1.
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Accident
Statistics: |
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Safety
Performance
of ECL in 2008-09
compared to same period last year was follows: |
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| Sl.
No. |
Item |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
I
|
Fatal
Accidents (Nos) |
11
|
07
|
II
|
Fatalities(Nos) |
11
|
07
|
III
|
Serious
Injuries (Nos) |
120
|
129
|
|
| 2. |
Safety
measures
undertaken in 2008-09. |
|
I. |
At
Unit Level |
|
|
-
Qualitative
and
quantitative improvement in inspection to ensure better roof management
by supervisors, mining executives.
- Enhanced
awareness amongst all to prevent unsafe act, inadvertent entry into
goaves/unsafe working places by providing fencings.
- Ensured
better
working environment.
- Provision
of
convergence indicator in depillaring districts to indicate immediate
roof fall and also instrumentation as per study by CMRI.
- Quality
improvement in Pit Safety Committee inspection & meeting and
monitoring the same by Area & HQ.
|
|
II. |
At
sub-Area/Project Level |
|
|
- Ensure
supply of safety materials in time.
- Enforced discipline in mine.
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III. |
Action
taken at
Area Level |
|
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All
General Managers were advised to
ensure that-
Back shift
inspection is being done on regular basis. Inspection
Registers /Notes are being examined by ISO Officials.
No workman
is being deployed without adequate support of green roof.
Half an hour
waiting time after blasting is being strictly followed. No
workman is allowed to enter without inspection of the face by
supervisory officials.
In order to
refresh their knowledge and to improve their skill,
training and retraining of dressers, support personnel and supervisory
staff is being regularly arranged.
Special
attention is given for proper dressing / supporting of roof/
sides under strict supervision. Introduction of roof bolts/ steel
supports is being carried out in a big way to replace
conventional timber supports.
Ensured
quality of materials and it’s supply in mines.
Stress on
maintenance of HEMM.
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| 3. |
Thrust
at Corporate Level: |
|
A
|
Strata
Control Monitoring Cell had been established in ECL Head Quarters and
subsequently at all areas to study the roof behaviour for improvement
of roof support in mines.
|
|
B
|
Detailed
accident analysis is being done and it has been seen that most of
accidents have occurred in green roof area due to Trucks/dumpers and
u/g transport.
|
|
C
|
Calendar
of safety drives conducted throughout the year were as under:
|
| MONTH |
PARTICULARS
OF SAFETY DRIVE |
| April’08 |
General
cleanliness on
surface (winding room, surface haulage, surface sub-station, cap lamp
room, boiler house) & underground (travelling and haulage road). |
| May’08 |
Safety
drive on
improvement in quality of inspection of statutory personnel including
executives and system improvement. |
| June’08 |
Review
of Monsoon
Preparedness |
| July’08 |
Special
drive on
departmental OCP & out-sourcing patches and general awareness (for
all mines). |
| August’08 |
Survey
(joint survey&
check survey) & Ventilation of u/g mines |
| September’08 |
Rescue
Preparedness &
Handling of Explosive and Magazine & Surface installation
like winding, MMV etc. |
| October’08 |
Gas
Management, statutory
record keeping and maintenance of E&M Machineries |
| November'08 |
Fire
hazards & fire
fighting arrangement |
| December’08 |
Roof
& Side Dressing
and support. |
| January’09 |
Annual
Safety Week for
the Year 2008-09 |
| Februaru’09 |
Safety
in haulage &
conveyor transport system in u/g mines & discussion on
vetting of annual production plan’09-’10 by ISO |
| March’09 |
Monsoon
Preparedness ;
Review of Risk Assessment study and status of implementation of safety
audit recommendations. |
|
|
D
|
Special
attention had been given to steel
support in mines to reduce
roof fall accident. |
|
E
|
Application
of roof bolts as a support
system is being made on a large
scale. At present in u/g mines of ECL 80 working districts are being
supported by roof bolting as a system of support and in some districts
roof bolting/ roof stitching is being done in addition to conventional
support. |
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NO OF ROOF BOLTS USED YEAR-WISE
WERE AS FOLLOWS:- |
| CONSUMPTION
|
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
| Roof
Bolts (nos in lakhs) |
4.50
|
5.06
|
5.50
|
5.50 |
5.26 |
| Cement
Capsules (nos in lakhs) |
22.00
|
20.14 |
24.00 |
24.00 |
24.36 |
|
|
F
|
Induction of
more no. of SDLs with
auxiliary fans in u/g. |
|
G
|
Induction of
larger capacity HEMM in OCPs. |
|
H |
Seminars are
being organized on safety
subjects like Roof Bolting
practice in ECL mines and explosives, it’s storage, transportation and
use in mines.
|
|
I
|
On job
training at Jhanjra mine where Quad
Bolter introduced with
continuous miner is in progress for Mining & E&M disciplines
from January’2008 for all u/g Areas of ECL.
|
|
J
|
Introduction
of Telemonitoring system in
degree III mines namely
Kalidaspur, Chinakuri-I & Nasamunda. NIT is being prepared at
CMPDI. |
|
K
|
Special study
is being done to assess the
status of safety of Railway
lines passing over ECL leasehold areas. |
|
L
|
Additional
safety measures are being
conceptualized in Chinakuri-I mine
to work at greater depth with the help of CMPDIL/CMRI.
|
|
M
|
Risk
Assessment study of all mines of ECL
had been completed. |
|
N
|
Monthly
Co-ordination meeting with Area
Safety Officers and ISO
officials were held. |
|
O
|
5000
nos of Oxygen type Self Rescuer
provided in Deg. III and Fiery
mines. |
|
P
|
Monitoring of
Stowing lag by Hqrs |
|
Q
|
8 Nos. of
BM-22 have been provided which
were working as continuous gas
recorder in Ghusick (R), Kalidaspur and Kumardhubi
Collieries. For providing LMD & Continuous Monitoring System,
procurement is in progress |
| 4. |
Liasion with
DGMS and Trade Unions |
|
|
Bi-partite
meeting with DGMS
was organized on 27.08.2008 and safety thrust areas identified. Timely
starting of shift and strengthening of supervision stressed. |
|
|
Corporate
level tripartite
safety committee meeting was held on 22.04.2009. |
| 5. |
Disciplinary
Action/Punitive Action Taken: |
|
|
In addition
to preventive
measures punitive measures were also taken. In 2008-09, 11 (eleven)
fatal accidents had occurred in ECL of which enquiry was completed in 7
cases, in which 6(six) executives, 5 (five) supervisors and 8 (eight)
workmen were held responsible and disciplinary action against all
persons had been completed/initiated. |
| 6. |
Safety
Audit; |
|
|
Safety
Audit was due in the
year 2006 was conducted from 17/4/2007 by a team comprising of Sri
Anjan Mukhopadhyay, Ex. Director(Tech.,)/OP, ECL and Sri A.N.
Mukhopadhyay, Retd. DGMS official. The recommendations were being
implemented. Next Safety audit is to be conducted in 2009-10.
|
| 7. |
Monsoon
Preparation |
|
|
Special drive
in respect of
Monsoon preparedness had been done in the month of June, 2008 by the
nodal officers of Safety department along with colliery management and
status of implementation had been monitored during the year 2008 – 09.
|
| 8. |
Safety
Training |
|
|
Safety
training programmes had
been conducted during the year 2008-09 at HRD, Dishergarh, MTI,
Ratibati and Mining Training School, Dhadka. |
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| 9. |
Vocational
Training (Statutory at VTC) |
|
|
Vocational
training (Statutory)
imparted in 2008-09 & 2007-08 was as follows: |
| Type
of training |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
| Basic |
920
|
908
|
| Refresher |
8230 |
10652 |
| Spl.
Training |
9880
|
4767
|
| Contractor’s
workers |
252
|
325
|
| I.O.D |
2493
|
1306
|
|
| 10. |
Rescue Services
in ECL: |
|
|
Rescue
Services were rendered
to all the collieries of ECL, Chanch Victoria Area of BCCL, Ramnagar
Colliery of IISCO as well as to Civil Administration and Public
Authorities (as when required) through Mines Rescue Station,
Sitarampur, Rescue Room with Refresher Training (RRRT), Kenda and
Rescue Rooms operating at Jhanjra, Perbelia, Mugma &
Kalidaspur.
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11.
|
Details of
Emergency
attended: |
|
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In
2008-09, recovery of old
sealed off panels were retrieved which were sealed off in the
past due to fire/spontaneous heating etc in the following mines:
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|
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a)
Chora 9/10 pits under Kenda Area on
13.4.08.
b) Parasia Colliery
under
Kunustoria Area on 1.6.08.
c) J.K. Nagar
Colliery
under Satgram Area on 25.6.08.
d) Ramnagar
Colliery
under IISCO on 23.12.08.
e) Bankola Colliery
under
Bankola Area on 19.2.09. |
| 12. |
During
the year Rescue Services dealt with
fire/spontaneous heating in
following mines successfully and saved 6.25 M.T. of coal. |
|
|
a)
Jambad Colliery under Kajora Area from
23.8.08 to 25.8.08.
b) Parascole
West Colliery under Kajora Area from 21.11.08 to 27.11.08. |
13.
|
Mines
Rescue Station dealt with fire,
which included emergency at
Shankarpur Colliery under Bankola Area and Sangramgarh Colliery under
Salanpur Area, Sodepur Colliery under Sodepur Area, Hariajam Colliery
under Mugma Area and emergency at Kankarsol Villages under Asansol
South Police Station. |
14.
|
Training: |
|
|
Refresher
as well as initial
training was imparted at Mines Rescue Station regularly, details were
as follows: |
| Sl.
No. |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
| No.
of Rescue personnel trained |
767
|
712
|
| No.
of personnel freshly trained |
40
|
17
|
| No.
of Refresher practices |
7284
|
6196
|
| No.
of Emergencies |
13
|
10
|
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|
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Training
was also imparted to
the employees of other mining companies and earned revenue to the
company. |
|
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Revalidation
training given to
12 employees of UCIL from 14.7.08 to 29.7.08. |
15.
|
NEW
APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT PURCHASED: |
|
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One
sophisticated modern fire
Tender was procured and commissioned. |
| 16. |
ADVANCE
ACTION FOR PROCUREMENT: |
|
|
Some
modern rescue tools like
Pneumatic lifting bag of different capacity with all ancillary
equipment etc are in the process of procurement to meet the crisis
requirement. |
| 17. |
ZONAL
RESCUE COMPETITION: |
|
|
Zonal
Mines Rescue Competition, Eastern
Zone, for the year 2008-09 was
held on 13th January 2009. |
|
|
ECL
had bagged 2nd “BEST IN FIRST
AID” in All India Mines Rescue
Competition. |
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