Sanitation workers deserve an inclusive ecosystem — here are 5 best practices for their safety and dignity

Urban India has an estimated 2 million sanitation workers 

Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally

Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable  

Jharkhand mine collapse: 11 workers killed; over 50 feared trapped

Rescue operations still on, exact number of trapped miners yet to be ascertained

NPCIL pays compensation to workers injured at Kudankulam

The compensation was issued after the National Human Rights Commission intervened in the matter

Stained steel

The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …

Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to recycle compact fluorescent lamps

At a time when developing countries are struggling with safe disposal of compact fluorescent lamps, Sri Lanka is leading by example

Letters

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Suit yourself for safety

A new safety suit can sound alarm bells the moment it is damaged and make working in hazardous environments safer

Setback for e-workers

China

Safety takes back seat to big bucks

China's industrial units have become death traps, as entrepreneurs on the run for a quick buck pay little heed to their workers' safety

In Focus

Explosion kills young girls

Industrial safety meet spotlights India

Highlights of the 13th World Congress on Occupational Safety and Health.

Breathing room

Breach bared

Dam tunnel collapse in Arunachal begs explanation

Corporate care for mine workers

A rug over Bombay High fire?

Norms for coal mines

Explosion kills 24

Ship-breaking set to get a fillip despite blaze in Gujarat yard

Haunted past

The Union Carbide concealed information about radiation levels in a uranium plant for 20 years. Murky details are coming to light now

US asbestos industry seeks escape clause in law

Asbestos-related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of …

"The management did not adhere to safety norms"

It is 15 years since 60 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked outfrom Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) plant in Bhopal, killing 5,000 people …