Annual Report,2009 - Directorate General of Mines Safety

DGMS Annual Report, 2009
Circulars – 2009
No. DGMS (Tech)/Circular No./ 01 Dhanbad, Dated – 16/01/2009
To,
Owner/Agent/Manager of All coal Mines and Mettalliferious mines.
Sub:- Surveyed off equipment in the open cast mine.
Investigation into the number of accidents have revealed that the accidents are
increasing due to surveyed off equipments being used in opencast mines. Each
company has a system of surveying off and condemning the equipment depending on
the life either by number of working hours or number of years completed. Once the
equipment attain the designed life, the equipment are surveyed off but the replacement
has not been received. In this circumstances management has no other alternative but
to use these surveyed off equipment to achieve production. During this course of time
the equipment are not maintained properly and also do not get required spares causing
dangerous occurrence or accidents.
In order to reduce/avert accidents and untoward incidents, the following steps
are recommended to be taken before the surveyed off equipments are put into services.
1. (a) Committee consisting senior technical officer from company level, Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and an independent agency shall make a
through check and inspect the condition of equipment and advise the
management for necessary maintenance/repairs to be carried out.
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