**Summary:**
This document summarizes the response provided by the Minister of Steel, Shri H.D. Kumaraswamy, to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2633, regarding accidents at the Bhilai Steel Plant over the last five years (2020-2025).
**Key Data:**
* **Accident Frequency:** There were a total of 14 accidents reported at the Bhilai Steel Plant during the specified period.
* **Fatalities:** All 14 accidents resulted in fatalities.
* **Compensation:** A total of ₹68,87,150 was disbursed as compensation to the dependents of the deceased. Individual compensation amounts varied by year: ₹12,22,525 (2020-21), ₹11,89,625 (2021-22), ₹8,50,000 (2022-23), ₹9,75,000 (2023-24), and ₹26,50,000 (2024-25).
* **Compassionate Appointments:** 11 compassionate appointments were made for dependents of the deceased. The number of appointments per year were: 2 (2020-21), 3 (2021-22), 3 (2022-23), 2 (2023-24), and 1 (2024-25).
* **Investigation & Compliance:** All accidents were investigated by the Directorate of Industrial Health and Safety, Chhattisgarh. Show cause notices issued following investigations were complied with by the plant.
* **Punitive Actions:** Fines were imposed on 23 individuals during the five-year period.
Key Entities Referenced
MINISTRY OF STEEL: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for the formulation of policies and programmes regarding the steel industry.
LOK SABHA: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: Member of Parliament who raised the unstarred question No. 2633.
Bhilai Steel Plant: A steel plant owned by Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.
Directorate of Industrial Health and Safety, Chhattisgarh: The agency responsible for investigating accidents in industrial facilities in Chhattisgarh.
SHRI H.D. KUMARASWAMY: The Minister of Steel who answered the question in the Lok Sabha.
Steel Authority of India Ltd.: A Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and India's largest steel-making company.
Chhattisgarh: The state in India where Bhilai Steel Plant is located and where the Directorate of Industrial Health and Safety operates.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF STEEL
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2633
FOR ANSWER ON 05.08.2025
ACCIDENTS IN BHILAI STEEL PLANT
2633. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:
Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:
(a) the details of accidents occurred in Bhilai Steel Plant during the last five years;
(b) the details of the loss of lives therein and compassionate appointments
made/compensation given to their dependents of the persons died along with their
names and addresses;
(c) the details of the investigation made by the Directorate of Industrial Health and
Safety, Chhattisgarh into the said accidents;
(d) the details of the action taken by the industrial court on guilty officials along with
the details of the cases pending for action till date; and
(e) the number of people punished so for?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI H.D. KUMARASWAMY)
(a)&(b): The details of accidents occurred in Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s Bhilai
Steel Plant in the last five years and compassionate appointments made/
compensation given to the dependents of deceased are as follows: -
Compensation
Number
Fatality amount Compassionate
Year of
Count released Appointment
accidents
(in Rupees)
2020-21 2 2 12,22,525/- 2
2021-22 3 3 11,89,625/- 3
2022-23 3 3 8,50,000/- 3
2023-24 3 3 9,75,000/- 2
2024-25 3 3 26,50,000/- 1
(c)to(e): All the accidents in Bhilai Steel Plant are investigated by Directorate of
Industrial Health and Safety, Chhattisgarh and show cause notices issued post
investigations are complied by the plant. During the said period, 23 people have been
imposed fines.
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