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

Item No –V
Analysis <strong>of</strong> Major Accidents that Occurred During Recent Past
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COAL INDIA LIMITED (CIL)
Two major accidents occurred during the above said period in CIL at Jayant Project,
NCL and other at Lodna Colliery, BCCL.
1. Particulars <strong>of</strong> accident
1 Date & time <strong>of</strong> accident 17.12.2008 at 5.40 am (First shift <strong>of</strong> 17.12.2008)
2 Name <strong>of</strong> Mine Jayant Project, NCL
3 Name <strong>of</strong> Area South Central Part <strong>of</strong> Moher-sub Basin <strong>of</strong> NCL
4 Name <strong>of</strong> the Seam West Section dragline dump near 32 nd cut <strong>of</strong> OB
5 Name <strong>of</strong> the district Barakar Formation
6 Place <strong>of</strong> accident West Section dragline dump near 32 nd cut <strong>of</strong> OB
7 Number <strong>of</strong> persons killed 5
Particulars <strong>of</strong> Victims
1. Shri Sree Ram Kori, Mining Sirdar (Age about 57 years)
2. Shri Kolahal Yadav, Sr. Dumper Operator, (Age about 50 years)
3. Shri Lal Jee Sahu, Shovel Operator (Age about 53 years)
4. Shri Mani Ram Baish, Shovel Operator (Age about 44 years)
5. Shri Mani Kant, General Mazdoor, Cat. II (Age about 48 years)
Brief description <strong>of</strong> the Mine
• About the Mine: Jayant Project is a prestigious mine <strong>of</strong> NCL located in the
south-central part <strong>of</strong> the Moher-sub basin <strong>of</strong> Singrauli coalfield in Singrauli
(erstwhile Sidhi) Dist. <strong>of</strong> MP in between 24 0 6'45'' to 24 0 11'15'' latitudes and
82 0 32'40'' to 82 0 41'15'' longitudes at about 375 to 425m above mean sea level
(MSL). Geologically, mine is part <strong>of</strong> Barakar formation having three coal seams
namely Purewa top, Purewa bottom and Turra seam with an average striping ratio
about 1: 2.70 (Coal:OB). In the year 2007-08, mine produced about 12.78Mte <strong>of</strong>
coal and 32.97M.cum <strong>of</strong> OB. The Method <strong>of</strong> Work is Dragline-cum-Shovel-
Dumper combination mining by using 4 nos <strong>of</strong> dragline, 16 nos <strong>of</strong> shovel, 97 nos
<strong>of</strong> dumper and 18 nos <strong>of</strong> drill <strong>of</strong> different make and capacities in two section
namely east and west section.
• Brief description <strong>of</strong> accident: On 17th Dec.'08 at about 5.40 a.m., west section
dragline dump near 32 nd cut failed and a large volume <strong>of</strong> overburden (OB)
measuring about 135 m (length) x 6-19m (height) x 70 m (width) slided down
from the failed dump and laterally shifted the coal rib, left as per provision
stipulated under permission for working at dragline face, pushing 8 cum shovel
towards high-wall across the access road. 5 persons being carried by a tipper was
entrapped and buried under the slided OB mass.
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