Occupational Accidents

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding death of five children after drowning in brick kiln pits, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, 05/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …

Quarry workers on the rocks

Sangeetha Neeraja AN UNOFFICIAL BAN ON EXPLOSIVES DURING POLLS HAS SEVERELY AFFECTED THEIR LIVELIHOOD THE life of a quarry worker is hardly an enviable one, consisting, as it does, of hours of hard grinding labour under the scorching sun. And the election season has only made things worse for them. …

Three killed in a steel plant in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR: At least three people were killed after inhaling poisonous carbon monoxide gas in a sponge iron factory in Orissa's Jharsuguda district, police said Friday. The deaths occurred at the Singhal Enterprises Private Ltd. factory at Hirma, some 400 km from here, at around 8 p.m. Thursday. Inspector in charge …

Two dead from chemical exposure at US plant

East St. Louis: Two persons have died after exposure to a dangerous chemical at a storage and mixing plant, a city official said today. At least eight people were sickened by exposure to the chemical yesterday, and emergency rooms were quarantined at two St. Louis hospitals where those people sought …

Electrical safety, from the horses mouth

The use of electricity, an integral part of our lives, is increasing by the day. But did you know that accidents involving it are also on the rise? That Kerala accounts for 10 per cent of such accidents taking place in the country? There are a number of such interesting …

Workers in unorganised sector lack social security

while India draws attention for being the second-fastest growing economy in the world, workers in the unorganised sector continue to be denied basic facilities, says a government study. In a first-ever initiative to quantify the contribution of more than 340 million (close to 93 per cent) workers in the country's …

Mining accounts for more labour deaths

Safety in mines has improved today compared to days of bonded mine labour. But mines which employ 1 per cent of the global labour force remain hazardous Over half the world's mining accidents occur in the Asia-Pacific Recent mining accidents March 19, 2007: 108 killed in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia February …

Pits of death

Makrana, a small town in Rajasthan, is best known for the pristine white marble that went into the construction of that great monument of love, the Taj Mahal. However, it now attracts attention more for the deaths in the marble quarries. On an average, five to seven people die, or …

The slippery lifeline

oil is the lifeline of the world’s eco nomy. Dependence on oil has skewed incomes within nations and altered power relations among them. While oil provides multiple benefits to society, every stage of its lifecycle has harmful effects on health and environment. These are broad in scope and degree. The …

Alang workers flayed

at last, after innumerable accidents and deaths of workers in the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, chief minister Keshubhai Patel has pulled up maritime officials for maintaining poor working conditions and negligence in the yards. Admitting that the deaths were "black spots' on Gujarat's progressive image, Patel lauded efforts to …

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