Transcript RECOMMENDATION OF NATIONAL SAFETY CONFERENCES ON …

BRIEF ABOUT NSC
National Safety Conference was first held in
Calcutta on 5th-6th August, 1958. Till today ten safety
conference s have been held. Its Purpose is to
improve Safety Awareness in mining industry and
to prevent Mine Disaster. The thrust area of 10th
Safety conference was on Contractor working.
OBJECTIVE OF NSC
It provides platform to improve safety standard, health
and welfare of persons employed in mines.
CONTRACT MINING & ITS BACKGROUND
 Increased demands of infrastructure and industrial
growth in the country have necessitated quantum
jump in production of minerals, coal, oil and natural
gas during the past two decades. Multi-national
companies joining in mining sector has changed not
only the organizational structure of the companies but
also the nature of employment which is drifting from
Company’s Owned employment to Contractual
Employment through outsourcing of whole or part of
the mining operations such as loading and
transportation, enrichment and beneficiation to safety
and security.
MAIN FOCUS
 The main focus of contractors is on production.
 They are least concerned about safety, which may
leads to any kind of incident/accident.
 This is due to their lower rate which they fix in their
tender paper to win the tender.
EMPLOYMENT & ACCIDENT SCENARIO
An exercise on fatality to contractual employees in
coal mines during the past decade was conducted
by DGMS which revealed that: Although overall employment in coal mines has
reduced from 4,48,264 in the year 2000 to 3,73,950
in 2010 i.e. 16.58% reduction but the contractual
employment has increased from 10,123 in 2000 to
29,449 in the year 2010 i.e. almost 3 times increase.
The percentage of increase in contractual
employment is about 4 times during the period.
The reasons of more fatality amongst contractual
employees were also analyzed which revealed that: Long hours of work leading to tiredness and fatigue
 Lack of work knowledge and ignorance to apprehended
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hazards and dangers associated with work, working places
and environment
Deployment of unskilled contractual employees in place of
skilled employee’s jobs without supervision
Exposure of contractual employees on jobs with higher
levels of risks and under hazardous condition
Non-provision of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and
also not using such PPEs wherever provided
Statutory supervision from contractor’s side is poor.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
In the light of the above, the following measures are
required to be taken to reduce the trends of fatality of
contractual employees in the mines and activities
incidental to or connected therewith:
 Contractual Employees should be selected on the basis
of their educational, professional job-need based
qualifications.
 Initial Training and skill development programmes
should be framed on the basic of skill required which
should be imparted for special period under constant
supervision and monitoring by specialists.
 After completion of initial training and skill development
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exercise, such employees should put on job training under
skill employees with supervision of competent person.
Normal or regular jobs to contracture employees should be
given only after undergoing above stages of training.
Extended hours of work, exposure to risk and hazardous
places and operations and development on skill jobs
should not be allowed for contracture employees.
Initial and periodic medical examinations including
occupational safety and health surveillance of all
contractual employees shall be conducted by an expert
agency once in at least 3 years or at leaser interval.
Adequate lighting arrangement should be provided.
Adequate supervision & safe operating procedure should
be provided by contractor.
ABOUT CONTRACT MINING AT
MATA NO MADH PROJECT
 Brief Description of the Contractors
 At present there are mainly two contractors working at
Mata No Madh Lignite Project:
 M/S. P C PATEL & CO.
removal of overburden.
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 M/S. UNIQUE INFRACON PVT. LTD.
lignite loading operation.
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Implementation of NSC Recommendation
NSC CLAUSE NO.
RECOMENDATION
Simultaneously with creation of
facilities for OHS, it is also
necessary to improve quality of
life of employees working in
Mining Industry by provision of
well planned Housing Colonies
provided with all modern facilities
1.3 (b) such as good drinking water,
good sanitation, drainage and
recreational facilities.
10th NSC
IMPLEMENTATION
All of these facilities have
been provided by the
Contractors
to
their
employees.
R.O.Plants
having
capacity of 200 ltr/hour
each have been set up at
the contractors’ camp.
NASA Toilet arrangement
have been set up for the
truck drivers & cleaners.
1.8 (a)
Before the valid Gate pass
is issued for entry of trucks
and other vehicles, not
belonging to Management
into the mine, the Mine
Engineer should check the
road worthiness of such
vehicles.
We
have
deputed
mechanics in all the
three shifts round the
clock to check the
road worthiness of the
vehicles.
1.9
Persons engaged in surface
operations and in particular
the contractor workers, who
incidentally
are
often
inexperienced and least,
informed about job safety
matters, need closure and
more
competent
supervision.
To minimize accidents due
to surface operations, it
would be ensured that :
Implemented as follows
1.9 (a) All persons engaged at any work
within
the
mine
premises
through the contractors have
received relevant training and
other job-related briefings and
that the drivers of vehicles
belonging
to
contractors
entering the mine premises have
additionally been explained the
salient provision’s of “Traffic
Rules”.
Management provides
Vocational Training to all
the contract persons before
commencing their job. They
are also explained job
related briefing and the
salient provision of traffic
rules.
2.1
Employer’s
Responsibilities
2.1 (a) Suitable
clauses
(in
consistence with risk of
the work allotted) shall be
included
in
tender
document (including NITs)
stating how the risk
arising to men & material
from the mining operation
/ operations to be done by
the contractors shall be
managed.
Higher management &
Tender Committee is
requested to include the
suitable clauses in
consistence with risk of the
work alloted in tender
document (incl.NIT) & how
to overcome from these risk
.
2.1 (b) Ensure that contractors are
familiar with the relevant parts
of the statute, health and safety
management system and are
provided with copies of such
documents
prior
to
commencing work
2.1( c) ( i ) Ensure
that
contractor’s
arrangements for health and
safety management are consistent
with those for the mine owner. All
the rules, regulations and byelaws as applicable to the mine
owners are also applicable to the
contractor.
It should be ensured from
his past exprience that
contractors are familiar
with the relevant parts of
the statute, health and
safety management system
& possess all necesary
documents before
participating in tender.
The tender committee is
requested to include this
clause in NIT & tender
documents should be
mandatory for the
contractors.
2.1 ( c) ( ii) Details of the contractor’s Details of Contractor’s
workmen
should
be workmen are maintained
maintained in the owner’s in Form-B Register.
Form-B Register.
2.1( c) ( iii) Whereas, C, D & E Registers
for contractor men may be
maintained independently by
the owner. All the above
Registers shall be kept in the
mine office of the manager.
“D” & “ E” Registers are
being maintained by
contractors & kept at
Manager’s office.
Ensure that contracts should All of the Contractors are
2.1(d) preferably be of longer period working for more than 3
(three years), so that there is years.
adequate
scope
of
management of safety by the
contractor.
2.1(e) Ensure
that
contractor’s
provide the machinery, operator
and other staff with written safe
work procedures for the work
to be carried out, stating clearly
the risk involved and how it is
to be managed.
2.1 ( f) ( i ) Monitor all activities of the
contractors
to
ensure
that
contractors are complying with all
the requirements of statute and
the system related to safety.
Safe Operating Procedure
has been prepared by
contractor & management
and provided to the
operator & staff . And
work is carried out
accordingly.
Proper monitoring is
carried out by the safety
personnel to ensure that
contractors are complying
with all statute
requirements & system
related to safety.
2.1 ( f) ( ii) If found non-compliant of safety
laws directing the contractor to
take action to comply with the
requirements and for further
non-compliance, the contractor
may be suitably penalized.
In case of non compliance
of the safety laws, warning
letter is issued to that
contractor.
2.1 ( f) (iii) Clause to this affect may be a part The tender committee is
of the agreement between the
requested to include this
employer & the contractor.
important clause in the
agreement between the
employer & contractor.
2.1(g) Where a risk to health or safety of
a person arises because of a noncompliance directing the
contractor to cease work until the
non-compliance is corrected.
2.2 Contractor’s Responsibilities
2.2 (a) Prepare written safe operating
procedure (SOP) for the work to
be carried out, including an
assessment of risk wherever
possible and safe methods to
deal with it / them.
Written Safe Operating
Procedure has been
prepared which includes an
assessment of risk & safe
method of operating. It is
discussed with the
Concerned workers time to
time.
2.2 (b) Provide a copy of the SOP to the Copy of SOP has been given
person designated by the mine
to all of the contract
owner who shall be supervising
supervisors.
the contractor’s work.
2.2 ( c) Keep an up to date SOP and
provide a copy of changes to a
person designated by the mine
owner.
Copy of the updated SOP
regarding any changes from
time to time is provided to
all of the concerned
persons.
2.2 (d) Ensure that all work is carried out
in accordance with the Statute and
SOP and for the purpose he may
deploy adequate qualified and
competent personnel for the
purpose of carrying out the job in a
safe manner.
Working is being carried out
in accordance with the
statue and SOP. All
Contractors have been
instructed to appoint
qualified & competent
personnel to carry out this
job.
2.2 (e) For work of a specified scope
/ nature, develop and provide
to the mine owner a site
specific code of practice.
In case of a specific
scope/ nature, site
specific code of practice
has been developed.
2.2 (f) Ensure that all sub-contractors No sub-contractors is
hired by him comply with the hired in the Mata No
same requirement as the Madh Project.
contractor himself and shall be
liable for ensuring compliance
all safety laws by the sub or
sub-sub contractors.
2.2 (g) All persons deployed by the
contractor for working in a
mine must undergo vocational
training,
initial
medical
examination, PME. They should
be issued cards stating the
name of the contractor and the
work and its validity period,
indicating status of VT & IME.
2.2 (h) (i) Every person deployed by the
contractor in a mine must wear
safety gadgets to be provided by
the contractor.
2.2 (h) (ii) If contractor is unable to provide,
Owner / agent / manager of the
mine shall provide the same.
Contractors have provided
VT, IME/PME to all of their
employees. VT card have
been issued to all of them
indicating contractor’s
name, kind of work,
validity period & status of
VT & IME.
Safety gadgets are
provided by contractors to
their staffs.
2.2 (i) (i) The contractor shall submit to
DGMS returns indicating –
Name of his firm, Registration
number, Name & address of
person heading the firm, Nature
of work, type of deployment of
work persons, Number of work
persons deployed, how many
work
persons
hold
VT
Certificate, how many work
persons undergo IME and type
of medical coverage given to
the work persons.
2.2 (i) (ii) The return shall be submitted Contractors submit
quarterly ( by 10th of April, July, their quarterly return
October & January) for contracts to DGMS.
of more than one year. However,
for contracts of less than one
year, returns shall be submitted
monthly
2.3 (b) An employee must, while at
work, cooperate with his or
her employer or other
persons so far as is
necessary
to
enable
compliance
with
any
requirement under the act
or the regulations that is
imposed in the interest of
health, safety and welfare of
the employee or any other
person.
For this , we have
started group
discussion on the site
with safety briefings
which increases safety
awareness &
cooperation among
the workers.
4.4 Portability tests of drinking
water supplied to the mine
employees, to be made
mandatory once in a year
irrespective of its source,
preferably
after
Rainy
seasons, the sample of water
should be collected from the
points of consumption.
R.O Plant has been set up
to supply purified drinking
water to the workers.
Portability test is also
being conducted quaterly
.
4.5 Initial Medical Examination shall No workers are allowed in
be made mandatory for all
mining job without IME
mining employees whether
permanent, temporary or
contractual, before they are
engaged in any mining job.
4.6 The frequency of PMEs
This Provision has been
should be brought down from followed up properly.
existing five years to three
years for the mining
employees above 45 years of
age. This should be
implemented in three years.
4.7 Standards of medical
examination for both Initial and
Periodic should be modified as
mentioned below in order to
ensure early diagnosis of more
diseases caused or get
aggravated due to employment
in mines.
Medical Examination for
the departmental
employees has been
carried out from NIMH,
Nagpur. All contractors
have been instructed to
make this examination
from NIMH, Nagpur for
their employees.
9.1 Every
mine
should Safety Management
employ a sound risk Plan has been prepared
analysis process, should and implemented.
conduct
a
risk
assessment and should
develop
a
safety
management
plan
to
address the significant
hazards identified by the
analysis / assessment.
THANK YOU
S.G.VARMA
(Mining Engineer)