Diseases reported from   Non-Coal  Mines under the Mines Act, 1952.

Year	State	Silicosis
		Stone quarry	Copper Mine	Zinc Mine	Gold Mine	Iron Ore Mine	Uranium Mine	Diamond Mine
1994	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	Jharkhand	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Rajasthan	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1997	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Madhya Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Rajasthan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1999	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	Rajasthan	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Jharkhand	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2001	Karnataka	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Rajasthan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2003	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2004	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2005	Rajasthan	0	0	30	0	0	0	0
	Karnataka	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2006	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Karnataka	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2009	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Odisha	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total		55	3	34	6	2	22	1

Number of medical examinations conducted by Coal & Non-coal Mines during 2008-10

Year	Coal		Non-Coal
	No. of Companies	No. of persons examined	No. of Companies	No. of persons examined
2008	7	90411	79	45805
2009	9	82619	78	29543
2010	12	140625	65	17517

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