(a) whether incidents of death among the workers of Oswal
Fertilizer Plant at Paradip, in Orissa is on the increase;
(b) if so, the number of deaths took place during the last one
year; and
(c) the reasons for their untimely death?
(a) whether incidents of death among the workers of Oswal
Fertilizer Plant at Paradip, in Orissa is on the increase;
(b) if so, the number of deaths took place during the last one
year; and
(c) the reasons for their untimely death?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MUNI LALL)
(a) to (c) : As per the information received from the State
Government of Orissa, the incidents of death among the workers of
M/s. Oswal Fertilizers Plant at Paradip are not on the increase.
After a few accidents, now the trend has been controlled.
The Unit was registered under the Factories Act, 1948 on
20.1.2000. Since then there have been six deaths due to accidents.
The causes of the death included road accident, falling down on
conveyor belt of bagging plant while cleaning, fire due to morpholine
varpour burning in sulphuric acid plant and serious burn injury in
sulphur fire inside sulphur conveyor gallery.