Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. - Mines

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130 CHAPTER VIII, of that which deals with conditions of labour. The table beiow gives figures of accidents in mines since 1919 :— Voar Persons killed. 1919 260 {920 172 1921 257 1922 209 1923 I 232 i924 20 1925 ‘ 186 1926 151 1927 181 1928 218 1929 194 Collieries. No. per 100,000 em- nloved. Persons nijured. 127 08 135 113 te 314 240 278 243 241 299 373 367 457 | 455 445 01 0 :10 133 iT 7 Other mines. No. per 100,000 em- ployed. No. per 100,000 em- ploved. No. per 100,000 em- ployed. Persons killed. Persons injured. 165 88 136 91 146 61 132 7 39 105 “A860 79 215 Py 58 215 sR 63 277 ee 6° 277 | 41 | 40 269 72 69 58 61 71 57 103 125 123 173 256 228 ag 98 105 120 129 i | c. “46 220 218 It is unfortunate that there has been no marked or regular decline in the accident rate of recent years, but we accept the evidence given to us that in the collieries there has, in fact, been progress in the prevention of accidents, even though it is concealed by factors tending in the, opposite direction. Gradual exhaustion of the easier seams entails deeper mining and increasing resort to pillar extraction with an inevitable increase of risks, while the steady improvement in discipline and regularity of work is without doubt tending to greater safety. In the case of coal mines, we think that the presence in the mines of excessive numbers at certain periods also increases the accident rate and that a better level of individual output, with shorter hours, better disciplined working and better health among the workers, will all tend to lessen the incidence. Reporting of Accidents. Statistics as to non-fatal accidents are confined to those causing serious bodily injury, and the number, though low, has shown a subs- tantial increase during recent years. We believe this to be due to better reporting and more accurate classification, rather than to a real increase in accidents. At the same time we are not satisfied that the information available in regard to non-fatal accidents is adequate. At present fatal accidents and those involving permanent loss of, or injury to, sight or hearing, fracture of a limb or enforced absence for 20 days must be reported by telephone or telegraph to the inspector and in writing to the Chief Inspector, through the District Magistrate. We would not disturb this arrangement, but we would add to the law a require- ment that a report of all accidents likely to involve enforced absence in excess of the waiting period under the Workmen's Compensation Act should be sent each week to the Chief Inspector. through the

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