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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. ______ OF 2006
IN THE MATTER OF: - |
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR CENTRAL
LEGISLATION ON CONSTRUCTION LABOUR (NCC-CL)
THROUGH ITS CO-ORDINATOR,
SUBASH BHATNAGAR,
B-19, SUBHAVANA NIKETAN,
PRITAM PURA, |
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…PETITIONER |
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Safety Section of the National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd dated 1996 is marked and attached as Annexure P - 2. |
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The findings of the above Study states that unmarried workers in the wage group of Rs 21-30 per day, and unskilled workers, in the age group of 16 – 25 years were more susceptible to injuries. Further workers, particularly employed by petty contractors, either illiterate or studied up to 6 – 10 class and having less than 3 months experience, were found to have higher injuries per unit employment. It was also found that morning hours starting from 8 a.m. – 12 noon unsafe acts of workers were found responsible for only 25% of accident caused. From and the first two hours of start of the work had higher number of injuries. The study also found that most of the injuries had occurred due to unsafe conditions which if rectified could have prevented most of the injuries. These results are in line with latest studies, as the predominantly the Study it was found from the social psychology of accidents and injuries contractors, sub–contractors and petty contractors take accidents and injuries as realities of working on hazardous occupation such as construction. The casual manner of the petty contractors reveals that in addition to supply of PPEs and its use on job, vigilance on the part of management is necessary for enforcing safety rules and procedures. |
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The factors leading to the occurrence of accidents range from the i. Technical aspects of Construction, Plant and equipments used in Construction: Government departments and agencies in the irrigation and public work departments are the major buyers as well as users of these equipments. Barring exceptions, these agencies have done precious little in training their staff in safe operation of the equipments. Safety manuals are rare. Machine inspections are done primarily to determine the life and conditions of the machines. Columns for safety do not find place in the prescribed inspection reports. Thus, the safety audit of the construction plant and equipment is conspicuous by its absence, the senior levels of the enterprises, safety audit of plant, machinery, tools and instruments is yet to be institutionalized. ii. Materials used in Construction, iii. Methods used in Construction, iv. Importance of Designs and Drawings in Construction, v. Standard and Norms used in Construction: The standards and norms for civil engineering works have been established by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The two major criticisms of these norms are Firstly; they were laid down in the sixties. Construction technology and materials have undergone a sea change during the last 30 years. The standards have not been revised fast enough to cope with the changing technology hence they tend to become obsolete. Second, the laying down of the standards have not been accompanied by the professionally competent implementing machinery to supervise works and issue certificates for safety. |
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