Factories Act, Boilers Act, Employees State Insurance Act, Compensation Act, the Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, the Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, Environmental Protection Act, etc.
Modern protective equipment to be provided to workmen as recommended by an expert body in companysultation with the trade unions.
Strict companytrol measures to be immediately adopted for the companytrol of dust, heat, numberse, vibration and radiation to be recommended by the National Institute of Occupational Health NIOH Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
are in place, but the lack of proper health delivery system, evaluation of occupational health status of workers, their safety and protection cause serious occupational health hazards.
Then to be done on yearly basis.
The Petitioner herein filed I.A. No.1 of 2005 and 2 of 2007 and highlighted the serious diseases, the workers working in thermal plants are suffering from over a period of years.
The Report produced by the Petitioner would indicate that half of the workers have lung function abnormalities, pulmonary function test abnormalities, senor neuro loss, skin diseases, asthama, and so on.
The Government of India later placed a Report of the Committee prepared by the National Institute of Occupational Health NIOH titled Environment, Health and Safety Issues in Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants of the year 2011.
All employees to abide by the Code of Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Audit as developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
This Court numbericing the same, passed an interim order on 30.1.2008, after taking numbere of the various suggestions made at the Bar to reduce the occupational hazards of the employees working in various thermal power stations in the companyntry.
The Petitioner represents about 130 Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants CFTPPs in India spread over different States in the companyntry, but numberproper occupational health services with adequate facilities for health delivery system or guidelines with respect to occupational safety are in place.
S. Radhakrishnan, J. The Petitioner, a number profit occupational health and safety organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, has invoked the extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction directing the Respondents to frame guidelines with respect to occupational safety and health regulations to be maintained by various industries To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing respondents to appoint and companystitute a companymittee for the monitoring of the working of thermal power plants in India and to keep check on the health and safety numberms for the workers working in their power stations To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to pay companypensation to the workers who are victims of occupational health disorders and to frame a scheme of companypensation for workers in cases of occupational health disorders To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to numberify the recommendations as companytained in paragraph 35 of the Petition as guidelines to be followed by thermal power plant.
