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SILICOSISSILICOSIS

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P. C. DasP. C. DasDirector of Factories & Boilers, OdishaDirector of Factories & Boilers, OdishaDirector of Factories & Boilers, OdishaDirector of Factories & Boilers, Odisha

ODISHA

Statistics of the Directorate

01 Total no. of Registered Factories (as on 30.06.2014) : 3756

02 No. of Factories prone to Silicosis : 390

03 No. of Factories where workers have been affected by

Silicosis

: 02

04 Total no. of workers affected by Silicosis : 24

05 Total no. of sanctioned posts of zonal Asst. Director of

Factories

: 22

06 No. of officers in position : 18

07 Average no. of factories each officer to inspect at present

with additional average no. of boilers

: 209

+

110

Legislative development in Odisha

Sl.No.

Schedule Manufacturing Process

01 Schedule-IV Glass manufacture

02 Schedule-V Grinding or glazing of metal

03 Cleaning or smoothing, roughening etc., of articles by a jet of03Schedule-VIII

Cleaning or smoothing, roughening etc., of articles by a jet of

sand, metal shot or grift or other abrasive propelled by a

blast of compressed air or steam (Blasting Regulations)

04 Schedule-XI Manufacture of Pottery

05

Schedule - XV

� Manipulation of stone or any other material containing

free silica.

� Manufacture of articles from refractory materials

including manufacture of refractory bricks

06 First schedule Cement Industries

Silicosis prone factories in the State of Odisha

Type of Factories No. of

Factories

Working

Factories

Closed

Factories

� Stone Crushers : 280 189 91

� Quartz mining : Nil - -

� Refractories : 27 16 11

� Sand blasting : Nil

� Ceramics Industries : 07 03 04

� Gems cutting & polishing : Nil - -� Gems cutting & polishing

Industries

: Nil - -

� Slate & Pencil Industries : 23 16 07

� Glass Manufacturing

Industries

: Nil - -

� Granite cutting & polishing

Industries

: 40 25 15

� Cement industries : 13 11 02

TOTAL 390 260 130

Sl. No.

Status of Workers Nos. of workers

Remark

01 Diagnosed cases of Silicosis (as on Date)

24

02 Expired during Employment 01 Total death as on date - 12

02 Left under VRS Scheme & 07

Status on Silicosis in Odisha

02 Left under VRS Scheme & died afterwards

07

03 Resigned from Service & died afterwards

04

03 Retired from Service 03 Getting compensation under ESI Act,

194804 Left under Silicosis

Rehabilitation Scheme06

05 Continuing in Service 03

Factories where Silicosis diagnosed

Sl. No.

Name & address of the factory No. of cases diagnosed

01 Tata Krosaki Refractories Limited, At/PO- Belpahar, Dist.-Jharsuguda, Odisha.

06

02 OCL India Limited.(Cement Division and Refractory Division)

At/PO- Rajgangpur, Dist.- Sundargarh.Odisha

18

1. Manufacturing

process

:- Refractory Bricks, Refractory Mortars and Refractory

Materials.

2. Manpower as per

licence

:- 2400

3. No. of workers

ordinarily employed

:- 2152

4. Power installed :- 18471.50KW

5. No. of silicosis cases

detected

:- 2002 – 02

2003 – 02

2007 – 01

2008 – 01

TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd., Belpahar

2008 – 01

(All above affected persons resigned from service)

6. Steps taken by the

management

:- • Installed ESP, Bag Filter, Localised Exhaust system

etc., to reduce dust emission from the sources.

• Provide water sprinkler system to suppress dust.

• Ensured use of Personal Protective Equipments like

nose mask, apron, hand gloves etc. by the workers

while working.

• Established Occupational Health Centre for

Periodical health check-up of workers.




STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT SILICOSIS

� Pulsejet type fabricator, bag filter have been installed.

� Water sprinkling on the road, mobile Vacuum Sweeper and Mobile Vacuum Cleaners.

� Provision of nose masks.� Provision of nose masks.

� Monitoring of suspended particulate matter in the work area.

� Facility of full fledged hospital with specialized doctors, technicians and testing facilities.

� Facilities of full fledged training center.



1. Manufacturing

process

:- Refractory Bricks, Refractory Mortars, Refractory Materials

& Cement.

2. Licensed manpower :- 6000

3. ordinarily employed :- 4853

4. Power installed :- 1,29,210.09KW

5. No. of silicosis cases

detected

:- 1996 – 01 (Expired)

2000 – 02 (Expired)

2001 – 03 (Expired)

2002 – 03 (Expired – 2)

2005 – 05 (Expired – 3)

OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur

2005 – 05 (Expired – 3)

2006 – 02 (Expired – 1)

2007 – 01

2008 – 01 (Expired)

6. Steps taken by the

management

:- • Installed ESP, Bag Filter, Localised Exhaust system

etc., to reduce dust emission from the sources.

• Provide water sprinkler system to suppress dust.

• Ensured use of Personal Protective Equipments like

nose mask, apron, hand gloves etc. by the workers

while working.

• Periodical health check-ups of workers is being done.

OCL India Limited, RajgangpurSl. No. Particulars Capacity (NM3/HR) Filtering Area (M2) Qnty. (Nos.)

A BASIC PLANT :

1 Pulse jet type Dust Collector for Magnesite circuits 25,300 222.5 1

2 -Do- for Magnesite circuits 16,500 170 1

3 -Do- for Chromite Section 25,300 222.5 1

4 -Do- for Mixing & Batching Section 29,100 248.7 1

5 -Do- for Ball Mill Circuit 6,600 66.0 1

6 -Do- for Misc. Circuit 9,100 78.4 1

7 -Do- for Resin bonded refractory mixers 4,500 43.05 3

8 -Do- for Co-Mixing Section 11,000 112.2 1

9 -Do- for Conical Ball Mill 4,500 43.05 1

10 -Do- for Alex Grinding machines at SGP 6,500 70.4 1

11 Cyclone Collector for Grinding Machine. 6,000 -- 3

12 Cyclone Collector for Alex Grinding Machine. 6,000 -- 2

13 Pulse jet type Dust Collector for SGP Inclined Mixer 1,260 9 1

B FIREBRICK PLANT

1 Pulse Jet type Bag Filter for grog circuit in Mill House. 47,500 478.52 1

2 -Do- for miscellaneous circuit in mill house 47,500 478.52 1 2 -Do- for miscellaneous circuit in mill house 47,500 478.52 1

3 -Do- for Clay circuit in mill house 17,500 179.52 1

4 -Do- for mixers 4,500 43.05 9

5 Cyclone Separator for Grinding Machine 6,000 -- 2

6 Cartridge type Dust filter IN Rice husk ash screening sec. 1,260 9.0 1

B FIREBRICK PLANT

1 Pulse Jet type Bag Filter for grog circuit in Mill House. 47,500 478.52 1

2 -Do- for miscellaneous circuit in mill house 47,500 478.52 1

3 -Do- for Clay circuit in mill house 17,500 179.52 1

4 -Do- for mixers 4,500 43.05 9

5 Cyclone Separator for Grinding Machine 6,000 -- 2

6 Cartridge type Dust filter IN Rice husk ash screening sec. 1,260 9.0 1

C CONCAST PLANT

1 -Do- for Concast Mill Hose 11,000 112.20 1

2 - Do - for CNC Lathe machine in Concast 4,500 43.05 1

3 - Do - 2,500 28 2

4 - Do - 6,000 67.2 1

5 Pulse Jet type dust collector for Concast New Technology. 8,000 81.6 1

OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur1 Pulse Jet type dust collector for Castable Section 1,800 20.20 1

2 -Do- for HAC Plant 6,000 92.6 2

E SILICA PLANT - I :

1 Pulse Jet type bag filter for Mill House 41,200 453.6 1

2 -Do- for Mixing & Batching Section 13,600 151.20 1

F SILICA PLANT - II :

1 Pulse Jet type Bag Filter for mill house 51,000 577.40 1

2 - Do- for Mixing & Batching Section 9,350 104.64 1

3 Centralised Iron Oxide Plant 4,500 43.05 2

G SILICA PLANT-III :

1 Pulse Jet type dust collector for Mill House 8,000 28.17 2

2 -Do- 7,500 38.50 2

3 -Do- 7,200 79.30 2 3 -Do- 7,200 79.30 2

4 -Do- 5,000 55.00 1

5 -Do- 2,500 27.50 1

6 -Do- 3,000 33.00 1

7 -Do- 5,500 60.55 1

8 -Do- 4500 43.05 2

9 -Do- for Mixing Section 2,500 27.50 4

10 -Do- 1,350 14.90 1

11 -Do- 1,000 11.00 2

12 -Do- 4500 43.05 1

H COKE SCREENING PLANT :

1 Pulse jet type dust collector for elevator top 6,000 67.2 1

2 Pulse jet type dust collector for crushers, elevators etc 12,000 186.7 1

I WOODEN MOULD SHOP :

1 Saw Dust Collector 1,690 95.00 1

OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur

Sl.

No

Name of the victim Name of the

factory

Date in which the

case has been

confirmed by the

Board

Loss of earning

capacity

Remarks

1 Sri P. K. Mohanty

ESI No-44209543

OCL India Ltd

Rajgangpur

05.09.02 100% Left job under V.R.S since 24.10.02

Expired on 12.8.08

2 Sri D. Sundaray

ESI No-4492609

19.3.01 100% Left job under V.R.S since 6.11.02.

Expired on 17.08.09

3 Sri B. Pradhan

ESI No-44167266

20.1.05 65% Left job under V.R.S since 1.2.02.

Expired

4 Sri J. Das

ESI No-44170635


& Expired on 15.3.08.

5 Late S. Biswal 22.03.01 100% Left job under V.R.S since 20.6.01 &

CASES OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE “SILICOSIS” DETECTED IN THE STATE OF ODISHA

5 Late S. Biswal

ESI No-44167383

22.03.01 100% Left job under V.R.S since 20.6.01 &

Expired on 30.4.02

6 Smt. N. Lakra

ESI No-44128233

28.11.08 50% Retired on 30.6.07.

Expired on 2.3.13

7 Late K. Lenka

ESI No-44166749

8.3.06 100% Expired in employment on 5.10.98

8 Sri C.Kujur

ESI No-44576441


Expired on 10.05.09

9 Sri Kamruddin

ESI No-441726

29.03.05 35% Retired on 1.1.08

Expired on 25.05.11

10 Sri A. Barla

ESI No-44172978

19.4.06 30% Retired on 30.12.09

11 Late P.Ekka

ESI No-44170068

21.08.96 100% Expired on 16.12.03

12 Sri B. Swain

ESI No-44167321


Sl. No Name of the victim Name of the factory Date in which the case has been

confirmed by the Board

Loss of earning capacity Remarks

13 Late K. Choudhury

ESI No-44207273

OCL India Ltd

Rajgangpur

31.05.02 100% Left job under V.R.S since 20.7.02 & Expired on 13.4.03

14 Late B.Bhoi

ESI No-4493825

28.2.01 25% Resigned . Expired subsequently on 21.7.04

15 Md Maqsood Alam

Ins. No.44-94955

29.11.07 50% Retired from w.e.f 01.01.2009

16 Gangi Tate

ESI No-44126738

28.11.05 70% Retired on 29.01.05

17 Tumba Behera

ESI No-44167918

23.04.05 100% Resigned on 08.04.99

Expired on 18.11.09

CASES OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE “SILICOSIS” DETECTED IN THE STATE OF ODISHA

ESI No-44167918 Expired on 18.11.09

18 P.K.Pradhan

ESI No-44169766


19 Sri M. K. T. Nair

P.No-1023

Tata Refractories Ltd, Belpahar 27.6.02 20% Resigned under silicosis rehabilitation scheme w.e.f

19.10.02

20 Sri K. Pradhan

P.No-916

27.6.02 65% Resigned under Silicosis rehabilitation Scheme w.e.f.

19.10.02

21 Sri D. Jagdev

P.No-1796

15.10.03 10% Resigned under Frindly Departure Scheme w.e.f. 1.4.04

22 Sri P. Sundaran

P.No-1841

15.10.03 10% Resigned under Silicosis rehabilitation Scheme w.e.f. 1.4.04

23 Sri C. Ray

P.No-1052


7.11.07

24 Sri Mahanta Ram

P.No-1052


1.10.08

Sl. No. District No. of Silicosis prone

factories

No. of workers engaged

1 Angul 09 210

2 Balasore 17 344

3 Bargarh 11 1800

4 Bhadrak 01 20

5 Bolangir 18 565

6 Boudh 01 20

7 Cuttack 13 12787 Cuttack 13 1278

8 Dhenkanal 24 785

9 Ganjam 27 540

10 Gajapati 01 20

11 Jajpur 11 214

12 Jharsuguda 12 1965

13 Keonjhar 28 548

14 Kalahandi 02 68

15 Kandhamal 01 21

Sl. No. District No. of Silicosis prone

factories

No. of workers engaged

16 Khurda 123 2543

17 Koraput 03 90

18 Malkangiri 01 20

19 Mayurbhanj 15 324

20 Nuapada 02 120

21 Nayagarh 11 248

22 Puri 01 20

23 Rayagada 09 31923 Rayagada 09 319

24 Sambalpur 18 316

25 Sundergarh 30 6452

26 Kendrapada 00 00

27 Jagatsinghpur 00 00

28 Phulbani 00 00

29 Nowrangpur 00 00

30 Sonepur 01 20

TOTAL 390 18,870

Year Number of training

programmes

conducted

No. of persons

benefited

2009-10 1993 82,037

2010-11 2273 92,739

2011-12 2564 1,01,981

2012-13 2791 1,19,367

2013-14 2825 1,28,3452013-14 2825 1,28,345

Year Total no. of workers undergone

health Check-up

2009-10 1,02,249

2010-11 1,55,504

2011-12 1,63,239

2012-13 1,98,981

2013-14 2,11,947

Year No. of Work Environment

Monitored / Assessed

2009-10 24

2010-11 45

2011-12 65

2012-13 72

2013-14 46

RecommendationsRecommendations

Policy to be Adopted by DHS, Policy to be Adopted by DHS, OdishaOdishafor collection of Silicosis datafor collection of Silicosis data

Directorate of Health ServicesDirectorate of Health Services

Chief District Medical Officers of the StateChief District Medical Officers of the State

All PHCs/ CHCs/ Area Hospitals/ SDHs/ All All PHCs/ CHCs/ Area Hospitals/ SDHs/ All Health cares under his administrative control Health cares under his administrative control


Policy to be Adopted by DMET, Odisha Policy to be Adopted by DMET, Odisha for collection of Silicosis datafor collection of Silicosis data

Directorate of Medical Education & Training Directorate of Medical Education & Training

OdishaOdisha

Should pass DirectionShould pass DirectionShould pass DirectionShould pass Direction

All the Principals/ Superintendents/ All the Principals/ Superintendents/ Professor & H.O.D. of Pulmonary Medicine Professor & H.O.D. of Pulmonary Medicine

Department of all Medical Colleges & Department of all Medical Colleges & Hospitals of the State Hospitals of the State


Policy to be Adopted by DESIS, Policy to be Adopted by DESIS, OdishaOdisha for collection of Silicosis datafor collection of Silicosis data

Directorate of ESI Scheme Directorate of ESI Scheme

Should pass DirectionShould pass Direction

All the Regional Joint Directors & All the Regional Joint Directors & superintendents superintendents

Should pass DirectionShould pass Direction

Insurance Medical officer I/C of all ESI Insurance Medical officer I/C of all ESI Dispensaries and Hospitals Dispensaries and Hospitals


Policy to be Adopted by DFB, Policy to be Adopted by DFB, OdishaOdishafor collection of Silicosis datafor collection of Silicosis data

Director of Factories & Boilers Director of Factories & Boilers

Should pass Direction Should pass Direction

AllAll thethe occupiersoccupiers andand factoryfactory managersmanagers ofof thethe StateState totogivegive thethe datadata inin FormForm--1919 ofof OdishaOdisha FactoriesFactories RulesRules underunderRuleRule--9898 ofof OdishaOdisha FactoriesFactories RulesRules 19501950 andand SectionSection--8989 ofofFactoriesFactories Act,Act, 19481948 andand alsoalso forfor allall zonalzonal fieldfield officers,officers,MedicalMedical CellCell ofof thethe DirectorateDirectorate..


Policy to be Adopted by ESIC, Policy to be Adopted by ESIC, OdishaOdishafor collection of Silicosis datafor collection of Silicosis data

ESICESICShould pass DirectionShould pass DirectionShould pass DirectionShould pass Direction

All the managers & officers under its All the managers & officers under its control control


Centralised Data Base to be Centralised Data Base to be submitted tosubmitted to

Principal secretary of Labour & ESI Department

Should pass Direction Director of

Should pass Direction

Principal secretary

Labour & ESI Department

Director of health

Services

DMETDirector of

ESIS,/ SMC,ESIC

Director of Factories & Boilers

Methods of Compensation Methods of Compensation

Principal secretary of Labour & ESI Department

Should pass Direction

Principal Secretary

Labour & ESI

Labour commissioner Odisha as per Compensation

act 1923

SMC, ESIC Odisha as per ESI act 1948

ImplementImplement scheduleschedule NoNo.. XIIIXIII preparedprepared byby thetheDirectorDirector GeneralGeneral FactoryFactory AdviceAdvice ServiceService andandLabourLabour InstituteInstitute underunder modelmodel RuleRule 120120 framedframedu/su/s 8787 ofof thethe FactoriesFactories ActAct 19481948

In the said Rule in Rule 62-J a new sub-rule namely 62-J (a) shall be inserted.62-J (a) Empanelment of specialized occupational health labs/ hospitals.Provided that to facilitate periodical/pre-employment health check-up and maintain health record of all workers of the factory involving hazardous process, it is required to identify and empanel standard hazardous process, it is required to identify and empanel standard laboratories/ hospitals equipped with the experienced staffing pattern, infrastructure and clinical facilities available mentioned below. Broadly, the empanelled hospitals/lab’s should contain the facilities for occupational health delivery system & should be independent & separate from hospital services (curative service ) but should function liaison with the curative service. Besides above facilities they should have trained manpower & infrastructure for environmental assessment & first aid training facilities.

For Factories employing up to 50 workers. �The services of a Factory Medical Officer on retainer-ship basis, in his clinic to be notified by the occupier. Hewill carry out the pre-employment and periodicalmedical examination and render medical assistancemedical examination and render medical assistanceduring any emergency;� A minimum of 5 persons trained in first-aid proceduresamongst whom at least one shall always be availableduring the working period;�A fully equipped first-aid box as per Rule64.

��AnAn OccupationalOccupational HealthHealth CentreCentre havinghaving aa roomroom withwith aa minimumminimumfloorfloor areaarea ofof 1515 sqsq.. mm withwith andand wallswalls mademade ofof smoothsmooth andandimperviousimpervious surfacesurface andand withwith adequateadequate illuminationillumination andand ventilationventilationasas wellwell asas equipmentsequipments laidlaid downdown inin subsub--rule(rule(33)) ofof RuleRule 6565..

AA partpart timetime FactoryFactory MedicalMedical OfficerOfficer shallshall bebe inin overalloverall chargecharge ofof thethe��AA partpart timetime FactoryFactory MedicalMedical OfficerOfficer shallshall bebe inin overalloverall chargecharge ofof thetheCentreCentre whowho shallshall visitvisit thethe factoryfactory atat leastleast twicetwice inin aa weekweek andand whosewhoseservicesservices shallshall bebe readilyreadily availableavailable duringduring medicalmedical emergenciesemergencies..

��OneOne qualifiedqualified andand trainedtrained dresserdresser--cumcum--compoundercompounder onon dutydutythroughoutthroughout thethe workingworking periodperiod..

��AA fullyfully equippedequipped firstfirst aidaid boxbox inin allall thethe departmentsdepartments asas perper RuleRule 6464..

��OneOne fullfull--timetime FactoryFactory MedicalMedical OfficerOfficer forfor factoriesfactoriesemployingemploying upup toto 500500 workersworkers andand oneone moremore MedicalMedical OfficerOfficerforfor everyevery additionaladditional 10001000 workersworkers oror partpart thereofthereof..

��AnAn OccupationalOccupational HealthHealth CentreCentre havinghaving atat leastleast 22 roomsrooms eacheachwithwith aa minimumminimum floorfloor areaarea lflf 1515 sqsq.. metermeter withwith floorsfloors andandwithwith aa minimumminimum floorfloor areaarea lflf 1515 sqsq.. metermeter withwith floorsfloors andandwallswalls mademade ofof smoothsmooth andand imperviousimpervious surfacesurface andand adequateadequateIlluminationIllumination andand ventilationventilation asas wellwell asas equipmentsequipments laidlaid downdowninin subsub--rulerule ((33)) ofof RuleRule 6565..

��ThereThere shallshall bebe oneone nurse,nurse, oneone dresserdresser--cumcum--compoundercompounder andandoneone sweepersweeper--cumcum--wardward boyboy throughoutthroughout thethe workingworking periodperiod..

��TheThe OccupationalOccupational HealthHealth centrecentre shallshall bebe suitablysuitably equippedequippedtoto managemanage medicalmedical emergenciesemergencies..

1.. Silicosis cell formed at the Directorate of Health Services under the leadership of Addl. Director( PD) and Joint Director ( TB).

2. All CDMOs /MCHs/CH ,BBSR were communicated with the guidelines of Silicosis about case detection , diagnosis & management

3. Special emphasis given to Med. Spl. & Pulmologist for early detection & case management of silicosis cases across all districts.

4. Interdepartmental meeting with Deptt of Home, Deptt of Labour, Factories& boilers, Forest & Env, ESIC, SPCB, representatives from Medical College & hospitals was convened and specific roles & responsibilities were defined.

5. Workers of crushers units of two districts (Jajpur (9) & Khurda (115)) are

Action taken by Action taken by DepttDeptt. Of Health. Of Health & Family Welfare & Family Welfare

for Silicosis in Odishafor Silicosis in Odisha

5. Workers of crushers units of two districts (Jajpur (9) & Khurda (115)) are being screened for silicosis based on the list provided by Dir of Factory & Boilers. No cases has been detected.

6. The three Medical College & Hospitals Chest & TB Deptt. OPDs are continuously screening for silicoses cases.

7. A suitable referral mechanism is being proposed so that the cases in the unorganised sector can be detected early and the information will be passed to the appropriate authority for suitable compensation.

8. Regular stake holders meeting needs be conducted to follow up the action points.

9. The Cases in the unorganised sector are covered under OSTF, JSBY scheme in the state

10. Awareness among different stakeholders & in the community needs to be done

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