Lok Sabha Question No. 4016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Mishaps in Coal Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COAL**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4016**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON  13.8.2015**

**Mishaps in Coal Mines**

**4016.  SHRI RAMSINH PATHWA :**

Will the **MINISTER OF COAL** be pleased to state :

(a):  the numbers of mishaps happened in the coal mines during each of the last three years and the numbers persons died / injured due to mishaps along with reasons thereof, company-wise;

(b): whether the Government has issued any specifications to govern extraction, production and transportation of coal from the coal mines in the country;

(c): If so, whether State Governments or Non-Governmental agencies undertaking the mining operations, are following the same; and

(d) : if not, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OFCOAL, POWER AND NEW AND RENEWABLEE ENERGY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)**

(a):	Company-wise and cause wise details of fatal accidents, fatalities, serious accidents and serious injuries  for last three years in Coal India Ltd. (CIL) are given in Table- I, II  & III respectively, appended hereto.

(b)to(d): Extraction, production and transportation of coal from opencast and underground mines are being governed by the provisions of Coal Mines Regulations 1957 framed under the provisions of Mines Act, 1952. It is undertaken as and when required necessary permissions are granted by Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) in compliance of statute.

Further DGMS oversees the statutes of implementation of the provision of the Mines Act, 1952 and allied legislation framed thereunder by inspection of mines. The contraventions observed during inspection are pointed out to the mine management on the spot and also addressed through a letter for rectification within a specific time period. Any contravention observed during the course of inspection, in the process extraction, production and transportation, suitable strong actions are initiated as per statute. Most of the statute are being followed by the state governments or non-governmental agencies undertaking the mine operations.

Table referred to in part (a)

**Table-I**

Company-wise fatal accidents, fatalities, serious accidents and serious injuries in CIL during last 3 yrs.

| Company   |   Fatal Accidents |   Fatal Accidents |   Fatal Accidents |   Fatalities  |   Fatalities  |   Fatalities  |   Serious Accidents |   Serious Accidents |   Serious Accidents |   Serious injuries |   Serious injuries |   Serious injuries |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Company   |              2012 |              2013 |              2014 |          2012 |          2013 |          2014 |                2012 |                2013 |                2014 |               2012 |               2013 |               2014 |
| ECL       |                11 |                 8 |                 6 |            11 |             8 |             6 |                  86 |                  61 |                  69 |                 89 |                 62 |                 69 |
| BCCL      |                12 |                10 |                 7 |            12 |            13 |             7 |                  28 |                  17 |                  17 |                 30 |                 17 |                 17 |
| CCL       |                 5 |                 9 |                 5 |             6 |             9 |             5 |                   9 |                   7 |                   7 |                  9 |                  7 |                  7 |
| NCL       |                 7 |                 6 |                 6 |             7 |             6 |             6 |                   9 |                  17 |                   9 |                  9 |                 17 |                  9 |
| WCL       |                 9 |                 8 |                 9 |            10 |             9 |            10 |                  29 |                  45 |                  36 |                 29 |                 47 |                 38 |
| SECL      |                10 |                13 |                11 |            11 |            13 |            12 |                  43 |                  39 |                  31 |                 45 |                 40 |                 32 |
| MCL       |                 2 |                 1 |                 0 |             2 |             1 |             0 |                   8 |                  10 |                  13 |                  8 |                 10 |                 13 |
| NEC       |                 1 |                 0 |                 0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                   0 |                   1 |                  0 |                  0 |                  1 |
| CIL       |                57 |                55 |                44 |            60 |            59 |            46 |                 212 |                 196 |                 183 |                219 |                200 |                186 |

**Table-II**

Company-wise, Cause-wise fatal accidents and fatalities in CIL during last 3 yrs.

| Company   | Year   | Ground Movement   | Ground Movement   | Haulage, winding & conveyors   | Haulage, winding & conveyors   | Tippers, Dumpers & Wagons   | Tippers, Dumpers & Wagons   | Non-transport m/cs.   | Non-transport m/cs.   | Explosives   | Explosives   | Electricity   | Electricity   | Others   | Others   | Total   | Total   |
|-----------|--------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
| Company   | Year   | A                 | F                 | A                              | F                              | A                           | F                           | A                     | F                     | A            | F            | A             | F             | A        | F        | A       | F       |
| ECL       | 2012   | 3                 | 3                 | 1                              | 1                              | 3                           | 3                           | 3                     | 3                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 1        | 1        | 11      | 11      |
| ECL       | 2013   | 2                 | 2                 | 1                              | 1                              | 3                           | 3                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 2        | 2        | 8       | 8       |
| ECL       | 2014   | 2                 | 2                 | 1                              | 1                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 3        | 3        | 6       | 6       |
| BCCL      | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 1                              | 1                              | 5                           | 5                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 5        | 5        | 12      | 12      |
| BCCL      | 2013   | 2                 | 5                 | 0                              | 0                              | 1                           | 1                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 6        | 6        | 10      | 13      |
| BCCL      | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 1                           | 1                           | 2                     | 2                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 4        | 4        | 7       | 7       |
| CCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 2                           | 2                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 2        | 3        | 5       | 6       |
| CCL       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 4                           | 4                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 1             | 1             | 3        | 3        | 9       | 9       |
| CCL       | 2014   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                              | 0                              | 1                           | 1                           | 2                     | 2                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 1        | 1        | 5       | 5       |
| NCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 2                           | 2                           | 1                     | 1                     | 1            | 1            | 0             | 0             | 3        | 3        | 7       | 7       |
| NCL       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 5                           | 5                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 6       | 6       |
| NCL       | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 4                           | 4                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 2        | 2        | 6       | 6       |
| WCL       | 2012   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 1                     | 1                     | 1            | 1            | 1             | 1             | 5        | 6        | 9       | 10      |
| WCL       | 2013   | 1                 | 2                 | 0                              | 0                              | 5                           | 5                           | 2                     | 2                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 1        | 1        | 8       | 9       |
| WCL       | 2014   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                              | 0                              | 5                           | 6                           | 3                     | 3                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 9       | 10      |
| SECL      | 2012   | 2                 | 3                 | 1                              | 1                              | 3                           | 3                           | 1                     | 1                     | 0            | 0            | 2             | 2             | 1        | 1        | 10      | 11      |
| SECL      | 2013   | 2                 | 2                 | 1                              | 1                              | 3                           | 3                           | 4                     | 4                     | 0            | 0            | 1             | 1             | 2        | 2        | 13      | 13      |
| SECL      | 2014   | 5                 | 5                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 1                     | 1                     | 1            | 1            | 0             | 0             | 4        | 5        | 11      | 12      |
| MCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 2                           | 2                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 2       | 2       |
| MCL       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 1        | 1        | 1       | 1       |
| MCL       | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 0       | 0       |
| NEC       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 1             | 1             | 0        | 0        | 1       | 1       |
| NEC       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 0       | 0       |
| NEC       | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 0        | 0        | 0       | 0       |
| CIL       | 2012   | 6                 | 7                 | 3                              | 3                              | 17                          | 17                          | 8                     | 8                     | 2            | 2            | 4             | 4             | 17       | 19       | 57      | 60      |
| CIL       | 2013   | 7                 | 11                | 2                              | 2                              | 21                          | 21                          | 8                     | 8                     | 0            | 0            | 2             | 2             | 15       | 15       | 55      | 59      |
| CIL       | 2014   | 9                 | 9                 | 1                              | 1                              | 11                          | 12                          | 8                     | 8                     | 1            | 1            | 0             | 0             | 14       | 15       | 44      | 46      |

A- Accidents         F- Fatality

**Table-III**

Company-wise, Cause-wise serious accidents and serious injuries in CIL during last 3 yrs.

| Company   | Year   | Roof/side Falls   | Roof/side Falls   | Haulage, Conveyor & Winding   | Haulage, Conveyor & Winding   | Trucks, Dumpers & Wagons    | Trucks, Dumpers & Wagons    | Non-transport m/cs   | Non-transport m/cs   | Explosives   | Explosives   | Electricity   | Electricity   | Others   | Others   | Total   | Total   |
|-----------|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
| Company   | Year   | A                 | I                 | A                             | I                             | A                           | I                           | A                    | I                    | A            | I            | A             | I             | A        | I        | A       | I       |
| BCCL      | 2012   | 3                 | 3                 | 2                             | 2                             | 2                           | 2                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 20       | 22       | 28      | 30      |
| BCCL      | 2013   | 5                 | 5                 | 1                             | 1                             | 0                           | 0                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 55       | 56       | 61      | 62      |
| BCCL      | 2014   | 4                 | 4                 | 5                             | 5                             | 0                           | 0                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 60       | 60       | 69      | 69      |
| CCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 1                             | 1                             | 1                           | 1                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 6        | 6        | 9       | 9       |
| CCL       | 2013   | 3                 | 3                 | 1                             | 1                             | 1                           | 1                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 11       | 11       | 17      | 17      |
| CCL       | 2014   | 2                 | 2                 | 0                             | 0                             | 0                           | 0                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 15       | 15       | 17      | 17      |
| ECL       | 2012   | 4                 | 5                 | 3                             | 3                             | 3                           | 3                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 76       | 78       | 86      | 89      |
| ECL       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                             | 0                             | 1                           | 1                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 6        | 6        | 7       | 7       |
| ECL       | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 1                             | 1                             | 0                           | 0                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 1             | 1             | 4        | 4        | 7       | 7       |
| MCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 2                             | 2                             | 1                           | 1                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 5        | 5        | 8       | 8       |
| MCL       | 2013   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                             | 0                             | 7                           | 7                           | 0                    | 0                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 10       | 10       | 17      | 17      |
| MCL       | 2014   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                             | 0                             | 3                           | 3                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 5        | 5        | 9       | 9       |
| NCL       | 2012   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                             | 0                             | 4                           | 4                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 4        | 4        | 9       | 9       |
| NCL       | 2013   | 6                 | 6                 | 1                             | 1                             | 4                           | 4                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 33       | 35       | 45      | 47      |
| NCL       | 2014   | 4                 | 4                 | 2                             | 2                             | 3                           | 3                           | 1                    | 1                    | 1            | 1            | 0             | 0             | 25       | 27       | 36      | 38      |
| SECL      | 2012   | 7                 | 8                 | 4                             | 4                             | 2                           | 2                           | 2                    | 2                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 28       | 29       | 43      | 45      |
| SECL      | 2013   | 11                | 12                | 3                             | 3                             | 1                           | 1                           | 6                    | 6                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 18       | 18       | 39      | 40      |
| SECL      | 2014   | 4                 | 4                 | 1                             | 1                             | 1                           | 1                           | 6                    | 6                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 19       | 20       | 31      | 32      |
| WCL       | 2012   | 5                 | 5                 | 2                             | 2                             | 0                           | 0                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 21       | 21       | 29      | 29      |
| WCL       | 2013   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                             | 0                             | 3                           | 3                           | 1                    | 1                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 5        | 5        | 10      | 10      |
| WCL       | 2014   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                             | 0                             | 5                           | 5                           | 2                    | 2                    | 0            | 0            | 1             | 1             | 4        | 4        | 13      | 13      |
| CIL       | 2012   | 19                | 21                | 14                            | 14                            | 13                          | 13                          | 6                    | 6                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 159      | 164      | 212     | 219     |
| CIL       | 2013   | 26                | 27                | 6                             | 6                             | 17                          | 17                          | 9                    | 9                    | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0             | 138      | 141      | 196     | 200     |
| CIL       | 2014   | 15                | 15                | 9                             | 9                             | 12                          | 12                          | 11                   | 11                   | 1            | 1            | 2             | 2             | 133      | 136      | 183     | 186     |

A- Accidents     I- Serious Injuries

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