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Despite India being home to some of the worst chemical industry disasters, there is no proper accident reporting and analysis mechanism. The National Informatics Centre of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) presented an online accident database called CAIRS to assist Past Accident Analysis (PAA). This paper compares CAIRS with major accident databases widely used by safety professionals. The parameters considered for compassion are scope, accessibility, method of data collection, quality, and the frequency of reporting. Past accident analysis showed that the total number of reported events is more or less steady and the number of major accidents is decreasing marginally in European countries, whereas in India only a few states report accidents using the CAIRS platform. The analysis raised serious concerns about the monitoring of reported information in the Indian database. At present, the information available in this database is not reliable and any conclusion based on this information can be misleading. Suggestions are offered to enhance the efficacy of the Indian accident database. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Globally, construction jobs are associated with serious occupational safety and health (OSH) risks. In large construction projects, managing OSH risks is challenging due to a multitude of factors, and it is important to have sound management strategies and innovative solutions to tackle these ever-evolving OSH risks. Safety surveillance plays a pivotal role in accident prevention in the construction industry. We evaluated the effectiveness of ongoing surveillance coupled with proactive management follow-up in a cross-section of 26 large construction workplaces., Methods: Trained safety observers were deployed using a digital platform to record and report risk conditions, along with the details such as category, potential risk, responsible persons, and so forth. At the same time a predictive tool to calculate the possibility of severe adverse outcomes such as "Lost Time Incident" (LTI) or fatality was introduced. The outcomes were followed up and reviewed by the leadership teams on a regular basis., Results: Enhanced efforts from worksite safety observers resulted in capturing of higher number of safety lapses, which necessitated additional efforts from the line managers to take prompt corrective and preventive actions to mitigate OSH-related risks. Over the study period, the rate of risk conditions being recorded showed a gradual downward trend, as did the associated rates of recorded injuries., Conclusion: This study affirms the hypothesis that a structured proactive approach with active leadership involvement and prompt remedial actions can aid in significant improvement of working conditions and safety performance at construction projects., (© 2025 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)