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Avoidable deaths, endless excuses: how can India improve its workplace safety culture?

A recent series of high-profile workplace tragedies that claimed multiple lives across India have stoked public debate about the poor safety record of many of the country’s highest-risk industries. Trade unions argue that greater enforcement of safety laws is required to change business behaviour, while other commentators say many businesses require a huge internal cultural shift to safety excellence that must be led by directors and senior managers.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 September 2026

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Fatal falls in India: why are the numbers not declining?

Despite widespread awareness of safe working procedures and equipment, falls from hieght remain one of the leading causes of workplace death and serious injury in India. Critics say problems such as time pressures and inadequate training lie at the root of many of these incidents, but others are hopeful that the new Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code will herald a reduction in falls by driving improvements in training, competence and supervision more widely.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 September 2026

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Government hails progress in rolling out social security for unorganised workers as e-Shram portal reaches 318.9 million registrations in five years

Five years after its much-heralded launch, the Indian Government has announced that its e-Shram digital portal designed to enable unorganised workers to access eligible social security benefits has hit the milestone of 318.9 million individual registrations nationwide.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 September 2026

News

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Scheme to recognise commitment to transport staff wellbeing launched by Road Haulage Association

A new Wellbeing Recognition Scheme designed to allow organisations across the HGV, coach and van sectors to demonstrate their commitment to improving the health, wellbeing and resilience of the industry’s workforce has been launched by the Road Haulage Association (RHA).

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 01 October 2026

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Remembering British Safety Council India colleague, Anindita Sengupta

By British Safety Council India on 17 September 2026

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Features

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Who is the wolf in your life? Listening to the people behind the hard hat

A new play explores the lives of migrant construction workers in the UK, using humour, real-life experiences and physical theatre to capture the banter, friendships and absurd moments that make life on site bearable, alongside the pressures that often go unseen. Ahead of the play’s premiere in London on 12-14 November, playwright Inna Cebotari explains how Three Little Pigs aims to add to the public debate about how best to support the wellbeing of construction workers.

By Inna Cebotari, Kinth Square on 02 October 2026

Prosecutions

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Company fined £300,000 after surgeons forced to save man’s arm after it is severed by machine

A clinical waste disposal company has been fined £300,000 after a court heard how surgeons had to spend six hours re-attaching a man’s arm after it was severed below the elbow in an unsafe machine.

By Thomas Tevlin on 02 September 2026

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Opinion

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Building a future worth working in

It’s easy to become myopic about the future of work. Take a quick look at the world today and the signs can seem discouraging: political instability, economic volatility, the accelerating disruption posed by AI and climate change. Together, these factors paint a picture of uncertainty that can make our belief in progress seem naïve and tempt us into believing that the future can be no better than the past, that our best days are now behind us. That would be a profound failure of imagination.

By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council CEO on 12 October 2026

Learning that saves lives

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