Lok Sabha Question No. 4256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Accidents at Steel Plants
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4256 FOR ANSWER ON 12/12/2016

## ACCIDENTS AT STEEL PLANTS

4256.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether several accidents have taken place in the various public sector Steel plants in the country during the last three years and the current year;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  quantum  of  loss  in  terms  of  lives  and property reported in such accidents, plant-wise;

(c) the outcome of the investigation, if any, conducted in this regard;

(d) the  details  of  average  expenditure  incurred  on  the  maintenance  of  these plants annually; and

(e) the expenditure incurred on  changing  the  pipelines, repairing electrical equipments  and  mechanical  maintenance  of  equipment  in  these  plants  during  the said period, plant-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a)&(b):  A statement showing details of accidents which occurred in different public sector steel plants of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) during the requisite period is at Annexure I .  There has been no significant property damage on account of these accidents in RINL. In SAIL, there has  been  no  significant  loss  of  property  during  the  said  period  except  the  fire  / explosion  incident  occurred  on  25.09.2014  at  COB  #  11  of  IISCO  Steel  Plant,  in which the loss is assessed at about Rs.1,34,83,270.92.

(c) All  fatal  accidents  are  investigated  by  Plant  Level  Inquiry  committee  which ascertains  the  causes  of  such  accidents  and  suggests  measures  for  preventing recurrence. In serious accident cases, High Level Inquiry is ordered by the Ministry in addition to the Plant Level Inquiry and the Inquiry ordered by the State Government/Local Authorities. The recommendations of the Inquiry  Committee are implemented, monitored and reviewed at appropriate levels in Plants/units  for their timely compliance.

(d) The average annual expenditure on maintenance of different plants of SAIL and  RINL  during  the  years  2013-14  to  2015-16  was  about  Rs.6729.33  crore  and Rs.1076.88 crore respectively.

- (e) The  expenditure incurred on changing of pipelines, repairing electrical equipment and mechanical maintenance of equipments etc. in RINL is at Annexure II .

Plant-wise data in respect of expenditure on changing of pipelines, repairing electrical equipment  and  mechanical maintenance of equipments  etc. is not maintained separately in SAIL and is included in the figures shown at (d) above.

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## Annexure II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4256 FOR  ANSWER ON 12.12.2016 TABLED BY SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA REGARDING ACCIDENTS AT STEEL PLANTS.

Statement  showing  details  of  expenditure  incurred  on  changing  the  pipelines, repairing electrical equipment and mechanical maintenance of equipment in RINL

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Expenditure on pipeline changing |   Expenditure on Mechanical Maintenance |   Expenditure on Electrical Maintenance |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                              13.26 |                                  702.5  |                                  309.68 |
| 2014-15 |                              10.18 |                                  741.95 |                                  327.15 |
| 2015-16 |                               5.71 |                                  781.79 |                                  367.57 |

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4256  FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2016 TABLED BY SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA REGARDING ACCIDENTS AT STEEL PLANTS.

Statement showing details of accidents which occurred in different public sector steel plants and  units of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) during the last three years and the current year (plant-wise).

| Plants/Units                                 | Fatal Accidents(Fatality)   | Fatal Accidents(Fatality)   | Fatal Accidents(Fatality)   | Fatal Accidents(Fatality)   | Other reportable accidents(excluding fatal accidents)   | Other reportable accidents(excluding fatal accidents)   | Other reportable accidents(excluding fatal accidents)   | Other reportable accidents(excluding fatal accidents)   |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Period                                       | 2013                        | 2014                        | 2015                        | 2016 (till 06.12.16)        | 2013                                                    | 2014                                                    | 2015                                                    | 2016 (till Nov.2016)                                    |
| Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL)       |                             |                             |                             |                             |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |
| Bhilai Steel Plant (Chhattisgarh)            | 5                           | 8                           | 3                           | 1                           | 10                                                      | 11                                                      | 13                                                      | 3                                                       |
| Durgapur Steel Plant (West Bengal)           | 7                           | 4                           | 5                           | 1                           | 3                                                       | 2                                                       | 2                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Rourkela Steel Plant(Odisha)                 | 2                           | 2                           | 6                           | 2                           | 4                                                       | 1                                                       | 2                                                       | 3                                                       |
| Bokaro Steel Plant(Jharkhand)                | 6                           | 2                           | 1                           | 2                           | 5                                                       | 8                                                       | 7                                                       | 3                                                       |
| IISCO Steel Plant(West Bengal)               | 3                           | 8                           | 0                           | 1                           | 7                                                       | 29                                                      | 8                                                       | 1                                                       |
| Alloy Steel Plant(West Bengal)               | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                                                       | 3                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Salem Steel Plant(Tamil Nadu)                | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                                                       | 5                                                       | 1                                                       | 1                                                       |
| Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant(Karnataka) | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 3                                                       | 1                                                       | 3                                                       | 3                                                       |
| Chandrapur Ferro Alloys Plant (Maharashtra)  | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                                                       | 2                                                       | 2                                                       | 1                                                       |
| Stock yard                                   | 0                           | 2                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Raw Material Division (Mines)(Odisha)        | 3                           | 1                           | 2                           | 0                           | 5                                                       | 3                                                       | 2                                                       | 1                                                       |
| Bhilai Mines(Chhattisgarh)                   | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 1                           | 19                                                      | 10                                                      | 7                                                       | 10                                                      |
| Collieries (Jharkhand)                       | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 1                                                       | 1                                                       | 1                                                       | 2                                                       |
| SAIL Refractory Unit (Chhattisgarh)          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 16                                                      | 10                                                      | 4                                                       | 1                                                       |
| Total (SAIL)                                 | 28                          | 27                          | 20                          | 9                           | 75                                                      | 86                                                      | 53                                                      | 29                                                      |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.                   | 03                          | 05                          | 04                          | 6                           | 20                                                      | 14                                                      | 13                                                      | 10 (upto Nov.16)                                        |
| GRAND TOTAL                                  | 31                          | 32                          | 24                          | 15                          | 95                                                      | 100                                                     | 66                                                      | 39                                                      |