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No. DGMS (Legis)/ Circular/01 Dhanbad dated 19th January, 2005

Subject: Re-constitution of Appellate Medical Board under Rule 29K of Mines

Rules, 1955.

This is to inform that the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment
has reconstituted the Appellate Medical Board under Rule 29K of the Mines Rules, 1955
vide S.O. 2500 dated 28th September,2004 published in Gazette of India, Part II, Section (ii)
No. 40, New Delhi, September 26 October 2, 2004.

The above mentioned notification is reproduced below for the information of all
concerned.

sd/-
Director General of Mines Safety

File No. OH/56-III/2004

Government of India / Bharat Sarkar

Ministry of Labour and Employment / Sharam aur Rozgar mantralaya

New Delhi, dated 28.09.2004

S. O. 2500 in pursuance of the Rule 29K of the Mines Rule, 1955 the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government
of India, Ministry of Labour, S.O. No. 628 (E) dated 24th June, 1987, namely:-

In the said notification for serial number (ii) and (iii) and entries relating thereto, the
following serial numbers and the entries shall be substituted namely:-

(ii) Dr. C.S. Gupta Member

Dy. Chief Medical Officer (Appointed under Clause (b) of Rule 29K)
(Radiology)
Regional hospital Patherkhera
Western Coalfields Ltd.
Patherkhera, District Baitul
Madhya Pradesh

(iii) Dr. A.K. Chakaraverty Member

Medical Superintendent (Appointed under clause (c) of rule 29K)
Koyla Bhawan
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd.
koyal Nagar
Dhanbad 0 826005 ( Jharkhand)

( No. S- 65025/1/03- ISH-II)

C.A. Bhaskaran, Director

Footnote:- Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,
Section 3. Sub- section (ii) vide S.O. 628(E), dated 24th June, 1987, Page 1-3
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No. DGMS (tech) Circular 01 Dhanbad dated 3rd January, 2005

To,
The Owners, Agent and Managers
of All Coal Mines & Oil Mines

Subject: Electric Motors with Aluminium Die Cast Rotors.

While interacting with the manufactures of electric motors it has come to the
notice of this Directorate that now a day with advancement of technology electric
motors are being manufactured with Aluminium Die Cast Rotors. The Aluminium Die
Cast Rotors are housed in a steel enclosure both for flameproof and non-flameproof
motors. The use of electric motor with aluminium Die Cast may not cause any
danger so long the rotor is inside the steel structure of the motor but if the Aluminium
Die Cast Rotor is dismantled, assembled or exposed to explosive gas atmospheres
this may cause danger due to incentive sparking.

It is therefore, required to take adequate precaution and not to dismantle,

assemble or expose the Aluminium Die Cast Rotor of a motor in the explosive gas
atmosphere in underground coal mines & hazardous areas in oil mines to prevent
incentive sparking.

Sd/-
(Bhaskar Bhattacharjee)
Director General of Mines Safety
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No. DGMS (tech) Circular 02 Dhanbad dated 27th January, 2005

Subject: Use of mobile phones and two-way radio transmitters during charging
of explosive and infilling stations.

To,
All Owners, Agents and Managers of all mines

There can be substantial risk of premature firing of detonators and explosive from
transmitted radio frequency (RF) energy and precautions are necessary against it.
The common source of hazardous radio frequency (RF) transmission includes,
interalia, mobile citizen band (CB) or side band radio transmitters, VHF (FM) radio
transmission, VHF cellular telephones and radar transmitters.

In our country cellular telephones are widely being used, including the mine sites. It
has been observed that even during charging and preparation of explosives in
opencast workings cellular telephones and two- way transmitters are used for
communication. There is, therefore, risk of accidental firing of explosive with serious
consequences.

Similar type or risk exists while using cellular telephones and two-way transmitters in
fuel oil filling stations in the mines.

Therefore in the interest of safety, I request you to restrict the use of cellular phones
and two-way transmitters while handling the explosives including preparing and
charging of the same and in fuel filling stations in the mines under your control.

Sd/-
(Bhaskar Bhattacharjee)
Director General of Mines Safety
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DGMS (Tech) Circular No. 04 of 2005 Dhanbad dated the 18th May, 2005

Subject: Recommendations of Godavarikhani No. 7 (LEP) Court of Inquiry,

To,
Owners, Agents & Managers of all belowground Coal Mines

The Court of Inquiry appointed under Section 24 of the Mines Act 1952 to inquire into the
cause and circumstances attending the accident that occurred in Godavarikhani No. 7(LEP)
colliery of M/s Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd. on 16th June,2003 causing loss of 17 lives due to
inundation, had made, inter-alia, the following recommendations:-

1 As it is not possible to check the efficacy of stowing once the mouth of a gallery or
mouth of a district is filled with sand, it is essential to device a system to ensure
proper effective stowing and tix the accountability. It is recommended that the Asst.
Manager and Overman, apart from the Surveyor, should record the actual amount of
void filled up together with the efficacy of the stowing. When stowing in a district is
completed, the Asst. Manager and Manager should certify in writing the actual status
of stowing in the district. The volume of sand stowed in should invariably be
recorded at the time of closing the District.

2 Before starting a new district, clearance from the Internal Safety Organization must
be taken in writing by the local mine management.

3 Detailed planning for production in different districts must be done at corporate level
and projections given should not be altered at the mine level.

4 Owners must monitor important Safety functions, including stowing in districts at

regular intervals.

5 Safety in mines is a very complex phenomenon and support from the highest quarter
is needed for implementation of safety measures in the mines. If the person with the
maximum power does not have the highest responsibility for safety, there is always a
possibility of miscued stress on the production, sometimes at the cost of safety. So it
is recommended that the Chief Executive or the company should be nominated as
the owner under Section 76 of the Mines Act, 1952.

6 Key personnel in the mines like agents, managers and Surveyors, who have a strong
bearing on the safety in mine, should not be transferred frequently.

Before positing such key personnel due diligence should be undertaken to ascertain
the suitability of the persons for the post, so that they do not have to be transferred
after a short time except on rare occasions.

7 During our deliberations we were of the view that information technology could be
used for efficiency, increasing production and also mine safety. But we are of the
view that this is altogether a different subject, although we are convinced that
information technology can be used for mine safety, but it needs a details study and
experts need to be grafted into a study team, which could study the subject.
Singareni Collieries are being operated by adopting the old age methods of mining
almost 100 years and there are not significant changes either in management or in
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mining. Information technology is being used successfully in every filed. Therefore
we have no doubt in our mind than it proper information technology is used mine
would be much safer.

Proper implementation of this recommendation can bring about definite improvement in the
safety standards in the mines, especially against the danger of inundation.

You are requested to take suitable steps to implement the above-mentioned

recommendations of the Godavarikhani No. 7(LEF) Court of Inquiry in all mines under your
control.

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( B. Bhattacharjee )
Director General of Mines Safety
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DGMS (Tech) Circular No. 05 Dhanbad, Dated 21st June, 2005

To
All Owners /Agents/ Managers of all mines

Sub: Use of approved type of fuel in Velox - GL 7 and GL 50 Safety lamps

Velox - GL 7 and GL 50 flame safety lamps manufactured by M/s J K Dey and Sons
have been approved by DGMS for detection and measurement of inflammable gas
and deficiency of oxygen in mine atmosphere. One of the conditions of approval is
that no fuel other than ESSO Solvent BP 1425 or its equivalent or motor spirit shall
be used in the lamp.

It has been observed in most of the mines kerosene oil is being used as fuel in the
lamp leading to poor flame which can lead to error in detection of gas. With use of
ESSO Solvent BP 1425, or its equivalent or motor spirit, instead of kerosene:

(i) a steady flame is observed;

(ii) testing flame can be easily seen;
(iii) length of flame varies sharply with varying percentage of inflammable gas; and
(iv) as the fuel is highly volatile with low flash point and less viscosity the relighting
mechanism of GL 7 lamp works smoothly,

Use of kerosene oil as fuel also causes the cotton absorbent inside the oil vessel of
flame safety lamp to solidify within a year or so, making it inactive to absorb any
further oil which results in spillage of oil, low duration of flame and improper
formation of testing flame. A steady flame is not formed and the flame gets
extinguished with slight jerk, the oil vessel becomes hot, and the gas cap may not
be formed at all.

A study was also carried out in CMRI, Dhanbad with three types of fuel namely ESSO
Solvent 1425, petrol and kerosene. The report also confirms that the length of the
blue flame in different percentage of inflammable gas is least when kerosene is
used.

Therefore may I request all concerned not to use any fuel other than ESSO Solvent
BP 1425 or its equivalent or motor spirit in the Velox - GL 7 and GL 50 Safety lamps
for effective functioning of the flame safety lamps in mines.

Yours faithfully

sd/-
(Bhaskar Bhattacharjee)
Director General of Mines Safety