Safety Statistics and Information System: Chapter - 5

CHAPTER – 5
Safety Statistics and Information System
THEME
1. Nature, Source and Need of Statistics of 10.4 Worked Examples

Safety 10.5 Benchmarking for Safety Performance
2. Magnitude of the Problem and Inadequacy 11 Budgeting for Safety
(limitation) of Data 11.1 Purpose and Procedure of Safety
Budgeting
3. Accident costs to the Injured Person and 11.2 Consideration of Safety Performance Rates
his family 12 Statistical Tables (India & Gujarat) and their
4. Accident costs to the Management Conclusion
4.1 Direct Costs 13 Management Information System (MIS) for Safety
4.2 Indirect Costs 13.1 Sources of Information on Safety, Health
5. Utility & Limitation of Cost Data & Accidents
6. Accident Costs to the Society 13.2 Websites on Safety
7. Cost Compilation Procedure 13.3 Compilation, Collation & Analysis of
8. Craig Sinclair’s study of Accident Cost, Information
Preventive costs and their Relationship 13.4 Modern Methods of Programming
9. Forms of Accident Statistics : 13.4.1 Storing and Retrieval of
Information
9.1 Accident Report Form 13.4.2 Computer Applications and Use
9.2 Accident Investigation Form 13.4.3 Advantages & Disadvantages of
9.3 Accident Costs Form Computerized System.
10. Measurement of Safety Performance 13.4.4 Hazards & Controls of Working on
10.1 Terminology (IS : 3786 – 1983) Computers
10.2 Safety Performance Rates 13.4.5 Causes of MIS Failure
10.3 Significance & Drawbacks of Injury 13.4.6Status and Future Goals of
Computer
Rates Utilization in SHE Services.
13.4.7 Integration between Departmental
MIS.
1. NATURE, SOURCE AND NEED OF STATISTICS OF SAFETY
Nature:
'Statistics of safety' is a wider term expecting many data. Mostly it includes 'accident statistics'
and 'costs of accidents', but it may also include measurement of safety performance and labour turnover,
safety activity rate, cost of accident prevention and modern approach to measure the problems of safety.
The cost of accident includes a variety of direct and indirect costs which emphasise the need of safety. An
accident is a great loss to the person injured, his family, his employer or factory and tile society at large.
How to measure all such losses is a real problem of statistics oLs&fety.lS:3786-1983 prescribes some
methods of computation.
Source :
Fundamentals of Industrial Safety and Health 5- 1 Safety Statistics & Information System
At present the major source of our labour statistics is the Labour Bureau, Shimla, which is the
main body under the Ministry of Labour, Govt of India compiling and publishing various labour statistics
of India through its many publications. It regularly conducts training classes to teach such statistics which
is highly useful to all labour and safety people. Other agencies are National Safety Council and Central
Labour Institute, Mumbai and Offices of the Labour Commissioners and Factory Inspectorates of all
States and Union Territories. Some Industrial Extension Bureau such as INDEXTb in Ahmedabad also
publishes good statistical reports. Figures and Tables given in this Chapter are taken from the
publications of these sources. .Statistics of road-and other accident can be had from police and transport
offices.
NOW a days websites are also available.
Need or Utility of Data:
Why do we need safety statistics or measurement of safety performance? This basic question has
following basic replies :
1. It is the basic force of the organised safety movement

2. It is useful to all management to calculate their accidents costs. The management must realise that
indirect (hidden) cost of an accident is 4 to 8 times more than the direct cost. This cost saving
factor can motivate them for prevention of accidents, injuries and property losses.
3. The statistics is useful in comparing ourselves with others in relation to safety records. This leads
us to better safety performance and safety records.
4. It properly emphasises that accident prevention is economical and productive rather than
humanitarian.
5. It promotes safety in all walks of life like road safety, home safety, industrial safety and safety at
the sea and the sky.
6. It equally opens the eyes of workers and their unions in really understanding their accident
problems and losses to them. Actually, the workers are the first and most sufferers of accidents or
injuries the statistics of which explains them the importance and gravity of the problem.
7. The Government is paying lakhs of rupees every year in terms of workmen compensation and
other benefits. Many insurance companies also pay the huge amount for accidental injuries, deaths
and property- damage. If they know the real statistics of accidents or losses, they may try to
suggest necessary safety measures to reduce the premium amount.
8. Reliable cost information is* A basis for decisions upon which efficiency and profit depend.
Some proposed measures may be accepted or rejected on the basis of their probable effect on
profits.
9. Most executives wish to make their companies safe places and run their business profitably.
Information on the cost of accidents enable them to estimate the savings which can be effected
through investment for accident prevention.
10. Monthly reports showing the cost of accidents or the savings due to good accident prevention
efforts is an important means of motivating attention to safe operating conditions and procedures.
11. Accident statistics give clear classification that what are the main causes of accidents, which are
the main departments of accidents, what are unsafe areas or conditions, what are unsafe actions,
how much is the money-loss and time loss in accidents etc., so that we can easily concentrate
upon those areas and provide remedial measures to stop those losses. This is the greatest
advantage of safety statistics.
12. The altitudes of workmen and of society become unfavourable when accidents are frequent or.
affecting public at large as in case of Bhopal disaster. An unfavourable attitude invariably
influences production, sales etc. The realisation of such indirect costs or public compensation
serves as motivation for management to prevent accidents. It is also a warning to the unsafe
13. Safety statistics shows the need and methods for standardised data about accidents, injuries,
failure rates of equipment etc. and costs. Indian Standard IS:3786 provides method for
computation of frequency .and severity rates for industrial injuries and classification of industrial
accidents. The statistics is also useful in preparing, presenting and communicating reports on
safety performance.
14. Accident statistics provide valuable information to regulatory agencies and insurance companies.
Regulatory agencies may use such data to identify causative factors and additional safety
requirements to prevent future accidents. Insurance companies can use the data in determining
costs of premiums which are based on accident and injury frequencies and severity rates.
15. Accident statistics are essential for planning accident-prevention activities, assessing their
effectiveness and amendment of safety laws.
2. MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM AND INADEQUACY

(LIMITATION) OF DATA
Let us try to understand the problem by some available data:
India :
In our .country, in 1994, there were total 190435 accidental deaths (See Table 5.7) of which
majority were road and rail accidents and due to fire, drowning, poisoning and miscellaneous causes. The
factories and mines accidents were 606 and 506 respectively. Percentage wise major causes-were: Road
accident 27.2, Fire 12.2, Drowning 12.1, Railway accident 9.6, Poisoning 7.2, fall from height 12,
Electrocution 1.8, others 9.2 and unspecified causes 18.5. This is shown in Fig. 5.1. Almost similar are
the figures for 1993 and 1992 (LP News, 1996). Thus fatal industrial accidents are less than 1% of the
total accidents in the country.
Unspe c ified c a use s,
19%
Ro ad a c c id ent, 27%
Others, 9%
Fa ll from heig ht, 2%

Fire, 12 %
Ele c troc utio n, 2%
Dro wnin g, 1 2%
Po iso ning, 7%
Ra ilwa y a c c id ent, 10%
Fig. 5.1 : Fatal accidents in 1994
In 1990, there were total 663 fatal and 127454 non-fatal factory accidents in India, which were
784 and 253184 in 1986, respectively.
Under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in 1992, there were 1503 deaths, 1365 permanent
disablement 7377 temporary disablement reported land amount of compensation paid for them were Rs.
807.43 lakhs, 233.36 lakhs and 113.55 lakhs respectively.
Under the Employees' State Insurance Act, in 1992-93, the figures areas follows :
No. of factories covered 150349

No. of employees in factories covered 6691000
No. of family units covered 7444000
No. of beneficiaries covered 28883000
No. of cases admitted in hospitals 3777904
Home visits paid 184148
Medical benefits paid (total) Rs. 8329 Lakhs
Dependants benefits paid Rs. 1211 Lakhs
Above figures are not the complete picture, because, many accidents might not be reported and
many factories are not covered under the ESI Act.
UK:
As per the Robens Report, the figures of 1969 were as follows:
Subject Number Cost Million Pound

Fatalities in industries 1918 20.20
Fatalities in factories 649 8.28
Industrial accidents 841680 96.90
Factory accidents 441630 54.70
Total industrial accident 336.30
cost
Total factory accident cost 133.90
USA:
In 1965, the total cost of accidents at work, home and roads was estimated 18030 million dollars.
The National Safety Council estimates that the annual costs resulting from injuries and deaths
plus losses in motor vehicle mishaps and fires, are @50 billion dollars. This is too incomplete and far too
low a figure for all accidents.
As per the NSC report of 1963, the annual accident toll in USA was estimated at 100500 deaths, 2
x 10" disabling injuries and total economic loss 53 x 10« dollars.
H. M. Vernon estimated the loss in potential production through industrial injuries amounted to
643 x W dollars in 1932.
As per another report, yearly accidents in USA are @ 3 x 106 of which industrial accidents at
work are believed to be 9 x 105 costing 6 x 108 dollars and involving 24 x 106 man days lost
As per Accident Facts, 1997, NSC, USA, unintentional injury deaths were estimated 93400 in
1996, each year @2.6 million Americans were hospitalised for injuries, @39.6 million were treated in
hospital emergency departments and @60.5 million (nearly one in four) required medical attention or
suffered at least a day of activity restriction from an injury.
The economic impact of above fatal and nonfatal injuries amounted to $444.1 billion in 1996.
This is @ $1700 per capita, or @ $4500 per household.
Such human and economic costs add up to staggering totals, and make it obvious that a major
effort to lessen them is in order. Because of the magnitude of this accident problem, all factories should
set up safety programmes of various types to deal with the problem.
International Comparison: The industrial (manufacturing) Accident Rates per one million man
hours worked in 1990 of some countries are as follows :
Egypt 0.13 Japan 0.01

Tunisia 0.07 Germany 0.07
Poland 0.05 UK 0.02
USA 0.02 New Zealand 0.04
France 0.06 Philippines 0.05
India 0.20
Thus we have comparatively the highest accident rate.
Inadequacy or Limitations of Data :
It is believed that safety statistics is under reported. Majority of unregistered factories, small
factories and industries do not report all cases of accidents, occupational diseases and poisoning, nor do
they maintain any record.
See Table 5.2 and footnote under it. Indian Labour Statistics 1991-93, published on 29-5-1995 by
Labour Bureau,. Shimla, could accommodate statistics up to 1992 and as mentioned under the foot-note,
many States (more than ten) did not send information of industrial injuries for the years from 1984 to
1991. In Table 9.2 on Maternity Benefit paid under the M. B. Act, 1961, it is revealed that 20 States (out
of 24) did not send complete information for the years from 1988 to 1992. Gujarat had sent information
for one year (1989) only and that too incomplete! This is the situation in many statistical tables. This
indicates limitation or inadequacy of data. The main reasons are well-known and as under
1. Lacs of small and medium scale industries are' out of coverage to fill 'returns' for safety
information.
2. Lacs of factories may be unregistered due to whatsoever reasons. The result is that, no
information is available from them on the matters of safety, health, welfare and environment .
3. Thousands of registered factories do not send prescribed 'returns' or necessary statistical

information.
4. As the States do not get information from industries, they are unable to send it to the Labour
Bureau, Shimla.
5. Even in information available or sent, many are incomplete or do not tally with others.
6. Compilation at every stage takes too much time (years) and causes great delay.
7. Compilation at National level and publication needs further time and results in. delay. Interest and
efforts at all levels are necessary to solve this problem.
8. Information on cost of accident is rarely available. A few big factories may be keeping the records
of direct and indirect costs of accidents.
9. The cost of loss to the families and society is hardly available.
10. All industries are not covered under the ESI Act and the figures of compensation under this Act
and the Workmen's Compensation Act do not give an all-India picture.
11. No record of private medical expenses is traceable from one source.
12. No record of accident expenditures in agriculture, at homes, at shops, stores, roads, godowns
and other workplaces is available.
This suggests some forms to be prescribed for such records at such places. Only then we can have
the real and full picture of all accidents in the country. How to make this possible is another problem to
be tackled by national institutions.
Costing or valuation of material damage or losses is possible, but, how do we value a human life?
Can any meaningful price (cost) be assigned to it? How can anyone equate the value of 2500 lives (of
Bhopal accident) in terms of cash equivalent ? And how to value the after-effects on impaired parts of the
bodies? or after-effects of emotional pains to families? This is all very difficult and therefore, only
estimation is possible. This is again an inadequacy or limitations of safety data.
It is interesting to note that Melinek S. J. suggested a method of evaluating human life for
economic purposes and he concluded in 1972 the value of human life was about 50000 pounds (this can
become many times more at present). He added that there is a large difference between the value people
place on their own lives and the value placed on them by society at large, which is usually much lower.
3. ACCIDENT COST TO THE INJURED PERSON AND HIS

FAMILY .
Accidents are costly to the injured person, to his family, to the management and to the society. Let
us see how much an injured worker would lose due to an accident to him.
In addition to pain, suffering, worries, incapacity, wage .loss, medical and other expenses, he also
suffers as under.
If a worker is not covered by any insurance scheme, he has to bear the loss of wages and the cost
of medical expenses, transport, fruits, food etc. If he suffers permanent disablement, he loses his earning
capacity for life.
If a worker is insured under any scheme, he gets some compensation, medical expenses and some
daily allowance which are hardly adequate. No costing is possible for his suffering, pain, worry and
incapacitation. Even after return to duty, he is unable to perform his normal work for many days and
therefore may lose incentive and overtime wages during that period. Another loss is his mental setback
and inability to social functions and recreation.
Example :
Let us take an example of a worker who meets with an accident at his age of 20 years and loses
his total earning capacity. His monthly wage is Rs. 1500/-.
As per Workmen's Compensation Act, he will get (60% of 1500) x the relevant factor
= 900 x 224 = 201600, or Rs. 90000/- whichever is more, thus he will get the compensation of
Rs. 201600/-.
If the accident would not have happened, he would have worked for another 40 years and would
have earned as follows :
1500 p.m. wage x 12 months x 40 years
= 720000.
Considering yearly increment of Rs. 50 throughout the span of 40 years, i.e. increasing Rs. 50 x
12 = 600 each year for 40 years (wage ceiling is not considered because of the periodical wage rise),
further earning
= (600 x 1) + (600 x 2) + (600 x 3)+.... (600 x 40)

= 600 (1+2+3+......+40) = 600 x 820 =492000
Therefore total earning = 720000 + 492000

= 1212000.
Thus against Rs. 1212000 he gets only Rs. 201600 which seems much less.
Suppose, he would have died, his family gets (50% of 1500) x the relevant factor = 750 x 224 =
168000, or Rs. 80,000 whichever is more, i.e. Rs. 168000 a still less amount than the compensation for
permanent total disablement.
4. ACCIDENT COST TO THE MANAGEMENT
Management suffers two types of costs
1. Direct or Insured or Tangible Costs and

2. Indirect or Uninsured or Intangible (hidden Costs. -
4.1 Direct Costs:
This includes the compensation paid to the injured person, or insurance premium, medical and
hospital charges, transport charges directly paid by the employer.
Direct costs are easy to calculate as their money value is directly available. Workers' legal
compensation or accident insurance premiums (net premiums after deducting refund if any), medical
expenses of doctors' bills, medicine bills, hospital/ dispensary charges etc., extra compensation paid to the
injured worker or his family and all other direct expenses/expenditures paid, by the employer due to the
accident, constitute direct costs.
If hospital charges' doctor's bill, medicine bill or other expenditure is paid by insurance company,
only premium cost should be considered. Direct cost includes insured expenditure and direct payment
only.
4.2 Indirect Costs :
Indirect costs are of many types and need careful consideration to determine their 'equivalent
money value'. Use of cost data sheets and other methods have been developed to calculate indirect costs.
They include following
1. Cost of wages paid for working time lost by insured workers, other than workers' compensation
payments.
2. Cost of wages paid for working time lost by workers, other than the injured worker(s).
3. The net cost to repair, or replace material or equipment that was damaged in accident.
4. Extra cost due to overtime work necessitated by accident.
5. Cost of wages paid to supervisors for their time required for activities necessitated by accident.
6. Wage cost due to decreased output of injured worker after return to work.
7. Cost of learning period and preparation of new worker(s).
8. Uninsured medical cost borne by the company.
9. Cost of time spent by higher officers, outsiders and clerical workers on investigations or in
restarting the production or in processing compensation application, procedure and other
administration.
10. Cost of work interruption due to idle machine, work stoppage or spoilage.
11. Cost of property (including material and equipment) damage due to accident.
12. Uninsured other costs and the miscellaneous unusual costs.
The ratio 4 to 1 : In 1927, H. W. Heinrich presented a paper at the National Safety Congress
(USA), and placed the indirect cost as an average 4 times the direct cost. This was the origin of much
discussed and controversial 4 to I ratio.
Some studies yielded ratios ranging from 8 to I to I to I, but, in general, they supported Heinrich's
findings.
Heinrich writes, 'It is not contended that the 4 to I proportion holds true for every industrial
accident or every individual plant, and it is granted that in nation wide application the ratio may vary, yet
it has already tested sufficiently to provide approximate confirmation'.
After Heinrich's research of 4 to I ratio in 1926, much discussion was carried out. Frank E Bird,
Jr., accepted the iceberg principle of hidden costs, dividing them into two categories: uninsured costs of
property damage which can be easily quantified and uninsured miscellaneous costs which are difficult to
quantify. His estimates of each are higher than original 4 to 1 estimate as shown in Fig. 5.2
Fig. 5.2 : Bird's Iceberg concept
Part A : Insured costs
1. Medical 2. Compensation
Part- B : Uninsured costs
1. Building damage
2. Tool & equipment damage
3. Product & material damage
4. Production delays & interruptions
5. Many items such as hiring & training, investigation time etc.
Simonds and Grimaldi use the terms 'insured' and 'uninsured' for Heinrich's terms 'direct' and
'indirect' and state that (1) Heinrich's ratio '4 to I' is higher because some of the uninsured (indirect) costs
included by Heinrich are not valid and (2) There is no direct correlation between insured (direct) and
uninsured (indirect) costs and applying a single ratio gives inaccurate results. They give the following
formula –
Total cost = Insurance cost (i.e. direct cost)

+ A x No. of lost time cases
+ B x No. of doctor's cases (no lost time)
+ C x No. of Only first-aid cases
+D x No. of accidents causing no injuries but causing property damage
in excess of specified amounts,
where A, B, C, D are the average uninsured (indirect) costs for each category of cases, and the
number of cases refers to the actual count of each type during the period under consideration.
Bird and Germain, however consider this revised concept, an ineffective tool in safety
motivation and they suggested, a ledger-costs concept that appear on department ledgers. The main
factors considered in accident cost-accounting are -
1. Workers:
(a) Total cost of workers' compensation benefits.
(b) Wages and medical costs paid during disability in addition to (a) above.
(c) Cost of time lost on day of accident and on subsequent days.
(d) Cost of time spent on light work or reduced output.
2. Machinery, Material, Equipment :

(a) Cost of repairing damage or cost of replacement.
(b) Cost of lost production time,
Despite their differences, Heinrich, Simonds and Grimaldi, and Bird and Germain all agree that
accident costs tend to be underestimated.
By formula or ledger, total cost calculation does not explain difference between direct and indirect
costs, or their ratio, as they are explained by Heinrich's concept (breakup) and ratio.
Factors of Indirect (Hidden) Accident Cost:
The list given by Heinrich is as under :
1. Cost of time lost by injured employee.

2. Cost of time lost by other employees who stop work.
a. Out of curiosity.
b. Out of sympathy.
c. To assist injured employee.
d. For other reasons.
3. Cost of time lost by foremen, supervisors or other executives as follows:

a. Assisting injured employee.
b. Investigating the cause of the accident.
c. Arranging for the injured employee's production to be continued by some other

employee.
d. Selecting, training, or breaking in a new employee to replace the injured employee.
e. Preparing statutory accident reports, or attending hearings before Govt. officials.
4. Cost of time spent on the case by first-aid attendant and hospital department staff, when not paid
for by the insurance carrier.
5. Cost due to damage to the machine, tools, or. other property or to the spoilage of material.
6. Incidental cost due to interference with production, failure to fulfill orders in time, loss of
bonuses, payment of forfeits and other similar causes.
7. Cost to employer under employee welfare and benefit systems.
8. Cost to employer in continuing the wages of the injured employee in full, after his return - even
though the services of the employee (who is not yet fully recovered) may for a time l)e worth only
about half of their normal value.
9. Cost due to the loss of profit on the injured employee's productivity and on idle machines.
10. Cost that occurs in consequence of the excitement or weakened morale due to the accident.
(Stoppage or slawing down of work)
11. Overhead cost per injured employee - the expense of light, heat, rent, and other such items, which
continues while the injured employee is a non-producer.
This list is not exhaustive and many points can be added to it, though it is sufficient to point out
unexpected loss producing events that follow the consequence of accident.
Ratio Relationship : The following table shows the ratio relationship between these costs in
some countries.
Country Year Direct Cost Indirect Cost

UK 1967 1 6.7
USA 1932 1 8
Germany 1954 1 10.7
Austria 1965 1 6.4
In India, such record is not available, but it can be roughly estimated to be 1:3 to 1:8.
Example :
Let us consider an example of a worker drawing Rs. 900/- p.m. and meeting with an accident at
his age of 40 (completed) and losing three fingers of one hand (i.e. 30% permanent partial disablement).
Direct Cost (Rs.)
1. Compensation under Workmen's Compensation Act.

From Sr. No. 8 of Part II of Schedule I,
30% of (60% of 900 x the age factor)
= 0.30 (540 x 184.17)
= 0.30 x 99451.8 = 29835
2. Medical & Hospital charges

including fees, medicines, milk, fruits etc. = 02137
3. Transportation charges = 00200
Total direct cost Rs. 32172
Indirect Cost (Rs.)
1. Cost of lost time -
A. By injured worker 1870

B. By other workers 5330
C. By Supervisors & executives 6240
D. By first-aid staff and Clerical expense 1260
2. Cost of production loss due to -
A. Idle m/c and clean up etc. 1390

B. Damage to the machine 7310
C. Damage to tools 5650
D. Damage to materials 4620
E. Spoilage of materials 2550
3. Incidental cost due to -
A. Fulfilling order (supply) 6280

in time (worked overtime)
B. Payment of forfeits
C. Welfare & benefit system 0840
D. Less production by the injured 8560
worker after his return to work
E. Loss of profit & productivity 5356
F. Production loss by weakened 2644
morale of others
4. Overhead & Administrative expense 4800
Total indirect (uninsured) Cost 64700
Total cost of the Accident

32172 + 64700 = 96872
Here the ratio comes to @ 1:2, but, this is widely variable depending upon each case.
Suppose due to a fatal accident 3500 workers do not work for one shift or day, that estimate only
would cost Rs. 3500 x 60 (daily wage) = 210000 and adding to the indirect cost, the ratio would be 1:8.
Suppose direct cost is not born by the company which paid accident insurance amount for that-
worker as Rs. 16000, then ratio will become 16200/64700=l:4. See also Part 4 for costs discussion.
See Part 5 & 7 of Chapter-29 for legal provisions.
5. UTILITY AND LIMITATION OF COST DATA
Data of accident costs are many difficult to get and they have limitation also. But they are most
useful to convince tile management to plan and work for safety.
5.1 Utility (Usefulness) of Cost Data to Convience Management:

Direct cost of accident is directly available and is very much useful to calculate expenditure and
budgetary estimate on -predictable accidents or fire / explosion and other risks.
Indirect costs are also real costs and they should be calculated to quantify or demonstrate in
meaningful way. Such unproven costs may seem unreal to the management and it may not be convinced.
However Safety Officer should try to quantify these hidden costs, to explain the iceburg concept (Fig.
5.1) to the management and to draw a conclusion that 'preventive costs may be less than the total costs of
accidents' - a powerful stimulus for the management to invest for accident prevention' work.
Each industry should try to calculate accident costs of all the accidents happened in last
(completed) year and to compare the ratio year to year. This will indicate where and how we can reduce
the accident costs. The best effort was made by Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mumbai by preparing
an impressive book on such accident costs studies and also showing by an exhibition.
There is a great significance of this ratio of costs to statisticians, employers, employees, safety
officers and insurance salesmen. It supplies powerful stimulus to convince management for preventive
action. It emphasises that - ,
1. Cost estimates may remain underestimated and the million - rupees may be increased 4 to 5 times.
2. The employers must worry about accident cost and accept accident prevention as their economic
activity and duty.
3. The work of safety officer has a real monetary value and
4. It enhances the value of the service of an insurance salesman.
5.2 Limitation of Costs Data:

Limitation (inadequacy) of accident data is discussed in Part-2. Direct (insured) and indirect
(uninsured) costs of various types are discussed in Part-4. From this discussion it is inferred that the data
of direct cost is easily available as insurance premiums or direct compensation costs or other medical and
safety expenditure from records.
It is the indirect (uninsured) and other intangible costs which are not directly available and are to
be calculated from other data. Such points mentioned in Part- 4 show the limitation of cost of data.
Except a very few companies, hardly data is available on cost of time spent by the injured worker
due to accident, time spent by co-workers, supervisors and others in inquiring or investigating that
accident, time spent by idle machine or interruption or production loss, money value of repair or
replacement, money value of delay in fulfilling orders, money value in preparing a substitute, cost of
damage to public or public liability claims, loss of profit due to cancelled contracts or orders or rejects,
cost of excess spoilage by new employees and demurrage etc. Cost of damage to environment and cost of
court penalties due to accident cases are also unpredictable. This indicates the limitation of cost data.
6. ACCIDENT SOCIETY COSTS TO THE
The society suffers losses in three ways :
1. The family - a part of the nearest society suffers pain, financial hardship and service or
maintenance loss by the injured person or his death.
2. The society 'as consumers pay the increased cost of production due to direct and indirect cost to
the management.
3. The society bears the social and financial burden of maintenance of all injured persons and their
families. Thus knowingly or unknowingly every member of the society bears a proportion of the
costs of accidents, and
4. The society losses service or help by that person.
Therefore employee, employers and society all have to work collectively for accident prevention.
7. COST COMPILATION PROCEDURE
Following examples illustrate the cost compilation procedure.
Example :
A worker dies in an accident at his age of 55 when he was drawing Rs. 6600/- p.m. He was very
experienced worker and leader of the factory of 3650 workers. If he would have not died, he would have
worked another 5 years. Calculate the cost of this accident to his family, his management, the society and
the overall cost totalling all the three factors.
(1) Cost to the family :
As per the Workmen's Compensation Act, Section 4(1) (a) and Explanation, his family will get
50% of 2000 x the relevant factor = 0.50 x 2000 x 135.56 = Rs. 135560.
If he would have not died and worked for further five years, he would have earned 6600: x 12 x 5
= Rs. 396000. Considering yearly increment of Rs. 50 throughout the span of 5 years, increasing Rs. 50 x
12 == 600 each year for 5 years, he would have further earned
= (600 x 1) + (600 x 2) + ........ + (600 x 5)

= 600 (1+2+3+4+5) = 600 x 15 = 9,000.
Therefore his total earning would have been Rs. 396000 + 9000 = 405000.
Deducting the compensation received, cost (monetary) of accident to his family
= 405000 - 135560 = Rs. 269440 ....(1)
The cost of the person lost is intangible.
(2) Cost to the Management (Estimates) :
(A) Direct Cost Rs.
1. Compensation under W. C. Act 135560

2. Medical & Hospital Charges 000750
3. Transportation Charges 000690
Total Direct Cost 137000
(B) Indirect Cost
1. Cost of time lost by

a. Injured worker (including extra payments) ----
b. Other workers 012744
c. Supervisors & executives 016423
d. First-aid staff and clerical expense 001077
2. Cost of production loss due to

a. Idle m/c and clean up etc. 008375
b. Damage to the machine 002125
c. Damage to tools/equipment 000412
d. Damage to materials 001188
e. Spoilage of materials 000200
3. Incidental cost due to

a. Fulfilling order in time (required overtime) 001682
b. Payment of forfeits ---
c. Welfare & benefit system 002318
d. Loss due to preparing substitute 008256
e. Loss of profit & productivity 011944
f. Loss of production by weakened morale of others 033689
g. Wage& production loss by half day work- 109500
stoppage by all workers' 0.5 x 60 x 3650=
4. Overhead and Administrative 020311
Total indirect cost 230244
The ratio D. C. : 1. C. = 137 : 230 = 1: 1.7
If the direct cost is insured by some insurance agency and if we consider the annual insurance
premium as Rs. 40000, the direct cost would be Rs. 40000 and the ratio, then will be 40:230 = 1:6.
The total cost to the management = 137000 + 230244 == 367244, if uninsured, and
40000+230244=270244, if insured .....(2)
Thus, insurance saves cost of accident.
(3) Cost to the Society (Estimated) :

(A) Loss to his family, other than the wage loss
(in the form of other services) 55800
(B) 20000 consumers pay the product price rise assuming
Rs. 2 each, then 40000
(C) Social and financial help by the society 04200
Cost to the society Rs. 100000

… (3)
Therefore the overall (national) cost totaling above three factors
= (1)+(2)+(3) = 269440 + 367244 + 100000 -Rs. 736684
Thus one fatal accident costs to the nation in lakhs of rupees.
Estimating minimum cost of fatal accident as Rs. 1 lakh and @ 1800 fatal accidents in factories in
India per year, the minimum total cost of all these accidents would be 1800 lakhs rupees, and estimating
@ 120000 total fatalities (of all kind), their total national cost would be Rs. 120000 x 100000 = 12 x 10 9.
What a great target (and cause) for all safety people to minimise this national annual loss !
8. CRAIG SINCLAIR'S STUDY OF ACCIDENT COST,

PREVENTIVE COST AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP
T. Craig Sinclair on behalf of the Robens Committee on Health and Safety carried out a detailed
study and published a paper 'A cost effectiveness approach to individual safety, HMSO London, (1972)'.
A brief summary of his concept is given below :
*
Estimate of Accident Costs :
The costs of accidental injuries are made up of three parts - fatalities, serious injuries (over 4
weeks off work) and other injuries. Thus we can write.
AC = RD (ASd + AOd) +RS (ASs + AOs ) + RO (ASo + AOo) Where
AC = annual Accident Cost per worker
RD = annual Risk of Death per worker
RS = annual Risk of Serious injury per worker
RO = annual Risk of Other injury per worker
AS = Subjective element of cost and
AO = Objective element of cost with second subscript
d, s or o for death, serious injury and other injury.
Sinclair has applied this method with meaningful results to large groups of workers in entire
industries including agriculture. The method is not useful for very small groups where the resuite will
have little statistical significance.
9. FORMS OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS
Three forms for useful accident statistics are suggested as under:
9.1 Accident Report Form:
An internal accident report form should be devised to contain facts as under:
1. Statutory information (say. Form No. 21, 21-A and 22 under the Gujarat Factories Rules).
a) Name, Address, Phone arid Fax No. of the Factory.
b) Name, Address, Phone and Fax No. of the Occupier. .
c) Name, Age, Sex and Address of the Injured or Died Person.
d) Experience, training, qualification etc.
e) Place, Date, Time, Shift and Type (Fatal, Nonfatal, Serious etc.) of the Accident or
Dangerous Occurrence.
f) Nature, Type, Extent and Body part of Injury, Poisoning or Disease.
g) The severity of injury in details, Short mention like fatal, non-fatal, abrasion, etc.,
are insufficient.
h) Doctor and Medical Staff who attended the Victim.
2. All causes - immediate and contributing - of accident. Possible detail should be given.
3. Nature of job and exact work being done by the injured worker at the time of accident.
4. Psychological data with previous accident history, if any.
5. Physiological factors and bodily defects or habits, if any.
6. Physical conditions - work load, physical, mechanical, chemical and environmental factors
present at that time.
7. Names, Addresses and Statements of co-workers and witnesses who saw the accident.
8. Proofs, evidences, photographs, records, register etc. to understand the cause(s) of the
accident.
9. Remedial measures
a) Immediately required to prevent the recurrence.
b) Required as second phase of compliance.
10. Any other relevant information pertaining to above accident.
Name and Signature of Supervisor _________

Safety manager_____
Plant incharge ______
Then from this internal accident report, required statutory form should be filled in.
9.2 Accident Investigation Form:
A specimen form is devised and given below to keep a good record, of accident statistics. It is
useful for costing and classification of individual accident to conclude sharply for its prevention.
Information is to be given by the Dept. concerned and to be maintained for internal safety audit.
Name & Address of the Factory or Industry :

Type of Manufacturing Process :
Industrial Classification :
Total workers ________ Shifts ________ H.P. ________
(A) Supervisor's Report
1. Injured person's (a) Name & Address ____________________________________________

(b) Employee Code No. ________ (c) Department _________ .
(d) Age (years completed) _______ (e) Sex _____ .
(f) Occupation/Designation __________________________________
2. Date & Time of the Accident _________________________________
3. Place and Department of Accident ____________________________________________
4. When did the injured person start his work in this place?
5. Causation Analysis :
(a) Caused by machinery? (Yes/No) _________
Give name of the machine, H.P., its part causing the accident, whether it was moved by
power, description of the process/operation going on and what the injured person was
exactly doing at that time.
(b) If caused by another person's fault, give its details.
(c) Names and addresses of co-workers and witnesses who actually saw the accident or knew
about it.
(d) Nature and type of accident.
Nature : Fatal? ______ Statutorily Reportable? ________ Causing Injury? (i.e. disabling
or lost-time) ______ Causing no injury but property damage only? _____ Other type
_______
(e) Nature, extent and description of injury.
(f) Supervisor's exact opinion about the direct and indirect cause, whether it was due to
unsafe condition or action or their combination and actual reasons with facts.
(B) Medical Department's Report :
1. Description of injury in details (Nature & Extent).

2. Description of permanent health effect if any.
3. Description of the First-Aid (including antidote) given.
4. Description of after treatment.
5. Date of found fit to resume duty (Mention subsequently)
6. Name of Doctors /Medical Staff who gave the treatment.
7. Cost of total medical expenses.
8. Cost of extra hours worked by the doctor and his staff due to this accident.
(C) HR/ Personnel Department’s Report:
1. Injured person's (a) Date of Joining ______ (b) Date of Birth _____ (c) Qualification __________
(d) changes of Departments ________ (e) Training & Experience (f) Monthly wage Rs. _______
(g) Hourly wage Rs. _______ (h) Name & Address of near relative to be informed immediately
2. Date of resuming duty _________. and Man-days lost _______

3. Amount of accident insurance premium for the worker _______
4. Amount of Compensation paid/payable ______ and by whom _________.
5. Other amount (eg. extra componsation) paid to the injured person or/and his family
(D) Safety Department's Report:
1. Date of investigation started _______ by whom _____________________

2. Names and Designation of investigating officer(s) ____________________
3. Date of investigation completed _____________
4. Concluded causes of the accident (Give details) :
(a) Unsafe condition (main) ?
(b) Unsafe action (main) ?
(c) Their combination or multiple causes ?
(d) Psychological factors ?
(e) Physiological factors ?
(f) Environmental factors ?
(g) Physical conditions or work load ?
(h) Description of the cause(s).
5. Classification of the Accident.
6. Remedial Safety Measures.
(a) List of total measures suggested in order of priority.
(b) List of measures already complied with. ,
(c) List of measures yet to be complied, within what time and by whom
Date : Signature of the

Manager or Occupier
9.3 Accident Costs Form
1. Name & Address of the Factory/Industry _____________________________________________

2. Name & Address of the injured person ________________________Employee/Code No ______
3. Type of injury _________ (Death, permanent total disablement, permanent partial disablement,
temporary disablement)
4. Nature of injury (body effect) ____________
5. Date & Time of Accident ______________ Place of Accident _______
6. Department __________ Process/operation ___________
7. Hourly wage of the injured person _______
Hourly wage of the supervisor ______
Hourly wage of the workers and other officers who left their work and spent their time for the
accident (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
8. Direct Cost Computation. Rs.
(a) Amount directly paid by the company
as Compensation or any premium or
contribution under the W. C. Act or ESI Act
or any Insurance Scheme for the Worker _______
(b) Medical and Hospital Charges _______
(c) Transportation Charges for Medical treatment _______
(d) Extra Compensation or Help to the injured
worker or his family members including
payment of wages given during the period
of absence due to the accident and not
adjusted' against the amount of compensation,
including any amount paid in whatsoever name _______
Total Direct Cost (DC) Rs. _______
9. Indirect Cost Computation.

Time (hours) spent by the injured person and others as in 7 above.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
(1) Therefore cost of time lost by Rs.

(a) Injured worker __
(b) Other workers __
(c) Supervisors, Officers and Executives __
(d) First-aid and clerical staff __
(e) Outside agency (viz. Safety Consultant) __
(f) Other persons __
(2) Cost of material and production loss due to

(a) Spoilage of materials __
(b) Damage to materials __
(c) Damage to machine/vessels __
(d) Damage to tools/equipment __
(e) Idle m/c and clean up, repair etc. __
(f) Other damage and repairs __
(3) Incidental cost due to

(a) Extra work for fulfilling the order in time __
(required overtime payment)
(b) Payment of forfeits __
(c) Welfare and benefit system __
(d) Preparing or hiring substitute __
(e) Decreased output (production) by the injured __
and others for some time
(f) Wages and production loss due to mass __
work-stoppage by workers
(g) Overhead and Administrative expense __
(h) Loss of profit and productivity __
(i) Amount not classified elsewhere __
Total Indirect Cost (IC) Rs. __
10. The Ratio of IC to DC (Total of item 9/Total of item 8) __
11. Cost of accident to the management = Total of item 8+Total of item 9 __
12. Cost of accident to injured person's family __
13. Total cost of accident = 11+12 __
14. Estimate of Preventive costs __
Signature of Occupier / Manager.
In our country such accident and cost forms are not maintained by industries in respect of all
accidents. In want of them, exact causation, preventive measures B - cost of accident cannot be
determined in details. Therefore such forms (or modified as per own requirement) should be voluntarily
maintained by all industries for the purpose of precise safety statistics. This will highlight the importance
of budget for preventive efforts.
10. MEASUREMENTS OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE
10.1 Terminology:
IS:3786 defines as under :
Accident An unintended occurrence arising out of and in the course of employment of a person
resulting in an injury.
Death: Fatality resulting from an accident
Disability Injury (Lost Time Injury) : An injury causing disablement extending beyond the day
of shift on which the accident occurred.
Non-disabling Injury: An injury which requires medical treatment only, without causing any
disablement whether of temporary or permanent nature.
Reportable Disabling Injury (Reportable Lost Time Injury) : An injury causing death or
disablement to an extent as prescribed by the relevant statute (viz. the Factories Act and the ESI Act).
Days of Disablement (Lost Time): In case of disablement of a temporary nature, the number of
days on which the injured person was partially disabled as defined below. In case of death or disablement
of a permanent nature whether it be partial or total disablement as defined below, man-days lost means
the charges in days of earning capacity lost due to such permanent disability or death as specified in
Appendix B. In other cases the day on which the injury occurred or the day the injured person returned to
work are not to be included as man-days lost, but all intervening calendar days (including Sundays, days
off, days of plant shut down etc.) are to be included. If after resumption of work, the person injured is
again disabled for any period arising out of the injury which caused his earlier disablement, the period of
such subsequent disablement is also to be included in the man-days lost.
Partial Disablement: This is of two types; (i) disablement of a temporary nature which reduces
the earning capacity of an employed person in any employment in which he was engaged at the time of
the accident resulting in the disablement and (ii) disablement of a permanent nature which reduces his
earning capacity in every employment which he was capable of undertaking at the time.
Total Disablement: Disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, which
incapacitates a workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident
resulting in such disablement, provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from
every type of injury specified in Part A of Appendix A or from any combination of injuries specified in
Part B of Appendix A where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in that
part against those injuries, amounts to one hundred percent.
Man-hours Worked: The total number of employee-hours worked by all employees working in
the industrial premises. It includes managerial, supervisory, professional, technical, clerical and other
workers including contractors' labour.
Man-hours worked shall be calculated from the pay roll or time clock record including overtime.
When this is not feasible, the same shall be estimated by multiplying the total man-days worked for the
period covered by the number of hours worked per day. The total number of man-days for a period is die
sum of the number of persons at work on each day of the period. If the daily hours vary from department
to department, separate estimates shall be made for each department and the result added together. When
actual man-hours are not used, the basis on which the estimates are made shall be indicated.
Scheduled or Time Charge: For charges or equivalent man-days lost for death or total
disablement see Part-A and for partial disablement see Part-B of Appendix-A of IS: 3786.
For death or total (100%) disablement, equivalent man-days lost are specified as 6000.
The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 also defines following terms:
Partial disablement of temporary nature or permanent nature, Total disablement (temporary or

permanent), Wages and Workmen.
Section 4 and Schedule I & IV are important for calculating the amount of compensation. A
concept of relevant (age) factor was added with effect from 1-7-1984. Section 4 was amended with effect
from 15-9-1995 raising the limits of compensation.
The Employees State Insurance Act should also be referred where it is applicable. It also
contains the similar terms and schedules.
See Part 7 of Chapter-29 and Part 6 of Chapter - 4 for further information.
10.2 Safety Performance Rates :
There are many types of safety performance rate as under:
10.2.1 Frequency Rate:

A question 'How often do injuries occur?' is replied by the frequency rate which is defined as
the disabling (lost time) injuries per 106 man-hours worked.
F1 = No. of lost time injury x 106

Manhours worked
FR = No. of lost time injury x 106

Manhours worked
If the injury does not cause loss of time in the period in which it occurs but in a subsequent period
the injury should be included in the frequency rate of the period in which the loss of time begins.
If an injury causes intermittent loss of time, it should only be included in the frequency rate once
that is, when the first loss of time occurs.
Since frequency rate F, is based on the lost time injuries reportable to the statutory authorities, it
ma) be used for official purposes only. In all other cases frequency rate F, should be used for comparison
purposes.
In some country, the frequency coefficient (F) h determined by
F = No. of injuries for a given period x 1000

Total Man – hours of exposure
10.2.2 Fatal Accident Frequency Rate(FAFR):
It indicates fatalities per 108 man-hours worked. It is the number of deaths from industrial injuries
expected in a group of IOQO people during their working lives (1000 x 40 years x 52 weeks x 48 hours =
1000 x 40 x50x 50 = 108)
FAFR of chemical Industry FAFR in UK Of

France - 8.5 Chemical Ind. - 4
West Germany - 5 Steel Ind. - 8
UK - 4 Coal Mining - 40
USA - 5 Air Crew - 250
FAFR for non-industrial activities
Staying at home - 3
Travelling by bus - 3
Travelling by car - 57
Traveling by air - 240
Motor cycling - 660
Rock climbing - 4000
10.3 Percentage Reduction in Frequency rate :
PRFR = Frequency rate now x 100

Frequency rate past
This is used to decide awards. Average PRFR for two consecutive years is considered.
10.2.4Weighted Frequency Rate:
While giving National Safety Award, this rate : considered and given bv -
WFR = (No. of fatal accidents x 10) x 106

Total man – hours worked
+ (No. of permanent total dis – abilities x 10) x 106

+ (No. of Nonfatal Accidents) x 106
Here each fatal accident and permanent total disability are equated with 10 non-fatal accidents.
10.2.5. Safe T-Score :
It is given by
SafeT-Score =
Frequency rate now – Frequency rate past

Frequency rate past x 106
Manhours worked now.
Positive (+) STS indicates a worsening record while negative (-) STS indicates an improving
record over the past.
If STS is It indicates
Between +2 & -2 Change is not significant. There may be random fluctuation only.
More than +2 Record is worsening than it was in the past. Something wrong has
happened.
Less than – 2 Record is improving than it was in the past. Something better has
happened.
Thus Safe-T-Score is useful to compare our safety record with the past and to control it if it is
found worsening.
10.2.6. Incidence Rate:
General incidence rate is the ratio of the number of injuries to the number of employees during the
period under review. It is expressed as the number of accidents or injuries, per 1000 persons employed.
IL = No. of lost –time accidents or injuries x 1000

Average No. of persons employed
IR = No. of reportable lost time accidents or injuries x 1000

Average No. of persons employed
10.2.7 Severity Rate:
A question 'How serious are the injuries? is replied by the severity rate which is defined as the
number of days of lost time per 106 man-hours worked.
SL = Mandays lost due to lost time injury x 106

Manhours worked.
SR = Mandays lost due to reportable lost time injury x 106

Manhours worked.
The severity coefficient (S) is determined by
S = Mandays lost in all accidents for a given period

No. of injuries for a given period
Since severity rate SR is based on the lost time injuries reportable to the statutory authorities, it
should be used for official purposes only. In all other cases severity rate SL should be used for
comparison purposes.
Here man-days lost due to temporary total disability and man-days lost according to schedule of
charges for death and permanent disabilities are as given in Appendix A (15:3786-1983). In case of
multiple injury, the sum of schedule charges shall not be taken to exceed 6000 man-days. In Appendix A,
equivalent man-days for death and other total disablement are 6000, and they are gradually decreased
with decrease in percentage of loss of earning capacity against named partial disablement.
10.2.8 Mean Duration Rate:
It is an average number of days lost per accident
MDR = Total number of mandays lost

Total number of accidents
= Severity Rate
Frequency Rate
It is also called average days charged or average severity per injury and given by:
Average days charged =

Severity Rate
Frequency Rate
Mandays lost per accident = Total days lost or charged
Total no. of disabling injuries
10.2.9 Duration Rate :
It is an average number of man-hours worked per accident.
DR = Number of manhours worked

Total number of accidents
10.2.10 Disabling Injury Index:
DII = Frequency Rate x Severity Rate

1000
Disabling Index is also given as :
DII = Frequency Rate + 10% of Severity Rate.
This index can be used to compare plant to plant.
10.2.11 Frequency Severity Index or Indicator:
FSI = Frequency rate x Severity rate
1000
This is the square root of Disabling Injury Index. It gives combined effect of frequency and
severity rate. This index can be used to compare-plant to plant. This can be used to indicate degree of
improvement.
10.2.12 Motor Vehicle Accident Rate:
MVAR = Number of accidents x 106

Miles of operating exposure
10.2.13 The Cost Factor:
It is the total compensation and medical cost incurred per 1000 workers of exposure.
Cost Factor = Cost incurred x 1000

Total man-hours worked
Here cost incurred includes the actual compensation and medical costs paid for cases which
occurred in a specified period plus an estimate of what is still to be paid for those cases. The 'estimated
cost incurred' is an estimate of cost incurred based on averages.
'Cost of property damage' is a measure of damage to property of others caused by company (our)
operations.
10.2.14 Cost Severity Rate:
Cost Severity Rate = Total cost of accidents x 106

Total Production Man-hours
10.2.15 Money Loss Rate:

MLR = Loss expenditure x 106
Manhours worked or Miles of Operating Exposure
Loss Ratio = Direct money loss paid out in claims
Premium paid to Insurance Company
10.2.16 Safety activity rate:
It is determined by the following formula :
SAR = Safety Activity x 5 x 106

Man-hours worked x Average No. of employees
Here 'Safety activity' is the sum (during the unit period) of safety recommendations made, unsafe
practices reported, unsafe conditions reported and the number of safety meetings held. Thus a safety
activity rate curve can be plotted for any period - a week, month, year etc. and the safety performance can
be compared.
10.2.17 Risk of Accident:
It is a product of probability (frequency) of the occurrence of an accidental event of a given kind

and of its severity (consequence).
Accident Risk = Total Loss of all accident occurrences
RAC = ( FK x SC )A
Where
FK = Frequency FK i.e. number of accidents A of a
given kind in period of time = A / T
SC = Severity SC i.e. magnitude of consequence C from
accident A of a given kind = C/A
10.2.18 The Rate of Labour Turnover:
It is expressed as T = S/F
Where
T = Rate of Labour Turnover
S = No. of Separations
F = Average labour force for a given period of time.
By multiplying the fraction by 100, the percentage turnover is obtained.
If R = No. of Replacements and U = Unavoidable Separations, the rate is also given as
T = R /F and T = R – U / F
Statistical Period:
Rates for any period, that is month, quarter or year shall include injuries which occurred during
the period, together with any injuries which occurred in the previous 12 months and which have not
already been included in earlier calculations.
Any injury which occurred in a previous period and which did not cause lost time at the time of
occurrence, but caused lost time in the current period, shall be included as a lost time injury in the current
period.
10.3 Significance and Drawbacks of Injury Rates:
10.3.1 Significance of Injury Rates :
1. The injury rates are useful to -
(a) Measure the frequency and seriousness of accidents of a given department, branch or a
factory.
(b) Determine from month to month or year to year whether the condition is getting better or
worse.
(c) Compare the experience of one operating unit with one or more other similar units and
(d) Serve as a basis for an accident-prevention contest between two or more operating units.
2. A serious accident has a considerable effect on the accident severity rate (due to increased
mandays lost) but it does not greatly affect the accident frequency rate.
3. The frequency and severity rates give valuable information on the-safety situation of an industry
or its departments within the industry. They are useful in planning the immediate safety measures
to control accidents in the industry.
4. Injury rates can be computed for a week, a month, a year or for any period of time by using the
same formula. Thus they .form a base of accident statistics for a particular period. The rates are
useful in comparing safety records for the same period of two or more plants, even though they
are dissimilar in size.
5. Frequency rate can be used to compare present safety performance with the past and the good or
bad performance of our own or of others. A high frequency rate indicates need to reduce
accidents, but it is unable to give any hint as to what action.
6. Reduction in severity rate indicates a reduction in deaths and other serious injuries. Increase in
severity rate, even though the frequency rate is decreased, indicates a definite need for effective
Measures to eliminate hazards. Decrease in frequency rate may not necessarily bring decrease in
severity rate. Circumstances causing them may be different.
7. Severity is a matter of good or bad luck but it is connected with frequency. Out of ten accidents,
there may not be any serious accident, but out of hundred, there may be some serious accidents.
Therefore it is said that take care of the frequency rate, then the severity rate will take care of
itself. But this is not completely true. Even one or few accidents can result in fatality or
seriousness. Therefore, safety measures are more important.
8. Frequency rate can become a basis for comparing two or more units, in a safety contest. Severity
rate cannot become a good basis of comparison except when the severity only is to be compared
in all units.
9. Where small, minor or first-aid cases are excluded, to keep the safety record good, it is always
necessary to give first-aid or necessary treatment to all such cases and to remove the hazards.
Prompt first-aid and redressing action to injured workers decreases the man-days lost
which in turn, decreases the severity rates.
10. Safety engineers/officers can use the injury rates

(a) To compare their units with the average for the industry.
(b) Their periodical safety improvement or deterioration.
(c) To find less hazardous operations.
(d) To check how well their departments are doing (an increase in rates indicates lack of
supervisory control) and
(e) To determine which department had the best performance etc.
10.3.2 Drawbacks of Injury Rates :
1. No rate is capable of giving complete picture of safety performance. The frequency rate indicates
a number of accidents per man-hours worked only. Type, cause, severity, agency or factors of
accidents are not represented. The severity rate indicate a ratio of total man-days lost to total man-
hours worked only. Type, cause, frequency, agency or factors of accidents are not represented
Thus, die injury rates are the partial indicators of injury cases only.
2. Many accidents and property damage or time losses not causing any man-days lost are not
properly indicated by frequency or severity rates.
3. Comparing two plants / factories based on their frequency or severity rates is not a good practice.
It does not give correct picture as the types of hazard, working conditions/ actions, number and
type of manual handling or exposure, attitude of workers, attitude of management etc. differ
between them and these factors have definite effects on the frequency and the severity rates.
4. Denominator of both the rates (FR & SR) is 'man-hours worked'. Mostly these figures are selected
from 'Attendance Register and there is a difference between 'Attendance in Register' and actually
working under hazard. Many supervisors, officers and workers sit in offices or cabins or have idle
hours. Even then "such hours' are included in 'man-hours worked'. Thus these rates do not give the
absolute correct safety picture.
5. Severity rate indicates only 'absence' due to an accident. It does not represent actual severity of
pain and suffering of a worker. Equal severity rates of two factories indicate 'the same status of
safety~ therein, while it is a fact that there may be wide difference in types of injuries, their
seriousness, pain and suffering. The same 'man-days lost’ are possible by ten normal accidents or
by one serious accident and the result (severity rate) will be the same.
6. In frequency, severity and other rates, multiplication by 106 gives high figures. Labour Bureau,
Shimla, uses W. See Table 5.2 and 5.9.
These are some drawbacks of injury rates.
10.4 Worked Examples :
1. Calculate different injury rates for. a factory employing average 50 workers for the year during
which 100 lost-time (disabling) injuries (accidents) took place and totally 500 man-days lost. The
workers worked 48 hours a week and S2 weeks in the year. If total cost of the above 100
accidents is Rs. 70,500 calculate the cost severity rate.
Frequency rate = Injury x 106

Man-hours worked
= 100 x 106 = 801.28

50 x 48 x 52
Severity rate = Mandays lost x 106

Man-hours worked
= 500 x 106 = 4006.41

50 x 48 x 52
Incidence rate = Injuries x 1000 0

Average workers employed
= 100 x 1000 = 2000

50
Disabling Index = Frequency rate x Severity rate

1000
= 801.28 x 4006.41 = 3210.256
1000
Average days charged= Sev. Rate = 4006.51 = 5

Freq. rate 801.28
Or = Mandays lost = 500 = 5

Freq. rate 100
Frequency Coefficient = Injuries x 1000

Man- hours worked
Severity Coefficient = Mandays lost = 500 = 5

Injuries 100
Cost Severity rate = Total cost of accidentx 106

Man-hours worked
= 70500 x 106 = 564903.84

50 x 48 x 52
2. If in the factory of Example (1) above, there were 150 safety recommendations, 390 unsafe
practices reported, 50 unsafe conditions reported and 10 safety meetings and programmes
arranged during the year, calculate the safety activity rate.
Safety Activity Rate = Total Safe Activity x 5 x 106

Man – hours worked x Av. Workers employed
= (150 + 390 + 50 + 10 ) x 5 x 106 = 480.76

50 x 48 x 52 x 50
3. In a factory the average daily rate of employment per shift is 1500.' There are 3 shifts of 8 hours.
In a year, the factory works for 300 days. If the total reportable accidents in the year was 80 and
man-days lost were 200, find the frequency and severity rates of accidents, and the Frequency
Severity Indicator.
F= 80 x 106 = 7.40
1500 x 8 x 3 x 300
S= 2000 x 106 = 18.51

1500 x 8 x 3 x 300
FSI = F x S = 7.40 x 18.51 = 0.1369

1000 1000
4. Firm A has 60 workers working 48 hours a week and 20 accidents (lost time) resulting in 120
man-days lost. Firm B has 80 workers working 48 hours a week and 30 accidents resulting in 150
man-days lost. Which firm has the better safety performance during the same six months?
Six months = 52 / 2 = 26 weeks
FA = Injuries x 106 = 20 x 106 = 0267.09

Manhours worked 60 x 48 x 26
FB = Injuries x 106 = 30 x 106 = 0300.48

SA = Mandays lost x 106 = 30 x 106 = 0300.48

SA = Mandays lost x 106 = 150 x 106 = 1502.40

Comparing frequency rates, firm A has less rate, therefore better safety performance from
frequency point of view. Comparing severity rates, firm B has less rate, therefore better safety
performance from severity point of view.
5. Given below are accident statistics of Factories A & B :
Factory Manhours Non fatal Fatal Accidents Man days Loss

worked Accidents
A
Regular workers 1200000 10 - 400
Contract workers 250000 2 - 100
B
Regular workers 3000000 24 - 1000
contact workers 500000 8 1 120
(a) Calculate frequency rate separately for regular workers and contract workers including weighted
frequency rate.
(b) Calculate severity rate separately for regular workers and contract workers including days charged
for the fatal accident.
(c) Comment on the safety performance between
For Factory A
FRW = 10 x 106 = 100 = 8.33 (for regular workers)

12 x 105 12
FCW = 2 x 106 = 200 = 8.00 (for contract workers)

25 x 105 25
Weighted Freq. Rate = (10+2) x 106 = 8.27

1200000 + 250000
SRW = 400 x 106 = 4000 = 333.3

12 x 105 12
SCW= 100 x 106 = 1000 = 400
25 x 104 25
For Factory B
FRW = 24 x 106 = 24 = 8
3 x 106 3
FCW = (8+1) x 106 = 90 = 18

5 x 106 5
Weighted Freq. Rate = (24+8+1) x 106 = 9.42

3000000 + 500000
SRW = 1000 x 106 = 1000 = 333.3

3 x 106 3
SCW = (6000 + 120) x 106 = 61200 = 12240

5 x 105 5
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Weighted Freq. Rate
(24 + 8 +1) x l(r
SRW
3000000+ 500000
1000x10" 1000 _..
3x10" 3 (6000+120) x 6 61200
considering 6000 man-days lost for I fatal accident (IS:3786-1983).
Comment : In case of regular workers, freq. rate of factory B is less than that of factory A and
therefore good performance. In case of contract workers, the situation is reversed In case of regular
workers, severity rate of both the factories is equal and therefore equal performance. In case of contract
workers, the factory B has higher severity rate (which increased due to a fatal accident) and therefore
comparatively poor performance. Comparing weighted frequency rates, total work performance of
regular and contract workers of factory A is good.
6. For a medium size engineering factory, frequency rate ‘f’ and severity rate 's' for four consecutive
years are given below in Table 1. Calculate the man-days lost per accident 'D' and Frequency-
Severity Indicator 'FSI'. Arrange in descending order of safety performance, the four years for
each index and for the overall performance rating. Use Table I and II for the final answer by
filling the blanks.
Table 1
Index Year
1 2 3 4
F 17 15 10 9
S 174 175 83 108
D
FSI
Table 2
Index Year
4 3 2 1
F
S
D
FSI
Overall
In Table - I, man-days lost per accident
D1 = S = 174 = 10.23
F 17
D2 = S = 175 = 11.66
F 15
D3 = S = 83 = 8.3
F 10
D4 = S = 108 = 12.00
F 9
Frequency - Severity Indicator :
FSI 1 = F x S = 17x174 = 1.719

1000 1000
FSI 2 = F x S = 15x175 = 1.62

1000 1000
FSI 3 = F x S = 10x83 = 0.911

1000 1000
FSI 4 = F x S = 9x108 = 0.98

1000 1000
Arranging in descending order of Safety performance for each index.
For F Year 4th, 3rd, 2nd & 1st

Because F = 9 10 15 & 17
For S Year 3rd 4th 1st & 2nd
Because S = 83 108 174 & 175
For D _______ Year 8.3 10.23 11.66 & 12.00
Because D = 3rd 4th 2nd & 1st
For FSI _______ Year 0.911 0.98 1.62 & 1.719
Because FSI = 3rd 4th 2nd & 1st
For S,D,FSI S, FSI F, D, F, FSI 2 times less and last

Overall Because 3 2 times FSI,
times less 3 times
less less
The final answer is, therefore, given below by filing the blanks in both the Tables:
Table I
Index Year
1 2 3 4
F 17 15 10 9
S 174 175 83 108
D 10.23 11.66 8.3 12
FSI 1.719 1.62 0.911 0.98
Table II
Index Year
1 2 3 4
F 4th 3rd 1st 2nd
S 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
D 3rd 1st 2nd 4th
FSI 3rd 4th 2nd 1st
Overall Good Satisfactory Poor Bad
7. In a factory in 1996, 80 accidents occurred when 200 workers worked for the whole year. In 1997.
120 accidents occurred with the same employment. Calculate the Safe-T-Score for the year 1997
and comment on the performance.
As the STS 4.47 is more than +2, it indicates that the safety performance is worsened.
8. In a factory during 1992, 15 accidents took place when 70 workers were employed for six months.
In the same factory when it worked for the whole year in 1996 with 90 workers, total 25 accidents
took place. Calculate the Safe-T-Score for 1996 and comment on the performance.
Six months = 26 weeks.
As the Safety-T-Score for 1996 is -2.18 i.e. less than -2, it indicates that the safety performance i
improved.
9. Safety performance of two factories is as under
Factor Factory
A B
Workers 750 1580
Accidents in pervious year 140 225
Accidents in current year 120 210
Working days in previous year 310 290
Working days in current year 160 240
Compare the Safe-T-Score of both the factories and comment on their Performance –
Comment: Decrease in accidents and decrease in working days in both the factories do not give
clear picture for comparison of factory A & B. Comparison of rise in frequency rates in both the factories
indicates that there was more rise in FR of factory A than that of factory B and therefore the performance
of factory A was comparatively worsened.
Safe-T-Score of factory A is 'more positive than that of factory B and this clearly indicates that
the safety performance of factory A is poorer than that of factory B.
10. In a factory average labour force employed i 620. If the workers to be separated are 40 calculate
the rate of labour turnover. If instead of separations, 36 are replaced with unavoidable separations,
calculate the rate :
Rate of labour turnover
T = S = 40 = 0.064 x 100 = 6.4%

F 620
Considering replacement
T = R = 36 = 0.058
F 620
Considering unavoidable separation
T = R-U = 36-4 = 0.051

F 620
For examples of compensation due to industrial injuries and costs of accident, see Part 3 & 4
of this Chapter.
10.5 Benchmarking for Safety Performance
'Benchmarking means to find and follow the "best practices' to produce or get the best result in
terms of performance, profit, productivity etc.
This process can be applied for safety performance also. The top management or the Safety
Department can constitute a team of experienced supervisors or engineers to notice following things:
1. What are the defects in present practices to work on machines, vessels, equipment etc. and doing
some hazardous jobs.
2. To think and search for the 'best practices" to remove above defects and to follow these best
practices to reduce accidents and to improve the safety performance rates.
3. Such search of 'best practices' can be derived by interviews and discussing with own people or
from outside work places where such best practices are followed and good results are achieved.
4. Then such decided 'best practices' should be implemented at desired places and when they give
desired results, they .should be 'benchmarked' as a target for improvement.
5. Similarly from other observations and past record of accidents, other areas, work methods, plant,
machinery and technology should be identified which need improvement for better performance.
Then steps 2 to 4 should be repeated to search and follow the best practices for these areas also.
'Benchmarking' when followed, highlights strengths and weaknesses and suggests the ways and
means for improvement.
"Matrix' can also be decided to benchmark certain areas of work like-
1. Reduction of accidents due to particular material, process or product.
2. Reduction in batch time or in manual exposure time.
3. Getting less rejects.
4. Getting more yield per unit of input.
5. Improving safety performance rate and winning 'awards' based on that.
Best safety standards should be listed and followed for best practices. The benchmarked standards
should be equal to or lower than the statutory standards. The benchmarking process should be well
documented for the use of others.
Many companies in the world have followed 'benchmarking' practices and improved themselves.
One example of project benchmarks decided and followed by one company is as under:
1. Reduction (to be achieved) in noise level by 5 dBA at identified areas.
2. Reduction (to be achieved) in average noise level exposure to 80 dB in 8 hrs in identified areas.
3. Reduction in dust exposure in Catalyst bagging area up to 8 "g/m" as against allowable of 10

mg/m3.
4. Reduction in respirable dust exposure in RCH unloading area up to 2 mg/m 3 as against allowable
of 3 mg/m"
5. Awareness of the health hazards of heat stress and reducing exposure.
Similarly any company can decide target areas and the benchmarked standards for them and make
sincere efforts to achieve these standards.
11. BUDGETING FOR SAFETY
A budget is a plan for any period to show proposed or future anticipated and correctly estimated
figures for money, material, time etc. to start or continue work for desired goals.
Mostly annual budgets are made for financial requirement. It may be by an individual, industry,
office, State or Nation etc.
Discussion in foregoing Parts 3 to 9 reveals many elements of accident or safety costs and
suggests need of budgeting for safety. It is important to know such costs for planning and budgeting for
safety in industry.
11.1 Purpose and Procedure of Safety Budgeting :
It is obvious that every management should think about the effect of safety activities on its profits.
Though it is true that the management likes to support safety programmes on humanitarian grounds,
'money and profit' is still a driving force for them as stated by R.B. Blake, a senior safety official of US
Department of Labour, as early as in 1944. The main driving force behind the industrial safety movement
should be the fact that accidents are expensive and substantial savings can be had by preventing them.
Money is an important measure to evaluate company performance and if it can be shown .that
there is a financial return for money allocated to Safety Department, the top executive will certainly
support it. Financial or economic benefits or costs savings by Safety Department should be properly
exhibited to the top management in the form of budget for safety. .
Where there are high risks or serious hazards, the cost of the safety provisions can be far less than
the cost of consequences. The world disasters have proved this. Estimates of such preventive activities
are an important part of safety budget.
While discussing budgetary requirement, it should be emphasised that safety is a legal

requirement as well as moral, humanitarian and social duty also and ultimately it results in productivity
(uninterrupted production or less shutdowns), in reducing accident costs and maintaining workers'
interest, morale and cooperation. . See Part-4 of Chapter-4 also.
Procedure for preparing and presenting safety budget may differ between factories and depend on
size and status of them. In a small factory where there is no Safety Officer or Safety Department, a
common person for all budgetary aspects should consider all safety items under a separate head of 'Safety
or SHE provisions’
In a big or well organised factory, officers of safety or SHE department should sit together and
design and fill a budget proposal form and after due discussion it should be finalized and sent to the top
management for approval. Approved budget should be properly and timely utilized.
Budget procedure (process) has four steps.
1. Planning and projection.

2. Use of the money allotted.
3. Feedback or control by comparing real expenditure with the budgeted amount, and
4. Corrective action to re-adjust the budget for the rest of the period.
Essentials of good budget are - Planning, controlling and coordinating human activities for profit
and productivity, link between past, present and future, clarity, certainty, flexibility etc.
Money to be invested (future estimate for budget purposes) in purchasing, fitting, maintaining and
using safety equipment, instruments and devices can be considered as 'safety costs' if it is not considered
as direct production or maintenance costs.
Money necessary for safety education, training and programmes is the direct cost for safety if it is
not considered as general administrative or general education and training costs for employees.
Salaries to the safety personnel (own employees) should be included in general wage-bill of all
employees but the payments (provision) to safety consultants, professionals, competent persons or
experts (outsiders) can be considered as direct safety costs.
For a new or running plant, all costs for HAZOP, safety audit, risk assessment, design cost and
costs for all built-in safety devices must be considered well in advance.
Estimates of direct and indirect costs of some predictable accidents can also give the figures for
safety budget
Estimates for catastrophes, fires, emergencies, major hazards and safety analysis, assessment,
audit, public liability insurance etc. should also be considered.
Normally following items are considered for safety budget:
1. Respiratory Personal Protective Equipment.

2. Non-respiratory Personal Protective Equipment.
3. Anemometer.
4. Gas tight suits.
5. Acid/Alkali/Chemical Splash Contamination Suits.
6. Fire Proximity Suits.
7. Flame retardant suits / overall.
8. Water Jell Blankets.
9. Safety Hand-lamps with charger.
10. Safety Torch (explosion proof).
11. Flame arresters for vehicles.
12. Safety showers.
13. First Aid Kit for ____ persons.
14. Levelling/ Printing Machine.
15. Safety Display Boards with Stand.
16. Display cabinet for safety items.
17. Air movers.
18. Roof top safety ladders (crowling boards).
19. Gas detection tubes.
20. Road closed barriers with board and stand.
21. Barrier cream.
22. Wind sock set / cloth.
23. Chlorine leakage control kit.
24. Ammonia leakage control kit.
25. Multi-gas detectors (e.g. CO, H2S, HC, Cl, NH„).
26. Oxygen meters.
27. Hydrogen detectors.
28. Safety stickers.
29. Boiler / Inspection overalls.
30. Construction or up-gradation of Safety Centre for Exhibition and Training.
31. Painting / Re-painting cost for safety boards, banners, slogans etc.
32. Travelling charges to attend Govt Offices for safety or statutory work.
33. Fees, travelling and other expenses to attend safety seminars, programmes etc.
34. Vehicle charges for Safety Department.
35. Printing charges for safety information booklets, emergency instruction booklets, tremcards etc.
36. Stationary items, Xerox, and other printing charges.
37. Mock drill of On-site /0ff-site Emergency Plans.
38. Celebration of National Safety Day and other safety award programmes.
39. Computer software for gas dispersion models and consequence analysis etc.
40. New safety products like non-asbestos blanket, splash guard, flange guard etc.
The top management must make adequate provision for safety budget every year based on above
considerations.
11.2. Consideration of Safety Performance Rates
Various types of safety performance rates are stated in foregoing parts 10.2 and 10.3.
Safety Officer or Department should calculate such different rates applicable to the factory. Cost
of annual average man-hours or man-days lost and annual medical and other expenses for accidents
happened during previous year should be considered and projected as budgetary estimate for the next
year.
Expenditure (estimate) necessary for preventive measures to reduce such accidents (rates) should
also be considered and included in the budget.
Performance rates and expenditure in controlling them should be compared from year to year to
monitor decrease in such expenditure.
12. STATISTICAL TABLES AND THEIR CONCLUSION
A few selected tables are given here to study the industrial safety statistics of India and the State
of Gujarat.
The most authentic sources such as Labour Bureau, Shimla, the Office of the Chief Inspector .of
Factories, Ahmedabad and the Loss Prevention Association of India are used and acknowledged with
gratitude. However, due to under-reporting, late reporting or no-reporting, the data is inadequate.
Nevertheless it is the only tool to draw some inference.
Table 5.1 Number of Working Factories and Average Daily Employment

Sr. No. State / UTs Year No. of working Average Daily
Factories Employment
(‘000)
1 Andhra Pradesh 1993 23986 655
2 Assam 1994 1652 106
3 Bihar 1989 42580 483
4 Goa 1994 286 21
5 Gujarat 1993 15062 796
6 Haryana 1993 5355 258
7 Himachal Pradesh 1993 1349 56
8 Jammu & Kashmir 1986 651 27
9 Karnataka 1994 8724 689
10 Kerala 1988 12038 283
11 Madhya Pradesh 1994 10189 558
12 Maharashtra 1994 26072 1283
13 Manipur 1992 459 5
14 Meghalaya 1994 53 2
15 Orissa 1994 1853 140
16 Punjab 1993 12340 405
17 Rajasthan 1994 13406 330
18 Tamil Nadu 1993 17471 991
19 Tripura 1994 1136 32
20 Uttar Pradesh 1992 13090 853
21 West Bengal 1990 8981 906
22 A & N Islands 1991 45 5
23 Chandigarh 1991 456 16
24 D & N Haveli 1993 137 5
25 Delhi 1993 5498 259
26 Pondicherry 1994 1174 29
Source : Indian Labour Journal, December 1996.
Table 5.2 Number of Working Factories and Average Daily Employment
Year Fatal Injuries Nonfatal Injuries Total Injuries

Number IR FR Number IR FR Number IR FR
1985 630 0.15 0.05 217328 51.74 17.97 217958 51.89 18.02
1986 784 0.15 0.05 253184 49.41 15.30 253968 49.56 15.35
1987 748 0.17 0.05 212302 47.42 14.23 213050 47.58 14.28
1988 748 0.17 0.06 177112 35.56 11.92 117860 35.73 11.98
1989 706 0.16 0.05 161331 34.05 10.88 162037 34.21 10.93
1990 663 0.21 0.04 127454 32.90 6.99 128117 33.11 7.03
1991 486 0.21 0.07 60113 25.99 8.24 60599 26.20 8.31
Source : Indian Labour Statistics 1991-93.
NB : In above figures information not received from many states is not included, e.g. figures for 1985
excludes 10 States and for 1991 excludes 11 states. Only reportable accidents under the Factories
Act are considered. IR is per one thousand workers employed and FR per one lakh man- days
worked.
Table 5.3 Number of working factories in India, Estimated Average Daily Employment, Reportable
Injuries and their Incidence Rates (IR)
Year Working Average Industrial Injuries IR per thousands workers

Factories Daily employed in factories
Employmen submitting returns
t (in ‘000) Fatal Total Fatal Total
1971 81078 5085 635 325180 0.15 75.67
1972 86297 5349 655 285914 0.15 63.63
1973 91055 5500 666 286010 0.15 62.58
1974 97065 5670 650 249110 0.14 53.77
1975 104374 5771 660 242352 0.14 50.86
1976 113216 6127 831 300319 0.17 61.54
1977 119715 6311 690 316273 0.14 63.95
1978 126241 6540 792 332195 0.15 68.62
1979 135173 6802 829 318380 0.16 62.19
1980 141317 7017 657 316532 0.14 66.92
1981 149285 7240 687 333572 0.16 76.73
1982 157598 7388 549 296027 0.13 69.10
1983 163040 7444 458 213160 0.13 55.63
1984 167541 7603 824 302726 0.10 36.72
1985 175316 7691 807 279126 0.23 58.70
1986 178749 7795 924 276416 0.14 49.31
1987 183586 7835 895 236596 0.14 41.54
1988 188136 8153 694 200258 0.15 41.68
1989 193258 8330 706 162037 0.16 35.11
1990 199826 8431 663 128117 0.21 33.11
1991 207980 8547 486 60599 0.21 26.20
1992 207156 8618 573 74195 0.20 26.54
Source : Hand Book of Labour Statistics, Labour Bureau, Shimla
Note : (P) = Provisional, Incomplete Data
Table 5.4 : Average Daily Employment, Reportable Accidents and Incidence Rates in Six States.
1993 1994
State B B
A C A C
A B A B
Gujarat 810000 184 14620 18.04 812848 194 15683 19.29
Madhya Pradesh 530448 69 9865 18.06 533309 70 8965 16.81
Maharashtra 979795 1324 27395 22.00 346087 147 23810 -
Orissa 143316 37 3064 22.00 140004 29 3112 22.00
Pondicherry 26647 3 1178 44.21 29135 3 1049 36.90
Tamil Nadu 927975 73 11407 11.72 1009526 - 9150 9.06
A. Average Daily Employment
1995 B. No. of reportable Accidents
State A B C a. Fatal
a b b. Total
Gujarat 822200 192 15232 18.53 C. Incidence rate of total injuries per
Madhya Pradesh 545537 83 8244 15.11 1000 workers employed
Maharashtra - 185 20769 - * Calculated from the data supplied
Orissa 150579 42 3291 29.00 by the CIFs
Pondicherry 33549 2 586 17.41
Tamil Nadu 1038526 - 6903 6.65
Source : Information supplied by the CIF’s.
Table 5.5 Industrial injuries in Factories and their Incidence Rate and Frequency Rate, 1992, by
States.
Number IR FR
States
Fatal Non Fatal Fatal Nonfatal Fatal Nonfatal
Andhra Pradesh 75 6256 0.18 14.71 0.02 1.75
Assam 18 446 0.27 6.62 0.10 2.59
Bihar - - - - - -
Goa 4 354 0.20 17.29 0.06 5.60
Gujarat 119 13753 0.26 29.79 0.09 9.90
Haryana 24 1411 0.18 10.58 0.06 3.41
Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
Jammu & Kashmir - - - - 0.13 -
Karnataka 17 1210 0.16 11.52 0.04 3.92
Kerala - - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh 81 13461 0.42 69.96 - 20.87
Maharashtra 132 25138 0.13 25.01 0.08 8.12
Manipur - - - - 0.10 -
Meghalaya - 12 - 5.33 0.12 1.63
Orissa 27 3763 0.25 35.02 - 10.75
Punjab 30 1976 0.26 17.16 - 6.31
Rajasthan 46 4984 0.38 41.00 - 12.65
Tamil Nadu - - - - - -
Tripura - 4 - 0.73 - 0.27
Uttar Pradesh - - - - - -
West Bengal - - - - - -
A & N Islands - - - - - -
Chandigarh - - - - - -
D & N Haveli - - - - - -
Delhi - 854 - 50.10 - 15.72
Pondicherry 573 73622 0.20 26.34 0.5 6.79
Source : Pocket Book of Labour Statistics 1995, Labour Bureau, Shimla.
NB: (1) Sum of the rates of Fatal and Non fatal injuries gives the rate of total injuries.
(2) The number of injuries (Fatal & Non-fatal) have been given on the basis of notices of
accidents whereas the incidence rates has been worked out on the basis of injuries reported
in the Annual Returns.
(3) IR is per 1000 workers and F is per one lakh Mondays worked.
Table 5.6 Industrial Injuries in Factories and their Incidence Rate and Frequency Rate by important
Industries, 1992.
Number IR FR
Industry
Fatal Non Fatal Fatal Nonfatal Fatal Nonfatal
All Textiles 67 33047 0.02 8.55 0.03 14.80
Wood and Wood products,
10 317 0.27 8.69 0.08 2.45
Furniture and Fixture
Paper and Paper products,
18 2052 0.15 17.39 0.05 5.18
Printing & Publishing.
Chemical and Chemical
80 4061 0.28 14.27 0.09 4.45
products
Non-metallic Mineral
46 4166 0.27 24.39 0.03 2.95
products
Basic Metal Industries 86 7557 0.39 34.61 0.12 10.29
Metal Products (except
15 1748 0.14 15.96 0.04 5.06
Machinery)
Machinery and equipment
25 5730 0.07 16.00 0.02 5.22
(Other than Transport)
Transport equipment 25 4716 0.17 31.85 0.06 11.27
Electricity, Gas and Steam. 24 841 0.42 14.80 0.12 4.31
Source : Pocket book of Labour Statistics, 1995

NB: (1) Sum of the rates of Fatal and Non fatal injuries gives the rate of total injuries.
(2) The number of injuries (Fatal & Non-fatal) have been given on the basis of notices of
accidents whereas the incidence rates has been worked out on the basis of injuries reported
in the Annual Returns.
(3) IR is per 1000 workers and F is per one lakh Mondays worked.
Table 5.7: Accidental Deaths in India by Causes during 1994 & 1995
Sr. Causes of Accidental Deaths Number of Accidental Percentage share of each

No. Deaths Cause
1994 1995 1994 1995
(A) Natural Causes :
1 Lightening 1615 1664 0.8 7.7
2 Heat Stroke 773 1677 0.4 7.76
3 Flood 797 6822 0.4 3.81
4 Landslide / Earthquake 584 502 0.3 2.32
5 Cold and Exposure 525 618 0.3 2.86
6 Cyclone 145 180 0.1 0.83
Total (A) 4439 21600 2.3 100
(B) Unnatural Causes :

1 Firearm 2375 1052 1.2 0.52
2 Explosion 487 581 0.3 0.29
3 House Collapse 1190 1590 0.6 0.79
4 Total Road Accidents 51855 68351 27.2 34.02
(i) M.V. Accident [46393] [68351] [24.4] [34.02]
(ii) Other Road Accident [5462] - [2.8] -
5 Factory Accident 606 616 0.3 0.31
6 Railway Accident 18340 16452 9.6 8.19
7 Air Cash 80 10 0.0 0.0
8 Fire 23323 22922 12.2 11.41
9 Drowning 23050 25087 12.1 10.57
10 Poisoning 13752 14861 7.2 7.39
11 Snake Bite 4502 5274 2.4 2.63
12 Killed by Animal 974 804 0.5 0.40
13 Boat Capsize 371 1076 0.2 0.54
14 Mine or Quarry Disaster 506 349 0.3 0.17
15 Electrocution 3502 3861 1.8 1.92
16 Fall from Height 4267 4538 2.2 2.26
17 Consuming Spurious Liquor 961 1964 0.5 0.98
18 Suffocation due to Smoke etc. 405 444 0.2 0.22
19 Abortion 162 372 0.1 0.19
20 Unspecified Causes 35288 28223 18.5 14.05
Total (B) 185996 200887 97.7 100.0
Grand Total [(A) + (B)] 190435 222487 100.0 200.0
Source : LP News, Oct-Dec 1996, Oct – Dec 1998 and Jan-Mar 1999.
Note : Percentage less than 0.05 is also shown as 0.0
Table 5.8: Industrial Injuries in India, Cause wise

1990 1991
Cause
Fatal Nonfatal Total Fatal Nonfatal Total
1 Prime Movers 3 194 197 1 648 649
2 Machinery moved by
Mechanical Power
a. Transmission 38 1682 1720 28 1219 1247
Machinery
b. Lifting Machinery 13 506 519 2 277 279
c. Machine Tools for 12 3113 3125 11 2992 3003
Metal Working
d. Wood Working 6 509 515 5 378 383
Machinery
e. Other Machinery 16 28333 28349 11 7305 7316
3 Machinery not moved by 17 1477 1494 5 1444 1449
Mechanical Power
4 Transport whether moved
by Power or not
a. Railways 6 398 404 3 213 216
b. Others 17 2199 2216 19 721 740
5 Electricity 59 576 635 36 408 444
6 Explosions 58 185 243 30 230 260
7 Fires 581 319 370 64 229 293
8 Gassing 19 247 266 15 264 279
9 Molten material and other 42 3618 3660 17 1928 1945
hot or corrosive substances
10 Hand Tools 9 10571 10580 5 3314 3319
11 Falling Bodies 20 11647 11667 33 4706 4739
12 Persons Falling 103 10993 11096 82 3950 4032
13 Stepping on or Striking 33 14899 14932 11 4982 4993
against Objects
14 Handling Goods or Articles 44 16540 16584 19 9249 9268
15 Others 97 19490 19587 87 15723 15810
Total 663 127436 128099 484 60098 60582
Source : Indian Labour Statistics 1991-93.
Table 5.9 : Frequency Rates (FR) of Injuries in Factories in India, per one lakh Man-days worked (For
some Industries only)
Industry Code No. 1990 1991

NIC 1987 Fatal Nonfatal Total Fatal Nonfatal Total
20-21 0.25 6.58 6.83 0.11 2.58 2.69
22 0.02 3.01 3.03 0.01 1.78 1.79
23 0.03 25.08 25.11 0.02 19.82 19.84
24 0.06 7.93 7.99 0.07 5.78 5.85
25 0.02 41.90 41.92 - 36.89 36.89
26 0.06 4.28 4.34 0.17 0.46 0.63
27 0.03 4.33 4.36 0.02 2.38 2.40
28 0.06 5.86 5.92 0.04 4.87 4.91
29 0.07 1.80 1.87 - 0.59 0.59
30 0.10 5.31 5.41 0.10 10.08 10.18
31 0.14 10.88 11.02 - - -
32 0.09 8.53 8.62 0.06 7.44 7.50
33 0.14 8.75 8.89 0.13 9.23 9.36
34 0.02 3.24 3.26 0.07 9.69 9.76
35-36 0.01 1.91 1.92 0.03 4.93 4.96
37 0.03 9.75 9.78 0.03 10.5 10.8
38 0.07 11.09 11.16 0.08 11.06 11.14
39 0.01 5.67 5.68 - 0.68 0.68
40 0.14 6.85 6.99 0.14 4.83 4.97
41 0.07 10.58 10.65 0.10 3.61 3.71
42 - 0.09 0.09 - - -
43 - 15.70 15.70 - 6.30 6.30
50 - - - - - -
Source : Indian Labour Statistics, 1991-1993

N.B. : For Industry Code (NIC – 1987) see Part 3.7 of Chapter - 19.
Table 5.10 : International Comparison – Industrial Accident Rates (Fatal Accidents)
Manufacturing
Country
1988 1989 1990
1. Africa
Egypt 0.10 0.12 0.13
Tunisia - - 0.07
2. America
Canada - - -
USA 0.02 0.02 0.02
3. Asia
India 0.17 0.15 0.20
Japan 0.01 0.01 0.01
Philippines 0.05 0.09 0.05
Pakistan 0.56 0.16 -
4. Europe
France 0.06 0.06 0.06
Germany (Fed.Rep) 0.07 0.07 0.07
Italy 0.02 - -
Poland 0.08 0.08 0.05
U.K. 0.02 0.02 0.02
Yugoslavia 0.05 - -
5. Oceania
Australia - - -
New Zealand 0.06 0.11 0.04
Source : Pocket Book of Labour Statistics, 1995
Table 5.11 : Compensated Injuries and Amount of Compensation paid under the Workmen’s
Compensation Act, 1923, in All Industries.
No. of Compensated Injuries Amount of Compensation Paid (Rs. Lakhs)

Type of Injury
1991 1992 1991 1992
1. Death 1409 1503 720.86 807.43
2. Permanent Disablement 1538 1365 246.39 233.36
3. Temporary Disablement 10597 7377 103.69 113.55
Total 13544 10245 1070.94 1154.34
Source : Pocket Book of Labour Statistics, 1995
Table 5.12 : Maternity Benefit paid under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
Area Factories Plantations

& Average No. of No. of Total Average No. of No. of Total
year No. of women women Amount No. of women women Amount
women who who were paid women who who were paid
employed claimed paid (Rs. In employed. claimed paid (Rs. In
Maternity maternit Lakhs) maternit maternit Lakhs)
Benefit y benefit y benefit y benefit
All India
1988 247941 1366 1204 34.61 274087 30283 22932 257.16
1989 307043 1653 1409 39.77 157455 27207 23002 273.46
1990 243184 1321 1087 34.95 180791 23503 19478 255.31
1991 233502 1172 948 42.94 228484 38130 35818 598.05
1992 209076 1214 1104 59.44 157711 20773 18887 370.08
Gujarat
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 26258 244 233 1.97 - - - -
1990 - - - - - - - -
1991 - - - - - - - -
1992 - - - - - - - -
Source : Indian Labour Statistics, 1991-93.
Table 5.13 : Number of Factories and Employees covered under Employee’s State Insurance Scheme
Area & No. of No. of No. of No. of Family No. of

Year (as on centres factories employees insured (insured Beneficiaries
31st March) (‘000) persons Persons) (‘000)
(‘000) Units (‘000)
All India
1989-90 577 127982 6107 6909 6909 26807
1990-91 589 132878 6070 6894 6894 26748
1991-92 603 141339 5359 6109 6109 23703
1992-93 610 150349 6691 7444 7444 28883
Gujarat
1989-90 26 9867 650 690 690 2677
1990-91 26 10716 650 690 690 2677
1991-92 27 11335 510 582 582 2258
1992-93 27 11826 548 620 620 2468
Table 5.14 : Cash and other Benefits given under the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
Area & Attendance No. of cases No. of Disablement Benefits

year at admitted in Domiciliary Claims Amount of Capitalized
Dispensaries Hospitals visits paid to Admitted Temporary value of
in respect of insured Disablement permanent
insured Persons Benefits Disablement
Persons paid Benefits
(‘000) claims
Admitted
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
All India (Rs. In Lakh)
1990-91 31797 257056 191071 271364 1103.05 2022
1991-92 30374 357764 192852 203175 993.27 2344
1992-93 31353 377904 184148 310540 2134.66 2337
Gujarat (Rs. In Thousand)
1990-91 2399 16339 656 27099 8256 13047
1991-92 2134 16293 482 20767 8520 17971
1992-93 2235 17435 343 29785 14812 17597
No. of Fresh Total No. of Total Total of Capitalized

claims paid amount confinements amount death cases value of
(‘000) paid (Rs. paid (Rs. Admitted Benefits
Lakh) Lakh) claims
Admitted
1 8 9 10 11 12 13
All India (Rs. In Lakh)
1990-91 18 2913.75 17376 362 994 865.16
1991-92 17 3417.73 19717 447 1034 944.93
1992-93 14 3359.74 20832 499 1089 1211.81
Gujarat (Rs. In Thousand)
1990-91 79 15859 927 2079 113 9360
1991-92 66 16714 910 2438 111 10911
1992-93 50 13813 1001 2652 131 16775
Table 5.15 : Registered Factories and Workers in Gujarat under the Factories Act.
 Year 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Section
2 (m) (i) 21204 21996 22272 22882 23291 24046 24408
2 (m) (ii) 1000 1001 993 982 1070 1220 1241
85 3441 3457 2824 4038 4192 4382 4461
Total Factories 24645 26454 27094 27904 28553 29648 30110
Total Workers 864674 868000 777597 815462 876483 826516 1080452
No. of Inspection 15235 15245 16998 16361 18708 14751 17087
No. of Prosecution 2222 1941 2355 1370 1886 2200 2070
Source : Office of the CIF, Ahmedabad.
Table 5.16 : Industry group wise Registered Factories & Workers in Gujarat (as on 31-12-2001)
NIC Code Working Average NIC Code Working Average

Factories Workers Factories Workers
10 2 133 34 127 5651
11 8 439 35 230 14144
13 1 19 36 374 15032
14 15 550 37 16 480
15 1855 84806 40 44 13050
16 201 8250 41 25 890
17 2634 163714 45 7 209
18 170 9284 50 261 13852
19 50 8289 51 18 872
20 798 12314 52 131 6064
21 468 16475 55 2 124
22 312 8268 60 17 857
23 164 20522 63 55 894
24 3676 159601 66 1 4
25 1021 39024 71 1 23
26 1936 65932 72 3 161
27 1432 54395 73 8 397
28 1723 46568 74 13 469
29 1906 62219 75 2 75
30 29 1293 80 63 2909
31 472 23510 90 13 386
32 87 6474 91 1 14
33 150 6435 92 1 9
93 38 1388
Total 21220 907101
Note : For description of NIC Code see part 3.7 of Chapter – 19.
Table 5.17 : District wise Factories in Gujarat, in 1997.
No. District Total Factories Working Factories Total Average Daily

Employment
1 Ahmedabad City 5419 4150 160679
2 Ahmedabad Rural 922 767 40208
3 Amreli 51 26 1950
4 Anand 742 560 25437
5 Banaskantha 47 36 1537
6 Baroda 2754 2250 109578
7 Bharuch 1275 1103 49303
8 Bhavnagar 719 537 28139
9 Dahod 53 49 2157
10 Dang 4 4 101
11 Gandhinagar 251 193 11388
12 Jamnagar 718 453 20631
13 Junagadh 486 406 23258
14 Kachcha 322 234 14203
15 Kheda 429 306 13535
16 Mehsana 1232 1095 44553
17 Narmada 20 15 2427
18 Navasari 557 389 14767
19 Panchmahal 538 443 21291
20 Patan 133 112 2873
21 Porbandar 77 58 5371
22 Rajkot 1892 1667 44221
23 Sabarkantha 223 208 12982
24 Surat 2718 2102 122796
25 Surendranagar 739 559 21270
26 Valsad 2026 1669 60419
Total 24347 19381 855079

Table 5.18 : Fatal & Nonfatal Accidents, Frequency and Severity Rate and Percentages from
Reported Accidents in Gujarat.
Year No. of Persons injured Total FR SR % of % of only

Fatal Nonfatal machinery textile
accidents machinery
of all accidents
accidents to total
textile
accidents
1993 184 17026 17210 14.04 0.66 19.26 24.28
1994 194 15489 15683 14.20 0.71 30.07 21.37
1995 192 13068 13260 10.14 1.07 15.64 18.97
1996 183 11072 11255 13.19 1.09 15.24 19.25
1997 246 11885 12131 13.88 1.14 17.38 18.48
1998 223 11930 12153 9.93 0.49 9.3 9.85
1999 211 10513 10724 7.89 0.45 5.36 4.54
2000 232 8584 8816 11.25 1.06 15.25 15.25
2001 176 6542 6417 7.52 1.08 8.69 10.97
Table 5.19 : Textile and Non-textile Accidents in Gujarat.
Textile Accidents Non-textile Accidents Grand

Year
Fatal Nonfatal Total Fatal Nonfatal Total Total
1993 29 9230 9259 155 7796 7951 17210
1994 33 6416 6449 161 9073 9234 15683
1995 17 8210 8227 175 4858 5033 13260
1996 32 3978 4010 151 7094 7245 11255
1997 36 6967 7003 210 4857 5067 12070
Table 5.20 : Cause wise Fatal Accidents in Gujarat

No. Main Cause 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
1 Transmission machinery 4 11 - - 2
2 Machinery run by power 10 2 12 17 45
3 Machinery not run by power 4 5 2 1 2
4 Transport (Material Handling) 16 7 6 4 2
5 Electricity 15 21 14 19 10
6 Fire / Explosion 12 20 12 3 25
7 Toxic gas exposure 4 10 7 12 5
8 Molten metal and other hot substances 33 17 5 15 3
9 Hand tools - - 12 9 12
10 Struck by falling body 9 12 11 4 18
11 Falling from height 47 17 125 16 10
12 Striking against object, falling, slipping etc. 5 24 28 32 39
13 Manual handling 5 - 16 16 12
14 Lifting machinery not run by power 2 5 8 3 6
15 Others 18 43 34 32 55
Total 184 194 192 183 246
Table 5.21 : Industry – group and Sex wise Accidents in 1997 in Gujarat.
Industry Male Female Total

Code
NIC – 1987 Fatal Nonfatal Fatal Nonfatal Fatal Nonfatal
20-21 13 110 1 2 14 112
22 - - - - - -
23 16 5786 8 131 24 5917
24 23 1763 - 2 23 1765
25 - - - - - -
26 - - - - - -
27 2 249 - 1 2 250
28 7 61 - 2 7 63
30 55 547 3 - 58 547
31 18 445 - 22 18 467
32 8 354 2 1 10 355
33 13 470 - - 13 470
34 6 191 - 4 6 195
35-36 6 645 - 13 6 658
37 56 122 - - 56 122
38 1 101 - - 1 101
40 7 620 - 33 7 653
97 1 210 - - 1 210
Total 232 11674 14 211 246 11885

Note : For Industry Code (NIC – 1987) See Part 3.7 of Chapters – 19.
Table 5.22 : Industry-group and Cause wise Accidents in 1994 in Gujarat.

Industry Accident Classification as per Factory Inspectorate, Gujarat
group * NIC and
– 1987 Number of Accidents
20-21 101-3 103-2 104-1 106-2 109-4 112-4
117-1 119-2 120-24 121-19 123-5 124-13
125-13 126-8 127-10 128-2 129-23 130-15
131-62 Total-212
22 102-1 103-1 22-1 Total-3
23 101-2633 102-956 103-7 104-17 105-16 106-43
107-3 108-2 109-5 112-356 113-81 114-36
115-65 116-80 117-21 119-6 120-4 121-59
122-64 123-69 124-300 125-474 126-227 127-243
128-92 129-529 130-459 131-1250 Total-8097
24 101-63 103-1 106-2 111-4 112-14 113-47
114-28 115-25 116-53 117-14 118-2 119-38
121-21 122-47 123-40 124-42 125-95 126-19
127-17 128-89 129-175 130-70 131-62 Total-994
25 120-29 124-2 126-2 131-1 Total-34
26 110-1 131-2 Total-3
27 101-1 110-1 124-1 131-7 Total-10
28 101-8 104-3 106-4 111-5 112-5 113-1
117-1 118-6 119-2 120-5 121-10 123-1
124-4 125-12 126-3 127-3 129-10 130-7
131-25 Total-125
30 101-2 102-24 103-1 104-1 105-2 106-4
107-1 110-1 112-5 115-2 116-9 117-17
118-8 119-13 120-45 121-108 122-3 123-36
124-27 125-46 126-40 127-25 128-26 129-62
130-42 131-593 Total-1143
31 101-1 102-3 105-10 106-2 107-1 108-1
110-1 112-22 114-1 117-3 118-8 119-3
120-2 121-47 122-2 123-16 124-30 125-13
126-12 127-47 128-44 129-133 130-70 131-73
Total – 545
32 102-15 103-3 104-2 105-2 106-6 107-2
108-1 109-1 112-6 114-1 115-1 116-1
117-6 118-6 119-3 120-1 121-15 123-61
124-10 125-43 126-41 127-18 128-20 129-176
130-72 131-295 Total-807
33 101-5 102-1 104-3 105-2 106-11 107-2
111-1 112-5 116-1 117-4 108-1 119-1
120-3 121-118 122-71 123-89 124-30 125-119
126-3 127-4 128-5 129-168 130-31 131-210
Total - 888
101-2 102-3 103-3 105-7 106-31 109-2
110-1 111-1 112-10 117-4 118-1 119-2
120-16 121-30 122-59 123-54 124-39 125-27
126-19 127-9 128-5 129-32 130-39 131-90
Total -485
102-6 103-1 104-2 105-6 106-69 110-1
112-10 117-4 118-2 119-4 120-5 121-8
122-142 123-131 124-132 125-75 126-64 127-52
128-44 129-61 130-8 131-366 Total-1193
104-1 112-5 117-2 119-6 120-2 121-8
125-6 126-4 127-7 129-15 131-20 Total-76
101-5 102-2 103-2 104-4 105-3 106-16
109-8 110-11 112-13 114-12 116-5 17-22
119-14 120-1 121-4 122-5 123-4 124-5
125-3 126-3 127-3 128-6 129-21 130-7
131-8 Total-187
104-1 106-5 112-1 117-10 119-2 121-40
123-4 124-46 125-44 126-44 127-33 128-3
129-53 130-103 131-124 Total-513
101-26 103-12 104-12 105-4 106-1 108-20
112-8 117-2 118-3 120-23 121-10 122-2
123-81 124-29 125-10 126-17 127-3 128-2
129-14 130-26 131-143 Total-368
101-2749 102-1011 103-33 104-47 105-52 106-196
107-9 108-24 109-20 110-17 111-11 112-464
113-129 114-78 115-93 116-149 117-111 118-37
119-96 120-160 121-497 122-395 123-511 124-710
125-980 126-506 127-474 128-338 129-1472 130-949
131-3342 Total-15683
Source : office of the CIF, Ahmedabad.

NB : (1) * For NIC - 1987 see Part 3.7 and for Accident Classification see Part 3.6.2 of Chapter-19.
(2) Figures group '101-1' means I accident (fatal+ nonfatal) of causation number 101 i.e prime
movers, '117-21' means 21 accidents due to causation No. 117 i.e. electricity.
Conclusion of the above Statistical Tables :
(A) At All India Level (based on past figures) :
1. The highest number of factories are in Bihar, then in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh at second
and third number. Considering Table 5.15, Gujarat is at No. 4. Employment wise Maharashtra,
West Bengal and UP are at No. I, 2, and 3, and Gujarat stands at No. 4 (Table 5.1, 5.15 and 5.16).
2. After 1986 to 1991, number of injuries, incident rates (IR) and frequency rates (FR) have been
decreased indicating an improved safety performance at all India level. But as mentioned by the
source, ten to eleven States (including UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
etc.) had not sent the information for some or the other years. Therefore the inference remains
incomplete (Table 5.2).
3. Comparing Gujarat with Maharashtra, MP, Orissa and Tamil Nadu, Gujarat has higher rate of
fatal accident and therefore needs more attention (Table 5.4).
4. In 1992, in fatal and nonfatal accidents, Maharashtra was the first and Gujarat was second. in
India. Considering injuries per 1000 workers, MP was the first and Rajasthan was second (Table
5.5)
5. Industry wise, in 1992, the highest fatal accidents were in basic metal industry, then in chemical
and then in textile industries. Nonfatal accidents were highest in textiles, then in basic metal,
machinery and equipment. Considering per thousand workers, fatal incidence rate was highest due
to electricity, gas and steam, while non-fatal incidence rate was highest in basic metal industry
and lowest in textile industry. Frequency rate (injury per one lakh man-days worked) is the
highest in textile industry in respect of non-fatal accidents (Table 5.6).
6. Percentage wise highest fatal accidents are due to road accidents (27.2%). Then comes the causes
of fire (12.2%), drowning (12.1%) and railway accidents (9.6%). Factory accidents are only
0.3%.Urispecified causes, being 18.5%, need detailed classification (Table 5.7, year 1994).
7. Causation wise in both the years 1990 and 1991, the highest fatal accidents were due to persons
falling, then due to fires and electricity in descending order. The highest non-fatal accidents were
due to material handling and machinery moved by mechanical power (Table 5.8).
8. The highest frequency rate in 1990 and 1991, was in Jute and cotton textile industry and the
lowest in water works and leather works (Table 5.9).
9. International comparison states that Japan has the lowest fatal accident rate. Then comes USA and
UK, both, at No. 2. India and Pakistan have the highest fatal accident rate! (Table 5.10).
(B) At Gujarat Level (based on past figures) :
1. Factories have been continuously increased in Gujarat from 24645 (in 1999) to 30110 (in 2005).
The highest number of factories are in Ahmedabad city and then in Surat, Valsad and Vadodara
districts in descending order (Table 5.15,5.16,5.17).
2. Fatal accidents varied between 246-175 (during 1997-2001). Non-fatal accidents seem to be
decreasing. FR and SR indicate that frequency and severity are slightly increasing. In 1993 and
1995, non-fatal accidents were more in textile industry. But in 1994 and 1996 the scene was
reversed (Table 5.18 & 5.19).
3. Causes of fatal accidents show that, during 1993 to 1997, the highest fatal accidents have
happened due to –
1. Striking against objects, falling - 128

on the flat, slipping etc. - 115
2. Falling from height - 86
3. Machinery run by power - 79
4. Electricity Molten metal and hot substances - 73
5. Fire and explosion - 72
Then comes the causes of manual handling and struck by falling body.
If accidents classified as 'others' are exactly classified to the nearest specific cause, more fruitful
information can be available (Table 5.20).
4. Industry wise majority (49.78%) of the total accidents in Gujarat are in cotton textile factories.
Next in descending order are in engineering, chemical, silk, wool and synthetic fibre, basic metal,
alloy and non-metallic mineral products, rubber, plastic and electricity factories. Other types of
factories contribute less accidents (Table 5.21).
5. Causation wise the highest accidents (fatal ani •non-fatal) in Gujarat, m 1994, (See Table 5.2 and
Part 3.6.2 of Chapter-19) were -
1. Miscellaneous (not classified elsewhere) 3342

2. Prime movers 2749
3. Stepping on or striking against objects 1472
4. Shafting and Transmission machinery 1011
5. Struck by falling body 980
6. Material handling 949
7. Use of hand tools 710
8. Falling from height 506
9. Molten metal and hot substance 497
10. Falling on the flat 474
11. Lifting m/c (not moved by power) 395
12. Falling into pits, excavation etc. 338
Other causes such as gas, fire, explosion etc. are still in descending order.
This analysis reveals that non-chemical causes contribute much more accidents than those
contributed by chemical causes. This may be due to more manpower employment in non-
chemical factories (about 30% in textiles, 10% in chemicals and 60% scattered in various other
industries) and even in chemical factories not all workers exposed to chemicals. This should not
result in under-estimating the high potentiality of chemical hazards. Many disasters have proved
this fact. It is good that their frequency is less.
6. Major causes of non-fatal accidents are miscellaneous (others) in textile and non-textile factories,
stepping on or striking against object, material handling, struck by falling bodies, use of hand
tools, falling on the flat, hot or corrosive substances, machine tools, falling from height and
machinery moved by mechanical power.
7. Looking to the number of Safety Officers employed in some big factories, Gujarat is in good
position. But it is noticeable that importance of safety officers is still not recognised. It is in the
interest of safety to employs requisite safety officers to work exclusively for safety and accident
prevention work Head of the Safety Department should be considered at par with other
departmental heads and directly reportable to the top executive.
8. It is easily inferred from the above statistics that -
1 Textile, Chemical and Engineering factories should be the main target of accident prevention
activities.
2 Most of the accidents are easily preventable by good- housekeeping training of workers,
engineering controls and use of personal protective equipment, and
3 The safety statistics must be more accurate, because, majority accidents classified as
'miscellaneous' or 'others' suggest nothing specific and the accident prevention work becomes
helpless in that dark (undetected) area. This visualises the importance of such safety statistics and
their inference.
13. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) FOR SAFETY
Management Information System (MIS) has become a powerful tool for industry, trade and
business in the modern world. It should be user friendly and easy to understand. With the Age of
Computers, the speed, capacity, accuracy and a variety of uses of Information has been tremendously
increasing in almost all walks of life. Computers are useful not only for storing information but also for
generating data, designing, programming, processing, controlling, running robots and microprocessors,
communication, developing science, technology and management systems, analysing and using
information, forecasting and personal use. We have entered the age of internet, web-site and information
highways. The information (data-processing) must be accurate, pertaining to the point, concise, updated,
meaningful, trust worthy and as per the need of the user.
The area of Safety, Health & Environment has also been delighted by an entry of computers and
internet. The huge amount of information on accident statistics, health data and environmental aspects
can, now, be easily stored, analysed, transmitted and used for many purposes. However in our country the
use of computers for these areas is yet to be developed in majority of factories, particularly in medium-
scale and small ones. Software should be developed for information in this vital area of safety, health and
environment.
There should be effective MIS between Safety Department and the top management of the
company to appraise the work being done by the Department. Similarly it should also be
developed/extended for bottom line management and the outside authorities to provide quick and
tabulated information in wide areas of safety, health & environment.
Computer, FAX, Internet, E-Mail and V-mail system can be used to devise various formats,
tables, charts, symbols, graphs and documents to report, analyse, reply and store the information
pertaining to accidents, statutory requirements, compliance, training programmes, safety meetings, future
planning, budgeting, monitoring, work permit systems, safety appraisal reports, safety audits etc.
Types of information for safety may be of the following kind:
Type Examples
1. Operational Process control, fire protection system, inspection reports, test reports,
environmental monitoring, training programmes etc.
2. Legal Legal reports, returns, annexure. updated law.

(statutory) etc. regarding accident information industrial activity, compensation etc
3. Tactical Required for immediate need e.g procurement of safety equipment

assessing training needs, daily reports etc.
4. Strategic Required for long term planning e.g on-site, off-site emergency plan layout
planning.
MIS for SMS : MIS for Safety Management System should be designed as per own need. One general
model may be of the following type :
A loop of effective communication system with safety department should be effectively arranged based
on existing organisation set-up. A simple chart may be as under :
13.1 Sources of Information on Safety, Health & Accidents :
In our country the main sources to get such information are as under :
1. The Labour Bureau, Shimla & Chandigadh. Their state offices.

2. The Bureau of Indian Standards with its HQ at Delhi, four regional offices and some branches and
inspection offices in major cities.
3. Loss Prevention Association of India with its offices at Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Hyderabad,
Madras, Delhi and Visakhapatnam.
4. National Safety Council with its HQ at Bombay and Chapters in some cities.
5. The Central Labour Institute with its HQ at Bombay and Regional Labour Institutes (RLIs) at
Calcutta, Kanpur and Madras.
6. National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad - 380016.
7. The Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Thaltej Road, Ahmedabad-380052.
8. Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi.
9. Safety and Health Information Bureau, Sector 16, Vashi, New Bombay - 400 705.
10. Gujarat Safety Council, 4'h floor, Midway height, beside Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple, Near
Kirty mandir, Kala Ghoda, Vadodara- 390 023.
11. The Council of Industrial Safety, Elphinstone Building, 10, Nariman Road, Fort, Bombay 400023.
12. The Safety First Association of India, 2nd floor, Stadium House, Nariman-Rd., Fort, Bombay
400023.
13. Directorate General of Mines Safety, Dhanbad826004, Bihar.
14. Ahmedabad Textile Industries Research Association (ATIRA), near Gujarat University,
Navarangpura, Ahmedabad-380009.
15. National Institute of Training for Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Vihar Lake Rd., Bombay-
400087
16. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur-440010.
17. Indian Association of Occupational Health, C-62, Defence Colony, New Delhi-110024.
18. Industrial Health Organisation, Babu Vihar, 7/198, Swaroopnagar, Kanpur, UP.
19. Department of Industrial Health, Tata Services Ltd., Jeevan Vihar, 75, Apollo Street, Fort,
Bombay-400 023.
20. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.B. No. 80, Lucknow-226001.
21. Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansarinagar, Medical Enclave, New Delhi.
22. All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, 110, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta-700012.
23. Occupational Health Research Institute, C/o BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad-380016.
24. Safety, Health & Environment Association, 2nd Floor, Vadilonu Ghar, Kasak Fuvara, Bharuch
392012, Gujarat.
25. Kamdar Swasthya Suraksha Mandal, Opp ESIS General Hospital, Gate No. 2, Bapunagar,
Ahmedabad - 380 024.
26. Vyavsayik Swasthya Suraksha Mandal, 43, Shrinathdham Duplex, Swami Shivanand Road, B/h
Dinesh Mills, Vadodara- 390007.
27. Greentech Foundation, 809, Vishwadeep Tower, Distt Centre. Janakpuri, New Delhi - 110058
(Website: www.greentech.org.)
28. Master of Industrial Hygiene and Safety Division, ISTAR Building, Vallabh Vidyanagar -
388120, Dist- Anand, Gujarat.
29. HSE Information Services, Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly CF83 3GG, UK.
30. Internet, websites and computer software are now available on the subjects of industrial safety,
health and environment including that of British Safety Council, London, National Safety
Council, USA, CSP (Certified Safety Professional) and CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist)
Examinations etc. See part 13.2 also.
The publications and periodicals of above institutions and Offices of the Labour Departments and
Pollution Control Boards of various States also provide information on safety, health and environment.
NSC, USA publication 'Accident Facts' gives wide information on accident statistics of USA
every year.
Some International organisations are as under :
1. International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland (Office in India at - 7, Sardar

Patel Marg, New Delhi-110021).
It has a separate branch for occupational safety and health. For collection and
dissemination of Occupational safety and health information, it functions through
1) International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS)
2) International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) at WHO, HQ, Geneva.
3) International Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Alert Systems. It is a part of the
ILO International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and
Environment (PIACT).
4) Clearing House for dissemination of information on condition of work.
ILO publication "Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety" is worth
mentioning for its great service on such information to the world.
2. World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland (Office in India at World Health House,
Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002).
3. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
4. Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Information Centre, Broad Lane, Sheffield 53 7HQ (UK).
There are many other such organisations in many countries of the world.
See reference mentioned at the end of each chapter, particularly of Chapter - 18 and 19., for ample
material on health and safety.
In addition to law books, standards, codes, periodicals and publications (books), research reports,
seminar or symposia reports, inspection or audit reports, accident case studies, meetings of specialists or
experts and training programmes are also the main vehicles for the exchange of information on health,
safety and environment.
Modern software like CAMEO, EFFECT, WHAZAN, HEGADIS, SAFETI, PHAST, BLEVE and
Explosion packages -IIT, Kanpur, ALOHA, ARCHIE, CIRRUS etc. should be utilised and updated.
Safety Data Banks should be created at National and State level. Global internet system should be
utilised. MIS should be interlinked with National SHE System at all strategic areas.
Thus sufficient information is available from above sources. Only need is to implement it at the
shop floor levels.
13.2 Websites on Safety -
Out of many websites on safety and health, some are mentioned below-
1. Chemical safety - www.chemicalsafety.co.in

2. Young Worker Health and Safety www.youngworkers.org
3. CROET Health & Safety Information www.ohsu.edu/ croet
4. Online purchasing of hundreds of safety products - www.compliancesafety.com
5. Risk Control Rating Systems (South Africa) www.rcrs.co.za
6. Free Safety Programs, Training Material, and Safety Information for Business & Industry
www.safetyinfo.com
7. Applied Safety and Risk Management (Australia) - www.aplied-safety.com
8. Ergonomics web site with a lot of free Program, Training, ClipArt, Compliance information
www.ergonext.com
9. On-line databases of information and downloadable software related to the environment, health
& safety. www.ehsfreeware.com
10. National Safety Council, USA - www.nsc.org
11. NYCOSH website - www.nycosh.org
12. Det-Tronics, manufacturer of fire and gas safety systems - www.detronics.com
13. American Bio safety Association www.absa.org
14. Centres for Disease Control - www.cdc.gov/cdc.html
15. Electrical Safety Forum site - www.electricalsafety.com
16. Fall protection - Dynamic Scientific Controls www.fallsafety.com
17. University Safety Program- Florida State University - www.fsu.edu/~safety/
18. MSDS Surfer:
Harvest MSDSs from the world-wide-web www.msdssurfer.com
19. MSDS Solutions - www.msdssolutions.com
20. The Computerized IH Data Management System - www.cihsystem.com
21. Safety Assistant (Australian Software for Workplace Health & Safety)
www.safetyassistant.com.au/
22. MSDS FAST SEARCH database of over 230000 MSDS's from Envirowin -
www.envirowin.com / 10196e.htm
23. Industrial Hygiene Java Scripts www.industrialhygiene.com/
24. International Product Safety News - www.safetviink.com
25. International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) - www.irpa-exof.nl/
26. OSHA DATA (searches of OSHA enforcement data) - www.oshadata.com
27. Fire web - www.fireweb.com
28. National Fire Protection Association, USA -
(1) www.nfpa.org.
(2) www.wpi.edu/ ~fpe/nfpa.html
29. LEPC net - www.rtk.net/lepc.net
30. U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board - www.chemsafety.gov
31. Pesticides - www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/ pesticides.html.
- www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pesticides/
32. Indoor Air - www.who.int/indoorair/en/
33. Respirator selection - www.cdc.gov/niocs/2005-100/
34. Air Sampling Direct Reading - www.skcinc.com/reference.asp
35. CIH exam preparation - www.abih.org/
36. Advanced topics
- www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
- www.osha.gov/
- www.aiha.org/content
37. Ergonomics - www.ergonomics.org.uk/ - www.ergonomics.com.au/
38. Emergency Planning and Preparedness - Websites http://globalcrisis.info/
emergencycontro1centers.html#E
39. National Institute of Disaster Management http: / / www.ni dm. net/ index.htm
40. Useful Websites as per National Institute of Disaster Management
http://www.nidm.net/usefullinks.asp
41. Industrial Disaster Management Information System by Gov t. of Gujarat.
http://www.labour&emplovment.gov.m/idmis
42. International Safety Cards By I.L.O.
http://www. ilo.org/encyclopaedia/?d&:nd=857090010&prevDoc=857000002
43. Fact Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals
http://web.doh.state.nj.us/rtkhsfs/factsheets.aspx?lan=english&alph=A&
carcinogen=false&new=false
44. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgnamea.html
45. Chemical and other safety information – Oxford ' http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/
46. M.S.D.S. and Emergency Response for different chemicals Guide – Download
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/psnsort.htm
47. Occupational Safety and health topics by NIOSH http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ http: / /
www.cdc.gov/elcosh/ docs/ other/ cdrom software.html
48. Government and Profit Sites http:/ /www.ilpi.com/msds/#Government
49. IPCS INTOX: Databank http://www.mtox.org/databank/mdex.htm
50. IPCS INTOX: Chemical Databank http: / /www.mtox.org/ databank/ pages/ chemical.html
51. Chemical Safety Information http://www.mchem.org/
52. Chemical Safety Reference Databases http://www.safety.vanderbilt.edu/
safety_links/chemsafetydata.htm
53. First aid, & Medical emergency guide http://www.medmdia.net/patients/firstaid.htm
54. Chemical Emergency Preparedness, Prevention & First Aid for Extremely Hazardous Substances
U.S. Environment Protection Agency http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoehs.nsf/
Alphabetical_Results?openview
55. Explosion Database of Chemicals- NIMCK- Japan http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/db005/
index.html
56. Incompatibility of Chemicals http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/hazmat/ labman/ Appendix-B.htm
57. Laboratory Safety Manual http: / / www. pp.okstate.edu/ ehs/hazmat/ labman/Chaplal.him
58. Hazardous Material Incident Toolkit http://www.oes.ca.gov/0perational/ OESHome.nsf/ Content/
333G7C454B5PC40B882571070069A855?Opei->Documen
59. Hazardous Material Transport Training Module http://hazmat.dot.gov/trainmg/mods/mod.htm
60. Data Sheets of Extremely Hazardous Chemicals by US Environmental Protection Agency http: / /
yosemite.epa. gov / oswer/ceppoehs.nsf/ Alphabetical_Results?openview
61. Fact Sheets of Hazardous Substances http:/ /web.doh.state.nj.us/rtkhsfs/ search .aspx?lan=english
62. MSDS by Scott http://www.scottecatalog.com/msds.nsf/ AII?ReadForm
63. Environment, Health &: Safety Online http://www.ehso.com/contents.php#B
64. Poisons' Information monographs- by CCOHS Canada http://www.inchem.org/pages/pims.html
65. Chemical Safety in Asia - Law & Practice- by ILO
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/papers/asiachem/index.htm
66. The Chemical Database- By Akron University http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/
67. Recurring causes of Chemical Accidents documents http://www.plant-
maintenance.com/articles/ccps.shtml
68. Chemical Accident excellent case study by U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
http://www.csb.gov/
69. Incident Investigation Reports from Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
http://ncsp.tamu.edu/reports/CSB/csbList.htm
70. Ammonia spill incidents summery http://www.mda.state.mn.us/spills/ammonia/summaries.htm
71. Superb presentations and video on safety and accident case study
http://www.cdc.pov/elcosh/docs/other/cdrom_software.html
72. Site for Bhopal tragedy case study http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/other/cdrom_software.html
73. Safety PPT and Posters by Vermont SIRI- superb safety training stuff-free http://siri.uvm.edu/
74. Chemo genesis web book- good knowledge resource
http://www.meta-svnthesis.com/webbook.html
http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/show_page.1Sp?id=2769
75. Chemical Thesaurus software http://www.chemthes.com/overview.html
76. How to plan work place emergencies document OSHA http://www.osha.gov/Pubjications/
osha3088.html
77. Encyclopedia-chemical accidents http://www.reference.com/browse/wild/Chemical_accidents
78. Download CAMEO software http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/request.htm
79. Safety information on internet http://hazard.com/course/
80. Superb web links page for safety http://www.hazard.com/links.html
81. Safety Training videos and DVDs availability-OSHA http://www.safetytrainingnetwork.com/
82. Central Crisis Group-India http://envfor.nic.m/divisions/hsmd/red.html#intro
83. Gujarat Safety Council http://www.gscgujarat.com/
84. Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute http://www.mgliahd.org/
85. National Institute of Health, U.S. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
86. National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) http://www.nioh.org/
87. Directory of Central Government Websites http://www.manupatra.com/about/search.asp#Simple
88. Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) http://www.gsdma.org/
89. DGFASU http://dgfasli.mc.m/
90. National Safety Council, India http://dgfasli.nic.in/dgfasli/masterdetail2.asp?orgid=4009
91. Controller of Explosives http://explosives.nic.in/
92. Enviornment Department, Govt of India http://envfor.nic.in/
93. Labour Bureau Chandigadh http://labourbureau.nic.in/
94. Website on Safety http://www.safetyforeveryone.coni/doyoukriow/dyk.html
95. For all Pollution Laws text http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/laws.htm
96. Portal of Government of Gujarat http://www.guiaratindia.com/
97. PPE Directory http://www.infobanc.com/index_s3.htm
98. Fire Safety Eq. Supplier http://dir.indiamart.com/indiammporters/s_safety.html
99. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov
100. American Chemical Society www.acs.org
101. International Agency for Research on Cancer www.iarc.fr
102. Laboratory Safety Institute www.labsafety.org.
103. MSDS Online www.msdsonline.com
104. Safety Information Resources Inc MSDS Collection www.hazard.com
13.3 Compilation, Collation & Analysis of Information:
At a factory or workplace level, information of hazards and past and current accidents should be
collected first with facts and details. This is compilation. Then it should be put together subject or major
head wise. Then in each head (viz. major hazards, minor hazards, accidents to persons, property losses,
costs of accidents etc.), the information should be combined or arranged in a proper order for the purpose
of easy understanding or comparing in detail. This is collation of information. Then it should be analysed
or classified into subdivisions or subgroups to sharpen the information towards different subjects leading
to some conclusion. This is analysis.
As an example, accidents of one particular year are first collected. This is compilation, (viz.
Accidents for the year 1996, accidents costs, 1995 etc.). Then they are grouped (combined) together as
mechanical accidents, chemical accidents, reportable and non-reportable accidents, fatal and non-fatal
accidents, cost calculations etc. This is collation of information. Here comparison is possible. Mechanical
accidents of factory A can be compared with those of factory B. If they are arranged in some order, say,
date wise or code wise, it is also collation of information. But when the information is classified as male
and female wise, day and night wise, different hazard or causation wise, equal cost wise, severity wise,
frequency wise, body part wise etc., it is called analysis. This gives sharp or pointed information on a
particular point subject to draw some conclusion.
This system of analysing data is useful to find out target areas of work and priority of remedial
measures to concentrate on them. Manual exercise is reduced to a great extent if a computer is used for
such work.
To foresee future possible hazards or risk estimation, by using various identification,

measurement and evaluation techniques (Chapter 19) like HAZOP, HAZAN, fault-tree, event tree, risk
and consequence assessment etc., detailed information can be compiled, analysed and used for accident
prevention work.
Use of computer makes it easy to compile, collate, analyse and store vast information on
identification of major hazard installations, risk analysis, safety audit, preparing on-site and off-site
emergency plans, control pleasures, etc. and makes further easy to incorporate any additions and
alterations at appropriate places to update the documents.
13.4 Modern Methods of Programming:
Such methods use computer as basic tool and software of required programmes. Therefore various
software programmes are being developed and used for specific purposes.
13.4.1 Storing and Retrieval of Information:

Introduction of a computer is not much required for the modern generation, as it is taught to
them from their early school-days. Therefore only a brief outline is given here. Main three visible parts of
a computer are its monitor (or vision screen, also known as VDU i.e. Visual Display Unit), printer and
keyboard. Central Processing Unit (CPU) is its internal part or brain that governs or controls all the work
the computer does. Hardware consists of all physical components including monitor, printer, keyboard,
CPU and everything else that can be touched, but not the floppy disks. Software are the instructions
(programs) a computer needs to run the hardware i.e. to function as a word processor, data base manager,
spreadsheet etc. A floppy disk. Zip, CD and pen drive store computer programs and data and can be read
through a floppy or CD drive. Hard disk stores permanent memory until erased .or replaced. Graphics is a
display of information in picture form. File is a collection of information stored on a disk. Programming
means the process of providing a series of instructions to the CPU to get the desired actions. The main
computer functions are input, output, storage and processing. CD writers are used to write a CD.
Information Technology (IT) and microchip have changed the world and accelerated the use of
MIS. Silicon is the main element to manufacture microchip. PCB, microchip and microprocessor are
working like brain and heart for information. They have reduced the size of document, equipment,
stationary and files and are capable of doing many functions automatically.
Computer can store, process, change and print tremendous information. Capacity of storing is day
by day increasing. Floppy, Zip, CD, VCD, Pendrive, Server etc. are the examples of progress. Hard disk
capacity is also increasing. E-mail and V-mail transforms this stored information very fast. They connect
all departments of a factory, all offices of a State or Nation and all countries in the world. Storing and
presenting of MIS has become very fast and very easy. Laptop and palmtop are very handy. Handwriting
is being replaced by keyboard writing. Correspondence and examination through keyboard have become
a part of modern culture. Volumes of books and libraries have been reduced to small CDs.
Here 'retrieval' means taking back, finding or extracting information stored in a computer. Any
information can be directly fed to the CPU or it can be copied by inserting floppy, CD or pendrive or
through an internet. Such information stored in CPU can be recovered by a floppy or CD drive. Such
information can also be modified, corrected, altered or added. Thus computer is useful in retrieving many
information as per requirement. It saves too much time, labour and volume of work.
13.4.2 Computer Application and Use:
Use of computers for safety and health information systems became critical from 1.970s with the
inception of Occupational Safety and Health Act in USA as much documentation, reporting and analysis
were required by that Act. In our country, still it is in process.
Manifold use of computers for safety, health and environment is as under :
1. As its general use in science and engineering, computers are used for mathematical and statistical
calculations, graphics, documentation, typing, printing, indexing, searching for literature, data
reduction, recording and maintenance of data, control of automated production lines (CAD,
Computer Aided Design, CAM, Computer Aided Manufacturing and DCS process control) etc.
2. Automation of information paths and use of Safety Internet System.
3. Process control in plants and laboratories.
4. Accident and medical records.
5. Costing of accidents and losses.
6. Causation analysis of accidents or hazardous events.
7. Signal analysis and medical decision making, e.g. ECG analysis and diagnosis of heart problems,
sonography, scanning, surgery etc.
8. Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, screening, examinations of ill population and comparison
of their data with the healthy population for early diagnosis of diseases.
9. Maintaining a long-time qualitative and quantitative record of chemical exposures to workers.
10. Maintaining environmental sampling and measurement data. Using for gas dispersion models and
mathematical models for reliability engineering.
11. Preparing and maintaining periodical statements of accidents, injuries, causation wise break-
ups, compensation and other costing, firstaid cases, nearmiss cases, safety training, status of
compliance etc.
12. Safety reports, manuals, procedures, audit points, mutual aid systems and emergency plan items
can be quickly stored, updated and reproduced.
13. Maintaining information of workplace conditions, engineering controls, fire and gas leak
controls, administrative controls, medical controls, personal protective equipment and their
selection, training programmes etc.
14. Maintaining employee demographics and job histories.
15. Scheduling of inspections, surveys, meetings, workplace monitoring, biological monitoring,
condition monitoring, corrosion monitoring, maintenance programmes etc.
16. Reporting at any time to internal management or external statutory authorities or private agencies.
17. Keeping records of Material Safety Data. Sheets, Indian Standards, Statutory Provisions and
Forms, Reports for Pollution Control Boards etc.
18. Statistical analysis by using ready-made or self-designed software.
19. Using robots, auto-controls and safety-devices to avoid accidents to persons and property.
20. Simulations to determine where hazards reductions would be more effective and the change in
failure probability that would result. Useful to carry out hazard analyses, fault-tree analysis etc.
The special use of computers in addition to general benefits of software (Expertise, Up-to-date
information and Improved management) is for Accident recording and analysis. Information on chemical
hazards. Audit recording and analysis etc. Data on such points are as under:
1. Automatic printing of statutory and other safety forms.

2. Automatic generation of periodical reports.
3. Analysis of near misses in the same details as injury accidents.
4. Multiple records of injury, property and vehicle damage from the same incident
5. Linked incident costing so that reports can automatically include details of the costs involved.
6. Automatic summaries and their graphical displays.
7. On-line computing using own computer to contact the library or publisher's computer to obtain
and read off the information required.
8. CD-ROM (Compact Disc - Read Only Memory) and player for the computer and special software
on chemical hazards and control technology. The information from the disc is displayed on the
computer screen. Conversely, information in the computer can be copied on CD by using CD
writer.
9. Use of floppy-discs, CDs and Pendrive to read off the information.
10. Database from CAMEO, COSHH, APELL etc. and onsite and offsite emergency plans (see
Chapter-2 for definitions).
11. Safety audit and environmental audit details by using a set of audit questions (also known as audit
protocol). Such audit software packages include:
a) The ability to edit the audit questions and add audit questions as new risks are identified.
b) The ability to add guidance for the auditors to specific questions, including details of any
relevant standards.
c) Displaying two or more sets of audit results on the screen at a time and to compare them.
d) Graphical display of audit summaries.
e) Automatic generation of audit reports, including action plans.
f) Diary facilities to assist in managing an audit schedule and keeping track of
recommendations for remedial action.
13.4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Computerized System
Advantages of computerised information systems are -
1. Ready availability of data and ready reproduction (printed copy) of the stored data.
2. Elimination of monotonous or exhaustive manual labour.
3. No need to keep duplicate records (copies). Reducing files and their storing space. A shared
information can be seen at many places (i.e. in different department, conference hall etc.).
4. Improved communication with neat, clean and correct copies. Electronic mail systems can
facilitate communication within and between facilities and within short time.
5. Data standardisation and accuracy.
6. Improved analytical capabilities. Analyses not manually practical, can be easily done by a
computer. Graphs and Chartes also available.
7. Cost savings by increasing employee productivity, decreasing manpower etc.
Disadvantages (limitations) of computerised nation systems are
1. According to circumstances, need of computers is not always justified. Sometimes it may be

premature or totally unjustified on economic grounds.
2. Computers' limitations should be understood. They are not designed for automatic information
generation or processing. An operator is required to make data-entry or supply basic information
(programme) to computers and his error can give wrong or incomplete information or sometimes
erase it and manual search becomes necessary. Mistakes can become repetitive if not corrected in
time.
3. Computers can suggest references to documents. They cannot eliminate the need to go through
these documents to locate the required information.
4. A typical virus can wash out all information stored in the computer. Then retrieval or restoration
of data becomes necessary.
5. Manpower reduction for unemployement.
13.4.4 Hazards and Controls of Working on Computer:
Following hazards have been reported:

1. Ergonomic problems may arise with computer operators. Computer room should not be too noisy,
too warm, too cold, unpleasant, humid, congested or poorly lighted. Wrongly designed furniture
and sitting arrangement can cause pain in neck and back.
2. Radiation from screen (VDU) and bad contrast can cause eye fatigue and headache. Antiglare '
screen or auto glare (strain) removal device is useful.
3. Psychological problems like monotonous work in isolated position, waiting times, intense
concentration (e.g. traffic control) may also arise. Good design and layout of computer room,
equipment, fire protection system, records protection, utilities protection and safe storage
practices are necessary.
4. A study report of Devis School of Medicine, California, USA, says that pain in waist, shoulders
and neck, tension on eyes and legs pain due to decreased blood-circulation are all ill effects of
constantly sitting on key-boards. Long sitting in particular posture is hazardous to health.
Ergonomic design of sitting and working arrangement and training to computer operator are
essential to reduce such pains (News 11-1-2000).
5. It is also reported that using a computer mouse for a long time exposes some people to carpal
tunnel pressure levels that may lead to repetitive strain injury to the wrist and hand. This was said
by David Rampel, Director of the Ergonomics Program at UC San Francisco (News, Bridges,
COEH, June 2000).
6. It is reported that increasing use of computers will develop cataract at younger age and in the year
2050, most of the people will be able to read on computer only after laser surgery (News 23-8-
2000).
7. One study report in California revealed that the women working more than 20 hours in a week on
video display unit have 80% more chances of abortion than those not working in this way.
8. Another survey in western countries states that 10 to 15% employees working on computers daily
complain of body pain and eye strain. Other 40 to 50% employees complain occasionally.
As per one Japanese study, eye flickering reduces to 7/min. from normal level of 22/min.
Eye watering, burning, temporary dimness or vision lose, to see double things etc. are known as
computer vision syndrome (CVS).
9. Indian people are habituated to work in 27°C temperature. If they are compelled to work in 17 to
23°C temp, (VDT operators), their health is adversely affected.
Control Measures:
Ergonomists suggest many remedial measures to reduce 'computer-trauma' and other health
effects. Some of them are as under:
1. Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) - Eye strain is mainly due to monochromic light or burden
of glare (excessive light) on eye. Pain in neck or back is caused due to improper seating of
monitor from our face. Monitor should be kept at 10 to 15° below the angle of eye level and 20 to
28 inch away from the face. There should be a balance between monitor light and room light. In
darkness, computer should not be operated. Eyes should be turned aside and closed for a few
seconds at the interval of half an hour. A vision guard programme is available to remind this
relaxation exercise. It should be loaded in the computer.
2. Hand below the elbow should remain parallel on computer-table, and fingers on key-board.
3. Table and chair should be fully flexible so as to rearrange as requirement. Specially designed back
rest necessary.
4. VDU should be so placed that the sight will fall on the correct place on the screen. Computer
screen should remain below the eyes so that the eyes and neck are not unnecessarily raised.
5. Key-board should be thin, easy to operate and move and separate from the display unit..
6. Noise from printer should not be more than 55 dB, otherwise hood is required.
7. Operators having sitting work and standing work should be interchanged by job rotation. This will
relax the contracted muscles and maintain the body tone-up.
8. Eyes should be examined by Ophthalmologist for internal defects if any. After the age of 40,
spectacles become necessary to see from a short distance. Considering the length between the
eyes and the computer screen, the special spectacles (not bi-focal) should be worn while working
on computer.
9. Lighting, shining and colour have also some effects. They should not be excessive.
10. At every 15, to 30 minutes, eyes should be turned away from the screen to see aside or take rest
raise-or move hands, press fingers etc. Legs should be freed from one position. They should have
rest support.
11. Working hours on computer should be reduced with increasing age or difficulty.
13.4.5 Causes of MIS failure:
They are of the following types :

1. Insufficient, incorrect or ambiguous information.
2. No two-way communication.
3. Confused reporting.
4. Poor exchange of information.
5. Poor system of communication.
6. Insufficient employee involvement.
7. Untrained employees.
8. No system of feedback receiving for the improvement of MIS.
9. No advanced planning to meet and control emergencies.
10. No advance planning for protection of MIS, e.g. Steps to prevent virus in computers.
Such causes should be detected and removed as early as possible.
13.4.6 Status and Future Goals of Computer Utilization in SHE Services:
Status of computer utilization is being increased and spreading very fast. Today we are rapidly
entering in the age of information technology, information highways, internet systems, super-computers
to design, scan, develop, store, exchange and transmit data for many complex systems and for many
purposes. Paper files and record rooms are all shortened and it seems that in every walk of life computer
has to" play some role. Safety, health and environment being the vital subject, cannot remain without the
use of computers. Process technology, instrument and control devices, hazard control technology,
emergency planning including training, education and information to workers, public, management and
Government ... everywhere use of computers is being increased.
One earlier software for SHE services is CAMEO i.e. Computer Aided Management of
Emergency Operations. It is a Computer Software Package developed by the Environment Protection
Agency (EPA) of USA. The CAMEO software is made operational and available from the National
Safety Council, Mumbai. It was explained with the APELL/ CEP workshops at Manali, Mumbai,
Kanpur, Cochin, Haldia and Vadodara during 1992 to 1995.
CAMEO gives emergency planner, first responder (fire brigade, police etc.) or safety professional
vital information to help handle chemical accidents safely.
What does CAMEO provide :
CAMEO provides tools to help address issues, including
1. Response information for over 4000 chemicals commonly transported.
2. Database templates to help manage chemical inventory information.
3. A mapping capability that allows to identify the proximity and potential hazard posed by facilities
to sensitive populations.
4. The ability to create scenario using hazard analysis calculations to assist .in emergency planning
and overlay the estimated vulnerable zone on maps.
5. A drawing capability to pinpoint locations of chemicals stored in-community or facility floor
plans that are created.
6. An air dispersion model that can be used to help evaluate spill scenarios and evacuation options
for 700 airborne toxic chemicals (this features is available for the Macintosh and is being
developed for CAMEO DOS).
For other Software, see Part 4.3(c) of Chapter-19.
13.4.7 Integration between Departmental MIS:
Because of wide use of computer software for many purposes, use of internal and external e-mail
and information transfer systems, transferring presentation from any computer to the computer of
conference room or auditorium, using stored or communicated information for design, production, sale,
purchase, taxation, audit, assessment etc, good and effective integration of MIS between all departments
is essential and constantly-required.
Information on safety management system, SOP, PPE, safety work permits, statutory and other
safety provisions, forms and annexure, training subjects and schedules, safety Suggestions, compliance
etc is required by many departments from safety department. Similarly safety department needs feedback
and other information from other departments. This is not possible without effective integration of MIS
between all departments.
Therefore continuous integration between departmental MIS should be maintained and updated.
EXERCISE
1. Comment on the following Statements by giving your opinion:

1. Accident problem is not a big problem. Adequate and sufficient data are available.
2. Accident cost to the injured person is not much. He is insured and therefore no need to
worry.
3. Indirect cost of accident is less than the direct cost.
4. Indirect costs of accident are not visible and not important.
5. Preventive' costs may be less than the total costs of accidents.
6. Management should realize the costs of accidents to improve productivity.
7. Cost calculation of accident is not difficult. Its record can be maintained and well utilized.
8. How to fix 'man-days lost' for death of a worker, is a problem. No figure is fixed for that
9. If frequency rate is reduced, severity rate will also be reduced.
10. 'Reportable lost time injury' is more important than lost time injury' for the purpose of
safety.
11. DH and FSI are same. DH denotes degree of improvement.
12. Safety activity rate takes four things into consideration..
13. A serious accident causes much effect on severity rate but little effect on frequency rate.
14. Frequency rate can be used to compare present safety performance with the past.
15. Take care of frequency rate, then the severity rate will take care of itself.
16. Frequency rate is a better base of comparing two or more units than the severity rate.
17. No 'injury rate' is capable of giving complete picture of safety performance.
18. Injury rates also represent properly damage and time losses.
19. Injury rates have drawbacks..
20. 'Man-hours worked' taken from 'Attendance Register' do not give correct picture.
21. 'Severity rate' does not represent of severity of pain and suffering of a worker.
22. There is no need to prepare a 'Safety Budget' separately. General budget can take care of
it.
23. Safety budget has many items to include.
24. Safety performance rates should be considered while preparing a safety budget.
25. It is difficult to up date labour statistics.
26. Year-wise fatal and nonfatal injuries are useful to know safety-status.
27. Cause-wise injury figures have meaningful message.
28. Incidence rate and Frequency rate both are useful for comparing 'status' in safety
performance.
29. Four types of information are generally required for safety.
30. Computerised information system has many advantages.
31. Computerised information system has some limitations also.
32. There is no hazard in working on computers.
33. Ill effects of constantly sitting on keyboards are many.
34. Ergonomic measures to reduce 'computer trauma' are important.
35. MIS cannot fail.
2. Write Short Note OR Explain in brief:

1. Need of statistics of safety.
2. Magnitude of the safety problem.
3. Inadequacy of safety data.
4. Accident cost to the injured person and his family.
5. Direct and indirect costs of accident.
6. Frank E Bird's Iceberg concept of indirect costs.
7. Factors of Hidden Costs.
8. Accident cost to the society.
9. Limitation of Accident Cost Data.
10. Utility of Accident Cost Data.
11. Utility of Safety Performance Rates.
12. Significance of Injury Rates.
13. Drawbacks of Injury Rates.
14. Benchmarking for safety performance.
15. Items of Safety Budget.
16. Use of computers for safety information.
17. Hazards of working on computers.
18. Computer trauma and remedial measures.
19. Causes of MIS failure.
20. Future goals of computer utilization in SHE services.
3. Explain or Discuss with details :

1. Why do we need safety statistics? How is it useful?
2. Who do suffer the costs of accidents? In what way? And of what types?
3. Explain Heinrich's list of indirect costs of accident.
4. As a Safety Officer, design an Accident Investigation Form with necessary contents.
5. Explain various types of 'injuries' under IS:3786, or the WC Act or ESI Act.
6. Explain how injury rates are useful and what are their limitation.
7. Explain the purpose and procedure of safety budget.
8. Explain the process of Compilation, Collation and Analysis of safety Information.
9. Explain modern methods of programming.
10. Explain manifold use of computers for SHI services.
11. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of computerised information system.
12. Discuss hazards of working on computer; and state their remedial measures.
13. What information is supplied by CAMEC software?
14. How can we integrate MIS between different departments?
15. What future do you foresee of computer utilization for SHE services ?
Reference and Recommended Reading
1. Indian Standard IS:378

2. The Factories Act 1948 and the Gujarat Factories Rules 1963.
3. The Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 and the Employees State Insurance Act 1948.
4. Reports of the Labour Bureau, Shimla.
5. Reports of the Office of the Chief Inspector of Factories, Gujarat State, Ahmedabad.
6. Safety at Work, John Ridley, Butterworth, Heinemann.
7. Reports from Loss Prevention News.
8. Industrial Accident Prevention, H.W. Heinrich. .
9. Occupational Safety Management and Engineering, Willie Hammer.
10. Industrial Hazard and Safety Handbook, R.W. King and John Magid.
11. Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations, National Safety Council, USA.
12. Industrial Safety Handbook, William Handley.
13. "Accidents" (at Factories, Offices, Shops, Docks and Construction sites) published by Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London (Available with H.M.S.0., British High Commission,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi).
14. Health and Safety at: Works Booklets (New Series 47 Booklets) H.M.S.O., London (Available
with H.M.S.0., British High Commission Chanakyapuri, New Delhi).
15. Safety Pamphlets, issued by the Royal Society to the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) 52
Grosvenor Gardens, London SW-2.
16. Safety Management, John V. Grimaldi and R.ISimonds, All India Traveller Bookseller, Delhj
110005.
17. Measurement of Safety Performance by Da Petersen.
18. Safety Metrics : Tools and Techniques for Measuring Safety Performance by Christophe A.
Janicak.
19. Year book of labour statistics by ILO
20. Visual display units : Job contant and stress in office work by Fe Josefina F. Dy. by ILO
21. Visual display units : Ratiation protection guidance by ILO.
22. International directory of occupational safety and health institution bv ILO.

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CHAPTER – 5

Safety Statistics and Information System

1. Nature, Source and Need of Statistics of 10.4 Worked Examples

1. NATURE, SOURCE AND NEED OF STATISTICS OF SAFETY

NOW a days websites are also available.

Need or Utility of Data:

1. It is the basic force of the organised safety movement

2. MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM AND INADEQUACY

Let us try to understand the problem by some available data:

Fa ll from heig ht, 2%

Ra ilwa y a c c id ent, 10%

Fig. 5.1 : Fatal accidents in 1994

No. of factories covered 150349

As per the Robens Report, the figures of 1969 were as follows:

Subject Number Cost Million Pound

Egypt 0.13 Japan 0.01

Thus we have comparatively the highest accident rate.

Inadequacy or Limitations of Data :

3. Thousands of registered factories do not send prescribed 'returns' or necessary statistical

11. No record of private medical expenses is traceable from one source.

3. ACCIDENT COST TO THE INJURED PERSON AND HIS

1500 p.m. wage x 12 months x 40 years

= (600 x 1) + (600 x 2) + (600 x 3)+.... (600 x 40)

Therefore total earning = 720000 + 492000

4. ACCIDENT COST TO THE MANAGEMENT

Management suffers two types of costs

1. Direct or Insured or Tangible Costs and

4.1 Direct Costs:

4.2 Indirect Costs :

4. Extra cost due to overtime work necessitated by accident.

7. Cost of learning period and preparation of new worker(s).

8. Uninsured medical cost borne by the company.

12. Uninsured other costs and the miscellaneous unusual costs.

Part A : Insured costs

Part- B : Uninsured costs

Total cost = Insurance cost (i.e. direct cost)

2. Machinery, Material, Equipment :

Factors of Indirect (Hidden) Accident Cost:

The list given by Heinrich is as under :

1. Cost of time lost by injured employee.

3. Cost of time lost by foremen, supervisors or other executives as follows:

c. Arranging for the injured employee's production to be continued by some other

7. Cost to employer under employee welfare and benefit systems.

Country Year Direct Cost Indirect Cost

Direct Cost (Rs.)

1. Compensation under Workmen's Compensation Act.

2. Medical & Hospital charges

3. Transportation charges = 00200

Total direct cost Rs. 32172

Indirect Cost (Rs.)

1. Cost of lost time -

A. By injured worker 1870

2. Cost of production loss due to -

A. Idle m/c and clean up etc. 1390

A. Fulfilling order (supply) 6280

4. Overhead & Administrative expense 4800

Total indirect (uninsured) Cost 64700

Total cost of the Accident

See Part 5 & 7 of Chapter-29 for legal provisions.

2. Date of resuming duty ___. and Man-days lost _

1. Date of investigation started _ by whom _______________