SAFETY POLICY OF COAL INDIA LTD

SAFETY POLICY OF COAL INDIA LTD

• Plan operations & systems to eliminate / reduce mining hazards

• Implement statutes

• To improve working conditions by technology up gradation • Dedicated provision of material & money for safety

• Deploy safety personnel wholly for safety

• Implement worker participation in safety management

• Draw & implement Safety Plans

• Establish Internal Safety Organisation

• Multi-level monitoring of safety

• Senior Management to inculcate safety awareness & practice it in their functioning

• Training & retraining to promote safety oriented skills

• Strive to improve the living conditions & health of employees .

•      Service condition,

•      personnel matter,

•      disciplinary proceedings,

•      safety policy of company,

•      company objective, mine objective ,industrial objective,

•      Internal safety organisation,

•      need of workers participation in safety management,

 role of DGMS

Company objective

Main purpose for which company was established are

v  To carry out business of coal

v  Acquisition of coal mining

v  Mining coal , manufacturing cock & other business

v  Manufacturing trading and other business

v  Reorganization & Reconstruction of coal mine taken over by the Govt.

v  Policy formation and advisory function

v  Exploitation And prospecting

v  To manufacture and sell coal and patent fuel.

v  To manufacture and other byproduct of coal

v  Coal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 

v  It is the largest coal producer company in the world

v  It contributes around 82% of the coal production in India. 

v  MISSION
The Mission of Coal India is to produce & market planned quantity of coal & coal products efficiently & economically with due regards to safety, conservation
& quality

v  Role and Function of DGMS 

v  The mission of DGMS is

v  the reduction in risk of occupational diseases and casualty to persons employed in mines,

v  by drafting appropriate legislation and setting standards,

v  by overseeing compliance thereof

v  and

v  through a variety of promotional initiatives and awareness programmes creating an environment in which safety is given due priority.

v   Vision of DGMS is “To ensure nationally acceptable and internationally competitive standards of health, safety and welfare for employees of the Indian mines.” 

v  4.3 Current functions of DGMS broadly include: 1. Inspection of mines

v  2. Investigation into - (a) accidents (b) dangerous occurrences - emergency response (c) complaints & other matters

v  3. (a) Grant of : (i) statutory permission, exemptions & relaxations A-

v  4 (ii) approval of mine safety equipment, material & appliances

v  (b) Interactions for development of safety equipment, material and safe work practices through workshop etc.

v   (c) Development of Safety Legislation & Standards

v  (d) Safety Information Dissemination

v  4. Conduct of examinations for grant of competency certificates.

v  5. Safety promotional initiatives including : (a) Organisation of - • Conference on Safety in Mines • National Safety Awards • Safety Weeks & Campaigns (b) Promoting - - safety education and awareness programmes - workers’ participation in safety management through - • workmen’s inspector • safety committee • tripartite reviews  

v  5. Internal Safety Organisation

v  1. The Internal Safety Organisation (ISO) should be independent of the production line at all

v  levels.

v  2. The Chief of ISO should be a senior officer next in rank only to the Director (Tech.) if any or MD/

v  the Chief Executive.

v  3. The ISO should be a multi-disciplinary team and the field setup should start above the; level of

v  mine. The Safety Officer at the mine level being a specialist staff officer to the Mine Manager

v  should not be deemed to be part of the ISO.

v  4 In order that the Internal Safety Organisation is able to play an effective role, detailed guidelines

v  for their functioning may be laid down covering, inter-alia, the following:

v  (i) Formulation of safety policy at the corporate level;

v  (ii) Effective monitoring of the state of implementation of the policy directives on safety;

v  iii) Periodic inspection of mines for assessing status of safety;

v  (iv) Enquiry into all accidents and dangerous occurrences;

v  (v) Actively associated in opening new districts and in obtaining permissions, relaxations and

v  exemptions under the statute;

v  (vi) The findings of ISO should be placed before the Pit Safety Committee for discussion and

v  dissemination

v  What is worker participation?

v  Worker participation on health and safety is a simple two-way process where employers and their workers/ worker representatives:

v  • talk to one another;

v  • listen to each other’s concerns;

v  • look for and share views and information;

v  • discuss issues in good time;

v  • consider what everyone has to say;

v  • make decisions together;

v  • trust and respect each other.

v  Workers must be informed, instructed, trained and consulted on health and safety. Full participation goes beyond consultation - workers and their representatives are also involved in making decisions

Workers participation in the management of occupational health and safety is an obligation resulting from legal requirements.

 Implementing participation is expected

v  To increase awareness on OSH issues  

v  To enhance the employees’ commitment to health and safety, 

v  TO reduce accidents and ill health and the associated costs,

v  To develop a positive health and safety culture,

v  To increase job satisfaction,

v  To increase quality and productivity at the workplace.

v  [77-A. Identity tokens - (1) (a) The owner, agent or manager of a mine shall issue free of cost to every person employed in the mine, a metal token; bearing a number and other particulars by which such person may be identified ,Provided that if any other equally effective system of identification is in force in any mine and the Chief Inspector is satisfied of the same, he may exempt such mine from the operation of this rule subject to such conditions as he may deem fit to impose.

v  (b) No person employed in a mine shall enter or be permitted to enter for work in any part of a mine unless he carries off his person the token issued to him.

v  c) The token shall be of such durable and strong material as cannot be easily damaged or

v  defaced.

v  (d) The token shall be carried by an employee on his person during the time he is on duty.

v  (e) Where a token is damaged, defaced or lost, due to reasons other than the fault or negligence of

v  the employee concerned a duplicate token shall be issued forthwith to such employee free of

v  charge and such duplicate token shall be stamped “DUPLICATE”.

  (f) Where a token is damaged defaced or lost due to the fault or negligence of the employee

  concerned , a duplicate token stamped “DUPLICATE” shall be issued forthwith to such

  employee and such employee shall be liable to pay fifty percent of the cost of the duplicate

  token issued to him.

  (2) The token number and other particulars by which the employee may be identified, together

  with a passport size photograph, shall be entered in the register in Form B prescribed under

v  rule 77.]

v  REGISTERS

v  REPORTABLE & minor INJURY-IN FORM J ,a copy sent to concerned inspector once in a quarter.

v  SERIOUS BODILY INJURY- FORM K

v  Register for EVERY PERSON EMPLOYED IN THE MINE – FORM B. Name of the employee, name of the father or her husband, identification, age, sex, nature of employment (above ground (in surface/open cast),below ground) Signature and thumb impression of the employee.

v  REGISTER OF DAILY ATTENDANCE-FORM C FOR THE PERSON EMPLOYED BELOWGROUND,

v  FORM D-IN OPEN CAST WORKING

v  FORM E-ABOVE GROND

v  INITIAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION

v   the initial medical examination of every person seeking employment in a mine .

v  PME- of every person employed in the mine at intervals of not more than five years.

v  1[Provided that for the persons who are engaged in the process of mining or milling of asbestos ,periodical medical examination shall be done at least once in every twelve months and every such examination shall include all the tests in Form “P” of the First Schedule except the X- Ray examination, which shall be carried out once in every three years.

v  Provided further that the periodic medical examination or the X Ray examination or both , shall be conducted at more frequent intervals if the examining authority deems it necessary to confirm a suspected

v  case of a dust related dis ease.]

v  STANDING ORDERS IN MCL

v  DISCPLINE, MISCOMDUCT AND PUNISHMENT

v  DISCPLINE is very essential for a healthy industrial atmosphere and the achievement of of the organizational goals.

v  The employees of MCL are governed by the certified standing orders. This standing orders is the compliance to the Industrial Employment ACT 1946.The standing orders has spelt out what employee should do and what they should not do.

v  The certified standing Orders of the MCL under clause 26 has  identified the following ACTS OF MISCONDUCT.

v  Theft , fraud or dishonesty in connection with the employer’ business or property.

v  Taking or giving of bribe or illegal gratification whatsoever in connection with the employer’s business on his own interest.

v  Wilful subordination or disobedience, whether alone or in conjunction with the another or others of any lawful or reasonable order of a superior.

v  Gambling, drunkenness, fighting or riotous disorderly or incident or behaviour  either at the place of work or at he colliery establishment or company residential establishment.

v  Wilful neglect of work.

v  Smoking underground or within the mine or in place where it is prohibited by law.

  THE PROCEDURE FOR IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES are spelt out in the certifie standing ordesunder clause 28 in the following manner:

  28.1 when an employee is charged with a misconduct he shall be informed in writing of the allegation against him by the competent authority and shall be given opportunity to submit his explanation in writing within a period of not less than 3 days.

On recipt of workmen’s explanation when allegation are denied by him, an enquiry shall be held ,normally by an officer or officers of the company appointed by the management.

  At the enquiry, workmen concerned shall be afforded reasonable opportunity of defending himself.

  The workmen shall be entitled to be represented or assisted by a co-worker or office bearer of a trade union of which who is a member if so requested by him during the enquiry.