The Industrial Safety and Health Department has directed all seafood processing units to relocate labor quarters to safe locations from the processing units immediately. The order comes in the wake of the NH3 leak tragedy that left 18 workers dead, as their accommodation was in close proximity to the factory’s Engineroom. Following the incident, the state formed a high-level committee to inspect safety standards at seafood processing factories handling NH3.
The joint directors at the regional levels had served notices to the factories, prohibiting the stay of laborers on the plant premises, stating it is unsafe to human life as per Section 40(1) of the Factories Act, 1948.