Chief factory inspector, Awadesh Kumar Singh on Thursday filed a case in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Jamshedpur, Piyush Kumar against TV Narendran Tata Steel managing director for violation of the Rule 7 sub rule (1) and Rule 10 schedule 8 of the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986.
Following the findings during the probe by a three-member panel comprising chief factory inspector, deputy chief factory inspector AK Mishra and Ranchi factory inspector Manish Kumar after explosion at lD-II gas holder inside the Tata Steel works on November 14 which left 10 workers injured and death an employee, the factory inspector decided to move court.
During our investigation we found that the lD-II gas holder was a storage unit of hazardous chemicals of toxic nature with a capacity of 80,000 cubic metre. As per Environment (Protection) Act rule 7 (sub rule 1) storage such hazardous chemicals needs permission from chief factory inspector before starting the unit. During the processof probe the company failed to show any permission from chief factory inspector," said deputy chief factory inspector A. K Mishra.
" Not only this as per rule 10 of the Act should have submitted safety report and safety audit from an external agency within 15 days. However, the company failed to produce safety audit report in its reply," said the deputy chief factory inspector. Meanwhile, the three member probe committee would submit their report to the labour department on Saturday.