Silicosis is suspected among grinders in a registered factory. Under Section 89 of the Factories Act 1948, the occupier or manager must send a written notice of the case of occupational disease to which authority?

• A The Director General of Health Services, New Delhi
• B The District Magistrate
• C The Chief Inspector of Factories ✓
• D The Regional Director of ESIC

Explanation

Section 89 requires the occupier and manager of the factory to give written notice to the Chief Inspector of Factories whenever any disease listed in the Third Schedule (silicosis, asbestosis, lead, mercury, manganese, phosphorus and chromium poisoning, anthrax, byssinosis and others) is detected in a worker. The Certifying Surgeon is also informed. DGHS and ESIC channels exist separately but are not the recipients mandated by this section.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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