1. IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY IN MINES OF MCL THROUGH SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN(SMP) - AN OVERVIEW
PRESENTED BY
O.P.SINGH
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
(PROJECT & PLANNING)
MCL

2. Location Plan Showing Four Districts in which MCL is operating
Sundargarh
Jharsuguda
Sambalpur
Angul 6

3. PROFILE OF MCL Formation of Company: 3rd April, 1992
A Mini Ratna Subsidiary Company of CIL
Corporate Office: Jagruti Vihar, Burla
Coalfields: IB & Talcher Coalfields
Total Coal Producing Areas: 10
Total Nos of Mines: 21(6 UG + 15 OC)
Coal Grade: Bituminous-Thermal Grade
Manpower: 22,450 (as on )

4. MINING & WORK PLACE SAFETY
Mining accounts for only 1% of world’s employment & accounts for 7% of fatal accidents at work place.
WORKPLACE SAFETY- is important because it helps to prevent deaths, injuries, financial losses, property damage, increases worker's productivity, enhances production or service quality and promotes good public relations.

5. To improve work place safety –
CONTD…
To improve work place safety –
There is need of site specific identification of hazards and risk and their controls through risk assessment by Safety Management Plan involving main stake holders of work.
It has been proven world wide that the risk of mining can be controlled through effective Safety and Health Management System as an integral part of management system. 

6. HISTORY OF IMPLEMNTATION OF SMP
Firstly, this concept was adopted in coal mines of Queensland, Australia in They introduced risk-based mining legislation in 1990s in Australia.
In India, concept of safety management plan was conceived in National Safety Conferences starting from 9th National Safety Conference which recommended Risk Management System/Plan as a tool for development of appropriate Health and Safety Management System in Indian Mines. Subsequently Safety Management Plan become part of Statue in 2017 in CMR 2017.

7. WHAT IS SMP? The safety management plan is tool to manage safety.
It is a Self Regulation of mine, specific to mine conditions beyond the rules and regulations.
It is a scientific tool for ensuring safe operation of the mine and it is a all time working document.
It brings together a number of procedures and policies to enable the mine operator to follow a systematic monitoring approach to achieve an effective level of health and safety.
It is a risk management through hazard identification, risk assessment, risk prioritization, mitigation and control.

8. STANDARD APPROACH OF SMP

9. WHY SMP ?
Scientific Management of safety
Advance planning for safety
Advance spotting of the hazards
Advance identification of risks associated with the hazard
Advance Control measures to reduce all risks
Advance fixing responsibility for managing the hazard and the risk

10. APPLICATION OF SMP
SMP/Risk Management can be applied anytime in the life cycle of a project.
Project Concept
Project Feasibility / Sanction
Project Design
Construction / Acquisition
Commissioning
Operation
Maintenance
Modification
Disposal / closure

11. STAGES OF SMP/RISK MANAGEMENT-HIRARC

12. STEPS OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN Safety Management Plan
Formation of Team
Established a common vocabulary
Hazard Identification
Safety Management Plan
Auditing & Continual Improvement
Risk assessment Process
Implementation of controls
Formulation of controls
Monitoring results & review

13. SMP AT MCL
MCL – Administrative Areas – 10 , Mines- 21 (UG – 6, OC -15)
Core team was formed in each mine with members varying from 25 to 35 nos.
Members - Executives of all disciplines, Pit Safety Committee members, supervisors, actual stakeholders including contactor workers
Core teams identified principal hazards associated with all operations, equipment , machinery & procedures of their respective mines.
Sub-teams had been formed in each mine for assessment of risk of individual operational hazards having stakeholders of relevant operations.

14. DEVELOPMENT OF SMP IN MCL
Members of Core Team for Hazard Identification
AGENT
MINE MANAGER
PROJECT ENGR.
CIL ISO, MCL ISO REP. –As facilitators
SAFETY OFFICER
WORK MAN INSPECTOR &PSC MEMBERS & SUPERVISORS
ASST. MANAGERS
STAFF OFFICERS, AREA SAFETY OFFICER
CONTACTOR’S WORKERS
STAKEHOLDERS/WORKERS REPRESENTATIVES

15. SMP AT MCL
First Meeting for development of SMP conducted from to at Hirakhand Bundia Mine in which 7 Dy. Director of Mines Safety(DDMS) from all region along with officials of MCL had participated for formation of SMP.
Preparation of SMP started from Dec 2016 to Mar’ 2017.
Review of SMP from to by ISO MCL, Director of Mines Safety(DMS) of both regions and also by DT(OP), DT(P&P) and Dy. Director General(DDG), Ranchi Region had been done.
SMP submitted to DMS Bhubaneswar and Chaibasa in June,2017.
Rectification/change of SMP made from to
SMP of all mines was approved by DT(OP) on
SMP of all mines resubmitted to DMS Bhubaneswar and Chaibasa on 24/07/2017 & 25/07/2017
1st Phase Audit of SMP was done from Sep’2017 to Nov’ 2017 by team of ISO, MCL.
Audit Report of SMP submitted on to DMS, Bhubaneswar & Chaibasa.

16. SMP AT MCL
Total 350 meetings were conducted by these Core team & sub-teams in which total 439 members attended for Hazard identification & Risk assessment in the mines of MCL.
They identified all the hazards, their mechanism, associated risks and analyzed and evaluated the risk and suggested control and mitigation measures.

17. SMP AT MCL
A useful SMPs of all mines has been prepared with involvement of all i.e. DGMS officials, Top Management of MCL and actual stakeholders of mines.
Site specific hazards and risk and control measures have been identified.
Resources required are also identified and a pinpointed responsibility has been fixed to mitigate the hazards and risks.
This system has incorporated regular auditing, feedback and continual improvisation of such plan which yielded favorable results in the matter of accident prevention.

18. Training : For Implementation of SMP-
Distribution of SMP:-
Through to all Officers, Trade union leaders and Workmen Inspectors
Copy of SMP kept in the office
Copy of COP & SOP to all concerned
Training : For Implementation of SMP-
Through Seminars
Discussion in Safety Committee Meetings
Safety talks
Sensitization of contactor workers at their Camps .

19. Principal hazard Identified In mines of MCL
Opencast
Underground
Ground or strata failure
Inundation or Inrush
Air Quality or airborne contaminants
Fire or Explosion
Emergency response
Gas Explosion
Coal dust explosion
Spontaneous combustion
Strata Failure
Inundation or Inrush

20. OTHER COMMON HAZARDS IDENTIFIED IN MINES OF MCL
Sl No.
UNDERGROUND 1
Movement of machinery 2
Odorous travel 3
Survey-Incorrect mine plan & improper survey instrument 4
Waterlogged workings 5
Lack of ventilation 6
Blasting and use of explosives
Sl No.
OPENCAST 1
Opencast transportation & other machineries 2
Lack of illumination 3
Fire 4
Electrical Hazards 5
Explosive & Blasting 6
Dust 7
Coal cutting operation

21. CONTROLS 1 2 3 Elimination Substitution Engineering controls
SL. NO.
TYPE OF CONTROLS
CONTROLS 1
Elimination
Elimination of blasting through deployment of Surface minors ( Departmental -20 nos. and contractual – 40 nos) more than 95% of the total coal production achieved by deploying Surface Miner and also to some extend in OB by deploying Ripper dozers.(7 ripper dozers are in operation and 6 are at procurement stages)
In UG by deploying UDM (9 nos) and Hydraulic bolting 7 nos. MC for roof bolting. 2
Substitution
Encouraging the use of higher capacity equipment for both coal production and OB removal , thus obviating the work place congestion.
Replacement of Old and inefficient CHP with bulk dispatch systems like SILOs and MGRs.
Cement capsules substituted by Resin capsules. 3
Engineering controls
Introduction of Man Riding in all underground mines (out of 4 coal producing mines, man riding is installed in all 4 mines).
Procurement of Mobile lighting with DG towers and High Mast Lighting Tower to provide illumination at faces. In year , 270 High Mast Lighting Tower & 26 Mobile lighting with DG towers procured and installed in different mines of MCL. Another 201 nos of High Mast Lighting Tower & 173 Mobile lighting with DG towers are under procurement.

22. CONTROLS SL. NO. TYPE OF CONTROLS 4 Engineering controls3
Engineering controls
III. Mist system retro fitment kit have been fitted in 11 nos water sprinklers (28 KL- BEML Make) to suppress air borne dust.
IV. 4 nos fixed type FOG CANNON of 100 mt range is under procurement and mobile FOG CANNON truck mounted are also under procurement for each area on hiring basis to suppress dust at sidings and haul/CT road resp.
V. Monitoring of OB dumps have been done by making survey pillars by regular surveying. 4
Administrative
Formation of standard operating procedure (SOP) and code of practice (COP) of all machineries and operations
Monitoring of speed through Vehicle Tracking system .
Development of Mobile Safety information App which provide safe videos, eBooks, safety alerts issued by ISO to educate the workers at any time . This will enable easy sharing of safety related information among all stakeholders.
Installation of CCTVs at strategic locations to generate real-time video footages and alerts. 42 CCTVs are installed at 21 Sidings. These devices keep eyes on vulnerable points, like railway sidings, stores, magazines, etc.

23. Controls Sl. No. Type of Controls 5 PPE
Regular procurement ,distributions and enhancing the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as well as enforcing by the way of training and awareness, in order to have a better personal safety standard. 6
Training
1 Sensitization of contactor worker through audio and video mode at their camps at the start of shift.
2.Safety talk at the start of Shift.
3.Imparting initial training of work persons deployed in mines before their deployment & thereafter imparting refresher training periodically as per V.T. Rules.
4.Imparting Simulator training to the new operators to get the real life experience of the HEMM operation .

24. OUTCOMES
MCL management opted for technological up gradations (need based), seeing the hazards and risk potentiality based on SMP.
This has resulted in a safe and productive work environment in the organization.
Implementation of SMP leads to a fear free attitude of stack holders for identification and open communication of eventualities.
Various control taken at mines of MCL to mitigate the identified hazards and risks

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COAL INDIA LIMITED