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- W T S R W jK J-HIcW
Ministry of Labour and Employment
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Dlianbad, dated o
2016
To
All Owners, Agents and Managers of Coal Mines
Subject: Em ergency M anagem ent Plan for Indian coal and m etal mines
Sir,
Abbreviations - DGMS: Directorate General o f Mines Safety; CIL: Coal India
Limited; SCCL: Singareni Collieries Company Limited; CIMFR: Central Institute of
Mining and Fuel Research; ISM: Indian School o f Mines; MOIL: Manganese Ore j
India Limited; UCIL: Uranium Corporation of India Limited; HCL: Hindustan Copper \
Limited; HZL: Hindustan Zinc Limited; HINDALCO: Hindalco Industries Limited; j
SAIL: Steel Authority o f India Limited.
Regulation 199A of the Coal Mines Regulationsh.957 & Regulation 190A of the
Metalliferous'Mines Regulations1961 stipulates preparation of an emergency plan
for every mine having workings belowground for use in time of emergency. The
emergency plan shall incorporate provision for mock rehearsals at regular intervals.
Recently, a DGMS (Tech.) (S8sT) Circular no.05 dated 2nd April 2016 was issued,
detailing an integrated approach for development of Safety Management Plan for
coal and metalliferous mines and also underlining the concept of emergency
exercise..
On 22nd April 2016, a workshop on 'Emergency Preparedness and Response
System was
organized at DGMS,
Dhanbad,
the system m vogue, Eighty five name safety &' rescue experts from different
stakeholders like GIL, SCCL, HCh, MOIL, HINDALCO, Tata Steel, SAIL, UCIL, ISM,
CIMFR and DGMS participated in the workshop,
All Owners, Agents and Managers of coal & metalliferous mines are advised to
ensure compliance with this circular.
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(Rahul
G-uha)
1. Introduction
sources
of hazards
and
initiate
remedial
measures
by
activating
reach a place of safety, unaided, ' Ingraining the philosophy, an -action plan for
formulation of an emergency management plan (EMP) has been illustrated in
Figure -.1 for Indian mines.
4. Simulated em ergency exercise
The structure of the simulated emergency exercise may be envisaged encompassing
following features in view:
Systematic and consistent with the concept of mutual assistance from other
mines;
officials,
district
administration,
medical
services
and
media
representatives;
Incorporates an assessment and evaluation process;
* In tune .with risk assessment principles to ensure that the exercises do not
introduce new safety risks to persons at a mine
The main function of aided rescue is to provide external assistance to those work
persons unable to reach a place of safety, on their own.. The main features of an
aided rescue protocol are furnished below:
5. Barriers to re-entry
Initiation of a process of hazard analysis and risk assessment is an essential pre
requisite to the event of re-entry. Thereafter; barriers to re-entry may be critically
examined and evaluated and recovery be effected as per devised rescue protocols
and guidelines. '
6. Simulated emergency exercise at Coal Mine- A & Coal Mine- B
Two emergency exercises were conducted at Coal Mine-A and Coal Mine-B tc assess
the emergency preparedness and response systems in Indian coal mines.
6.1 Observations
In general;' all coal mine personnel were committed to the exercise and the
underground
workers
participated
fully
and
in
good
spirit
under
difficult
The outcome of the exercise, summarized below, also very clearly underlined the
fact, that there are ample opportunities for inducing a qualitative and quantitative
improvement in the existing scenario:
Majority of work persons were not able to don their self rescuer's correctly;
Escape ways were not maintained' property and contained numerous trip
hazards & obstructions;
In poor, visibility, signs posted in primary escape ways were of little or no use;
Alternative escape routes were not sign posted;
Not all team leaders ( overman/mining sirdar } were carrying hand plans;
There was an urgent need for:
o developing awareness among work persons about the hazards' and
implications of the underground mine fires;
o training
the
work
persons
in
the
prevention
of
7. R ecom m en d ation s
Based on. the 'inferences drawn from the review of existing practices and conducted
simulated emergency exercises, it is suggested that the following issues may be
kept in perspective while formulating an emergency response management scheme:
a) Consequent upon Risk assessment exercise,
and
quantity may be
h) Establishment
of procedures
detailing
standard
methods
for
deciding
i)
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
about
th e
c irc u m s ta n c e
S ird a r
s to p p in g
p resen t
of
T h ic k C h o k in g S m o k e c o m in g d o w n
R e c o g n itio n
of
intakes.
c irc u m s ta n c e s .
changed
OBSERVATION
# M in in g S ird a r im m e d ia tely s to p p e d w o rk in g a n d
s ta rte d e v a cu a tin g .
# C o u n te d
at
num ber
of
w o rk m e n
p re s e n t
in
th e
w o rk p la c e .
lo w e r
# S ird a r d id n o t c ro s s -c h e c k th e in fo rm a tio n .
s e am .
w o rk e rs
by
to
S ird a r
a n d a c c o u n te d for; and
c o n s id e re d ; a n d
T h ey w ere
M in e
Lo g tim e s.
# E ffo rts w e r e n o t m a d e to in fo rm m in e w o rk e r s
w o rk e r s
m a rs h a le d
L o c a tio n
of
o u tb y e
w o rk e rs
a tm o s p h e re
and
U n d e rs ta n d in g
e v a c u a tio n stra te g y .
r e c o g n itio n
e v a c u a tio n .
m a rs h a le d to g e th e r w ith in 8 m inutes.
lo c a te d in th e o u tb y e area.
to q e th e r.
M in e
& a c c o u n te d fo r.
A ll m in e w o rk e r s w e re
th e in cid en t.
n o tifie d
# A ll M in e w o rk e rs w e r e lo c a te d
be
about
th e
of
situ a tio n
th e
risks
and
w h ile
d is c u s s io n
le a d e r
to
e v a c u a tio n
in itia te d b y the
c o n s id e r
and
o p tio n s
d e c id e
r o u te
fo r
of
e v a c u a tio n a n d d e c id e d th e ro u te o f e va cu a tio n .
trave l; a n d
U se
# L a c k o f u n d e rs ta n d in g d is p la y e d by Sirdar.
# N o tim e lo g g e d w h ile e v a cu a tin g .
# S ird a r d id n o t d is c u s s a b o u t th e o p tio n s fo r s a fe
o f d e v ic e s a n d
m e th o d s to
to e n s u re n o -o n e is le ft be hind.
a s s e s s th e a tm o s p h e ric c o n d itio n
w h ile e v a c u a tio n .
W h ile
e v a c u a tin g ,
ch e c k in g
of
a tm o s p h e ric
w a s n o t c a rrie d o u t by th e Sirdar.
D o n n in g o f S e lf R e s c u e rs
S e lf
R e c o g n itio n o f e x p e c te d d u ra tio n o f
# S e lf r e s c u e rs d o n n e d in tw o m in u te s tim e . T h r e e
and
e v a c u a tio n
c r e w m e m b e rs p u t s e lf re s c u e rs o n sa tis fa c to rily , a n d
p r e s e n t c irc u m s ta n c e s .
s e lf re scu e rs.
r e s c u e rs
fitte d
c o rre ctly;
v is -a -v is
w o rk in g
life
of
tw o c r e w m e m b e rs p u t h e ad s tra p s on o v e r h e lm e ts.
W h a t e x tra e q u ip m e n t is ta k e n
[May be
carried
workmen & Sirdar.]
by
R e c o rd e q u ip m e n t ta k e n
Sirdar, t o c o n ta c t S u rfa ce
D e s c rib e c irc u m s ta n c e s ;
c o n tro l o n p h o n e .
In fo rm
about
P ro v id e
num ber
c o m p le te
and
c o rr e c t
S ird a r c o u ld n o t c o n ta c t s u rfa c e a s n o p h o n e w a s
a v a ila b le fo r th e p u rp ose .
inform ation;, a n d
of
L og tim e s.
w o rk m e n a c c o u n te d for; and
E x p e c te d ro u te o f travel.
R o u te o f trave l.
A p p ro p ria te m e a n s d e cid e d ;
M o n ito r
A il w o rk m e n tr a v e le d to ge th er;
P a c e o f tra v e l a p p ro p ria te ;
Lo g tim e s.
C o rre c t
escape
ro u te
and.
re c o rd
s ig n ific a n t
# T h e te a m le d b y S ird a r c o m m e n c e d e v a c u a tio n a t
11.47 am .
# N o d is c u s s io n w a s h e ld a b o u t m e th o d o r ro u te o f
tra v e l.
w as
fo llo w e d ;
# N o d is c u s s io n w a s h e ld on o rd e r o f tra v e l i.e. w h o
s h o u ld
U s e o f lin k - lin e s
to g e th e r.
le ad
w ho
to
fo llo w
last,
how
to
s tic k
# L e a d p e rs o n c h a n g e d fo u r tim e s as te a m m e m b e rs
w a lk e d p a s t e a ch o the r.
# W o rk e r s w e r e a c q u a in te d w ith e s c a p e route.
# S p e e d o f trave l w a s sa tisfa cto ry .
# B o d y c o n ta c t b e tw e e n ' s o m e w o rk e rs w a s e x c e lle n t
- o th e r s w a lk e d on th e ir o w n .
# O b s tru c tio n s a lo n g e s c a p e ro u te w e r e n a v ig a te d
w e ll.
.# C o n ta c t w ith te a m
m e m b e rs w a s m a in ta in e d b y
"h u m m in g " th ro u g h m o u th p ie c e s .
A c tio n
at
P it
(shaft).
bo tto m
C o n ta c t
m ade
w ith
O n-setter;
and
C o n ta c t
m ade
w ith
C o rre c t
In fo rm a tio n
passed
on;
and
pm , a n d
L og tim e s.
/ O ffic ia ls p re s e n t a t th e s urface .
th e re a fte r m a d e c o n ta c t
w ith
B anksm an
A c c o u n tin g
clerk; a n d
e x ite d th e m in e a fte r e m e rg e n c y ;
fo r
D e -b rie fin g .
and
re g is te r.
D e b rie fin g
of
w o rk m e n
re c o rd
w ho
# W o rk m e n le d by S ird a r m a rk e d o u t a n d a c c o u n te d
C o n ta c t m a d e w ith a tte n d a n c e
in fo rm a tio n
s o u g h t a n d p a s s e d on.
by
th e
a tte n d a n c e
c le rk
in
th e
a tte n d a n c e