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1. Introduction

Minerals constitute the backbone of economic growth of any nation and India has been
eminently endowed with this gift of nature. A number of minerals of economic and
commercial value abound in this country. There are many evidence that exploitation of
minerals like coal, iron-ore, copper, lead-zinc has been going on in the country from
time immemorial. However, the first recorded history of mining in India dates back to
1774 when English Company was granted permission by the East India Company for
mining coal in Raniganj. Coal mining got a boost in 1855 when railway line was laid
from Howrah to Raniganj. M/s John Taylor & Sons Ltd. started gold mining in Kolar
Gold Fields in the year 1880. The first oil well was drilled in Digboi in the year 1866 -
just seven years after the first ever oil well was drilled anywhere in the world viz. in
Pennsylvania State, USA in 1859. Mining activities in the country however remained
primitive in nature and modest in scale uptill the beginning of the current century.
Thereafter, with progressive industrialisation the demand for and hence the production
of various minerals gradually went up. After India became independent, the growth of
mining under the impact of successive Five Year Plans has been very fast. There are
ambitious plans in coal, metalliferous and oil sectors to increase production of minerals
during the 10th Five Year Plan and thereafter.

Table-1 shows the increasing trend in output of important minerals, whereas Table-2
shows the growth of mining activities in terms of some important parameters like
number of mines, value of minerals mined, aggregate horsepower installed and
explosive used. Table-3 shows average daily employment in coal, metal & oil mines.
Table-4 shows the trend in average place-wise daily employment of men and women in
mines. The table shows that there is a gradual fall in average daily employment of
women in mines. Table-5 shows trend in production of coal from belowground and
opencast workings. It also shows the trend in average daily employment in
belowground, opencast workings and aboveground in the coal mines. It is observed
that the production of coal from opencast workings has increased substantially while
that from belowground workings has remained almost stagnant.

Minerals are depleting assets of a nation. Extraction of the same from below the
surface of the earth is fraught with innumerable dangers. Mining has been and
continues to be a hazardous profession and has rightly been deemed to be a war with
the unpredictable forces of nature. The condition of roof and sides of underground
mines can change without any prior indication. Dangers due to sudden inrush of water,
release of lethal and inflammable gases or the fall of roof and side are inherent to
mining and it is essentially because of such unpredictable dangers that mining is
considered the most hazardous of all peace-time occupations.

2. Mine Safety Legislation

In earlier years when mining activities were modest in scale, safety problems too were
simple. With the progress in exploitation of minerals, safety of persons employed
started to become a matter of concern. In 1895, the Government of India initiated
steps to frame legislative measures for safety of workmen. In 1897 first major disaster
in mining hit the Kolar Goldfields killing 52 persons, to be soon followed by the Khost
Coal Mine disaster in Baluchistan (now in Pakistan) killing 47 persons. The disaster
hastened the process of formulation of safety laws and the first Mines Act was enacted
in 1901. With further experience, this Act was superseded by the Indian Mines Act,
1923, which was again replaced by the present Mines Act, 1952. This Act came into
force on the 1st July 1952. Major changes were incorporated in this Act in the years
1959 and 1983. The Mines Act, 1952 applies to mines of all minerals within the
country except the State of Sikkim, including the offshore mines within the limits of ter-
ritorial water.

For administering the provisions of the Indian Mines Act, 1901, the Government of
India set up a "Bureau of Mines Inspection" on the 7th January 1902 with headquarters
at Calcutta. The name of the organisation was changed to Department of Mines in

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1904 and its headquarters shifted to Dhanbad in 1908. On 1.1.1960, the organisation
was renamed as "Office of the Chief Inspector of Mines". Since 1.5.1967, the office
has been re-designated as Directorate-General of Mines Safety (DGMS for short).

3. Organisational Set-Up

Under the Constitution of India, safety, welfare and health of workers employed in
mines are the concern of the Central Government (Entry 55-Union List-Article 246).
The objective is regulated by the Mines Act, 1952 and the Rules and Regulations
framed thereunder. These are administered by the Directorate-General of Mines
Safety (DGMS), under the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment. Apart from
administering the Mines Act and the subordinate legislation there under, DGMS also
administers a few other allied legislation, including the Indian Electricity Act.

A list of the subordinate legislation under the Mines Act and certain allied legislation
administered by DGMS is at Annexure-I.

Officers appointed to different technical posts in DGMS are selected by U.P.S.C. They
are required to have Degree in Mining or Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and
several years of experience, varying from seven to ten years of working in responsible
capacity in mines or allied industry. Besides, officers of mining cadre posses First
Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency. The Occupational Health cadre is
manned by qualified and experienced medical personnel. Due to the nature of work
performed by the officers of DGMS, the Govt. of India declared this organisation as
"S&T Institution” on the recommendation of Science and Technology Department of
Govt. of India, in November, 1987.

The organisation has its headquarters at Dhanbad (Jharkhand) and is headed by the
Director-General of Mines Safety. At the headquarter, the Director-General is assisted
by specialist staff-officers in mining, electrical & mechanical engineering, occupational
health, law, survey, statistics, administration and accounts disciplines. The
headquarters has also a technical library and S&T laboratories as a back-up support to
the organisation.

The field organisation has a two-tier network of field offices. The entire country is
divided into six zones, each under the charge of a Deputy Director-General. There are
three to four Regional offices under each zonal office. Each Region is under the
charge of a Director of Mines Safety. There are in all 21 such Regional Offices. Sub-
regional offices have been set up in important areas of concentrated mining activities
away from Regional office. There are five such sub-regional offices, each under the
charge of a Deputy Director. Each Zone, besides having inspecting officers of mining
cadre has officers in electrical & mechanical engineering and occupational health
disciplines.

Organizational chart of DGMS is at Annexure-II.

DGMS has a total sanctioned strength of 978 persons with 741 in position as indicated
below:

CATEGORY SANCTIONED STRENGTH IN POSITION STRENGTH

GROUP-A 177 131
GROUP-B 104 89
GROUP-C 453 352
GROUP-D 244 169
TOTAL 978 741

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The table below shows the discipline-wise strength of the inspecting officers of DGMS
(as on 1.1.2007)

Discipline
Sl.No Designation Mining Electrical Mechanical O.H.
S P S P S P S P
1. DIRECTOR-GENERAL 1 - - - - - - -
2. DY.DIRECTOR-GENERAL 7 7 1 1 - - - -
3. DIRECTOR 29 29 4 4 2 2 - -
4. DY.DIRECTOR 82 57 18 14 10 5 1 1
5. ASSTT.DIRECTOR 1 - - - - - GR.I- 3 2
GR.II-5 3
TOTAL 120 93 23 19 12 7 9 6

S - Sanctioned = 164 P - In position = 125 Shortage = 39

The continuing shortage of the front-line inspecting officers has been affecting the
inspection work of mines considerably.

3.1 Budget

For meeting with the expenditure on salaries, allowances, office expenses etc. in
connection with various plan and non-plan activities, the following financial provisions
are made:
(Rupees in thousand)
Activity Budget Revised Actual Budget Revised Budget
Estimate Estimate Expend. Estimate Estimate Estimate
2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08
A-Non-plan
1. DGMS Non plan 184040 178065 165657 195495 188295 201141
2. Examination 5960 5935 4694 7205 6205 7505
Total Non plan 190000 184000 170351 202700 194500 208646
B. Plan Schemes
1. SOMA 7500 6255 5968 16000 14460 8560
2. S&T 10500 9107 7375 10000 12400 10955
3. SSEX 7500 4900 4439 7500 5900 7700
4. PIF 10000 678 604 500 500 500
New Plan Scheme
1. MSC 2000 1600 2990 15000 12823 10000
2. MID 5000 1400
Total Plan 33500 24000 21376 49000 46083 37715

4. Role and Function of DGMS

The mission of DGMS is the reduction in risk of occupational diseases and casualty to
persons employed in mines, by drafting appropriate legislation and setting standards,
by overseeing compliance thereof and through a variety of promotional initiatives and
awareness programmes creating an environment in which safety is given due priority.

4.1 Vision of DGMS

The vision of DGMS is “To ensure nationally acceptable and internationally competitive
standards of health, safety and welfare for employees of the Indian mines.”

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4.2 Current functions of DGMS broadly include:

1. Inspection of mines
2. Investigation into -
(a) accidents
(b) dangerous occurrences - emergency response
(c) complaints & other matters
3. (a) Grant of :
(i) statutory permission, exemptions & relaxations
- pre-view of project reports & mining plans
(ii) approval of mine safety equipment, material & appliances
(b) Interactions for development of safety equipment, material and safe
work practices through workshop etc.
(c) Development of Safety Legislation & Standards
(d) Safety Information Dissemination
4. Conduct of examinations for grant of competency certificates.
5. Safety promotional initiatives including :
(a) Organisation of -
; Conference on Safety in Mines
; National Safety Awards
; Safety Weeks & Campaigns
(b) Promoting -
- safety education and awareness programmes
- workers’ participation in safety management through -
¬ workmen’s inspector
¬ safety committee
¬ tripartite reviews

5. Measures to improve safety in mines

5.1 Legislative Measures

5.1.1 Inspection & Enquiries

Since mining is beset with many inherent hazards, detailed precautions have been
laid down in the Mines Act and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder to
guard against dangers in mines and it is the responsibility of the mine
management to comply with the same. While the onus of providing for and ensuring
safety in mines rests fundamentally with the mine managements, as clearly laid
down under section 18 of the Mines Act, 1952 as “The owner and agent of every
mine shall each be responsible for making financial and other provisions and
for taking other such steps as may be necessary for compliance with the
provisions of this Act and regulations, rules, bye-laws and others made
thereunder.” The DGMS has the responsibility to see that the safety statute is kept
updated to absorb the technical advancements as well as to make the same
comprehensive, practicable and legally sound and also to carry out periodic
inspection of mines to oversee compliance of safety laws. The Mines Act and the
subordinate legislations framed thereunder is periodically updated for the purpose.
Each and every accident involving fatality is enquired into by an officer or a team of
officers of DGMS. A few accidents involving serious bodily injury and most of the
important dangerous occurrences are also investigated by DGMS Officers.

Action taken subsequent to inspections:

¬ Pointing out contraventions
¬ Withdrawal of permission
¬ Issue of improvement notices
¬ Prohibition of employment
¬ Informal stoppages
¬ Prosecution in the court of law

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5.1.2 Enquiry into Accidents, Dangerous Occurrences etc.

Statutory Provisions

The notifiable dangerous occurrences include:

™ All fatal and serious accidents & specified dangerous occurrences and
occupational diseases are required to be notified to DGMS,
™ Explosion, ignition, spontaneous heating, out-break of fire, irruption or inrush
of water or other liquid matter;
™ Influx of inflammable or noxious gases;
™ Breakage of rope, chain or other gear by which persons or materials are
lowered or raised in a shaft or an incline;
™ Overwinding of cages or other means of conveyance in any shaft while
persons or materials are being lowered or raised; or
™ Premature collapse of any part of the workings.

All fatal accidents are required to be enquired into by DGMS within 2 months.

Apart from the incidents mentioned above the officers also enquire into complaints
connected with the safety and welfare of the persons connected with mining which
are received from various sources. Being concerned with safety, normally, even
anonymous complaints are enquired into.

Following actions are taken after an enquiry:

 Warning to delinquent
 Suspension of certificate
 Modification in the method of working
 Action by management like stoppage of increment, dismissal from service,
recorded warning, withholding promotion and
 Prosecution in the court of law

The number of inspections and enquiries conducted by DGMS officers during the
year 2006 is shown in appended Table-6

Discipline Inspection Enquiries Inspections &

Enquiries
Coal Metal Oil Total Coal Metal Oil Total Coal Metal Oil Total
Electrical 832 217 91 1140 38 0 0 38 870 217 91 1178
Mechanical 284 50 16 350 61 9 2 72 345 59 18 422
Mining 2598 2002 79 4679 696 297 19 1012 3294 2299 98 5691
O.H. 98 32 0 130 37 9 0 46 135 41 0 176
TOTAL 3812 2301 186 6299 832 315 21 1168 4644 2616 207 7467
* Figures are provisional and upto November, 2006

5.1.3 Permission, Exemptions and Relaxations

DGMS is keeping a constant vigil on the method of extraction of minerals, supports of

the workings, working environment and safe code of practices to ensure that mine
workers are not exposed to dangers and dangerous environments while working in
belowground, opencast or any surface operations. Permissions, exemptions,
relaxations and associated orders are regularly granted by this Directorate to the mine
operators under various provisions of the statute. Whenever a new technology is
planned to be introduced in the mines, the officers of this Directorate are always
approached to analyze and scrutinize the proposal for its safety and affectivity. The
technology is either directly permitted to be introduced or modified to suit Indian
environment. The workings in the mine are regularly checked by field officers during

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the course of their inspection and enquiries. If the conditions of workings and manner
of extraction are found unsafe and not carried out as per the permissions granted, the
permissions are immediately revoked.
During the year 2006, 2532 applications were received for grant of permissions,
exemptions and relaxations, out of which 2174 cases were dealt by the officers of
DGMS resulting in grant of 1597 permissions, exemptions etc. and 577 cases, were
recorded. Action in respect of remaining 358 applications is under process.

5.1.4 Improvement Notices & Prohibitory Orders

During inspection of mines, if the workings or the environment are found to be unsafe
and dangerous notices or prohibitory orders are immediately issued to the
management to take necessary steps for improvement. Unless the conditions improve
for re-deployment of persons as recorded through inspections, the orders are not
vacated and persons are not allowed to be deployed in such dangerous conditions.

Details of the improvement notices and prohibitory orders are given in Table-7 in the
annexure. In addition 37 cases statutory permissions were withdrawn for non-
compliance of conditions laid down in the permissions.

5.1.5 Approval and Testing

What constitutes “mine safety equipment” has not been precisely defined anywhere.
Mining is a hazardous occupation and therefore the equipment, machinery, tools and
material used in mines required to be safe, robust and reliable capable of working
safely under hostile environment. The equipment needs to remain safe under
prolonged usage even in adverse condition.

Approval Policy and Procedure

The objective of granting approval to various equipment for use in mines is to primarily
fulfill the statutory obligation enshrined under different provisions of Coal Mines
Regulations, 1957, Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961, Oil Mines Regulations,
1984, Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 and Mines Rescue Rules, 1985 besides statutory
notification under these regulations by the competent authority from time to time.

For obtaining approval any mines safety equipment material it is generally required to
conform to the Bureau of Indian Standard specification and if there are no such
specification then to standard specification of other countries like ISO/EN/DIN etc.
Sometime the standard evolved on the basis past practice are also accepted. The
equipment/material is tested in any approved test house in India in accordance with the
above standard. If the test report is satisfactory it is considered for grant of approval.

Approval are granted in two phases

a) Approval for field-trials

b) Regular approval

Based on preliminary examination of the application, which is made in a prescribed

format, test report from an approved test house in conformity of applicable standard
approval to conduct field trial is granted. Sometimes factories of the manufacturer are
also visited to ensure their capability and to check the quality control system adopted in
the manufacturing process. The period of field trial approval vary between three
months to one year. It is necessary to ensure that the field trials are conducted in
mines suitable for the purpose and will offer adequate scope for monitoring the
performance by DGMS officials. After successful completion of the field trial and receipt
of the satisfactory report the case is again examined and recommendations made to
accord regular approval. If shortcomings are observed during the field trials the same is
communicated to the manufacturer. The manufacturer may seek extension of the field
trial. Regular approval is granted for a particular period initially for one year and is

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subsequently extended after obtaining satisfactory performance report from the field.
The time period for extension vary between two years to three years.
During the year 2006, 329 approvals for use of material, equipment, machinery etc. in
mines were granted as detailed below:

Type of approval No. approved

Approval for field trial 67
Regular approval 262
Total 329

5.2 Developmental Measures

5.2.1 Standard Setting

Based on the experiences, the developmental initiatives undertaken by DGMS are -

(i) amendment of safety laws,
(ii) issue of guidelines for safer operations in identified thrust areas through
circulars and
(iii) issue of technical instructions to DGMS officers for their guidance.

Standard setting is a complex process consisting of translation of the vast experience

of DGMS and multilevel interaction. Results of inspections and analysis of accident
enquiries, recommendations of courts of enquiries and safety conferences, results of
research & development activities, ILO guidelines and international state of the art of
technology and its safety ramifications are some of the inputs going into standard
setting. Amendment of statutes is an elaborate process wherein all the likely affected
parties viz. Labour, management, academicians, research institutes, professional
bodies are given adequate opportunities to send their comments, which in turn are
considered before finalizing the amendment.

During 2006, DGMS issued 8 circulars to the mine management and 3 in-house
departmental instructions as indicated below:

Type of Circular No.issue

DGMS (Technical) Circulars 07
DGMS(Legislation)Circulars 01
DGMS (General) Circulars -
DGMS (Approval) Circulars -
DGMS (Technical) Instructions 02
DGMS (General) Instructions 01
Total 11

5.3 Conduct of Examinations and Award of Statutory certificates of

Competency

Mining is a war against unpredictable forces of nature and since conditions of workings
go on changing moment to moment, man at the spot has to take instantaneous
decisions. Practical and on the spot decision of the front-line supervisor and
managerial executive is of paramount importance to save life. To examine the
competency of persons eligible for manning such posts and to grant certificate of
competency, two Boards of Mining Examination, one for Coal and the other for
Metalliferous mines, function under the Chairmanship of the Director-General of Mines
Safety.

Competency examinations are different from university examinations. In these

Examinations stress is laid on practical aspect of managing/supervising a mine/district
apart from his theoretical knowledge. In case of managers, assistant managers,
surveyors and overman, the competency examination consists of a written part and an
oral part. In manager’s competency examination i.e. first class/second class there are

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five subjects in which candidates are examined viz. Legislation, Mine Management &
General Safety, Method of work, Ventilation, Mining machinery and Mine Surveying.
Depending on the qualification and experience of the candidates, exemptions from
appearing in some papers/subjects are granted. Candidates obtaining at least 40%
marks in written examination in any subject is then called for the oral examination.
Candidates obtaining at least 40% in orals and at least 50% in aggregate i.e. written
and oral examinations are declared successful. Before a candidate is allowed to
appear in an examination his application is scrutinized for valid first aid certificate, gas-
testing certificate, other statutory certificate, practical experience, character certificate,
medical certificate and basic qualification certificate.

In case of junior examinations i.e. sirdar’s, shotfirer’s mate’s, blaster’s etc. only oral
examinations are held. A candidate has to secure at least 50% marks with different
examiners to be declared successful.

Details of examinations conducted during the year 2006 are given in Annexure-III.

Processing of the large nos. of application is a big job and the system requires
computerization for which a plan scheme named SSEX has been initiated.

5.4 Promotional initiatives

Some of the recent developments in safety movement, besides the legislative

measures, include:

5.4.1 Conference on safety in mines.

The Conference on Safety in Mines is a tripartite forum at the national level in which
the employers' representatives, the trade unions' representatives, the Government
represented by Ministry of Labour, DGMS, various administrative ministries/
departments and State Governments and associated institutions, professional bodies,
service associations, etc. take part. They review the status of safety in mining and the
adequacy of existing measures in a spirit of mutual cooperation. The conference also
suggests measures for further improvement in safety, welfare and health of mine
workers. The first Conference was held in the year 1958 and the ninth conference was
held on 2nd & 3rd February, 2000 at New Delhi. A number of recommendations of these
conferences have been given statutory backing and most of the others absorbed in
management practices and policies.

5.4.2 National Safety Awards (Mines)

Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India instituted National Safety

Awards (Mines) in 1983 (for the contest year 1982) with a view to promote a
competitive spirit amongst mine operators for the betterment of safety standards in
mines and to give due recognition to outstanding safety performance at national level.
This award is given away by the Hon'ble President of India every year and has
generated considerable enthusiasm amongst the Mining community. National Safety
Awards (Mines) for the year 2001 was given away on 8th November, 2004.

5.4.3 Vocational Training and Other Training

Recognizing the need for safety education to enable the mine workers to prepare
them to face the challenges of mining, the Mines Vocational Training Rules were
framed in 1966. These rules provide for initial, refresher and specialised training to
mine workers. This also provides for construction of mines vocational training centres
with training officers and instructors along with proper and adequate equipment and
softwares. It also provides for payment to trainees during the training period.

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5.4.4 Observance of Safety Week, Safety Campaign etc.

During the safety week held every year in different mining fields, efforts are made
through various audio-visual means, to inculcate safety consciousness amongst
workers, supervisors and others so as to influence their behaviour at work. Further,
by holding competition amongst various participating mines an attempt is made to
improve the working conditions. In all 37 nos. of safety weeks were observed during
the year 2006 in different regions spread over the country covering all types of mines.
Based on the accident experience, special safety drives are sometimes launched to
focus attention on specific cause-groups.

5.4.5 Holding of First Aid and Rescue Competitions etc.

Unfortunately inspite of all-round efforts by every body accidents continue to occur. To

mitigate the consequences of such occurrences speedy and timely rescue & rendering
of first aid assumes great importance. Recognising the importance of preparedness,
speed and efficiency in first aid and rescue, competitions are held to bring
improvement in these services. First Aid and Rescue Competitions were held in a
number of mining companies. These keep the rescue workers and first-aiders in battle
ready conditions. The officers of DGMS actively associated themselves with these
competitions.

5.4.6 Promoting Participation of workers in safety management

Much greater strides in safety can be achieved by participation of workmen in safety

programme, the twin institutions of 'Safety Committee & ‘Workmen’s Inspector’ have
been conceived and even given the statutory backing. DGMS is also associated with
training of Workmen’s Inspectors to make them effective in discharge of their duties. In
coal mines almost all the eligible mines had a Workmen’s Inspector and a Safety
Committee. The table below shows the status of appointment of Workmen’s Inspector
and Safety Committees during 2006:

Type of Mine No. of Safety Committees No. of Workmen’s Inspectors

Required Provided Required Provided
Coal 527 526 1533 1526
Metal 307 289 374 386
Oil 17 16 36 36
Total 851 831 1943 1948

5.4.7 Promoting Self-regulation by management

Most of the mining companies in the organised sector have enunciated company's
safety policy and set up Internal Safety Organisation (ISO) for monitoring, advising on
and aiding in the implementation of safety measures in mines as per Company’s
policies and guidelines in keeping with the statutory provisions. ISOs are headed by a
very senior officer of the Director level in the coal companies and are multi-disciplinary
in character.

5.4.8 Awareness and information dissemination

Officers of DGMS serve as guest faculties at several short-term safety courses

organized by the Mine Managements, Institute for Miners & Metal Workers' Education
and Scientific and Academic Institutions. The officers also participate in various
technical workshops, seminars, symposia and conferences and present technical

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papers relevant to their field of work. At all these forums they strive to spread the
message of safety in right perspective.

Lists of various training courses/seminars/symposium & workshops attended/

participated by DGMS Officers during 2006 are given in Annexures IV & IVA
respectively. Besides, lectures were delivered by Officers of DGMS in various forums.
They also chaired technical sessions and delivered key-note/valedictory addresses at
various seminars/symposia/workshops and conferences etc.

Another piece of information which is widely disseminated and extensively made use of
relates to accident statistics and analysis thereof. The DGMS also publishes the
following:

(a) DGMS Annual Report - annually

(b) Statistics of Mines in India Vol.I (Coal) - annually
(c) Statistics of Mines in India Vol.II(Non-coal) - annually
(d) Monthly Coal Bulletin - monthly
(e) Monthly Review of Accidents - monthly

5.4.9 Technical Measures

It is well recognised that reasonable frequency of inspections is important to keep the

mine operators alert to their responsibilities. It is also recognised that quality of
inspections is equally important. This underscores the need for:

; Technical and professional competency of the officers of DGMS to be kept

continually updated and upgraded;
; The regulatory, enforcement, advisory and promotional roles of DGMS to be
backed by strong in-house S&T support; and
; Optimize the scarce resources of DGMS through:

¬ Automation of office work so as to free the technical officers from work of

routine and repetitive nature; and
¬ Develop and implement comprehensive computer-based Mines Safety
Information Monitoring System.

All most all the officers of DGMS are provided with personal computers with necessary
accessories to perform their routine work and efforts are being made to implement the
e-governance program of Govt. of India.

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5.4.10 Interactions & advisory role

One of the measures to promote the cause of safety is inter-action with mine
operators, workers’ representatives, teaching and research institutions etc. A list
of important organisations/ committees the meeting of which are organised/ par-
ticipated by DGMS is indicated below:

1. Standing Committee on Safety in Coal Mines under the Chairmanship of the

Union Minister of Coal.
2. Safety Board of Coal India Ltd.
3. Review Committees of various mining companies on implementation of
recommendations of the Conference on Safety in Mines.
4. Mineral Advisory Council of India.
5. Mining Education Advisory Board, West Bengal.
6. Executive Council, Central Mining Research Institute.
7. Research Council of Central Mining Research Institute.
8. Project Advisory Committee - Central Mining Research Institute.
9. Standing Sub-committee on Production, Productivity & Safety of Central Mining
Research Institute.
10. Task Force Committee of Central Mining Research Institute.
11. Advisory Panel for Mine Environment & Health Discipline - Central Mining
Research Institute.
12. General Council of Indian School of Mines.
13. Executive Board of Indian School of Mines.
14. Establishment & Finance Sub-committee of Indian School of Mines
15. Joint Board on Mining Engineering Education & Training.
16. Advisory Committee for Mining Engineering Department, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur.
17. Coal Advisory Council of India.
18. The Council of the Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India.
19. Bihar Mineral Advisory Council.
20. Environmental Appraisal Committee for Mining Projects.
21. SSRC’s Standing Sub-committee on production productivity & safety - CMPDI
22. Advisory Committee for Safety Review of Projects of Indian Rare Earth Ltd.
(Organised by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board)
23. Governing Body of National Institute of Rock Mechanics (Kolar).
24. Standing Co-ordination Committee on Mine Safety and Mineral Development.
25. Coal Conservation & Development Advisory Council.
26. Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
27. S & T Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
28. Standing committee of Parliament of Labour Welfare.
29. Committee of Parliament on Environment & Forest - Sub-committee on Dams &
Mining.
30. Various Technical Committees of Bureau of Indian Standards.

Director-General or other Officers of DGMS being the Chairman/Member of these

bodies are able to influence the policies and programme with a view to promote safety,
welfare and health of workmen employed in mines.

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6. Plan Schemes

In order to provide in-house technical support to field offices, DGMS is implementing

following Plan Schemes namely:

Ongoing schemes:
‰ Study of Mine Accidents and Development of Mine Safety Information
System
(SOMA)
‰ Augmentation of S&T Capabilities, Mines Rescue Services and Human
Resource Development (S&T)
‰ Strengthening of Machinery for Conduct of Statutory Examination (SSEX)
‰ Improving Efficiency by Providing Infrastructure Facilities in DGMS (PIF)

New scheme:

‰ Modernization of Information Database Relating to Mine Management

(MID)(Merged with MSC)

6.1 Study of Mine Accidents and Development of Mine Safety Information

System (SOMA)

The scheme has been formulated by merging two on-going plan schemes of DGMS,
namely “Development of Mine Safety Information System (DMSIS,1976)” and “Study
of Mine Accidents to Plan Preventive Measures (SOMA, 1976)”. These two schemes
were functional independently during the 8th plan period and during the first 4 years of
the 9th plan. In 2001-2002, i.e. the terminal year of the 9th plan, keeping the objective
of integration in view, these schemes were merged into one scheme “Study of Mine
Accidents and Development of Mine Safety Information System (SOMA)”.

Reports of enquiry into all fatal accidents were scrutinized, causes and circumstances
leading to these accidents were finalized and compiled for inclusion in DGMS Annual
Report.

In the year 2006, work of collection, compilation and analysis on a PC platform in

respect of accident due to roof fall, side fall, wheeled trackless transportation
machinery and haulage in coal mine was conducted in order to identify critical
causation factors of such types of accidents and to find out probable corrective
measures for their prevention. The outcome of the studies would be disseminated to
the industry through technical circulars. Software packages were developed for entry,
processing and tabulation of data on roof & side fall accidents in coal mines involving
over twenty-five explanatory variables. Some descriptive results of the analysis are
presented.

A modified approach for identification of accident prone mines was adopted, data from
eleven coal companies regarding all mines were collected and accident prone mines of
these eleven coal companies were identified with a view to identify hazard potential of
such mines and draw up action programmes for formulation of mitigating measures
through collective efforts of Mine Management, Trade Unions and the Government.

The major activities taken up during the year included –

™ Publication of Annual Report, 2004 and compilation of Annual Report for the year
2005.
™ Compilation and publication of Standard Note on DGMS as on 1.1.2006
™ Identification of accident-prone mines in respect of coal & lignite mines.
™ Compilation of statistics and preparation of manuscript for –
o Statistics of Mines in India, Vol.I (Coal), 2004
o Statistics of Mines in India, Vol.II(Non-Coal), 2004
o Monthly Review of Accidents and

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o Report on Monthly Inspection Analysis

™ Providing EDP Facilities to other field offices of DGMS
™ Processing of applications and preparing a list of winner for National Safety
Awards (Mines)
™ Issued Technical Circulars based on the accident experience.

Several talks were given to disseminate valuable insight into the area of accident
analysis and investigation during in-house training programmes as well as to the
industry representatives in various fora.

6.2 Augmentation of S&T Capabilities, Mines Rescue Services and Human

Resource Development (S&T)

Origin: This Scheme has been formulated by merging the objectives of ongoing
schemes namely “Augmentation of Science & Technological support capabilities in
DGMS” [S&T] (1981), “Development of Mines Rescue Services“[DMRS] (1981) and
“Human Resource Development for improving health and safety standards in mines”
[HRD] (1990).

The overall activities are broadly divided into three components:

(A) Scientific and Technological Support (S&T)

This scheme aims at providing in-house scientific support to the officers of DGMS in
discharge of their enforcemental, regulatory and promotional role. It also provides
scientific support to mine operators, workers organisation and other institutions
concerned with occupational health and safety matters. The activities of the S&T plan
scheme covers a wide cross-section of facets of occupational safety and health
including occupational hygiene/health, strata control, mine ventilation, mine gases,
fires and explosion, mining techniques, mine mechanization, oil and opencast mines
safety, standard setting and policy planning.

The support activities are broadly divided into three categories:

(i) Planned support:

This plan support is provided to field offices on:

⇒ a current issue which has emerged into an enforcemental problem;

⇒ an enforcemental strategy calling for development of monitoring equipments
or techniques; and
⇒ monitoring of quality assurance of external organisation in sampling, pre-
approval testing and other similar activities.

These activities are selected on merit, including improvement of efficiency

and safety and future needs.

(ii) Reactive Support:

Reactive Support is provided in response to demands from field offices
in areas where:
⇒ In-house assessment and analysis of a problem leads to better
understanding of enforcemental problem and helps in determining
enforcemental strategy;
⇒ support is required on a technical problem without referring to external
agency.

(iii) Testing Services:

This service is provided to the field offices as a sample check on quality
control standards and in emergency response situation.

Major Programmes:

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The major programmes of the S&T plan scheme includes:

(1) Occupational Safety:

(a) Monitoring of implementation of the Technical Standards on Support
system in Bord and Pillar workings.
(b) Review of standards on stability of multi-seam workings.
(c) Review of standards on detection, control, dealing with and protective
measures against fire and revision of standards/guidelines.
(d) Assessment of hazards associated with mine mechanization and
standardization of monitoring techniques and control measures.

(i) Standardization of prototype test(s) houses for testing

powered supports and hydraulic/friction props.
(ii) Standardization of Ultrasonic Testing Techniques and
formulation of Acceptance & Rejection Norms.
(iii) Testing of fire resistant hydraulic oils.

(2) Occupational Hygiene and Health

(a) Standardization of techniques for monitoring and control of

occupational hazards from noise, air borne dust, mine gases
and poor illumination.
(b) Review and standards of medical examinations.
(c) Review and standardization of procedures for surveillance of
occupational disease already established.

(B) Development of Mines Rescue Services:

This plan scheme aims at promoting proper rescue services in mining industry. The
scheme envisages critical appraisal of design characteristics of rescue apparatus and
self rescuers, evaluation of field performance of the same, inquiry into accidents in
use of rescue apparatus, inspection of rescue stations/rescue rooms organizing
rescue competitions, monitoring formulation of emergency plan by the management
of all underground mines and to deal with applications for grant of
permissions/approval/relaxation under the Mines Rescue Rules, 1984.

Major Programme:
→ Installation of testing facility for SCBA of Resuscitator
→ Creation of Rescue Data bases
(i) CMR/OMR/MMR/ dBase
(ii) RRAE databases
→ Design of rescue systems
(i) Inundation RRS
(ii) Fire RRS
(iii) Explosion RRS
→ Development of disaster control systems
→ Testing of Self-Rescuers, Testing SCBA
→ Rescuers Competition
→ Standard setting, review of emergency plans
→ Issue of Technical circular’s to the mining industry

(C) Human Resource Development:

This scheme, which started on a modest scale from 1.4.90. The scheme envisages
setting-up of a Mines Safety & Health Academy comprising Institutes at Dhanbad and
Nagpur for imparting structured training to the Inspection Officers of DGMS so as to
update and upgrade their technical and professional competence and improve their

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effectiveness in regulatory, enorcemenral, advisory and promotional roles. The

facilities so created would be also utilized for disseminating latest information on mine
safety principles and practices amongst the key safety personnel of the mining
industry and the Workmen’s Inspectors.

Major Programmes:
1. Development of training schedules
2. Conduct of training programmes
(a) Training of DGMS Officers
i. New Entrants
ii. Existing officers
iii. Special Lectures
(b) Training of Key personnel in Mining Industry
i. Managerial Personnel
ii. Safety Officers
iii. Ventilation Officers
iv. Engineers
v. Industrial Hygienists
vi. Executive Trainees
vii. VTOs
(c) Training of Workmen’s Inspectors.

During the year 2006, the following activities were undertaken by S&T wing:-
Activity Achievement
(A) Augmentation of S&T Capabilities:
1. Mine Environment surveys 21 mines
2. Occupational Health Review, Survey & Medical exam 05 mines
3. Ground Control. 08 mines
4. Mine mechanization (Testing of machinery parts) Nil
5. Additional job:-
(a) Gas analysis 153 nos.
(b) Mine dust analysis 45 Nos.
(B) Development of Mines Rescue Services:
1. Creation of Rescue databases Contd.
2. Review/Design of Rescue systems Contd.
3. Testing of self rescuers Contd.
4. Rescue competition 09
5. Standard setting, review of emergency plans 07
6. Field RS & RR --
7. Field visits 12
(C) Human Resource Development
1. Development of training scheduled 01
2. Conduct of training programs:-
(a) DGMS Officers 71
(b) Key personnel from mining industry 105
(c) Workmen Inspectors 12

6.3 Strengthening of Machinery for Conduct of Statutory Examinations

(SSEX)”

This scheme was conceived during the 9th plan period and was principally approved by
the Ministry of Labour. However, due to various procedural and other problems, the
work could not start till the penultimate year of the current plan period. Feasibility study
vis-à-vis computerization of the examination system has been done.

The main objective of the scheme is to strengthen and improve the efficiency of the
statutory examination system by:

™ Developing a quick and transparent system of examination with the aid of

computer and associated information technology.

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™ Review of the examination system in vogue, in order to eliminate redundancy

and standardize procedures.
™ Developing computerized application-processing system, issue of certificate
and maintenance of records connected therewith.

6.4 Improving efficiency by providing infrastructure facilities in DGMS (PIF)

The purpose of the scheme is to develop infrastructure facility by providing own office
and residential complexes to the officers and staff members, providing better
communication facilities and office equipment and furnishing of offices. The facility so
created would improve the efficiency of officers and staff members of the DGMS. The
scheme also envisages improvement of enforcement of safety laws in the mining
industry by strengthening the legal set up in DGMS. The scheme proposes creation of
adequate no. of posts in the legal set up and also provision of infrastructural facilities to
enable the legal officers to play their role in enforcemental activities. The legal set up
so created will also be utilized for rendering advice to organisation on legal matters and
also providing legal assistance to the Board of Mining Examinations.

6.5 Modernization of Information Database Relating to Mine Management

(MID)(Merged)

The purpose of the scheme is to reach beyond current efforts to reinvent DGMS by
identifying breakthrough strategies that rethink the core value of key services, improve
service delivery, reduce cost and redefine administrative processes. The application of
e-Governance to the processes of functioning of DGMS will bring about simple, moral,
accountable, responsive and transparent governance. It will help the organization in
managing its operations at various phases of governance making the entire process
user friendly.

The objective of the scheme would be:

(i) Identification of mines safety information need and identify the

boundaries of an e-governance system;
(ii) develop a core group within the organization to formulate and use
computer based ‘MIS’ vis-à-vis mines safety;
(iii) develop modules of need-based software with the help of experts;
(iv) create infrastructure to implement computer based systems including
establishment of LAN/WAN, establish electronic communication
channels;
(v) establish a comprehensive protocol for use of such system;
(vi) establishment and operation of modern survey system and electronic
storage of mine plans; and
(vii) establish a comprehensive training system for officers of DGMS in
use of such new systems.

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7. Accident Experience

7.1 During the year 2006, there were 82, 57 and 5 fatal accidents involving 141, 70
and 5 fatalities in coal, non-coal and oil mines respectively, the number of
fatal accidents during the previous year 2005 being 99, 55 and 2 for coal, non-
coal and oil mines respectively.

7.2 Table 8 indicates the trend in 10-yearly average number of fatal accidents and
that of fatality rates per thousand persons employed from 1901 to 2000 and
the 6-yearly average for the period 2001 to 2006, separately for coal and non-
coal mines. For coal mines, a consistent decline is observed in the 10-yearly
average number of accidents per year since the 1950s and in the 10-yearly
average number of fatalities since the 1970s. The same trend continued for
the 6-yearly period 2001-2006. For non-coal mines, the average number of
accidents and fatalities have remained more or less at the same level during
the last three decades ending in 2000 while the 6-yearly averages have fallen
during the period 2001-2006.

7.3 Table 9 shows the variation over the last ten years in the number of fatal and
serious accidents separately for coal, metal and oil mines. In all the three
sectors, the number of accidents (fatal and serious taken together) has
decreased in 2006 compared to 2005 except in oil mines.

7.4 Mineral-wise trends in annual death rates per 1000 persons employed during
the last decade are shown in Table 10 for major minerals while Table 11
shows the mineral-wise break-up of accidents and casualties during the year
2006. It is seen from Table 10 that in the year 2006, among the important non-
coal minerals, death rate was the highest for Limestone mines. From Table 11
it is seen that of the 70 deaths reported from metalliferous mines, 22 occurred
in Iron-ore mines, 15 in Limestone mines, 4 in Stone quarries, 1 each in
Galena & Sphalarite and gold mines and 25 in others. In oil mines 5 fatal
accidents occurred during the year 2006.

7.5 Trends in serious injury rates, as well as death rates, appear in Tables 12, 14
& 16 for coal, metal and oil mines respectively. The average annual number of
serious injuries in coal mines has increased from 673 during the five year
period 1997-2001 to 824 during the five year period 2002-2006. For
metalliferous mines, this average has come down from 219 during 1997-2001
to 134 during 2002-2006. For oil mines, the average annual number of serious
injuries during 1997-2001 was 23 as compared to 24 during 2002-2006. Place
wise trends in death and serious injury rates are shown for coal mines in Table
13 and for metalliferous mines in Table 15.

7.6 Tables 17 to 20 give cause-wise and place-wise figures of fatal and serious
accidents in coal and non-coal mines during the years 2004 to 2006. The
tables 17, 18, 19 and 20 show that:

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In coal mines:

9 Number of fatal accidents due to ground movement involving roof fall and side fall
accidents are 33, 25 and 17 for the year 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively. Roof
and side fall accidents accounted for about 21% of all fatal accidents during the
year 2006.
9 Roof fall fatal accidents decreased in number from 18 in 2005 to 13 in 2006. About
16% of all fatal accidents in 2006 were due to roof fall alone.
9 The number of fatal accidents due to dumper has decreased from 16 in 2005 to 12
in 2006 which accounted for about 14.6% of the total accidents. Rope haulage
accounted 9.8%, other machineries 19.5% and other causes 20.8% during the
year 2006.
9 Fall of persons, the dominant cause of serious accidents, accounted for about
26%, followed by rope haulage 22% during the year 2006.
9 Serious accidents due to fall of objects accounted for about 17% of all serious
accidents during the year 2006.

Figures 1 and 2 below show cause-wise fatal and serious accidents in coal mines
during the year 2006.

Fall of roof
Other causes
15.9%
20.8%

Fall of sides
Fall of object 4.9%
8.5%
Rope haulages
Fall of person 9.8%
2.4%
Dumpers
14.6%
Explosives
1.2% Truck tanker etc.
Other Machinery 2.4%
19.5%

Fig.1 Cause-wise distribution of fatal accidents in coal mines during 2006

Fall of roof Fall of sidesRope haulages

Other causes 3.2% 3.1% 22.4%
11.3%

Fall of object Dumpers

16.8% 2.1%

Truck tanker etc.

2.6%

Fall of person Other Machinery

26.4% 12.1%

Fig.2 Cause-wise distribution of serious accidents in coal mines during 2006

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In non-coal mines:

9 The number of fatal accidents due to dumper was 10 during the year 2006 and
same as 2005 which is about 16% of the all fatal accidents during 2006.
9 Fall of sides caused 11 fatal accidents in 2006 as compared to 6 in 2005.
Proportion of such fatal accidents increased to 18% in 2006 from 11% in 2005.
9 During 2006, there were 14 fatal accidents due to fall of persons and 3 fatal
accidents due to explosives thereby accounting for 23% and 5% of all fatal
accidents respectively.
9 The two main frequent causes of serious accidents in non-coal mines in 2006
were fall of objects and fall of persons, they accounting for about 23% and 27%
respectively of all serious accidents in 2006.
9 Serious accidents arising from dumpers, truck/tanker and other machineries
accounted for about 28% of all serious accidents in 2006.

Figures 3 and 4 below show cause-wise fatal and serious accidents in non-coal
mines in 2006.

Other causes
6.5% Fall of sides
17.7%
Fall of object
9.7%

Dumpers
Fall of person
16.1%
22.6%

Explosives
4.8% Other Machinery Truck tanker etc.
9.7% 12.9%

Fig. 3 Cause-wise distribution of fatal accidents in non-coal mines during 2006.

Fall of sides Dumpers

Other causes 1.4% 1.4%
21.2% Truck tanker etc.
5.6%

Other Machinery
21.1%

Fall of object
22.5% Fall of person
26.8%

Fig.4 Cause-wise distribution of serious accidents in non-coal mines during 2006.

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ANNEXURE-I

SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE LEGISLATION FOR

MINES ADMINISTERED BY DGMS

‰ MINES ACT, 1952

¬ Coal Mines Regulations, 1957
¬ Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961
¬ Oil Mines Regulations, 1984
¬ Mines Rules, 1955
¬ Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966
¬ Mines Rescue Rules, 1985
¬ Mines Creche Rules, 1966
¬ Coal Mines Pit Head Bath Rules, 1959

‰ ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003

¬ Indian Electricity Rules, 1956

‰ ALLIED LEGISLATION
¬ Factories Act, 1948 : Chapter III & IV
¬ Manufacture, Storage & Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989
– under Environmental Protection Act, 1986
¬ Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885
¬ The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Act, 1974

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Ministry of Labour & Employment Annexure: II

Govt. of India
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF MINES SAFETY
Organisation Chart:DGMS
DIRECTOR GENERAL

REGION NO. I
EASTERN ZONE
REGION NO. II
BOARD OF MINING BOARD OF MINING DDG (HQ) DDG, ZONES SITARAMPUR REGION NO. III DIGBOI
DDG(E)
EXAMS -UNDER CMR EXAMS UNDER MMR (6) WEST BENGAL

EXAMINATION
ELECTRICAL CENTRAL ZONE REGION NO. I
DHANBAD REGION NO. II
TECHNICAL SECTIONS REGION NO. III
JHARKHAND

MECHANICAL CMC MINES SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL

STATISTICAL
EQUIPMENT HEALTH
SOUTH EASTERN RANCHI REGION RAMGARH
ZONE, RANCHI BHUBANESHWAR REGION
MINES JHARKHAND CHAIBASA REGION
HINDI SECTIONS SURVEY KODARMA REGION

OTHER SECTIONS
NORTHERN ZONE AJMER REGION
ADMINIS- AJMER UDAIPUR REGION
ACCOUNTS LAW STORES
TRATION GHAZIABAD REGION
PLAN RAJASTHAN
SCHEMES
SCIENCE NELLORE
PIF SOUTHERN ZONE HYDERABAD REG- I
SOMA & SSEX MID
TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD HYDERABAD REG-II BELLARY
SSEX ANDHRA PRADESH CHENNAI REGION
GOA REGION

Headquarters Organisation WESTERN ZONE NAGPUR REGION-I PARASIA

NAGPUR NAGPUR REGION-II
MAHARASHTRA JABALPUR REGION
Abbreviations: BILASPUR REGION
DDG - Deputy Director General
Dy.Dir - Deputy Director
Elec - Electrical Engineering Zonal Organisation
Mech - Mechanical Engineering
DD(OH) – Dy. Director, Occupational Health
SO - Staff Officer Note: Dy.DGs in-charge of zones &
CMC - Career Management & Co-Ordination
PIF – Improving Efficiency by Providing Infrastructure Facilities in DGMS Directors in-charge of regions
SSEX –Strengthening of Machinery for Conduct of Statutory Examination
SOMA – Study of Mine Accidents & Development of Mine Safety
Information System
MID – Modernization of Information Database relating to mine management
of mine plans and automated survey system
CMR, MMR - Coal/ Metalliferous Mines Regulations

A-2

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ANNEXURE: III
DETAILS OF EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED IN THE YEAR 2006 UPTO DECEMBER
Sl. No. Type of Examination No. of Candidates Remarks
Appeared Successful
Under Coal Mines Regulations, 1957
1. First Class Manager’s Certificate 2276 200 Result declared
Examination held in December, 2005 on 15.07.2006
First Class Manager’s Certificate 2504 - Result not yet
Examination held in December, 2006 declared
2. Second Class Manager’s Certificate 1339 151 Result declared
Examination held in December, 2005 on 15.07.2006
Second Class Manager’s Certificate 1490 - Result not yet
Examination held in December, 2006 declared
3. Mine Surveyor’s Certificate Examination 245 25 Result declared
held in December,2005 on 15.07.2006
Mine Surveyor’s Certificate Examination 343 - Result not yet
held in December,2006 declared
4. Overman’s Certificate Examination held in 955 78 Result declared
December, 2005 on 15.07.2006
Overman’s Certificate Examination held in 1060 - Result not yet
December, 2006 declared
5. Mining Sirdar’s Certificate 677 179
6. Shotfirer’s Certificate Nil Nil
7. Gas-Testing Certificate 1811 657
8. Winding Engine Driver’s Certificate
(a) First Class 35 28
(b) Second Class 26 15
9. Medical Examinations
(a) 5 yearly under Reg. 27(1)
(i) Overman 688 685
(ii) Mining Sirdar 803 801
(iii) Shotfirer 26 26
(iv) Winding Engine Driver 1st Class 150 149
89 89
(v) Winding Engine Driver 2nd Class
(b) Senior Medical Board under Reg. 28 26 25
(i) First Class Manager’s 19 19
(ii) Second Class manager’s 03 03
(iii) Surveyor’s
(c) Junior Medical Board under Reg.28 50 46
(i) Overman 67 65
(ii) Mining Sirdar 07 07
(iii) Shotfirer Nil Nil
Nil Nil
(iv) Winding Engine Driver 1st Class
(v) Winding Engine Driver 2nd Class
10. Exchange cases Nil Nil
Applicatio Certificate/
n received auth.
issued
11 Exemption cases 439 412
Under Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961
I. Un-Restricted
1. First Class manager’s Certificate 107 31 Result declared
Examination held in September, 2005 on 25-02-2006
First Class manager’s Certificate 82 - Result not yet
Examination held in September, 2006 declared
2. Second Class Manager’s Certificate 74 6 Result declared
Examination held in September, 2005 on 25-02-2006
Second Class Manager’s Certificate 78 - Result not yet
Examination held in September, 2006 declared
3. Surveyor’s Certificate Examination held in 08 02 Result declared
September, 2005 on 25-02-2006

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Sl. No. Type of Examination No. of Candidates Remarks

Appeared Successful
Surveyor’s Certificate Examination held in 09 - Result not yet
September, 2006 declared
4. Foreman’s Certificate Examination held in 44 7 Result declared
September, 2005 on 25-02-2006
Foreman’s Certificate Examination held in 28 - Result not yet
September, 2006 declared
5. Mining Mate’s Certificate 85 17
6. Blaster’s Certificate 25 2
II. Restricted to Opencast Workings only
1. First Class Manager’s Certificate 627 68 Result declared
Examination held in September,2005 on 25-02-2006
First Class Manager’s Certificate 720 - Result not yet
Examination held in September,2006 declared.
2. Second Class Manager’s Certificate 359 31 Result declared
Examination held in September, 2005 on 25-02-2006
Second Class Manager’s Certificate 486 - Result not yet
Examination held in September, 2006 declared.
3. Surveyor’s Certificate Examination held in 84 14 Result declared
September,2005 on 25-02-2006
Surveyor’s Certificate Examination held in 60 - Result not yet
September,2006 declared
4. Foreman’s Certificate Examination held in 391 50 Result declared
September, 2005 on 25-02-2006
Foreman’s Certificate Examination held in 219 - Result not yet
September, 2006 declared
5. Mining Mate’s Certificate 168 33
6. Blaster’s Certificate 87 15
III. Other Certificates
st
1. Winding Engine Driver’s, 1 Class 2 2
nd
2. Winding Engine Driver’s, 2 Class 8 8
IV. Medical Examinations
(a) 5 yearly under Reg. 30(1)
(i) Foreman, Un-restricted 265 264
(ii) Foreman, Restricted 340 340
(iii) Mining Mate, Un-restricted 275 274
(iv) Mining Mate, Restricted 394 392
176 175
(v) Blaster, Un-restricted 197 197
(vi) Blaster, Restricted 1 1
(vii) Winding Engine Driver 1st Class Nil Nil
(viii) Winding Engine Driver 2nd Class
(b) Senior Medical Board 50 48
(i) First Class Manager’s 40 47
(ii) Second Class manager’s 9 9
(iii) Surveyor’s
(c) Junior Medical Board 78 75
66 60
(i) Foreman
30 25
(ii) Mining Mate
(iii) Blaster
10. Exchange cases Nil Nil
11. Exemption cases Applicatio Certificate/
n received authorisatio
n issued
193 173

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ANNEXURE-IV

LIST OF VARIOUS SEMINARS, SYMPOSIUMS, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP

ETC. ATTENDED BY DGMS OFFICERS DURING 2006.

S.N Title of Seminar/ Venue From To No. of

Symposium/ officers
Conference & attende
Workshop d
1. First Asian Mining Kolkata 16.01.200 18.01.200 09
Congress 6 6

2. International Mining Kolkata 17.01.200 - 11

Exhibition
6

3. Workshop on Future of Kolkata 19.01.200 20.01.200 05

underground Coal Mining 6 6
in India Mechanized
Bord and Pillar or
Longwall

4. International Seminar on Ahmedaba 20.01.200 21.01.200 02

disaster Management & d 6 6
Fire Control Method &
Equipment

5. National Seminar on Goa 01.02.200 03.02.200 03

Benchmarking of HSE in 6 6
Oil Industry

6. National Seminar on ISM, 13.02.200 14.02.200 01

underground Metal Dhanbad 6 6
Mining Status and
Prospects
7. Seminar on “Advances in ISM, 11.03.200 12.03.200 04
Computer and Dhanbad 6 6
Information Technology”
8. Workshop on “Modern Shibpur, 08.06.200 09.06.200 02
Management of Mine Howrah 6 6
Production, Safety &
Environment
9. National Conference on Kolkata 16.05.200 17.06.200 03
India’s Energy Security: 6 6
Coal & Alternative
Energy Resources
10. National Seminar on Dishergarh, 20.09.200 - 03
“Mine Subsidence ECL 6
Damages and Mine
Subsidence Insurance
Scheme”
11. National Seminar on ISM, 09.11.200 10.11.200 04
underground coal mining Dhanbad 6 6
& EXPO-2006

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ANNEXURE-VIA

CARRIER MANAGEMANT AND COORDINATION TRAINING

FOR THE YEAR 2006 (IN COUNTRY)

Sl. Title of training Venue From To No. of

No. officers
attended
1. Training Programme on Parsam 26.07.200 28.07.200 1
“Pay fixation under Institute of 6 6
fundamental Rules and Statutory
under ACP Scheme of Rules,
Central Government” Bangalore
2. Training Programme on ISTM, New 25.09.200 29.09.200 1
Pension Delhi 6 6
3. Training Programme on VV Giri 28.09.200 29.09.200 2
implementation of National 6 6
Reservation Policy for Institute,
SC/ST/OBC/PH Noida
4. Training programme on Parsam 22.11.200 24.11.200 1
“Disciplinary Institute of 6 6
Proceedings Enquiry for Statutory
major penalty – Rules,
Statutory Rules and Bangalore
Supreme Court
Judgments
5. Training programme on ISTM, New 11.12.200 15.12.200 1
Establishment Rules Delhi 6 6
6.

CARRIER MANAGEMANT AND COORDINATION TRAINING

FOR THE YEAR 2006 (ABROAD)

Sl. Title of training Venue From To No. of officers

No. attended

Nil

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Table-1 Trend in Output of Important Minerals

Oil & Natural Gas Other Minerals
Coal
Oil Gas Copper Lead & Gold Iron Mang. Lime Bauxite Stone
Ore Zinc Ore Ore Ore stone

Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million
Year tonnes tonnes Cu. Mtr. tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes
1951 34.98 n.a. n.a. 0.37 0.01 n.a. 3.71 1.18 2.96 0.06 0.72
1961 55.71 n.a. n.a. 0.42 0.15 n.a. 12.27 1.23 14.35 0.48 1.68
1971 75.64 7.19 720 0.68 0.30 0.6 32.97 1.61 25.26 1.45 3.81
1981 127.32 7.92 2220 2.01 0.96 0.50 42.78 1.55 32.56 1.75 4.10
1991 237.76 9.51 3543 5.05 1.82 0.47 60.03 1.68 75.02 3.86 11.64
1992 249.94 10.75 3510 5.20 2.14 0.45 61.24 1.96 77.79 4.36 9.12
1993 260.60 11.81 4912 5.15 2.10 0.40 63.26 1.78 87.72 4.81 10.81
1994 267.52 11.60 4740 4.78 1.90 0.36 64.91 1.69 86.77 4.70 11.12
1995 284.59 11.66 5323 4.77 2.10 0.46 73.00 1.83 93.64 5.09 6.34
1996 304.10 11.24 5451 4.75 2.06 0.47 71.59 2.01 120.87 5.35 4.78
1997 316.68 13.71 7068 4.26 2.01 0.46 78.36 2.29 123.56 5.17 10.43
1998 319.90 18.28 7289 4.38 2.23 0.51 77.34 1.92 116.61 5.91 12.03
1999 315.19 13.68 7548 3.29 3.21 0.64 75.89 1.65 131.70 5.81 10.63
2000 334.32 14.24 7821 3.20 3.32 0.58 84.77 1.99 148.80 6.39 15.62
2001 341.51 14.56 8203 3.53 1.76 0.48 90.47 1.93 147.34 7.02 15.15
2002 363.31 14.56 8024 3.19 3.18 0.62 99.81 1.91 158.59 8.96 14.36
2003 379.19 18.50 8494 2.84 3.53 0.10 118.81 2.41 190.45 10.65 10.45
2004 409.30 16.64 6456 30.09 3.52 0.10 135.75 2.83 256.70 9.29 12.68
2005* 429.00 16.94 6557 3.19 2.35 0.10 97.91 1.91 224.31 8.91 20.63
N.B. Data for the year 2005 are provisional.

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TABLE- 2 : Growth of Mining Activities in India

No of reporting Value of minerals Aggregate H.P. Explosives used

Year mines (in Million Rupees) (in 1000s) (in 1000 tonnes)
Coa Meta Oi Coa Meta Non-
l l l Coal Metal Oil l l Oil Coal coal
N.A
1951 893 1810 - 505 235 N.A. 188 83 . 1.5 1.0
N.A
1961 848 2323 - 1141 487 N.A. 438 159 . 4.5 3.8
1971 781 1995 13 2543 1080 756 732 282 25 12.3 9.4
1981 496 1768 8 18114 3620 2748 1841 925 35 46.3 15.3
124.
1991 561 1787 24 79794 19076 18533 4292 1519 507 2 40.3
140.
1992 567 1810 27 96377 21700 23104 4653 1644 583 0 44.1
10746 155.
1993 570 1845 27 7 23392 31777 3942 1853 541 6 44.1
12221 156.
1994 576 1869 29 6 24648 34302 4690 1891 548 9 43.3
13331 189.
1995 579 1930 32 4 33611 37065 5218 1735 579 6 46.2
15747 207.
1996 576 1872 32 4 36521 37388 5300 1877 523 8 47.2
19387 232.
1997 580 1834 34 7 43758 32608 5314 2016 570 7 43.4
20530 247.
1998 594 1864 37 7 45286 42851 5399 2020 602 0 47.1
21910 267.
1999 598 1957 44 1 46415 72824 5660 2147 769 6 49.8
23453 290.
2000 595 2022 45 1 53111 92954 5561 2371 757 5 57.0
26108 10674 318.
2001 568 1907 43 2 54032 7 5586 2087 712 8 55.8
28639 12332 315.
2002 567 1870 42 0 64964 6 5432 2175 757 3 55.6
29995 13189 304.
2003 562 1716 49 4 77605 7 5527 2129 621 8 63.7
34889 10428 16608 334.
2004 567 1764 47 8 3 3 5409 2336 685 0 70.6
2005 36894 10438 16808 350.
* 565 2110 50 0 8 5 5800 2338 526 3 71.1

N.B. Data for the year 2005 are provisional.

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TABLE -3 : Average Daily Employment in Mines ( in '000 )

Year Coal Oil Copper Gold Iron Lime Mang. Mica Stone Others Total
Ore Ore Ore Stone Ore Metals

1951 351.9 N.A. 3.7 21.7 20.2 16.0 55.5 52.2 5.1 22.7 197.1
1961 411.2 N.A. 4.2 21.7 54.5 54.7 47.0 29.6 8.5 39.5 259.7
1971 382.3 13.6 7.6 12.4 52.8 53.2 30.4 12.2 8.8 57.5 234.9
1981 513.4 14.5 13.4 12.3 44.9 49.8 26.5 6.7 7.7 60.6 221.9
1991 554.1 35.5 12.8 9.3 40.0 43.5 17.9 2.2 11.2 63.3 200.2
1992 552.0 35.7 12.7 9.4 42.0 43.0 18.4 1.6 8.9 67.2 203.2
1993 546.3 33.5 12.2 7.9 39.8 41.6 18.5 1.5 9.2 68.9 199.6
1994 523.7 34.3 11.2 7.4 38.5 39.8 18.2 1.7 9.4 65.2 191.4
1995 513.3 34.0 10.5 7.1 39.6 39.8 18.1 1.8 7.5 64.4 188.8
1996 506.4 33.4 9.9 6.9 39.2 35.7 18.1 1.2 5.2 60.1 176.3
1997 503.4 28.6 10.3 6.8 38.6 33.0 16.0 1.2 4.9 61.6 172.4
1998 491.3 29.5 8.7 6.1 37.3 31.2 15.9 1.1 5.3 59.3 164.9
1999 475.8 25.5 7.7 5.9 36.2 29.8 16.5 1.0 5.2 55.3 157.6
2000 458.4 23.4 6.9 5.3 35.3 31.1 16.1 1.0 6.4 54.8 156.9
2001 438.2 24.4 3.9 3.6 32.3 24.2 17.8 1.0 6.3 36.1 161.1
2002 422.6 22.3 3.3 3.3 33.6 25.1 13.7 1.0 7.8 49.8 159.2
2003 416.7 18.6 2.5 2.7 35.8 24.2 13.2 0.6 8.0 49.7 155.6
2004 405.2 19.1 21.1 2.7 38.6 24.8 14.6 0.6 7.9 52.3 162.7
2005* 398.0 19.2 3.5 3.3 33.4 25.0 13.3 0.6 7.7 50.5 156.5
N.B. Data for the year 2005 are provisional.

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TABLE- 4 Average Daily Employment in All Mines by Place of Work

Year Belowground Opencast Aboveground Total
Men Women Men Women

1951 220312 89467 54107 129662 55500 549048

1961 261703 157033 67927 145944 38380 670987

1971 255297 142911 52916 157295 22316 630735

1981 331613 144729 45883 198580 28998 749803

1991 339781 154422 29225 240621 25831 789880

1992 334805 158717 28302 244902 24245 79071

1993 330697 159905 26069 205460 23829 745960

1994 313923 155413 24793 231058 24303 749490

1995 307356 154611 23358 193457 23323 702105

1996 300196 148676 20609 224192 22510 716183

1997 298329 144590 19533 220144 21941 704537

1998 288075 144807 17273 213822 21696 685673

1999 273966 144457 16145 204584 19749 658901

2000 263217 144701 15593 197300 17930 638741

2001 250416 137661 12032 183758 15436 599303

2002 234954 139506 12349 179897 15174 581880

2003 223377 141746 11643 179952 15608 572327

2004 219023 147162 12275 174545 14906 567911

2005* 213874 138611 13200 173657 15240 554582

N.B. Data for the year 2005 are
provisional.

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Table-5 - Place-wise Distribution of Average Daily Employment and

Production in Coal Mines
Above
Belowground Opencast ground Total
Output Employment Output Employment Employment Employment
(in ‘000 (in ‘000 (in ‘000 (in ‘000 (in ‘000 Output (in (in ‘000
Year tonnes) number) tonnes) number) number) ‘000 tonnes) number)

1951 30199 178 4784 36 138 34983 352

1961 44887 230 10822 60 121 55709 411
1971 58552 228 17090 43 111 75642 382
1981 76205 302 51120 55 156 127325 513
1991 70731 316 167026 67 171 237757 554
1992 71062 311 178879 67 174 249941 552
1993 73672 308 186935 68 170 260607 546
1994 70644 293 196878 67 164 267522 524
1995 68512 287 216074 68 158 284586 513
1996 70128 281 233969 68 157 304097 506
1997 69062 279 247619 69 156 316681 504
1998 68571 270 251324 69 152 319895 491
1999 68101 258 247088 71 147 315189 476
2000 66225 249 268092 69 140 334317 458
2001 64134 239 277379 69 130 341513 438
2002 56330 225 297982 69 129 363312 423
2003 63632 216 315556 69 132 379188 417
2004 61932 211 347347 70 122 409268 405
2005* 60060 204 368940 68 126 429000 398
N.B. Data for the year 2005 are
provisional

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TABLE-6 Number of Inspections and Enquiries

Gran
No. of inspections No. of Enquiries d
Year Coal Metal Oil Total Coal Metal Oil Total Total
106 10 168 1162
1991 5838 3846 258 9942 3 521 2 6 8
123 182 1179
1992 5598 4063 313 9974 3 533 59 5 9
122 174 1172
1993 5766 3953 262 9981 7 463 57 7 8
134 191 1109
1994 5625 3345 213 9183 6 539 25 0 3
110 151 1036
1995 5461 3206 181 8848 2 396 21 9 7
110 148
1996 5525 2491 226 8242 5 330 50 5 9727
115 159
1997 4563 2404 189 7156 7 406 34 7 8753
112 155
1998 4752 2539 166 7457 7 398 29 4 9011
131 182 1119
1999 6106 3061 198 9365 9 483 26 8 3
116 151 1101
2000 5642 3614 245 9501 3 325 26 4 5
114 161 1016
2001 5410 2908 229 8547 8 418 51 7 4
102 145 1024
2002 5667 2856 269 8792 2 402 30 4 6
140 1047
2003 5574 3247 246 9067 966 427 13 6 3
127
2004 5214 2983 228 8425 834 436 8 8 9703
133
2005 5247 3107 295 8649 933 372 30 5 9984
116
2006* 3812 2301 186 6299 832 315 21 8 7467
*Figures of 2006 are provisional and upto
November'2006

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IMPROVEMENT NOTICES AND PROHIBITORY ORDERS

Table- (Under Section 22 of Mines Act and under Reg. 103/108
7 of Coal/Metalliferous Mines Regulations)
Coal Mines Non Coal Mines
Notices issued Orders issued Notices issued Orders issued

Section Section Reg. Section Reg. Section Reg.

22(1) Reg. 22(1A) 103 22(1A) 108 22(1A) 108
or 103 or or or
22A(1) 22(3) 22(3) 22(3)
1991 7 Nil 13 Nil 1 17 50 9
1992 3 Nil 5 Nil Nil 19 37 7
1993 7 1 38 Nil 9 11 79 11
1994 26 9 19 4 4 4 29 5
1995 35 1 19 1 Nil 14 41 14
1996 39 6 32 3 12 9 99 6
1997 28 1 21 Nil 27 12 37 2
1998 38 1 16 Nil 6 1 26 1
1999 31 Nil 19 Nil 13 7 71 4
2000 74 2 37 1 32 6 186 10
2001 126 18 69 Nil 44 5 63 6
2002 36 Nil 30 Nil 32 2 80 3
2003 127 Nil 65 Nil 38 2 185 2
2004 147 Nil 62 Nil 56 Nil 251 1
2005 124 Nil 36 Nil 130 1 136 Nil
2006* 103 Nil 72 Nil 18 1 59 1

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TABLE-8 - Trend in fatal accidents and fatality rates per 1000 persons
employed
( Ten yearly average )
COAL MINES NON-COAL MINES
Av. No. Acc. Av. No. Fatality Av. No. Acc. Av. No. of Fatality
of
of Acc. rate Fatalities rate of Acc. rate Fatalities rate
1901-10 74 0.76 92 0.93 16 0.47 23 0.67
1911-20 139 0.94 176 1.29 29 0.57 37 0.73
1921-30 174 0.99 219 1.24 43 0.54 50 0.66
1931-40 172 0.98 228 1.33 35 0.41 43 0.51
1941-50 226 0.87 273 1.01 26 0.24 31 0.29
1951-60 223 0.61 295 0.82 64 0.27 81 0.34
1961-70 202 0.49 259 0.62 72 0.28 85 0.33
1971-80 187 0.40 264 0.55 66 0.27 74 0.30
1981-90 162 0.30 185 0.34 65 0.27 73 0.31
1991-00 140 0.27 170 0.33 65 0.31 77 0.36
2001-06 90 0.21 118 0.29 59 0.36 68 0.42
* PROVISIONAL.

Table-9 – Trend in Incidence of Accidents in Mines

Year Coal Metal Oil
Number of accidents Number of accidents Number of accidents
Fatal Serious Total Fatal Serious Total Fatal Serious Total
1997 143 678 821 68 246 314 2 19 21
1998 128 523 651 50 234 284 6 20 26
1999 127 595 722 59 207 266 2 23 25
2000 117 661 778 50 160 210 1 27 28
2001 105 667 772 62 178 240 9 21 30
2002 81 629 710 50 174 224 2 31 33
2003 83 563 646 51 147 198 1 21 22
2004 87 962 1049 55 150 205 2 38 40
2005 99 1093 1192 55 93 148 2 15 17
2006 82 719 801 57 59 116 5 12 17
N.B. Figures of 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on 31.12.2006.

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Table – 10 : Trend in death rate per thousand persons employed

Year Coal Oil Copper Gold Iron Lime Mang. Galena Total All
Ore Ore Ore Stone Ore & Sphl. Metals Mineral

1997 0.33 0.07 0.10 0.29 0.49 0.30 0.31 0.56 0.43 0.34
1998 0.30 0.24 0.11 0.33 0.40 0.42 0.19 0.36 0.35 0.31
1999 0.29 0.08 0.00 0.68 0.22 0.44 0.24 0.18 0.44 0.32
2000 0.31 0.04 0.15 0.00 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.00 0.34 0.31
2001 0.32 0.37 0.25 0.28 0.37 0.45 0.07 0.00 0.53 0.37
2002 0.23 0.09 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.52 0.29 0.22 0.45 0.28
2003 0.27 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.33 0.08 0.00 0.45 0.31
2004 0.24 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.34 0.56 0.21 0.79 0.43 0.28
2005 0.30 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.44 0.40 0.00 0.26 0.41 0.32
2006 0.35 0.26 0.00 0.37 0.57 0.61 0.14 0.26 0.49 0.38
N.B. Figures of 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as 31.12.2006.

TABLE- 11 Accidents and Causalities in 2006 by Major Minerals

Mineral Number of Accidents Number of persons
Fatal Serious Killed Seriously injured
Coal 82 719 141 745
Oil 5 12 5 12
Copper 0 0 0 0
Galena &
Sphalerite 1 12 1 12
Gold 1 9 1 10
Iron Ore 16 21 22 22
Lime Stone 12 4 15 4
Manganese 2 5 2 9
Stone 4 0 4 1
Others 21 8 25 10
Total Metalliferous 57 59 70 68
All Minerals 144 790 216 825

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Table-12 : Trend in Fatal and Serious Accidents and Death Rates & Serious
Injury Rates in Coal Mines
Year Number of accidents Accident Number of Rate per 1000 Death
frequency persons persons Rate per
Rate/Lak Employed Million
Fatal Seriou Total h Killed S/Injured Death S/Inj. Tonnes
s Manshifts Rate Rate
1997 143 678 821 0.52 165 726 0.33 1.44 0.52
1998 128 523 651 0.43 146 560 0.30 1.14 0.46
1999 127 595 722 0.48 138 650 0.29 1.37 0.44
2000 117 661 778 0.54 144 707 0.31 1.54 0.43
2001 105 667 772 0.57 141 720 0.32 1.64 0.41
2002 81 629 710 0.54 97 665 0.23 1.57 0.27
2003 83 563 646 0.50 113 590 0.27 1.42 0.30
2004 87 962 1049 0.82 96 991 0.24 2.45 0.23
2005 99 1093 1192 0.93 120 1125 0.30 2.78 0.29
2006 82 719 801 0.62 141 745 0.35 1.84 0.34
Note : Data for the years 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on
31.12.2006.

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Table – 13 :Trend in Fatal & Serious Accidents and Death & Serious Injury Rates in Coal Mines – Place-wise

Year Number of Fatal Accidents Number of Serious Accidents Death Rate per 1000 Persons Serious Injury Rate per 1000 Persons
Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall
Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground
1997 94 27 22 143 440 79 158 677 0.41 0.42 0.14 0.33 1.71 1.25 1.05 1.44
1998 80 24 24 128 346 72 105 523 0.36 0.35 0.16 0.30 1.41 1.06 0.70 1.14
1999 74 30 23 127 408 77 110 595 0.33 0.43 0.16 0.29 1.73 1.19 0.81 1.37
2000 62 38 17 117 444 108 109 661 0.30 0.74 0.13 0.31 1.92 1.67 0.82 1.54
2001 67 26 12 105 464 73 130 667 0.43 0.38 0.10 0.32 2.10 1.12 1.07 1.64
2002 48 22 11 81 434 92 103 629 0.27 0.32 0.11 0.23 2.07 1.43 0.80 1.57
2003 46 23 14 83 380 82 101 563 0.33 0.35 0.13 0.27 1.85 1.30 0.77 1.42
2004 49 32 6 87 757 82 123 962 0.27 0.47 0.05 0.24 3.69 1.24 1.02 2.45
2005 51 28 20 99 833 98 162 1093 0.34 0.41 0.16 0.30 4.06 1.44 1.35 2.78
2006 42 28 12 82 546 62 111 719 0.47 0.41 0.10 0.35 2.66 1.01 0.90 1.84
Note : Data for the years 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on 31.12.2006.

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TABLE-14 : Trend in Fatal & Serious Accidents and Death Rates & Serious
Injury Rates in Metalliferous Mines
Year No. of accidents Accident Number of Rate per 1000
frequency persons persons
rate per employed
Fatal Serious Total 1000 Killed Seriously Death Serious
persons injured
employed
1997 68 246 314 1.82 75 262 0.43 1.52
1998 50 234 284 1.72 58 252 0.35 1.53
1999 59 207 266 1.69 70 228 0.44 1.45
2000 50 160 210 1.34 54 166 0.34 1.06
2001 62 178 240 1.76 72 186 0.53 1.36
2002 50 174 224 1.64 62 178 0.45 1.30
2003 51 147 198 1.45 61 163 0.45 1.19
2004 55 150 205 1.43 62 163 0.43 1.14
2005 55 93 148 1.03 59 98 0.41 0.68
2006 57 59 116 0.81 70 68 0.49 0.47
Note : Data for the years 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on
31.12.2006.

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TABLE-15 : Tend in Fatal & Serious Accidents and Death & Serious Injury Rates in Metalliferous Mines - Placewise

Year Number of Fatal Accidents Number of Serious Accidents Death Rate per 1000 Persons Serious Injury Rate per 1000 Persons
Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall Below Open- Above Overall
Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground Ground Cast Ground
1997 7 39 22 68 106 33 107 246 0.42 0.47 0.38 0.43 5.57 0.42 1.99 1.52
1998 6 32 12 50 89 40 105 234 0.33 0.43 0.22 0.35 5.07 0.60 1.97 1.53
1999 6 40 13 59 96 29 82 207 0.49 0.55 0.25 0.44 6.22 0.44 1.67 1.45
2000 7 30 13 50 66 38 56 160 0.49 0.37 0.25 0.34 4.65 0.46 1.12 1.06
2001 5 45 12 62 59 37 82 178 0.46 0.63 0.36 0.53 5.57 0.53 1.82 1.36
2002 5 33 12 50 52 40 82 174 0.49 0.54 0.28 0.45 5.07 0.53 1.89 1.30
2003 3 31 17 51 57 25 65 147 0.52 0.45 0.42 0.45 7.36 0.43 1.56 1.19
2004 5 36 14 55 54 35 61 150 0.62 0.47 0.32 0.43 6.70 0.53 1.34 1.14
2005 3 41 11 55 27 22 44 93 0.37 0.50 0.24 0.41 3.35 0.30 0.95 0.68
2006 3 41 13 57 22 14 23 59 0.37 0.61 0.28 0.49 2.98 0.24 0.50 0.47

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TABLE-16 :Trend in Fatal and Serious Accidents and Death Rates & serious
Injury Rates in Oil Mines
Year No. of accidents Accident Number of Rate per 1000
frequency rate persons persons employed
Fatal Serious Total per 1000 Killed Seriously Death Serious
persons
employed
1997 2 19 21 0.73 2 23 0.07 0.80
1998 6 20 26 0.88 7 21 0.24 0.71
1999 2 23 25 0.98 2 23 0.08 0.90
2000 1 27 28 1.19 1 28 0.04 1.19
2001 9 21 30 1.23 9 22 0.37 0.90
2002 2 31 33 1.48 2 31 0.09 1.39
2003 1 21 22 1.18 1 22 0.05 1.18
2004 2 38 40 2.09 2 40 0.10 2.09
2005 2 15 17 0.89 2 15 0.10 0.78
2006 5 12 17 0.89 5 12 0.26 0.63
Note : Data for the years 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as
on31.12.2006.

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Table-17 : Cause wise & place wise fatal accidents in coal mines
Cause Yr. BCCL CCL ECL MCL NCL NECL SECL WCL CIL SCCL IISCo NLC TISCo Other Total
Fall 04 3 2 5 2 0 0 3 4 19 6 0 0 1 0 26
of
05 7 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 18
roof
06 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 9 3 0 0 1 0 13
Fall 04 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 7
of
05 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 7
sides
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
Rope 04 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5
haul-
05 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 12
ages
06 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 8
Dum- 04 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 13
pers
05 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 4 14 0 0 0 0 2 16
06 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 1 12
Truck 04 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 8
tanker
05 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5
etc.
06 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Other 04 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 1 0 1 9
Machi-
05 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 12 3 1 0 0 0 16
nery
06 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 13 2 0 1 0 0 16
Explo 04 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5
sives
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Fall 04 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
of per
05 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 9
-son
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Fall 04 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
of obj
05 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
-ect
06 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7
Other 04 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 9
causes
05 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 10
06 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 12 2 1 1 1 0 17
Below- 04 7 5 10 2 0 1 5 6 36 10 0 0 3 0 49
grou-
05 11 4 9 3 0 1 7 5 40 8 1 0 2 0 51
nd
06 7 1 5 1 0 0 3 6 23 14 2 1 2 0 42
Open- 04 3 5 5 2 3 1 1 5 25 1 2 2 0 2 32
cast
05 1 4 3 4 1 0 5 4 22 2 0 1 0 3 28
06 2 4 1 1 6 0 4 2 20 3 0 4 0 1 28
Above- 04 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 6
grou-
05 3 0 5 3 2 0 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 2 20
nd
06 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 1 0 12
Total 04 11 10 16 4 3 2 7 13 66 11 2 3 3 2 87
05 15 8 17 10 3 1 14 10 78 12 1 1 2 5 99
06 11 6 7 2 7 0 7 14 54 17 2 5 3 1 82
N.B. Figures are number of accidents. Data of 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on 31.12.2006.

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TABLE-18 Cause wise & Place wise Serious Accidents in Coal Mines
Cause Yr. BCCL CCL ECL MCL NCL NECL SECL WCL CIL SCCL IISCo NLC TISCo Other Total
Fall 04 11 1 10 0 0 0 7 4 33 8 1 0 1 1 44
of
roof 05 1 1 4 4 0 0 7 3 20 17 0 0 1 0 38
06 2 0 7 0 0 0 5 1 15 8 0 0 0 0 23
Fall 04 7 1 6 0 0 0 11 6 31 31 4 0 1 0 67
of
sides 05 4 1 1 0 0 0 9 6 21 22 0 1 1 0 45
06 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 8 14 0 0 0 0 22
Rope 04 15 6 32 0 0 0 17 12 82 43 0 0 2 0 127
haul-
ages 05 4 2 8 0 0 0 11 7 32 135 0 0 0 0 167
06 9 0 18 1 0 0 9 8 45 116 0 0 0 0 161
Dum- 04 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 4 14 1 0 0 0 0 15
pers
05 2 5 2 1 4 0 3 2 19 4 0 0 0 0 23
06 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 8 6 0 0 1 0 15
Truck 04 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
tanker
etc. 05 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 11
06 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 11 7 0 1 0 0 19
Other 04 4 1 6 3 3 0 12 7 36 5 1 0 1 0 43
Machi-
nery 05 4 3 3 0 1 0 16 5 32 32 0 0 0 0 64
06 0 2 5 5 0 0 12 7 31 55 1 0 0 0 87
Explo 04 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
sives
05 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 5
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fall 04 23 11 50 10 1 1 24 16 136 159 4 1 3 4 307
of per
-son 05 14 6 18 3 2 0 21 8 72 203 0 0 0 2 277
06 11 5 18 1 2 0 9 8 54 134 0 0 0 2 190
Fall 04 5 1 25 1 4 0 10 13 59 118 5 1 0 0 183
of obj
-ect 05 4 2 16 3 5 0 13 4 47 214 0 0 0 0 261
06 4 0 11 3 0 0 2 3 23 98 0 0 0 0 121
Other 04 9 3 48 2 0 0 23 3 88 72 2 1 0 0 163
causes
05 5 4 10 2 0 0 12 4 37 164 0 0 0 1 202
06 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 7 15 66 0 0 0 0 81
Below- 04 58 15 148 5 0 1 73 38 338 396 15 0 5 3 757
grou-
nd 05 20 7 44 6 0 0 68 30 175 656 0 0 2 0 833
06 19 3 55 6 0 0 36 28 147 398 1 0 0 0 546
Open- 04 8 7 14 7 5 0 13 11 65 12 3 1 1 0 82
cast
05 11 11 7 5 10 0 9 6 59 35 0 2 0 2 98
06 9 4 1 3 3 0 6 5 31 28 0 1 1 1 62
Above- 04 11 5 24 5 4 0 22 17 88 29 0 2 2 2 123
grou-
nd 05 10 7 11 3 3 0 18 5 57 104 0 0 0 1 162
06 3 1 7 3 5 0 5 8 32 78 0 0 0 1 111
Total 04 77 27 186 17 9 1 108 66 491 437 18 3 8 5 962
05 41 25 62 14 13 0 95 41 291 795 0 2 2 3 1093
06 31 8 63 12 8 0 47 41 210 504 1 1 1 2 719
N.B. Figures are number of accidents. Data of 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on 31.12.2006.

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TABLE-19: Cause wise & Place wise Fatal Accidents in Non-Coal Mines
Cause Yr Oil Copper Galena Gold Iron Ore L.Stone Magan. Stone Others Total
Fall 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
of
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
roof
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fall 04 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 12
of
05 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
sides
06 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 4 11
Rope 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haul-
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
age
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dum- 04 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 11
pers
05 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 1 10
06 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 10
Truck 04 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 7
tanker
05 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
06 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 8
Other 04 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 9
Machi
05 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 10
nery
06 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 6
Explo 04 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
sives
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
Fall 04 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6
of per
05 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 5 14
-son
06 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 14
Fall 04 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
of obj
05 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6
-ect
06 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6
Other 04 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
cause
05 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
06 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Below 04 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
grou-
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
nd
06 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Open 04 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 8 11 36
cast
05 0 0 0 0 7 9 0 9 16 41
06 0 0 0 0 11 10 2 4 14 41
Above 04 2 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 4 16
grou-
05 2 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 13
nd
06 5 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 18
Total 04 2 0 3 0 12 12 3 8 17 57
05 2 0 1 0 16 10 0 9 19 57
06 5 0 1 1 16 12 2 4 21 62
N.B. Figures are number of accidents.Figures for 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on
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TABLE-20: Cause wise & Place wise Serious Accidents in Non-Coal Mine
Cause Yr. Oil Copper Galena Gold Iron Ore L.Stone Magan. Stone Others Total
Fall 04 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
of
05 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
roof
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fall 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
of
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sides
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rope 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haul-
05 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
age
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dum- 04 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 6
pers
05 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 8
06 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Truck 04 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5
tanker
05 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
etc.
06 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4
Other 04 3 0 1 0 13 3 0 0 4 24
Machi
05 0 2 1 1 7 2 2 0 3 18
nery
06 1 0 5 0 7 0 2 0 0 15
Explo 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sives
05 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fall 04 9 0 5 3 12 2 6 1 3 41
of per
05 3 0 6 0 10 2 1 0 0 22
-son
06 4 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 3 19
Fall 04 6 0 10 10 8 2 0 0 2 38
of obj
05 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 20
-ect
06 0 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 3 16
Other 04 20 0 11 21 7 5 1 0 4 69
cause
05 9 1 7 4 8 1 0 0 4 34
06 7 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 15
Below 04 0 0 21 22 0 0 6 0 5 54
grou-
05 0 0 14 9 0 0 2 0 2 27
nd
06 0 0 7 6 0 0 5 0 4 22
Open 04 0 0 2 0 21 6 0 2 3 34
cast
05 6 4 0 0 10 5 1 0 2 28
06 4 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 0 18
Above 04 38 1 7 13 24 8 3 0 6 100
grou-
05 9 0 10 1 24 4 2 0 3 53
nd
06 8 0 2 2 12 3 0 0 4 31
Total 04 38 1 30 35 45 14 9 2 14 188
05 15 4 24 10 34 9 5 0 7 108
06 12 0 12 9 21 4 5 0 8 71

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N.B. Figures are number of accidents. Figures for 2005 and 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are as on 31.12.2006.

TABLE-21: State wise details of accident statistics for Coal Mines during the year 1998-
2006

Fatal Serious
Fatality
Injury rate
rate per
State Year per 1000
1000
No. of Persons No. of Persons persons
persons
acc. killed accidents injured

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Andhra 1998 32 37 0.54 103 107 1.56
Pradesh 1999 25 27 0.39 94 112 1.63
2000 27 34 0.51 85 91 1.35
2001 25 25 0.38 105 117 1.79
2002 14 23 0.37 117 125 2.00
2003 19 44 0.73 88 92 1.52
2004 11 14 0.23 437 447 7.48
2005 12 12 0.20 795 800 13.39
2006 17 20 0.33 504 510 8.54
Assam 1998 2 2 0.70 1 1 0.35
1999 1 1 0.33 2 2 0.65
2000 1 1 0.33 1 1 0.33
2004 2 2 0.74 1 1 0.37
2005 1 1 0.37 0 1 0.37
Bihar 1998 37 42 0.25 149 160 0.96
1999 40 42 0.27 154 169 1.07
Chhattis 2000 6 6 0.17 82 84 2.31
garh 2001 7 8 0.23 82 82 2.32
2002 7 7 0.20 79 82 2.34
2003 9 9 0.26 63 65 1.85
2004 3 4 0.11 68 69 1.92
2005 7 7 0.20 55 56 1.56
2006 3 3 0.08 31 31 0.86
1998 2 2 1.18 4 4 2.35
Gujarat 1999 0 0 0.00 3 3 1.34
2000 1 1 0.47 5 5 2.36
2001 2 2 1.10 6 6 3.29
2002 1 1 0.60 2 2 1.20
2003 0 0 0.00 3 3 1.76
2004 0 0 0.00 2 2 1.18
2005 1 1 0.59 1 1 0.59
2006 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.59
Jammu 1999 1 1 1.56 0 0 0.00
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Kashmir 2003 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.99

2004 0 0 0.00 3 3 2.92

2005 0 0 0.00 1 3 2.92

Jharkha 2000 31 39 0.26 160 176 1.19
nd 2001 23 52 0.37 125 145 1.03
2002 26 27 0.20 133 149 1.10
2003 21 22 0.17 117 124 0.96
2004 27 30 0.25 147 156 1.28
2005 31 51 0.42 78 92 0.75
2006 25 75 0.62 42 45 0.37
Madhya 1998 18 20 0.21 69 80 0.86
Pradesh 1999 25 28 0.31 80 90 1.00
2000 19 21 0.39 54 63 1.18
2001 14 14 0.28 67 73 1.47
2002 14 17 0.35 49 55 1.12
2003 7 7 0.14 51 54 1.09
2004 8 9 0.19 71 74 1.52
2005 15 16 0.33 64 69 1.42
2006 14 15 0.31 36 41 0.84
Maharas 1998 11 12 0.35 44 49 1.43
htra 1999 7 7 0.21 41 42 1.28
2000 9 18 0.54 75 78 2.32
2001 7 12 0.38 76 79 2.53
2002 8 8 0.26 49 51 1.66
2003 4 7 0.23 54 56 1.84
2004 11 11 0.38 39 41 1.41
2005 5 5 0.17 27 28 0.96
2006 8 8 0.27 30 32 1.10
1998 5 8 0.48 17 17 1.02
Orissa 1999 7 7 0.39 16 17 0.96
2000 2 2 0.11 17 18 1.02
2001 4 4 0.25 11 11 0.69
2002 3 3 0.18 17 17 1.04
2003 7 7 0.38 12 12 0.65
2004 4 4 0.22 17 17 0.95
2005 10 10 0.56 14 14 0.79
2006 2 2 0.11 12 20 1.12
Rajastha 1999 0 0 0.00 1 1 5.85
n 1998 1 1 0.14 1 1 0.14
Tamil 1999 2 2 0.27 5 5 0.67
Nadu
2000 3 3 0.42 2 2 0.28
2001 5 5 0.68 6 7 0.95
2002 1 1 0.14 11 11 1.51

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2003 1 2 0.22 8 11 1.21

2004 3 3 0.31 3 3 0.31
2005 1 1 0.10 2 3 0.31

2006 5 5 0.51 1 1 0.10

Uttar 1998 0 0 0.00 7 7 1.79
Pradesh 1999 0 0 0.00 4 4 0.59
2000 2 2 0.31 4 4 0.61
2001 1 1 0.16 9 9 1.45
2002 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.49
2003 2 2 0.33 9 9 1.49
2004 2 2 0.33 5 5 0.82
2005 2 2 0.33 3 4 0.65
2006 3 3 0.49 0 0 0.00
West 1998 20 22 0.23 128 134 1.40
Bengal 1999 19 23 0.26 195 205 2.33
2000 16 17 0.21 175 184 2.24
2001 17 18 0.23 180 191 2.41
2002 7 10 0.13 169 170 2.29
2003 13 13 0.18 157 163 2.24
2004 16 17 0.24 169 173 2.45
2005 14 14 0.20 53 54 0.76
2006 5 10 0.14 62 64 0.91
1998 128 146 0.30 523 560 1.40
Total 1999 127 138 0.29 595 650 1.37
2000 117 144 0.31 661 707 1.54
2001 105 141 0.32 667 720 1.64
2002 81 97 0.23 629 665 1.57
2003 83 113 0.27 563 590 1.42
2004 87 96 0.24 962 991 2.45
2005 99 120 0.30 1093 1125 2.80
2006 82 141 0.35 719 745 1.80
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TABLE-22: State wise details of accident statistics for Metalliferous Mines during the year
1998-2006

Fatal Fatality Serious

rate per Injury rate
State Year 1000 per 1000
Person
No. of Person person No. of persons
s
accidents s killed s accidents
injured

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1998 3 4 0.48 7 7 0.84
Andhra 1999 4 4 0.50 10 12 1.50
Pradesh 2000 7 7 0.87 7 7 0.87
2001 8 10 1.20 2 4 0.48
2002 5 5 0.60 3 3 0.36
2003 10 13 0.84 2 5 0.32
2004 4 4 0.47 3 3 0.35
2005 5 7 0.83 0 1 0.12
2006 3 6 0.71 0 1 0.12
Assam 1999 0 0 0.00 1 1 2.55
1998 4 4 0.21 18 25 1.34
Bihar
1999 4 4 0.24 11 11 0.65
2000 1 1 0.97 0 0 0.00
2000 3 3 0.21 21 21 1.47
Chhattisgar 2001 0 0 0.00 25 26 2.32
h
2002 1 1 0.09 25 25 2.15
2003 1 1 0.04 21 21 0.91
2004 5 6 0.58 16 19 1.84
2005 1 1 0.10 17 17 1.64
2006 2 3 0.29 14 15 1.45
1998 3 4 0.96 3 4 0.96
1999 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.69
Goa 2000 2 2 0.49 3 3 0.74
2001 2 3 0.75 2 2 0.50
2002 1 1 0.24 1 1 0.24
2003 1 1 0.12 5 5 0.58
2004 1 1 0.21 1 1 0.21
2006 4 9 1.92 0 0 0.00
1998 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.29
Gujarat 1999 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.93
2000 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.33
2001 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.37
2002 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.36
2005 4 4 1.28 1 1 0.32
Haryana 1998 1 2 0.53 0 0 0.00
1999 8 8 2.18 0 1 0.27

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2000 1 1 0.24 0 0 0.00

2001 4 4 1.17 0 1 0.29
2002 2 2 0.50 0 0 0.00
2003 1 2 0.26 0 0 0.00
2004 1 1 0.24 0 0 0.00
1999 0 0 0.00 2 2 2.23
Himachal 2001 2 2 2.38 0 0 0.00
Pradesh
2002 2 5 5.50 0 0 0.00
2003 1 3 1.72 1 1 0.57
2004 1 1 0.86 0 0 0.00
2005 2 2 1.72 0 0 0.00
2006 2 3 2.58 0 0 0.00
Jammu &
Kashmir 2006 1 1 8.20 0 0 0.00
2000 6 6 0.36 9 9 0.54
2001 4 7 0.52 11 11 0.81
Jharkhand
2002 11 12 0.92 17 17 1.30
2003 2 2 0.08 11 11 0.43
2004 7 8 0.61 12 12 0.92
2005 5 5 0.38 7 7 0.53
2006 4 4 0.31 9 9 0.69
1998 6 6 0.32 97 97 5.13
1999 6 9 0.50 74 80 4.49
Karnataka 2000 4 4 0.23 53 53 3.05
2001 7 7 0.51 60 60 4.41
2002 2 2 0.15 67 67 5.09
2003 5 5 0.18 53 54 1.97
2004 1 1 0.07 54 57 4.04
2005 3 3 0.21 21 21 1.49
2006 6 6 0.42 10 11 0.78
2000 0 0 0.00 1 2 1.79
Kerala 2001 1 1 0.67 0 0 0.00
2004 1 1 0.55 0 0 0.00
2005 0 0 0.00 1 1 0.55
1998 4 4 0.15 32 34 1.30
Madhya 1999 10 11 0.42 32 36 1.36
Pradesh 2000 6 6 0.59 18 18 1.77
2001 5 5 0.59 17 17 2.00
2002 2 2 0.24 12 13 1.54
2003 1 1 0.06 9 9 0.55
2004 2 4 0.45 6 7 0.78
2005 0 0 0.00 7 7 0.78
2006 1 1 0.11 2 4 0.45
Maharashtra 1998 1 2 0.43 9 9 1.93
1999 2 2 0.40 7 7 1.42

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2000 1 1 0.19 2 2 0.38

2001 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.58
2002 5 7 1.33 6 6 1.14
2003 0 0 0.00 9 9 0.85
2004 1 1 0.15 5 5 0.75
2005 3 3 0.45 2 2 0.30
2006 1 1 0.15 4 6 0.90
Meghalaya 2000 0 0 0.00 1 1 5.75
2003 0 0 0.00 1 1 2.18
1998 10 13 0.38 19 23 0.68
1999 7 7 0.22 11 12 0.37
Orissa 2000 6 7 0.22 4 5 0.16
2001 9 9 0.33 11 11 0.41
2002 8 8 0.28 14 14 0.49
2003 9 10 0.17 8 12 0.21
2004 7 7 0.22 14 16 0.51
2005 12 13 0.41 6 8 0.25
2006 9 9 0.28 6 6 0.19
1998 15 15 0.58 46 48 1.86
1999 13 20 0.80 51 55 2.19
Rajasthan 2000 8 10 0.40 37 39 1.54
2001 13 17 0.76 44 47 2.10
2002 10 16 0.74 24 27 1.25
2003 18 21 0.53 25 33 0.83
2004 19 22 1.06 37 38 1.83
2005 10 11 0.53 29 30 1.44
2006 16 19 0.91 14 14 0.67
1998 2 3 0.35 2 4 0.46
1999 3 3 0.36 1 3 0.36
Tamil Nadu 2000 2 2 0.22 3 5 0.54
2001 4 4 0.42 2 2 0.21
2002 0 0 0.00 3 3 0.40
2003 1 1 0.06 2 2 0.11
2004 4 4 0.49 1 4 0.49
2005 9 9 1.10 2 3 0.37
2006 8 8 0.98 0 2 0.25
Uttar 1998 1 1 0.40 0 0 0.00
Pradesh
1999 1 1 0.55 1 2 1.10
2000 1 2 2.44 0 0 0.00
Uttaranchal 2000 1 1 0.85 0 0 0.00
2001 1 1 0.82 0 0 0.00
2002 1 1 0.78 1 1 0.78
2003 1 1 0.39 0 0 0.00
2004 1 1 0.67 1 1 0.67

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2005 1 1 0.67 0 0 0.00

West 1999 1 1 0.55 0 0 0.00
Bengal
2000 1 1 0.60 0 0 0.00
2001 2 2 1.05 0 1 0.53
1998 50 58 0.35 234 252 1.53
1999 59 70 0.44 207 228 1.45
Total 2000 50 54 0.34 160 166 1.06
2001 62 72 0.53 178 186 1.36
2002 50 62 0.45 174 178 1.30
2003 51 61 0.45 147 163 1.19
2004 55 62 0.43 150 163 1.14
2005 55 59 0.41 93 98 0.68
2006 57 70 0.49 59 68 0.47
Note : Figures for 2005 & 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are upto 31.12.2006.

TABLE-23: State wise details of accident statistics for Oil Mines during the year 1998-2006

Fatal Fatality Serious

rate per Injury rate
State Year 1000 per 1000
Person
No. of Persons person No. of persons
s
accidents killed s accidents
injured

1 2 3 4 5.00 6 7 8.00
1998 0 0 0.00 2 2 3.58
1999 0 0 0.00 2 2 3.50
Andhra
Pradesh 2000 0 0 0.00 7 7 12.57
2001 1 1 1.37 7 7 9.59
2002 0 0 0.00 2 2 4.29
2003 0 0 0.00 3 3 2.96
2004 0 0 0.00 1 1 4.20
2005 0 0 0.00 2 2 8.40
Arunachal
Pradesh 2001 1 1 4.76 0 0 0.00
1998 4 5 0.39 12 12 0.93
1999 1 1 0.08 12 12 0.95
2000 0 0 0.00 9 10 0.78
Assam
2001 6 6 0.45 10 11 0.82
2002 0 0 0.00 15 15 1.26
2003 1 1 0.13 14 14 0.16
2004 1 1 0.14 26 28 3.87
2005 1 1 0.14 11 11 1.52
2006 2 2 0.28 9 9 1.24
Gujarat 1998 2 2 0.14 6 7 0.50
1999 0 0 0.00 7 7 0.69

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2000 0 0 0.00 8 8 0.97

2001 1 1 0.13 2 2 0.26
2002 1 1 0.13 9 9 1.13
2003 0 0 0.00 4 5 0.35
2004 1 1 0.10 6 6 0.59
2005 0 0 0.00 2 2 0.20
2006 1 1 0.10 1 1 0.10

Rajasthan 2004 0 0 0.00 2 2 27.03

2006 0 0 0.00 2 2 27.03
1999 0 0 0.00 2 2 4.31
2000 0 0 0.00 2 2 3.03
Tamil Nadu
2001 0 0 0.00 2 2 2.52
2002 0 0 0.00 4 4 5.43
2004 0 0 0.00 1 1 1.13
2006 2 2 2.27 0 0 0.00
1999 1 1 1.23 0 0 0.00
Tripura 2000 1 1 1.96 0 0 0.00
2002 1 1 1.43 0 0 0.00
2004 0 0 0.00 2 2 6.37
2005 1 1 3.18 0 0 0.00
West 2000 0 0 0.00 1 1 2.17
Bengal
2002 0 0 0.00 1 1 2.17
1998 6 7 0.24 20 21 0.71
1999 2 2 0.08 23 23 0.90
2000 1 1 0.04 27 28 1.19
Total
2001 9 9 0.37 21 22 0.90
2002 2 2 0.09 31 31 1.39
2003 1 1 0.05 21 22 1.13
2004 2 2 0.10 38 40 2.09
2005 2 2 0.10 15 15 0.78
2006 5 5 0.25 12 12 0.63
Note : Figure for 2005 & 2006 are provisional. Data for 2006 are upto 31.12.2006

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Tel.no. connected to internet: 2511022 (PBX No.2460-2509, 2510, 2511)
EPBX – 2511026 (provided to all fficers) e-mail : [email protected] [DDG(SZ)] S Name Off Res.
e-mail : [email protected] [DDG(WZ)] Sl Name Office Residence 1 Deepak Gupta Dy.DG 2428670 2627261
Sl. Name Office Resid. 1 SJ Sibbal Dy.DG 24602505 2353808 2 S.K. Talukdar DD(Elec) 2425204 2641533
1 Rahul Guha Dy.DG 2511020 2511722 2 D.Kumar Dir(Elec) 22602506 23002977 3 D. Pandey DD(Mech) 2425652 2624283
2 B.N.Mishra, Dir(Elec) 2511023 2511634 3 U.N.Pandey DD(Elec) 24602511 23518716 4 Radhey Shyam DD(Elec) 2621838 2621828
3 K.M.Ghosh, DD (Elec) 2511026 2511726 4 5. Prabhat Kumar DD(SOMA) 2621919 2644352
4 S.K.Mukesh DD(Elec.) 2511026 2511030 5 SI Hussain Dir(SOMA) 23305253 AJMER REGION, AJMER
5 2511026 2511727 6 Dir(Mech) - - 1 D.Sengupta Dir 2425537 2627504
6 Dr. George John AD(OH) 7 Dr. K. Sarkar AD(OH) 24602511 - 2 E.Jayakumar DD 2425792
7. Ritu Shukla Law Astt. HYDERABAD REGION No. I 3
NAGPUR REGION- I, NAGPUR APHB Complex, Gruhakalpa, Block II, (IInd floor),MJ Road, 4 S.Haldar DD 2622043
1 D.K.Saxena Dir 2511025 2570406 Nampally, Hyderabad- 500 001 5
2 U.K.Saha, DD 2511026 2511027 1 A.Waheed Dir 24602507 23341387 UDAIPUR REGION, 10A, MOKASH MARG, ASHOK
3. N.Razak DD 2511026 2544373 2 R.Subramanian DD 24602510 23513670 NAGAR,UDAIPUR – 313001,FAX: (0294) 2417962
NAGPUR REGION- II, NAGPUR 3 S.K.Gangopadhay DD 24602510 27902337 1 N.K.Kherada Dir 2417962 2450935
1 S.K.Dutta Dir 2511024 2533683 HYDERABAD REGION No. II 2 Sanjeevan Roy DD 2418102 2425405
2 B.L.Meena DD 2511026 2511727 APHB Complex, Gruhakalpa, Block II, (IInd floor),MJ Road, 3 Satish Kumar DD 2418102 2462338
3 U.K. Sharma, DD 2511026 2511028 Nampally, Hyderabad- 500 001 4 M.Tikadar DD 2418102 2467225
PARASIA SUB-REGION, PARASIA, CHHINDWARA, MP 1 V.Laxminarayana Dir 24602508 23532944 GHAZIABAD REGION,
(STD – 07161) 2 U.P.Singh DD 24602510 27732321 R.NO.201&203,CGO COMPLEX, HAPUR RD, GHAZIABAD,
1 T.K.Mondal DD 220048 220007 3 M.Narsaiah DD 24602510 27868613 FAX : (0120) 2721894
JABALPUR REGION , 1568, NAPIER TOWN, JABALPUR- CHENNAI REGION, No.46(OLD)/5(New), 2nd Street, Block e-mail : [email protected]
482001 FAX (0761) 2411856 ‘AA’ ANNA NAGAR, CHENNAI- 600 040 (TN) 1 K.K.Sharma Dir 2711597 2519816
1 A. Bhattacharjee Dir 2316691 26774731 FAX-044-26206770 2 Mohan Singh Dir(CMC) 3944622 2703413
2 B.P.Singh DD 2408287 2641136 1 B.P.Ahuja Dir 26206771 26206717 3 S. K. Das DD 2789483 2789611
3 K.Sharma DD 2408287 2677473 2 B.J.Sreedhar , DD 26206772 26206716 4 V.Vinodkumar DD(S&T) 2721894 2756177
4 RAM Parekh DD 2408287 2640328 3 N. Sharma DD 26206772 26630639
BILASPUR REGION, SECL CAMPUS, BILASPUR GOA REGION, FATIMA BLDG, 2 FLR BERNARDO
PIN-495001. FAX : (07752) 246493 COSTA RD, MARGAO : 403601 FAX-0832 - 2702335
e-mail : [email protected] Tel.No. connected to internet : 2702335
1 J.L.Chandrakar Dir 246493 241200 e-mail : [email protected]
2 D.K.Sahu DD 246494 248415 1 Dir 2730985
3 B.Papa Rao DD 246494 240548 2 Goutam Moitra DD 2714010 2751937
4. Mihir Choudhary DD 246494 519167 NELLORE SUB-REGION, OPP.SP.BUNGLOW,
DARGAMITTA, NELLORE. (STD-0861)
1 DD 2327363 2327363

BELLARY SUB REGION, BELLARY (STD-08392)

1 DD Saha DD 240614 240491

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