Lok Sabha Question No. 2836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Safety of Miners
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2836

ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## SAFETY OF MINERS

2836. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government maintains data on mining incidents including entrapments, injuries and deaths of miners as well as injuries and deaths of civilians for each year during the last ten years; (b) if so, the details thereof during the last ten years, State and year-wise; (c) the measures and guidelines that have been issued by the Government to ensure the safety of miners and civilians in and around operational mines; (d) whether the Government conducts, inspections or surprise safety audits of mines to ensure compliance with safety regulations; and

- (e) if so, the frequency of these inspections during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): The Mines Act, 1952, which is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment,  provides  for  regulation  of  labour  and  safety  in  mines.  As  per  the information provided by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the State-wise and year-wise data on the number of fatalities and injuries in coal and non-coal mines is given in Annexure I and Annexure II, respectively.

(c)  to  (e):  The  Central  Government  has  enacted  the  Mines  Act,  1952  to  ensure occupational safety & health of mines workers. The Act provides for training, protective equipment, medical examination etc. Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) has been  entrusted  the  task  of  inspection  of  mines  to  ensure  the  compliance  of  the provisions  of  Mines  Act,  1952  and  rules  and  regulations  framed  thereunder  for enhancing the safety of mine workers.

DGMS has taken various steps to reduce the fatalities in mines and enforce the safety of workers engaged therein, which inter alia include conducting regular enquires into the  accidents  and  dangerous  occurrences  to  ascertain  cause  and  circumstances, regular  inspection  of  mines,  development  of  standard  protocols,  holding  national conferences on safety in mines, observance of safety weeks, campaigns, awareness etc.

DGMS  conducts  randomized  inspections through Shram-Suvidha  portal. The inspections are assigned on the basis of the risk rating of the mines except in case of emergency.  On  the  basis  of  the  inspection  of  the  mines,  DGMS  oversees  the compliance of the provisions of the statue. Based on the observations made during the course  of  the inspections and  findings of the  enquiry on  the incidents; managements are suitably addressed for non-compliance of the law.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2836

## State wise details of fatal and serious accidents of coal mines in last 10 years

| Year   | Name of State   |   No. of fatal accidents |   Fatality |   No. of serious accidents |   Seriously injured |
|--------|-----------------|--------------------------|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
| 2015   | Chhattisgarh    |                        8 |          8 |                         23 |                  25 |
| 2015   | Gujarat         |                        3 |          3 |                          0 |                   1 |
| 2015   | Jharkhand       |                       11 |         11 |                         25 |                  28 |
| 2015   | Madhya Pradesh  |                        7 |          8 |                         27 |                  31 |
| 2015   | Maharashtra     |                        5 |          5 |                         13 |                  16 |
| 2015   | Odisha          |                        3 |          3 |                          4 |                   4 |
| 2015   | Rajasthan       |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
| 2015   | Tamil Nadu      |                        1 |          1 |                          3 |                   3 |
| 2015   | Telangana       |                        7 |          7 |                        187 |                 187 |
| 2015   | West Bengal     |                        8 |          8 |                         20 |                  21 |
| 2016   | Chhattisgarh    |                        5 |          5 |                         13 |                  13 |
| 2016   | Gujarat         |                        0 |          0 |                          1 |                   3 |
| 2016   | Jharkhand       |                       22 |         45 |                         15 |                  17 |
| 2016   | Madhya Pradesh  |                       11 |         12 |                         24 |                  25 |
| 2016   | Maharashtra     |                        4 |          4 |                         14 |                  14 |
| 2016   | Odisha          |                        2 |          2 |                          4 |                   4 |
| 2016   | Tamil Nadu      |                        2 |          2 |                          1 |                   1 |
| 2016   | Telangana       |                       10 |         12 |                        177 |                 179 |
| 2016   | Uttar Pradesh   |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   2 |
| 2016   | West Bengal     |                       10 |         11 |                         20 |                  21 |
| 2017   | Chhattisgarh    |                        7 |          7 |                          7 |                   7 |
| 2017   | Jharkhand       |                       11 |         12 |                         14 |                  14 |
| 2017   | Madhya Pradesh  |                        6 |          8 |                         11 |                  11 |
| 2017   | Maharashtra     |                        3 |          4 |                          7 |                   7 |
| 2017   | Odisha          |                        5 |          5 |                          2 |                   2 |
| 2017   | Rajasthan       |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
| 2017   | Tamil Nadu      |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
| 2017   | Telangana       |                       12 |         13 |                        219 |                 225 |
| 2017   | Uttar Pradesh   |                        1 |          1 |                          1 |                   1 |
| 2017   | West Bengal     |                        9 |          9 |                          5 |                   5 |
| 2018   | Chhattisgarh    |                       12 |         15 |                          6 |                   8 |
|        | Gujarat         |                        1 |          2 |                          1 |                   1 |

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| Jharkhand      |   9 |   14 |   13 |   21 |
|----------------|-----|------|------|------|
| Madhya Pradesh |   6 |    9 |   17 |   17 |
| Maharashtra    |   2 |    2 |   11 |   11 |
| Odisha         |   8 |    8 |    2 |    4 |
| Tamil Nadu     |   1 |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| Telangana      |   8 |    8 |  207 |  208 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   1 |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| West Bengal    |   1 |    2 |    8 |    9 |
| Chhattisgarh   |   7 |    8 |   10 |   10 |
| Jharkhand      |  11 |   11 |    7 |   12 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   3 |    3 |    8 |    8 |
| Maharashtra    |   3 |    4 |   12 |   13 |
| Odisha         |   7 |   10 |    2 |    2 |
| Rajasthan      |   1 |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| Tamil Nadu     |   1 |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| Telangana      |   8 |    8 |  143 |  143 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   2 |    2 |    0 |    1 |
| West Bengal    |   8 |    8 |   11 |   15 |
| Chhattisgarh   |  12 |   12 |    5 |    5 |
| Gujarat        |   0 |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| Jharkhand      |   8 |    9 |   11 |   16 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   4 |    5 |    5 |    7 |
| Maharashtra    |   4 |    4 |    4 |    4 |
| Odisha         |   5 |    5 |    2 |    2 |
| Telangana      |   9 |   12 |   79 |   86 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   0 |    0 |    2 |    3 |
| West Bengal    |   6 |    6 |    8 |   14 |
| Chhattisgarh   |   5 |    5 |   10 |   10 |
| Jharkhand      |   7 |    8 |   15 |   17 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   7 |    7 |   15 |   15 |
| Maharashtra    |   4 |    4 |    5 |    6 |
| Odisha         |   2 |    2 |    3 |    3 |
| Tamil Nadu     |   0 |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| Telangana      |   7 |   13 |  126 |  128 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |
| West Bengal    |  10 |   11 |   10 |   12 |
| Chhattisgarh   |   4 |    4 |   19 |   20 |
| Gujarat        |   0 |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| Jharkhand      |   7 |    8 |   16 |   17 |

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| Madhya Pradesh   |   6 |   7 |   18 |   18 |
|------------------|-----|-----|------|------|
| Maharashtra      |   0 |   0 |    9 |   11 |
| Odisha           |   0 |   0 |    4 |    4 |
| Rajasthan        |   0 |   0 |    1 |    1 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   0 |   0 |    1 |    1 |
| Telangana        |   5 |   7 |  102 |  107 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |   0 |   0 |    1 |    1 |
| West Bengal      |   2 |   2 |    9 |    9 |
| Chhattisgarh     |   2 |   2 |   12 |   13 |
| Gujarat          |   0 |   0 |    2 |    2 |
| Jharkhand        |  11 |  12 |   16 |   18 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |   4 |   4 |    7 |    7 |
| Maharashtra      |   3 |   3 |    2 |    2 |
| Odisha           |   6 |   8 |    1 |    4 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   1 |   1 |    0 |    0 |
| Telangana        |   6 |   6 |   67 |   67 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |   0 |   0 |    6 |   10 |
| West Bengal      |   5 |   5 |    4 |    7 |
| Chhattisgarh     |   6 |   6 |   10 |   10 |
| Gujarat          |   1 |   1 |    0 |    0 |
| Jharkhand        |   3 |   3 |    5 |    6 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |   9 |  11 |    4 |    9 |
| Maharashtra      |   2 |   2 |    4 |    4 |
| Odisha           |   3 |   3 |    2 |    2 |
| Rajasthan        |   0 |   0 |    1 |    1 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   2 |   2 |    2 |    2 |
| Telangana        |   7 |   8 |   89 |   89 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |   1 |   1 |    0 |    0 |
| West Bengal      |   4 |  12 |    2 |    3 |

Note: Data for the year 2024 is provisional.

Annexure-II Annexure-II referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

No. 2836 State wise details of fatal and serious accidents of non-coal mines in last 10

## years

|   Year | Name of State    |   No. of Fatal Accidents |   Fatality |   No. of Serious Accidents |   Seriously Injured |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|   2015 | Andhra Pradesh   |                        4 |          5 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Assam            |                        1 |          1 |                          6 |                   6 |
|   2015 | Chhattisgarh     |                        1 |          1 |                          4 |                   5 |
|   2015 | Gujarat          |                        1 |          2 |                          6 |                  18 |
|   2015 | Himachal Pradesh |                        0 |          0 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Jharkhand        |                        1 |          1 |                          2 |                   2 |
|   2015 | Karnataka        |                        3 |          3 |                          5 |                   6 |
|   2015 | Kerala           |                        0 |          0 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Madhya Pradesh   |                        1 |          1 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Maharashtra      |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
|   2015 | Odisha           |                        2 |          2 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Rajasthan        |                       19 |         20 |                          7 |                   7 |
|   2015 | Tamil Nadu       |                        4 |          4 |                          0 |                   1 |
|   2015 | Telangana        |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
|   2015 | Tripura          |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
|   2015 | Uttar Pradesh    |                        5 |          5 |                          0 |                   1 |
|   2016 | Andhra Pradesh   |                        6 |          8 |                          0 |                   0 |
|   2016 | Assam            |                        5 |          5 |                          3 |                   3 |
|   2016 | Chhattisgarh     |                        2 |          2 |                          8 |                   8 |
|   2016 | Goa              |                        0 |          0 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2016 | Gujarat          |                        1 |          1 |                          3 |                   4 |
|   2016 | Haryana          |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |
|   2016 | Jharkhand        |                        3 |          6 |                          2 |                   4 |
|   2016 | Karnataka        |                        3 |          4 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2016 | Kerala           |                        0 |          0 |                          5 |                   5 |
|   2016 | Madhya Pradesh   |                        2 |          2 |                          3 |                   3 |
|   2016 | Maharashtra      |                        1 |          2 |                          2 |                   3 |
|   2016 | Odisha           |                        1 |          1 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2016 | Rajasthan        |                        5 |          5 |                          4 |                   4 |
|   2016 | Tamil Nadu       |                        4 |          6 |                          3 |                   6 |
|   2016 | Telangana        |                        0 |          0 |                          1 |                   1 |
|   2016 | Uttar Pradesh    |                        1 |          3 |                          0 |                   4 |
|   2016 | Uttaranchal      |                        1 |          1 |                          0 |                   0 |

|      | West Bengal      |   3 | 3   |   0 |   0 |
|------|------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 2017 | Andhra Pradesh   |   7 | 16  |   0 |   0 |
| 2017 | Assam            |   0 | 0   |   5 |   9 |
| 2017 | Chhattisgarh     |   0 | 0   |   3 |   5 |
| 2017 | Goa              |   1 | 1   |   0 |   0 |
| 2017 | Gujarat          |   1 | 1   |   4 |   4 |
| 2017 | Haryana          |   1 | 1   |   0 |   0 |
| 2017 | Jharkhand        |   2 | 2   |   1 |   1 |
| 2017 | Karnataka        |   2 | 3   |   1 |   1 |
| 2017 | Kerala           |   0 | 0   |   2 |   2 |
| 2017 | Madhya Pradesh   |   1 | 1   |   1 |   1 |
| 2017 | Maharashtra      |   2 | 2   |   0 |   2 |
| 2017 | Odisha           |   3 | 4   |   2 |   3 |
| 2017 | Rajasthan        |  16 | 23  |   3 |   5 |
| 2017 | Tamil Nadu       |   5 | 7   |   0 |   4 |
| 2017 | West Bengal      |   1 | 2   |   0 |   2 |
| 2018 | Andhra Pradesh   |   8 | 10  |   0 |   3 |
| 2018 | Assam            |   2 | 2   |   1 |   3 |
| 2018 | Chhattisgarh     |   1 | 1   |   5 |   5 |
| 2018 | Gujarat          |   0 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 2018 | Jharkhand        |   7 | 9   |   0 |   1 |
| 2018 | Karnataka        |   2 | 3   |   3 |   4 |
| 2018 | Kerala           |   1 | 1   |   1 |   1 |
| 2018 | Madhya Pradesh   |   2 | 2   |   2 |   3 |
| 2018 | Maharashtra      |   1 | 1   |   1 |   1 |
| 2018 | Odisha           |   1 | 1   |   4 |   4 |
| 2018 | Rajasthan        |  17 | 18  |   7 |  10 |
| 2018 | Telangana        |   2 | 2   |   1 |   1 |
|      | Uttar Pradesh    |   1 | 1   |   0 |   1 |
| 2019 | Andhra Pradesh   |   7 | 7   |   2 |   2 |
| 2019 | Assam            |   0 | 0   |   6 |   6 |
| 2019 | Chhattisgarh     |   1 | 1   |   6 |   6 |
| 2019 | Gujarat          |   4 | 9 1 |   1 |   2 |
| 2019 | Haryana          |   1 |     |   0 |   0 |
| 2019 | Himachal Pradesh |   1 | 1   |   0 |   0 |
| 2019 | Jharkhand        |   4 | 6   |   3 |   4 |
| 2019 | Karnataka        |   4 | 4   |   5 |   7 |
| 2019 | Madhya Pradesh   |   6 | 6   |   0 |   2 |
| 2019 | Maharashtra      |   1 | 1   |   0 |   0 |
| 2019 | Odisha           |   2 | 2   |   6 |   6 |
| 2019 | Rajasthan        |   8 | 8   |  29 |  30 |
| 2019 | Tamil Nadu       |   2 | 3   |   0 |   1 |

|      | Telangana      |   2 |   3 |   0 |   1 |
|------|----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|      | Uttar Pradesh  |   2 |   2 |   0 |   3 |
| 2020 | Andhra Pradesh |   5 |   5 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Assam          |   3 |   4 |   2 |   2 |
|      | Bihar          |   1 |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|      | Chhattisgarh   |   1 |   1 |   2 |   2 |
|      | Gujarat        |   2 |   2 |   1 |   2 |
|      | Haryana        |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Jharkhand      |   6 |   7 |   2 |   3 |
|      | Karnataka      |   2 |   2 |   2 |   2 |
|      | Kerala         |   2 |   3 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |   2 |   0 |   1 |
|      | Maharashtra    |   1 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Odisha         |   4 |   4 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Rajasthan      |   6 |   7 |   9 |  10 |
|      | Tamil Nadu     |   3 |   4 |   0 |   2 |
|      | Uttar Pradesh  |   1 |   5 |   0 |   2 |
| 2021 | Andhra Pradesh |   6 |  16 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Assam          |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Chhattisgarh   |   2 |   2 |   1 |   1 |
|      | Gujarat        |   2 |   3 |   2 |   2 |
|      | Jharkhand      |   2 |   3 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Karnataka      |   2 |   3 |   7 |   7 |
|      | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |   2 |   4 |   4 |
|      | Odisha         |   3 |   3 |  10 |  11 |
|      | Rajasthan      |   7 |  10 |  15 |  18 |
|      | Tamil Nadu     |   3 |   4 |   0 |   1 |
|      | Uttar Pradesh  |   2 |   2 |   0 |   2 |
| 2022 | Andhra Pradesh |   5 |   5 |   1 |   1 |
|      | Assam          |   1 |   1 |   2 |   2 |
|      | Chhattisgarh   |   0 |   0 |   6 |   6 |
|      | Gujarat        |   1 |   3 |   4 |   4 |
|      | Haryana        |   1 |   5 |   0 |   3 |
|      | Jharkhand      |   4 |   4 |   5 |   5 |
|      | Karnataka      |   6 |  10 |   7 |  12 |
|      | Kerala         |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |   2 |   3 |   4 |
|      | Maharashtra    |   0 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Odisha         |   3 |   3 |   3 |   3 |
|      | Rajasthan      |  12 |  14 |  12 |  19 |
|      | Tamil Nadu     |   1 |   1 |   1 |   2 |
|      | Telangana      |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
|      | Uttar Pradesh  |   2 |   4 |   0 |   0 |

|      | West Bengal    |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
|------|----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 2023 | Andhra Pradesh |   3 |   4 |   0 |   1 |
| 2023 | Assam          |   0 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
| 2023 | Chhattisgarh   |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
| 2023 | Gujarat        |   0 |   0 |   2 |   2 |
| 2023 | Jharkhand      |   1 |   1 |   3 |   3 |
| 2023 | Karnataka      |   3 |   3 |   5 |   6 |
| 2023 | Madhya Pradesh |   5 |   5 |   2 |   5 |
| 2023 | Maharashtra    |   2 |   4 |   4 |   6 |
| 2023 | Odisha         |   1 |   1 |   7 |   7 |
| 2023 | Rajasthan      |   4 |   6 |   9 |   9 |
| 2023 | Tamil Nadu     |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
| 2023 | Telangana      |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
| 2023 | Uttar Pradesh  |   3 |   3 |   0 |   1 |
| 2024 | Andhra Pradesh |   0 |   0 |   4 |   4 |
| 2024 | Assam          |   1 |   1 |   1 |   1 |
| 2024 | Chhattisgarh   |   1 |   1 |   3 |   3 |
| 2024 | Goa            |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 2024 | Jharkhand      |   3 |   4 |   4 |   8 |
| 2024 | Karnataka      |   5 |   6 |   4 |   9 |
| 2024 | Madhya Pradesh |   4 |   5 |   4 |   6 |
| 2024 | Maharashtra    |   2 |   2 |   1 |   3 |
| 2024 | Odisha         |   4 |   4 |   6 |   7 |
| 2024 | Rajasthan      |   7 |   8 |   3 |  16 |
| 2024 | Tamil Nadu     |   2 |   2 |   0 |   1 |
| 2024 | Telangana      |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 2024 | Uttar Pradesh  |   3 |   6 |   0 |   0 |

Note: Data for the year 2024 is provisional.