DGMS Mailing List: Provision of Safety Officer in mine

Sir,

At present, Safety Officer has been defined in CMR, 1957 only, not in MMR,1961.

But in draft MMR, 2012, appointment of Safety Officer has been provided.

Details are as follows :

Safety Officer

THE COAL MINES REGULATIONS, 1957

¹ Inserted by GSR No. 1780, dated:27.11.1965

CMR, 1957 ¹[Regulation-31-A. Qualifications and appointment of Safety Officers – In every mine the average monthly output of which exceeds 5,000 tonnes, the manager shall be assisted in the work of promoting safe practices in the mine by a Safety Officer who shall be a person holding the following qualifications:

(1) in the case of a mine having an average monthly output in excess of 15,000 tonnes, a First Class Manager's Certificate;

(2) in the case of mine having an average monthly output in excess of 10,000 tonnes, but not exceeding 15,000 tonnes a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate;

(3) in the case of a mine having an average, monthly output in excess of 5,000 tonnes but not exceeding 10,000 tonnes, a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate or a degree or diploma in Mining or Mining Engineering approved for the purpose of the proviso to sub-regulation (1) of regulation 16

Provided that where special conditions exist, the Chief Inspector may by an order in writing and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein, permit or require the appointment of a Safety Officer in variation of these provisions:

Provided further that where the Chief Inspector is of the opinion that, due to the large size of a mine, or due to other conditions existing at a mine, it is not possible for the Safety Officer to attend to his duties by himself, he may, by an order in writing and for reasons to be recorded therein, require the appointment of such number of persons holding such qualifications as he may specify in the order, to assist the Safety Officer].

CMR, 1957 Regulation-41. Duties of Safety Officers – (1) The duties of the Safety Officer shall be :

(a)(i) to visit surface and underground parts of the mine with a view to meeting the workers on the spot to talk to them on matters of safety, inviting suggestions thereon;

(ii) to take charge of the newly recrited staff and show them around the mine pointing out the safe and unsafe acts during the course of their work in the mine;

(b)(i) to investigate all types of accidents and incidents in the mine including minor accidents; to analyse the same with a view to pinpointing the nature and common cause of accidents in the mine;

(ii) to maintain detailed statistics about mine accidents and to analyse the same with a view to pinpointing the nature and common causes of the accidents in the

(iii) to study and apprise the manager of all possible sources of danger such as inundation, fire, coal dust and others;

(c)(i) to hold safety classes and give safety talks and lectures to the members fo the supervisory staff;

(ii) to organise safety weeks and other safety education and propaganda in mine;

(d) to see that all concerned mine employees are fully conversant with various standing orders (such as those relating to stoppage of mine mechanical ventilators and to the occurrence of a fire or other emergency in the mine) and Systematic Timbering Rules;

(e) to provide assistance in the formulation of programme for training at the mine level; including vocational training, training in gas-testing, and training in First Aid;

(f) to report to the manger as a result of his visits to the various arts of the mine, as to whether the provisions of the Mines Act, Regulations and Rules made thereunder are being complied with in the mine;

(g) to promote safety practices generally and to lend active support to all measures intended for furthering the cause of safety in the mine; and

(h) to assist the manager in any other matter relating to safety in the mine.

(2) Except in an emergency no duties other than those specified above shell be assigned to the Safety Officer and whenever] any duties other than those specified above are assigned to the Safety Officer by the manager, a written notice thereof shall be sent to the Regional Inspector within three days of such assignment.

(3) The Safety Officer shall maintain in a bound paged book a detailed record of the work performed by him every day.

Circular No. 89 of 1966 : Employment of Safety Officer—It is desirable that the safety officer should normally be the senior most assistant manager next in rank to manager. Of course it is necessary that the safety officer should also gain sufficient experience in the production and administration aspects to be able to act as manager of the mine. Therefore the duties of safety officer and assistant/dy. managers should be interchanged at regular intervals.

THE COAL MINES REGULATIONS, 2006 (DRAFT)

CMR, 2006 (Draft) Regulation-30. Qualifications and appointment of Safety Officers – In every belowground mine the average monthly output of which exceeds 5,000 tonnes or in every opencast mine the average monthly material handled of which exceeds 20,000 cum, the manager shall be assisted in the work of promoting safe practices in the mine by a Safety Officer who shall be a person holding the following qualifications:

(1) in the case of a belowground mine having an average monthly output in excess of 15,000 tonnes, or in case of a mine having opencast workings with an average monthly material handled in excess of 50,000 cum a First Class Manager's Certificate;

(2) in case of a belowground mine having an average monthly output in excess of 10,000 tonnes, but not exceeding 15,000 tonnes or in case of a mine with opencast working having an average monthly material handled in excess of 20,000 cum but not exceeding 50,000 cum a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate;

(3) in the case of a belowground mine having an average, monthly output in excess of 5,000 tonnes but not exceeding 10,000 tonnes, holder of a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate or a degree or diploma in Mining or Mining Engineering approved by the Central Govt.

CMR, 2006 (Draft) Regulation-45. Duties of Safety Officers– (1) The duties of the Safety Officer shall be :

(a)(i) to visit surface and underground parts of the mine with a view to meeting the workers on the spot to talk to them on matters of safety, inviting suggestions thereon;

(ii) to take charge of the newly recruited staff and show them around the mine pointing out the safe and unsafe acts during the course of their work in the mine;

(b)(i) to investigate all types of accidents and incidents in the mine including minor accidents; to analyse the same with a view to pinpointing the nature and common cause of accidents in the mine;

(ii) to maintain detailed statistics about mine accidents and to analyse the same with a view to pinpointing the nature and common causes of the accidents in the mine;

(iii) to study and apprise the manager of all possible sources of danger such as inundation, fire, coal dust and others;

(c)(i) to hold safety classes and give safety talks and lectures to the members of the supervisory staff;

(ii) to organize safety weeks and other safety education and propaganda in mine;

(d) to see that all concerned mine employees are fully conversant with various standing orders, codes of practices (such as those relating to stoppage of mine mechanical ventilators and to the occurrence of a fire or other emergency in the mine) and Systematic Support Rules;

(e) to provide assistance in the formulation of programme for training at the mine level; including vocational training, training in gas-testing, and training in First Aid;

(f) to report to the manger as a result of his visits to the various facts of the mine, as to whether the provisions of the Mines Act, Regulations and Rules made thereunder are being complied with in the mine;

(g) to promote safety practices generally and to lend active support to all measures intended for furthering the cause of safety in the mine and ensure reasonable compliance to the recommendations of the Safety Committee and Work man's Inspectors ; and

(h) to assist the manager in any other matter relating to safety in the mine.

(2) The safety officer shall ensure that an appropriate emergency plan as required under these regulations is put in place and the requirements of the same are strictly implemented.

(3) Except in an emergency no duties other than those specified above shall be assigned to the Safety Officer.

(4) The Safety Officer shall maintain in a bound paged book a detailed record of the work performed by him every day.

Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 2012 (Draft )

MMR, 2012 (Draft) Regulation-32. Qualifications and appointment of safety officer.- In every belowground mine the average monthly output of which exceeds 5,000 tonnes or in every opencast mine the average monthly material handled of which exceeds 20,000 m³, the manager shall be assisted in the work of promoting safe practices in the mine by a safety officer who shall be a person holding the following qualifications:-

(i) in the case of a belowground mine having an average monthly output in excess of 15,000 tonnes, or in case of a mine having opencast working with an average monthly material handled in excess of 50,000 m³, a First Class Manager's Certificate;

(ii) in case of a belowground mine having an average monthly output in excess of 10,000 tonnes, but not exceeding 15,000 tonnes or in case of a mine with opencast working having an average monthly material handled in excess of 20,000 m³ but not exceeding 50,000 m³, a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate;

(iii) in the case of a belowground mine having an average, monthly output in excess of 5,000 tonnes but not exceeding 10,000 tonnes, holder of a First or Second Class Manager's Certificate or a degree or diploma in Mining or Mining Engineering approved by the Central Government:

Provided further that where the Chief Inspector is of the opinion that, due to the large size of a mine, or due to other conditions existing at a mine, it is not possible for the safety officer to attend to his duties by himself, he may, by an order in writing and for reasons to be recorded therein, require the appointment of such number of persons holding such qualifications as he may specify in the order, to assist the safety officer.

MMR, 2012 (Draft) Regulation-47. Duties of safety officer.- (1) The duties of the safety officer shall be-

(a) to visit surface and underground parts of the mine with a view to meet the workers on the spot, to talk to them on matters of safety and invite suggestions thereon;

(b) to take charge of the newly recruited staff and show them around the mine pointing out the safe and unsafe acts during the course of their work in the mine;

(c) to maintain detailed statistics of all types of accidents, dangerous occurrences and incidents in the mine including minor accidents;

(d) to investigate and to analyse the same with a view to pinpoint the nature and common causes of accidents;

(e) to study and apprise the manager of all possible sources of danger such as inundation, fire, dust and others;

(f) to hold safety classes and deliver safety talks and lectures to the members of the supervisory staff;

(g) to organise safety weeks and other safety education and propaganda in mine;

(h) to ensure that all concerned mine employees are fully conversant with various standing orders, codes of practices (such as those relating to stoppage of mine mechanical ventilators and to the occurrence of a fire or other emergency in the mine) and support plan;

(i) to provide assistance in the formulation of programme for training at the mine level; including vocational training, training in gas testing, and training in First Aid;

(j) to report to the manger any information in the mine of Act, the rules or the regulations made thereunder;

(k) to promote safety practices generally and to lend active support to all measures intended for furthering the cause of safety in the mine and ensure reasonable compliance to the recommendations of the Safety Committee and Workman's Inspectors ; and

(l) to assist the manager in any other matter relating to safety in the mine.

(2) The safety officer shall ensure that an appropriate emergency plan as required under these regulations is put in place and the requirements of the same are strictly implemented.

(3) Except in an emergency, no duties other than those specified above shall be assigned to the safety officer.

(4) The safety officer shall maintain in a bound paged book a detailed record of the work performed by him every day.

A C Paikaray

From: "pawan kumar pawan_manish2002@yahoo.co.in [dgms_mail_list]" <dgms_mail_list@yahoogroups.com>
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Sent: Friday, 3 July 2015 4:49 PM
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Can any one tell me the qualification of safety officer (who is one of the member of safety committee).

Pawan Kumar, Asst. Mgr. (Min)
Steel Authority of India Limited
Raw Materials Division
Meghahatuburu Iron Ore Mines
West Singbhum
Jharkhand-833223
Cont No-8986881072

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