In a factory, a serious accident occurs where the hand of a worker is amputated. What are you required to do under the law? If the hand is cut because the worker had removed the guard covering the belt, what are its implications.
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Hope he was given first aid and was taken to the hospital for better treatment.
Report to the Inspector of Factories and Boilers by means of Notice of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences in Form 18 of the accident. If the employee is covered by ESI, an Accident Report in Form 16 (similar to the one to be sent to the Factory Inspector) should also be sent to the ESI Corporation.
Make entries in the relevant registers (Register of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences in Form 26 under the Factories Act and Accident Book in Form 15 under the ESI Act, if applicable) and make them available for inspection by the concerned officials.
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Madhu.T.K
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Report to the Inspector of Factories and Boilers by means of Notice of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences in Form 18 of the accident. If the employee is covered by ESI, an Accident Report in Form 16 (similar to the one to be sent to the Factory Inspector) should also be sent to the ESI Corporation.
Make entries in the relevant registers (Register of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences in Form 26 under the Factories Act and Accident Book in Form 15 under the ESI Act, if applicable) and make them available for inspection by the concerned officials.
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Madhu.T.K
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Carelessness or negligence is a matter that requires an investigation to prove. For an employee who met with an accident, the accident should never be deemed as caused by his negligence. If anybody meets with a road accident while crossing the road, there may be two views, i.e., the man was careless and the vehicle driver was careless. The injured man will always say that he was very careful. Similarly, the employee will always say that he was carefully doing the work. The management will say that he was doing it very carelessly as if the supervisor or manager saw that the employee was doing the work very carelessly but remained silent thinking that let his hand be cut! Is it so? No, therefore, what is most important is whether the employee was doing work that was not assigned to him. For example, if an accountant has gone to the plant room and tried to fix a problem with a conveyor, and while doing so, his hand was cut, then it is due to negligence since he was not supposed to do that job. (Let me define the word negligence as doing something which an ordinary man should not do and not doing something which an ordinary man should do).
The second thing is the capacity of an employee to engage in a particular work. If work requires supervision by the Foreman or Maintenance Manager, but the work was undertaken in the absence of the Foreman/Manager and the worker was injured, then it shall be deemed to have occurred due to negligence. However, if there was only instruction to do the work by the Foreman/Manager but he was not supervised, then the charge of negligence will be on the Foreman/Manager.
These are the various possibilities which may come across in an investigation to find whether the employee was acting negligently or not. In normal circumstances, if the employee is covered by ESI, then it is common to send the Accident Report saying that the employee was doing the work with ultimate care. In the case of others also, it is desirable not to treat otherwise.
In any case, giving immediate medical attention and reporting to the authorities are the preliminary steps to be taken. After that only you can proceed with an investigation to find out what exactly happened at the worksite. You can question each and every employee who was present at that time. Also explore the above possibilities about the capacity of the workman to do the work without supervision etc.
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Madhu.T.K
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The second thing is the capacity of an employee to engage in a particular work. If work requires supervision by the Foreman or Maintenance Manager, but the work was undertaken in the absence of the Foreman/Manager and the worker was injured, then it shall be deemed to have occurred due to negligence. However, if there was only instruction to do the work by the Foreman/Manager but he was not supervised, then the charge of negligence will be on the Foreman/Manager.
These are the various possibilities which may come across in an investigation to find whether the employee was acting negligently or not. In normal circumstances, if the employee is covered by ESI, then it is common to send the Accident Report saying that the employee was doing the work with ultimate care. In the case of others also, it is desirable not to treat otherwise.
In any case, giving immediate medical attention and reporting to the authorities are the preliminary steps to be taken. After that only you can proceed with an investigation to find out what exactly happened at the worksite. You can question each and every employee who was present at that time. Also explore the above possibilities about the capacity of the workman to do the work without supervision etc.
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Madhu.T.K
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Madhu TK is right; an allegation of negligence has to be proved. Conduct a domestic enquiry for the same, but first of all, proceed for medical attention as Madhu quoted.
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Sumit Kumar Saxena,
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Thanks & Regards,
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Sumit Kumar Saxena,
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Can anyone suggest to me for my MBA exam for the 4th semester? I have to choose one subject from personnel policies or business environment. Which one should I choose for the exam and for my future? Please tell me about labor law and minimum wages.
Thank you.
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