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National statistics reveal that hardly 15 percent of industrial reportable accidents are connected to a breach of law. In other words, legislation and enforcement alone will not solve the problems faced in the sectors of industrial safety and occupational health. Education and training might. With this background in mind, the Government of Goa took up a progressive and welfare-oriented socio-economic measure to create awareness along with the industries and their workers on topics of great importance. As a result of this, the Institute of Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment were set up in the year 1986-Safety Training Centre was the nomenclature then, it serves a State that is on the threshold of rapid and diversified industrialization, but a State, let it be stressed, that is rated as the most environmentally aware of the country. The output of the center/Institute has been evaluated by several experts and the general opinion is that the achievements were remarkable. If one visitor thought the Institute’s library was better than any (he) encountered” in his long and enlightened experience, another visitor, an American expert in public health, was of the view that ” the Institute’s presence in the industrial community has set an example to be copied in other countries”. We are conscious, however, that the Institute has still a long way to go.

Brief History:

Up to the year 1983, implementation and enforcement of The Factories Act, 1948 and The Boilers Act, 1923 was carried out by the Factory Inspector functioning under the authority of Commissioner, Labour, and Employment, Government of Goa, Daman, and Diu. In the light of directives of the Government of India and the recommendations of the 24th Session of the Labour Ministers’ Conference, the Government of Goa, Daman, and Diu decided to bifurcate the Factory and Boiler Inspectorate from the Office of the Commissioner, Labour, and Employment and to create a new Office of the Government to be named as the “Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers”. Since then, it has been entrusted with the implementation of the Factories Act, 1948, The Boilers Act, 1923, and the Rules thereunder, Industrial Safety Training Centre, and the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory. Subsequently with the enactment of The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, powers to implement certain provisions under The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 were vested with the Chief Inspector. Department is headed by the Chief Inspector of Factories & Boilers, who also acts as an Ex-Officio Joint Secretary to the Government.