Citation

Mohanty P, Mohapatra SC. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2017; 11(1): 6-9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00002.0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

It is needless to say that industrialization is necessary for progress and prosperity of a nation. Not only have modern gadgets produced by industrialization made the life of people fast, enlightened and easy but also various industrial sectors give employment to thousands of people. But the hazards of this modern industry are many. This can be physical, chemical, biological, electrical or ergonomical. To prevent these there are inbuilt safety measures in each equipment and there are let down standards and procedures for work. However, deviation in desirable procedure of operation or error made by the employee leads to accidents which are sometimes fatal. The objective of this study is to find out important causes of these accidents and necessary prevention. In this study, the data of fatal accidents in industrial sectors for the year 2011, 2012 and 2013 were collected with the help of department of factories and boilers of the government of Odisha and was analyzed. Out of all these accidents, it was observed that fall from height is the major cause of fatality in all these years. The data was compared with the national data and possible preventive measures are discussed in this article. The important points of existing legislation were also highlighted in this article.

Language: en