1.
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Accident
Statistics for the year of 2009-10:
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YEAR
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2009-10 |
2008-09 |
i)
Fatal Accidents (Nos.)
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8 |
11
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ii)
Fatalities (Nos.)
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9 |
11
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iii)
Serious Injuries (Nos.)
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62 |
122
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iv)
Fatality / Million tonne output
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0.29
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0.39
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v)
Fatality / 3 Lakh Man-shifts
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0.13
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0.15
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| 2. |
Safety
Measures: |
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Safety
measures taken in 2009-10 were as under: |
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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.
- Ensure
better working environment.
- Use
of convergence indicator, load cell, stress capsules etc. in
depillaring district to indicate immediate roof fall. Follow
instrumentation plan as per study of CIMFR.
- Quality
improvement in Pit Safety Committee inspection & meeting and
monitoring the same by Area & HQ.
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II. |
At
sub-area/project level: |
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- 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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- Back shift inspection is being carried
out on regular basis. Inspection register/notes are being examined by
higher ups.
- Utmost care is taken so as to ensure
that no workmen is deployed without adequate support of green roof. To
maintain this adequate support materials are kept in hand as far as
possible. Extreme care is taken so that no workmen enters into any face
unless it is inspected by supervisory officials.
- Half an hour waiting time after blasting
is strictly followed.
- In order to refresh their knowledge and
to improve their skill, training and retraining of dresser, support
personnel and supervisory staff is being regularly arranged.
- Special attention is given for proper
dressing / supporting of roof / sides under strict supervision. Use of
roof bolts /steel supports is being carried out in a big way to replace
conventional timber supports.
- Ensure quality of materials and their
supply in mines.
- Stress on maintenance of HEMM.
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| 3. |
Thrust
at Corporate Level: |
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A
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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.
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B
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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.
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C
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Calendar
of safety drives conducted throughout the year were as under:
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CALENDER
OF SAFETY DRIVE FOR THE YEAR 2009 - 10
| MONTH |
PARTICULARS
OF SAFETY DRIVE |
| APR
09 |
General
cleanliness on surface ( Winding engine room, surface haulage, surface
sub-station , cap lamp room , boiler house)& underground
(travelling and haulage road)
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MAY
09
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Special
drive on Departmental OCP & Outsourcing patches. |
| JUN
09 |
Review
of monsoon preparedness. |
| JUL
09 |
Stowing,
Mechanisation of UG loading and roof bolting. |
| August’09 |
Survey
(joint survey & check survey plan) & ventilation of u/g
mines. |
| September’09 |
Rescue
preparedness ,handling of explosives and magazines & surface
installation like winding, MMV etc. |
| October’09 |
Gas
management, statutory record keeping and maintenance of E&M
machineries. |
| November'09 |
Fire
hazards and fire fighting arrangement. |
| December’09 |
Roof
and side dressing and support. |
| January’10 |
Special
drive on Departmental OCP & Outsourcing patches.
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| Februaru’10 |
Monsoon
preparedness, discussion on vetting of annual production plan 10-11 by
ISO |
| March’10 |
Review
of risk assessment & status of implementation of safety audit
recommendations. |
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- Special
attention had been given to steel
support in mines to reduce
roof fall accident.
- Application of roof bolts as a support
system is being made on a
large scale. At present in U/G mines of ECL 82 working districts are
being supported by roof bolting as a system of support.
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Year–wise
numbers of roof bolts used in various years are as under :
| CONSUMPTION
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2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
2005-06 |
| Roof
Bolts (nos in lakhs) |
6.095
|
5.26
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5.50
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5.50 |
5.06 |
| Cement
Capsules (nos in lakhs) |
25.9
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24.36 |
24.00 |
24.00 |
20.14 |
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Proper care is being taken for
maintenance of HEMM and E&M machineries with particular stress on
safety features |
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All fatal accidents are being
critically analysed at the highest level during the co-ordination
meeting of area CGM/GM with CMD. Necessary action is being taken to
prevent recurrence. Safety status of mines is being reviewed on
priority. |
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In addition to preventive
measures, punitive measures are also taken where after
enquiry, if any lapse is found on account. In 2009-10 , 8 fatal
accidents occurred in ECL of which enquiry had been completed in 7
cases, in which 19 executives 15 supervisors / workmen were held
responsible and disciplinary action against all persons were initiated
/ completed.
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Manual districts are being
converted into mechanized ones in a phased manner.
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A seminar on health care
management and Occupational health service had been organized from 14th
to 19th December 2009 at HRD,ECL. |
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As per the recommendations of 32nd
Standing Committee, mechanized roof drilling would be provided in more
districts. At present 21 roof drilling machines of different
types are in use. Action had been taken for procurement of
20 roof drilling machine with compressor and 12 Nos. Hydraulic
Drilling machines. |
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Discussion is held in the
monthly co-ordination meeting of all CGMs/GMs with CMD for making up
the stowing lag. Letters have been issued by Director (Tech)/Op,
Director (Tech)/P&P and CGM (Safety) to concerned areas. |
| 4. |
Safety Audit: |
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Safety Audit
had been conducted from 17/4/2007 by a team consisting of Sri Anjan
Mukhopadhyay, Ex. Director (T)/Op ECL and Sri A.N.Mukhopadhyay, Retd.
DGMS official and report was submitted. The recommendations are being
implemented. Safety audit is to be conducted during the year 2010
-11 by an outside agency. |
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Monsoon preparation:
Special drive in respect to Monsoon Preparedness had been done in the
month of June 2009 by Nodal officer of safety department along
with colliery management and status of implementation was monitored
during the year 2009-10. In February 2010 a Safety Drive on Monsoon
Preparedness had been observed for Monsoon of 2010.
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| 5. |
Safety Training: |
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Safety
training programme had been conducted during the year 2009-10 at HRD,
Dishergarh; MTI, Ratibati and Mining Training School, Dhadka. |
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| 9. |
Vocational training (Statutory at VTC)
2009-10 |
| Type
of training |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
| Basic |
817
|
920
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| Refresher |
9919 |
8230 |
| Spl.
Training |
7793
|
9880
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| Contractor’s
workers |
889
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2493
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| I.O.D |
261
|
252
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| 10. |
Rescue Services
in ECL: |
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Rescue
Services were rendered to all 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. |
11.
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Details of
Emergency
attended: |
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In 2009-10,
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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a) Nakrakonda
Colliery, Bankola Area on 17.4.2009.
b)Shyamsundarpur Colliery on 18.9.2009.
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| 12. |
During
the year Rescue Services dealt fire/spontaneous heating in the
following mines successfully. |
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a)
Bahula Colliery, Kenda Area on 07.09.2009.
b) Naba Kajora Colliery, Kajora Area on 09.11.2009.
c) Dealt blazing of fire in U/G as well as surface at
Kunustoria Colliery, Kunustoria Area on 24.10.2009
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11.5.1
Recovery/Dealing Fire/Gas to save human life: |
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a)
Tackled Gas leakage from water filter plant at Asansol Railway Colony
on 07.05.2009 to save inhabitants of colony.
b)
Recovery of one person from a sand bunker of Kunustoria Colliery,
Kunustoria Area on 21.07.2009.
c)
Searching & Recovery of one dead body from North Searsole
Colliery, Kunustoria Area on 17.09.2009.
d)
Recovery of one dead body from a pond at Mahabir Colliery, Kunustoria
Area on 19.10.2009
e)
Searching & Recovery of one dead body (Pump Khalasi) at Central
Kajora Colliery, Kajora Area on 05.11.2009.
f)
Searching one Surveyor at the Sorshtoli OCP ICML captive mine CESE,
Kolkata on 26.2.2010.
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14.
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Training: |
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Refresher as
well as initial training was imparted at Mines Rescue Station
regularly, details were as follows: |
| Sl.
No. |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
| No.
of Rescue personnel trained |
665
|
767
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| No.
of personnel freshly trained |
31
|
40
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| No.
of Refresher practices |
5984
|
7284
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| No.
of Emergencies |
10
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7284
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11.5.3
NEW
APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT PURCHASED: |
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- One sophisticated modern Fire Tender was
procured and commissioned.
- Pneumatic lifting bag with air
compressor recently commissioned.
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11.5.4
ZONAL RESCUE COMPETITION: |
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Zonal Mines
Rescue Competition, Eastern Zone, for the year 2009-10 was held on
8th January 2010 in which 12 teams took part. |
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