Summary:
The British Safety Council (India) LLP will be based in Lower Parel and offer services like auditing, training, e-learning for the Indian market. The report said that 38 fatal accidents took place every day in the construction sector alone. The council, which has been serving India for the past 30 years, said that a recent report on workplace fatalities in the country showed that about 48,000 workers died due to occupational accidents. Hazards at work: About 48,000 workers died in the country in 2016 owing to occupational accidents. The death rate is 10 times higher in India as compared with the U.K..