Mumbai, India -- Industrial accidents in Maharashtra claimed 31 lives last year, making it the industrialised state with the highest fatality rate.
Indian Occupational Safety and Health Department director Muthusamy said 50 cases of permanent disability were also recorded during that period.
He said the figures were a bit “disturbing” as industrial accident rates in the state had actually dropped to 13 cases for every 1,000 workers since 2000.
“We are very concerned with the scenario because while the accident rate has dropped quite significantly, the number of fatalities does not suggest that.
“If we look at the statistics from a wider perspective, it is very disappointing because although fewer accidents occurred, more people were killed,” he said.
A total of 1,166 accidents in industrial places were reported last year while the accident rate was 18 cases for every 1,000 workers before 2000.
Muthusamy said more than half of last year’s accidents occurred in small and medium industry (SMI) sites.
He said this could be due to a lack of emphasis on safety aspect among SMI who often refused to send their workers to seminars and training programmes.
“We will look into ways to encourage SMIs to send participants to such programmes.”
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