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1.
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Accident
Statistics for the year
of 2011-12:
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2011-12
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2010-11
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i)
Fatal Accidents (Nos.)
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7
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13
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ii)
Fatalities (Nos.)
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7
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13
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iii)
Serious Injuries (Nos.)
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82
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97
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iv)
Fatality / Million tonne output
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0.229
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0.42
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v)
Fatality / 3 Lakh Man-shifts
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0.683
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0.20
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| vi) Reduction
in fatality rate
(fatalities/ Mcum. Of
total material excavated) w.r.t previous year |
48.521% |
-31.00% |
| vii) Reduction
in serious injury
rate (serious injuries/
Mcum. Of total material excavated) w.r.t previous year |
21.196% |
23.00% |
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2.
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Safety
Measures: |
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Jobs undertaken by ISO
for enhancing safety in
Mines of ECL
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I.
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Safety
Board at Corporate Level has been constituted for
inspecting the Mines and removing deficiencies observed. Monthly
meeting of Safety Board is regularly being held for reviewing status of
safety in mines. The Safety Board comprises of, amongst others, Six
Members nominated by the Operating Trade Unions. These members are also
being nominated by ECL for training on Safety, Mining Methods,
Occupational Health etc. |
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II.
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To
conduct Special Meeting of Pits Safety Committee after
fatal accident and implementation of the recommendation of Special Pits
Safety Committee. |
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III.
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Enquiring
into Fatal accidents in order to get know the
root causes and fixing responsibility. |
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IV. |
Issuance
of Safety Circulars in line of finding of the enquiry into Accidents /
Dangerous Occurrences / Near-miss Incidents to prevent recurrence. |
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V. |
Maintenance and Analysis of
Statistics of Fatal and Serious Accidents for taking remedial measures. |
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VI. |
To observe Special Safety Drive
on Roof & Side
Dressing and Implementation of SSR for both Development and depillaring
workings. |
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VII. |
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 wherever practicable. |
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VIII. |
Back shift inspection is being
carried out (its frequency
is to be increased). Inspection register/notes are being examined by
higher authority. |
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IX. |
Ensure quality of materials and
their supply in mines. |
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X. |
Strata Control Monitoring Cell
has been established in
ECL Head Quarter and subsequently Strata Control Monitoring Cell has
been established in all areas to study the roof behavior and for
improvement of roof support in mines. Determination of RMR is to be
done wherever required and Support Rules are to be framed accordingly. |
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XI. |
Drawing and devising Safe
Operating Procedures in respect
of Mining and allied activities and operation of Mining Machinery /HEMM
and enforcing the same. |
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XII. |
Carrying out illumination Survey
in OC Mines, UG Mines as
well for improving illumination wherever required. |
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XIII. |
Carrying out noise-mapping in
and around Blast Hole Drill
and other HEMM in OC Mines for taking remedial measures. |
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XIV. |
Introduction of Loading
Equipment like LHD, SDL and Roof
Bolters for minimizing exposure of workforce to risk. |
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XV. |
Exception Reports are being
submitted by the Executives/
Inspecting officials from ISO after inspection of Mines for removal of the deficiencies. |
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XVI. |
A Gas
chromatograph has been procured
and installed at the centrally located Satgram Area Laboratory. |
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XVII. |
Procurement of Slope Stability
Radars for large OCPs is
in pipeline for monitoring slopes. |
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XVIII. |
Observing Safety Drives on
various operational aspects
like monsoon
preparedness, stowing, mechanization of UG
loading and roof bolting, Survey (joint survey & check survey plan) & ventilation of UG mines, Rescue
preparedness, handling of explosives and magazine & surface
installation like winding, MMV etc., Gas management, statutory record
keeping and maintenance of E&M machineries, Fire hazards and fire
fighting arrangement, Roof and side dressing and support, Special drive
on OCPs, Safety in haulage and conveyor transport system, review of
risk assessment, General cleanliness in mines etc. throughout the year. |
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| Assessment of Risk, Drawing
Mine-wise Safety Management Plan and its
periodical review/updating |
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I. |
Detailed
accident analysis has been done and it has been seen that one accident
occurred
due to roof fall, one due to run over by dumper, one due to hit by LHD,
one due
to land slide, one due to fall of dumper from OB Dump, one due to hit
by cutter
boom of Road Header and one due to collision between a stationary &
a
running dumper. |
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II. |
Calendar
of Safety Drive
for the year 2011-12 had been prepared and was followed. Details is as
under : |
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CALENDER
OF SAFETY DRIVE FOR THE YEAR 2011-12
| MONTH |
PARTICULARS
OF SAFETY DRIVE
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Apr-11
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Safety drive on Fire &
Explosion Hazard in
UG Mines |
May-11
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General cleanliness on surface
(Winding engine
room, surface haulage, surface sub-station, cap lamp room, boiler
house) &
underground (traveling and haulage road) |
Jun-11
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Review
of monsoon preparedness.
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Jul-11
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Stowing,
Mechanisation of UG loading and roof bolting.
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Aug-11
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Survey
(joint survey & check survey plan) & ventilation of u/g
mines, Roof and side dressing and support. |
Sep-11
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Rescue
preparedness, handling of explosives and magazines & surface
installation like winding, MMV etc.
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Oct-11
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Gas
management, statutory record keeping and maintenance of E&M
machineries.
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Nov-11
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Fire
hazards and fire fighting arrangement.
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Dec-11
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Roof
and side dressing and support.
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Safety drive on improvement in
quality of
inspection of statutory personnel including executive and system
improvement,
fire & explosion in UG mines |
Jan-12
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Special
drive on Departmental OCP & Outsourcing patches.
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Feb-12
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Safety
in haulage and conveyor transport system in UG Mines and
discussion on vetting of annual production plan 2011-12 by ISO.
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Mar-12
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Monsoon
preparedness, review of risk assessment & status of implementation
of safety audit recommendation.
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No. of roof bolts consumed in
various years are as under:
CONSUMPTION
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2011-12
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2010-11
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Roof
Bolts (nos in lakhs)
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6.6758
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6.1003
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Cement
Capsules (nos in lakhs)
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27.12
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25.93
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| 3. |
Safety Audit: |
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Safety
Audit
had been conducted in 2007. The recommendations are being
implemented. |
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| 4. |
Monsoon preparation: |
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Special drive in respect to
Monsoon Preparedness had been done in the
month of June 2011 by the Nodal Officers/In-charge of Areas of safety
department along with the Colliery Management and status of
implementation had
been monitored at regular interval during the year 2011-12. In March
2012 a Safety Drive
on
Monsoon Preparedness has been observed for the Monsoon of the year
2012-13. A
Control Room opened at Head Quarter, ECL from 10.06.2011 to 15.10.2011
on 24X7
basis which was manned by Executives provided with telephone &
vehicle for
their movement keeping close liaison with Area Control Rooms operating
in all
Areas.
Close liaison is
maintained with the Chief Engineer (Hydel), DVC,
Maithon, for getting ‘Flood Warning Message’ whenever Panchet and
Maithon dams
release flood water to cause rise of HFL of rivers. Close liaison is
also
maintained with the Director, Indian Meteorological Department, Alipur,
Kolkata
and the Director, Area Cyclone Warning
Centre, Alipur, Kolkata for obtaining ‘Weather Forecast Report’ over
Telephone & FAX for alerting the
Areas to be affected by heavy Rain/ Thunder/ Shower. |
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| 5. |
Safety Training: |
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| Year |
Two
Weeks Structured Training for |
| Front
line supervisors |
Workmen’s
Inspector |
| No.
of Programme |
No.
of Participant |
No.
of Programme |
No.
of Participant |
| 2010-11 |
01
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28
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03
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38
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| 2011-12 |
04
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115
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03
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50
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| 6. |
Training
for appearing in Statutory Exams: |
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| Type
of Exam |
No.
of employees trained |
Training Institute |
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For appearing in |
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| 1st Class - Coal |
15
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MTS , Dhadka |
| 2nd class –Coal |
40
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Overman |
20
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Mining Sirdar |
160
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Surveyor |
25
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Electrical Supervisor |
14
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Winding Engine driver |
36
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MTS , Dhadka |
| B.
Trade Course |
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| Surveyor |
33
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Mining Sirdar |
52
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MTS , Dhadka |
| Electrician |
31
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MTS , Dhadka |
C.
Diploma in Mining (Part Time)
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160
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Raniganj Mining Institute |
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7.
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Training
to Bipartite Safety Board Members: |
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I.
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4 (four) Safety Board Member
were sent for
Specialized training course conducted by DGMS from 16.01.2012 to
20.01.2012 on
Role & Function of Workmen’s Inspector. |
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II.
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6
Safety
Board Members and one executive from ISO were sent for training on
“Occupational Health & Safety Management System OHSAS18001: 2007-
Lead
Auditor Training” from 26-30 March 2012 at ESCI, Hyderabad. |
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8.
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Vocational training
(Statutory at VTC)
2011-12: |
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Type
of training
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2011-12
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2010-11
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Basic
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1027
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832
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Refresher
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9351
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9295
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Spl. Training
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6675
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4087
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I.O.D.
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170
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291
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Contractors
Workers
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3142
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1157
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| 9. |
Rescue Services in ECL |
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Rescue
Services have been rendered to all collieries of ECL, Chunch Victoria
Area of
BCCL, Ramnagar Colliery of IISCO as well as to Civil Administration and
Public
Authorities (as and when required) through Mines Rescue Station,
Sitarampur,
Rescue Room with Refresher Training (RRRT) Kenda and Rescue Rooms
operating at
Jhanjra, Mugma & Kalidaspur. |
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I.
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Details of Emergency
attended:
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In
2011-12, recoveries of old sealed off panels were retrieved in
Kunustoria,
Parascol (W), Pandaveswar and Tirat Colliery. |
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II. |
During the year Rescue
Services dealt
fire/spontaneous heating in the following mines successfully.
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a) Kunustoria
Colliery, Kunustoria Area from 17.04.2011 to 06.05.2011.
b) Parascol (W)
colliery, Kajora Area on 16.07.2011 to 17.07.2011.
c)
Pandaveswar
colliery, Pandaveswar Area on 01.12.2011.
d) Tirat
Colliery, Satgram Area on 04.12.2011.
e)
Nakrakonda
colliery, Bankola Area from 24.9.2011 to 25.9.2011.
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III.
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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:
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Sl.
No.
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2011-12
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2010-11
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No.
of Rescue personnel trained
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682
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669
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No.
of personnel freshly trained
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47
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48
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No.
of Refresher practices
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5834
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5635
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No.
of Emergencies
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6
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6
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| Initial training to other
Subsidiaries (NEC
Assam) |
6
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0
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IV.
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NEW APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT
PURCHASED:
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One MANNEQUINE was procured on
26.05.2011.
8(eight) Nos. of Carevent Resuscitating Apparatus were procured
on 30.06.2011. |
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V.
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ZONAL RESCUE COMPETITION:
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Zonal
Mines
Rescue Competition, Eastern Zone, for the year 2011-12 was held on 16th
December, 2011 in which 12 teams took part (including BCCL Area-XII).
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VI.
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ALL INDIA MINES RESCUE
COMPETITION (COAL
& METAL):
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42nd All India Mines
Rescue competition
(Coal & Metal) was conducted by MCL from 24th February,
2012 to
26th February, 2012 in which 21 teams from Coal and Metal
Companies
took part. Two
teams from ECL took part in that competition and won the prizes-3rd
Best in Statutory, First Aid & Theory. |
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VII.
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Budget
Provision for Mines Rescue:
| Particulars |
Capital
Budget |
Revenue
Budget |
2011-12
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2010-11
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Sanctioned(Rs.
in lakh)
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90.38
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299.83
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938.00
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880.00
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| Expenditure(Rs. in lakh) |
29.38
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7.60
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1117.00
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919.00
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