AGENDA - 33rd meeting of Standing Committee on Safety in Coal ...

Occupational health hazards (Agenda item -
VII)
37. Representative <strong>of</strong> BMS, Shri S.K.
Pandey expressed that actual cases <strong>of</strong>
pneumoconiosis are not being reported by coal
companies.
38. Representative <strong>of</strong> CITU Shri M. K.
Mukherjee expressed that there should be
adequate number <strong>of</strong> Radiologist, General
Physicians etc. in the hospitals as per ILO
convention / recommendations <strong>of</strong> the Tenth
Conference on Safety, so that pneumoconiosis
and Tuberculosis could be differentiated in
mine workers.
39. Representative <strong>of</strong> INTUC Shri G.V.R.
Sharma pointed out that only face workers,
Ro<strong>of</strong> dressers Drillers etc. are prone to dust
borne diseases. He further expressed that most
<strong>of</strong> the Doctors trained in pneumoconiosis have
either resigned or retired and new Doctors in
service may be imparted training in
occupational diseases.
40. While appreciating the concern <strong>of</strong> the
members CMD, CIL requested DGMS to
arrange for training to CIL Doctors on
occupational diseases which was agreed to by
the DGMS.
(Action – Coal Companies/DGMS)
implemented.
In practice, the persons who contravene are
warned, counselled for minor lapses and penalized in
case <strong>of</strong> any serious lapses observed.
SCCL
There are 34 Underground mines, 14 Open cast
mines as on date.
Risk Assessment and Management Plan (RAMP)
are prepared for all the mines.
Monthly and quarterly <strong>meeting</strong>s are being held by
the concerned committee. The RAMP is being up
dated accordingly on the recommendations <strong>of</strong> the
committee.
Near miss cases are analysed thoroughly and
suitable remedial measure taken by the
concerned.
DVC
Not yet done.
CIL
Company-wise details <strong>of</strong> Occupational Health Services
are given in the Item No. VII.
Two <strong>meeting</strong> have been arranged in BCCL in which
doctors <strong>of</strong> DGMS participated. Planned with DGMS for
implementation for remaining subsidiaries.
Shri Manas Mukherjee <strong>of</strong> All India Coal Workers’
Federation (CITU) had proposed to include
“Ratification <strong>of</strong> ILO convention No. 176 by the
Government <strong>of</strong> India” in the agenda for discussion in
the 33 rd <strong>meeting</strong> but this has not been approved as it
is the subject matter <strong>of</strong> the MoL&E.
NLC
NLC has obtained the following certification for
all the Mines and Stipulated norms <strong>of</strong> certification
are being maintained.
Quality Managerial System (ISO 9001: 2000)
Environment Management System (ISO 14001:
2004)
Occupational Health and Safety Administrative
System (OHSAS 18001: 1999)
As far as NLC is concerned,
A well established Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial
Hygiene and Occupational Diseases (DIHOD) is
functioning effectively in with highly qualified and
experienced medical pr<strong>of</strong>essional in OHS –
System. The Occupational Health Services is
established at NLC and functioning since the year
1982 under the control <strong>of</strong> highly qualified and
experienced Medical Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals in Industrial
Safety.
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