Workplace injury reports show slight rise among top 1,000 listed companies
Securities and Exchange Board of India in 2021, but not all companies are reporting all such incidents, said experts.
Besides, injury reporting is more robust regarding white-collar employees than the blue-collar workforce, they said.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Chief Digital OfficerVisitIIM LucknowIIML Chief Operations Officer ProgrammeVisitIIM LucknowIIML Chief Executive Officer ProgrammeVisitAccording to recent data from Prime Database, shared exclusively with ET, 268 companies reported 5,244 work-related injuries to white-collar employees in 2022-23, compared to 392 companies reporting 9,867 injuries to blue-collar workers during the financial year.
The figures marked an increase from 234 companies reporting 4,908 injuries to white-collar employees in 2021-22 and 367 companies reporting 9,212 injuries to blue-collar workers during the fiscal, the data showed.
“Most Indian companies are evolving in their practices for health, safety and well-being. However, a significant challenge remains the mass underreporting of incidents among blue-collar workers,” said Kartik Narayan, CEO-staffing at Teamlease Services. “This underreporting is starkly contrasted with better incident reporting rates among white-collar employees, who are generally more aware of safety protocols.”
Pranav Haldea, managing director, Prime Database, said, “Data is presently available only for the last two years which shows an uptick in the number of
