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Document ID (ISN)64947
CIS number 95-1387
ISSN - Serial title 0301-4746 - Industrial Safety Chronicle
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Consumer Education & Research Centre
Title Landmark Supreme Court judgement on asbestosis
Bibliographic information Jan.-Mar. 1995, Vol.25, No.4, p.9-25. Bibl.ref.
Abstract This petition to the Indian Supreme Court, filed by the private pressure group Consumer Education & Research Centre, concerns the protection of workers exposed to asbestos. Its recommendations include: health records should be maintained for all exposed workers for 40yrs from the beginning of employment; the Membrane Filter Test for the detection of asbestos fibres should be adopted by all workplaces covered by the Metalliferous Mines Regulations; all factories concerned should provide health insurance to their workers; the Union and State governments should review the exposure limits for asbestos, reducing them in tune with international standards; the appropriate Inspector of Factories (in particular of the State of Gujarat) should send all workers for re-examination for asbestosis (with compensation of INR 10,000 to be paid to those who have the disease). Basing its decision on the provisions of ILO Convention No.162 (of which India is a signatory), on a detailed examination of scientific information relating to asbestos and on court decisions in India and abroad, the Supreme Court of India allowed the writ petition and directed its recommendations to be implemented.
Descriptors (primary) India; asbestos; legislation; limitation of exposure; asbestosis
Descriptors (secondary) compensation of occupational diseases; medical examinations; health service records; Gujarat
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceIndia
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Asbestos
Pneumoconioses