MINE LEGISLATION By Ramlakhan Meena Department of mining

MINE LEGISLATION By : Ramlakhan Meena Department of mining engineering SS College of Engineering , Udaipur

THE MINE ACT • The basic objective of the Mines Act is to provide for the health, safety and well being of persons employed in the mines. • The Act regulates the working conditions and environments in mines with a view to make work more humane and to provide for measures to prevent accidents and occupational diseases and requires provisions of some basic amenities to mine workers. • It also prescribes a system of inspection for enforcement of the legislation

SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE LEGISLATION FOR MINES • 2) 3) 4) 5) 1) The Mines Act, 1952 Rules & Regulations framed under the Act a) Coal Mines Regulations, 2017 - All Coal Mines b) Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 - All mines other than coal and oil mines. c) Oil Mines Regulations, 1984 – All oil mines. d) Mines Rules, 1955 - All mines. e) Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966 – All mines. f) Mines Rescue Rules, 1985 – All belowground mines. g) Mines Creche Rules, 1966 – All mines. h) The Coal Mines Pit Head Bath Rules, 1959 – All coal mines employing more • than 100 persons. Electricity Act, 2003 a) Central Electricity Authority( Measures Relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 Allied Legislations a) Factories Act, 1948 - Chapter III & IV b) Manufacture, storage & import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 • under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1895 The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development ) Act, 1974

Legislation Framework Mine act 1952 MR, 1955 CMR, 1957/ OMR, 1984 MMR 1961 Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966

MMR 1961 • • • • • CHAPTER I – Preliminary (Reg 1 -2) CHAPTER II – Returns, Notices and Records (Reg 3 -10) CHAPTER III – Examinations and Certificates of competency and of Fitness (Reg 11 -31) CHAPTER IV – Inspection and Mine Officials (Reg 32 -40) CHAPTER-V : Duties and Responsibilities of Workmen, Competent Persons and Officials, etc. (Reg 41 -59) CHAPTER-VI : Plans and Sections (Reg 60 -65) CHAPTER-VII : Means of Access and Egress (Reg 66 -72) CHAPTER-VIII : Ladders and Ladderways (Reg 73 -77) CHAPTER-IX : Transport of Men and Materials – Winding in shafts (Reg 78 -94) CHAPTER-X : Transport of Men and Materials – Haulage (Reg 95 -105) CHAPTER-XI : Mine Workings (Reg 106 -118) CHAPTER XII – Precautions against Dangers from Fire, Dust, Gas and Water (Reg 119 -130) CHAPTER – XIII – Ventilation (Reg 131 -145) CHAPTER XIV – Lighting and Safety Lamps (Reg 146 -152) CHAPTER XV – Explosives an Shotfiring (Reg 153 -170) CHAPTER XVI - Machinery and Plant (Reg 171 -176) CHAPTER XVII – Miscellaneous (Reg 177 -196) FIRST SCHEDULE- Forms SCOND SCHEDULE- Symbols for Plan and Sections

Duties of persons employed in mines • • • Reg 41: Duties of persons employed in mines – Obey Act, Rules, Regulation, Order and Direction Ensure recording your attendance Wear Helmets, Safety shoes and Necessary PPEs Do not remove/ bypass any fence Be on your duty place In-case of injury, report immediately Don’t sleep while on duty Do not be at mine at off duty time

Duties of competent persons • Competent person” in relation to any work or any machinery, plant or equipment means a person who has attained the age of 20 years and who has been duly appointed in writing by the manager as a person competent to supervise or perform that work or to supervise the operation of that machinery, plant or equipment, and who is responsible for the duties assigned to him, and includes a blaster • Reg 42: Responsible for the duties assigned – Do not depute another person to perform your work – Absent without permission – Without permission do not perform any duties other than those for which you are appointed

Duties of officials • Official” means a person appointed in writing by the owner, agent or manager to perform duties of supervision in a mine or part thereof and includes an assistant manager, an underground manager, a mine foreman, a mining mate, an engineer and a surveyor • Reg 43. Every official shall carry out the duties assigned to him by the manager, under-manager or assistant manager in accordance with the provisions of the Act and of the regulations and orders made there-under. • Every official shall, to the best of his power, see that persons under his charge understand carry out their respective duties properly

Regulation related to duties of Different Persons • • • • Reg 44. Duties and responsibilities of the Managers Reg 45. Duties and responsibilities of Assistant Managers or Underground Manager Reg 46. Duties and responsibilities of Mine Foreman Reg 47. Duties and responsibilities of Mining Mates Reg 48. Duties and responsibilities of Blasters Reg 49. Duties of Timber-man Reg 50. Duties of Attendants of main mechanical ventilators Reg 51. Duties of Lamp -room in-charges Reg 52. Duties and responsibilities of Surveyors Reg 53. Duties and responsibilities of Engineers Reg 54. Duties of Winding Enginemen Reg 55. Duties of Banksmen, Bellmen and Signalmen Reg 56. Duties of Haulage Enginemen, Brakes-men, and Signallers Reg 57. Duties of Locomotive Drivers and Shunters Reg 58. Duties of Magazine in-charge

• 47. Duties and responsibilities of mining mates – Every mining mate or other competent person appointed under regulation 116 shall strictly observe the following provisions, namely : • (1)(a) Subject to orders of superior officials, he shall have responsible charge and control of the district of the mine assigned to him by the manager or the assistant manager or underground manager. • (b) He shall take reasonable means to ensure the proper observance of the requirements of the Act and of the regulations, and orders made there under by persons under his charge and shall, as soon as practicable, report any contravention thereof to his superior official.

• 47. (2)(a) He shall make such inspection and reports as are required by these regulations, and in making such examination, he shall pay particular attention to edges of the goaf, if any, for checking supports. (b)Except in the case of a mine working in a continuous succession of shifts, he shall, on completion of the first inspection of the district, proceed to the station appointed under regulation 116 and instruct all persons as to their places of work and as to any special precautions necessary to be observed by them. (c)If he finds any person in a place other than the one assigned to him, he may order such person out of the mine, and shall forthwith report the matter to his superior official. (d)He shall ensure that no inexperienced person is employed on any work except under the supervision of an experienced person.

• 47. (3)(a) He shall see that all travelling roadways to, and working places in, his district are made and kept secure. • (b) He shall report to his superior official any deficiency in timber, appliances and • other necessaries required for the safe working of the district. • (4) Where either of the two ways affording means of egress from the district to the surface is not ordinarily used for travelling, he shall travel, once at least in every seven days, the whole of such way in order to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the same.

(5)(a) If he observes any dangerous place during the course of his inspections or if any danger at a place where work persons are employed is reported to him, he shall, if the danger cannot be removed forthwithdraw all persons from such place and shall not leave the place until the danger has been removed in his presence or all approaches to the place have been fenced off so as to prevent persons from inadvertently entering such place. (b) He shall take care that any dangerous operation is carried out with due precaution, and in such cases shall be present throughout whenever any work of clearing falls of ground and setting of supports therein is being carried out. (c) He shall cause the entrance to every place which is not in actual use or in course of working or extension, to be fenced across the whole width, so as to prevent persons from inadvertently entering such place. (d) If he finds any accumulation of inflammable or noxious gases, he shall carry out the provisions of regulations 141 and shall not remove such accumulation until he has received instructions in that behalf from his superior official. •

Duties and responsibilities of mine Foreman • 46. Duties and responsibilities of mine Foremen – The mine foreman or other competent person appointed under regulation 37(1) shall strictly observe the following provisions, namely – • (1) (a) Subject to the orders of superior officials, he shall have responsible charge and control of such part of the mine, and shall carry out such duties, as may be assigned to him by the manager. (b)In the case of working belowground he shall, while on duty, carry a tracing of the • workings of such district and shall keep the tracing up-to-date. (c)He shall, in his district, make the inspections and reports required by these regulations.

Duties of register keepers and attendance clerks • Reg 59. (1) Every person appointed to keep registers or other records required by or under the Act and the regulations and any orders made there under, or to make entries therein, shall make the necessary entries in ink and with reasonable dispatch. • (2) During the whole time that persons are at work, the attendance clerk shall remain on duty at attendance cabin which shall be provided near the workplaces, or in case of workings belowground, near the outlet used by the work persons to enter and leave such workings. • (3) No person who is not an employee of the mine or is not entitled to enter the mine under the Act or under the regulations, or orders made there under, or is not so authorized by the manager, shall enter the mine. It shall be the duty of the attendance clerk to see that no such person enters the mine; if any such person forcibly enters the mine, the attendance clerk shall immediately report the matter in writing to the manger. • (4) If after the commencement of a shift any official or a competent person has not got his attendance recorded in the register maintained under section 48(4) of the Act, the attendance clerk concerned shall, within two hours after the commencement of the shift, report the fact in writing to the Manager, or the under manager or assistant manager of other official in charge of the shift.

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