Annual Report,2009 - Directorate General of Mines Safety
Annual Report,2009 - Directorate General of Mines Safety
Annual Report,2009 - Directorate General of Mines Safety
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DGMS <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<strong>2009</strong><br />
Table 18 gives year-wise number <strong>of</strong> serious accidents, no. <strong>of</strong> persons injured and serious<br />
injury rate.<br />
TABLE: 18<br />
Year<br />
TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS INJURY RATES IN<br />
COAL MINES (YEAR-WISE)<br />
No. <strong>of</strong><br />
Serious injury rates<br />
No. <strong>of</strong><br />
persons Per „000 Per 100,000<br />
serious<br />
Per million<br />
seriously persons manshifts<br />
accidents<br />
tonnes output<br />
injured employed worked<br />
1991 803 854 1.54 0.50 3.59<br />
1992 810 894 1.62 0.53 3.58<br />
1993 854 903 1.65 0.68 3.46<br />
1994 717 775 1.48 0.47 2.90<br />
1995 757 813 1.58 0.51 2.86<br />
1996 677 723 1.43 0.45 2.38<br />
1997 678 726 1.44 0.46 2.29<br />
1998 523 560 1.14 0.37 1.75<br />
1999 595 650 1.37 0.44 2.06<br />
2000 661 707 1.54 0.49 2.11<br />
2001 667 720 1.64 0.53 2.10<br />
2002 629 665 1.57 0.50 1.83<br />
2003 563 590 1.42 0.45 1.56<br />
2004 962 991 2.45 0.77 2.42<br />
2005 1106 1138 2.85 0.91 2.70<br />
2006 861 891 2.31 0.73 2.07<br />
2007 923 951 2.51 0.78 1.98<br />
2008* 686 709 1.92 0.59 1.40<br />
<strong>2009</strong>* 636 660 1.79 0.55 1.30<br />
* Provisional<br />
Note : No. <strong>of</strong> seriously injureds <strong>of</strong> fatal accidents are also considered for computation <strong>of</strong> no. <strong>of</strong><br />
persons seriously injured & serious injury rates.<br />
2.2.3 Analysis <strong>of</strong> accidents<br />
All fatal accidents and major serious accidents were inquired into by <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> DGMS. An<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> accidents enumerated in the following paragraphs is based on the findings <strong>of</strong> such<br />
enquiry and information submitted by the mine management.<br />
2.2.3A By place<br />
Total 83 fatal accidents involving 93 fatalities occurred during the year <strong>2009</strong> as compared to<br />
80 fatal accidents and 93 fatalities during the year 2008. Overall fatality rate has remained<br />
unchanged in 2008 & <strong>2009</strong>. Overall serious injury rate during the year <strong>2009</strong> has decreased to<br />
1.79 from 1.92 in 2008. 39(47%) fatal accidents occurred in belowground workings with fatality<br />
rate <strong>of</strong> 0.25, 29(35%) in opencast workings with fatality rate <strong>of</strong> 0.41 and 15(18%) in surface<br />
operation with fatality rate <strong>of</strong> 0.14 during the year <strong>2009</strong>. Table 19 gives the trend <strong>of</strong> fatal and<br />
serious accidents with fatality rate in different working places.<br />
A-13
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