Mine Disasters
 A mining accident is an accident that occurs in the process of mining minerals. The Act categories an accident involving loss of lives less than 10 major accidents. Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially in the process of coal mining and hard rock mining.

Following types of mining disasters, losses and impacts are classified by the DGMS.
 • Side fall (slope failure) disaster in opencast mines
 • Roof and side falls in underground mines
 • Collapse of mine pillars
 • Air Blast
 • Failure of rope haulage
 • Accident due to electricity
 • Mine fires
 • Accidents due to explosive
 • Inundations
 • Explosions in mine

. • Rock burst and bumps


Steps to prevent Mining Disaster.
  •  Make safety a top priority. Talk about safety, conduct safety audits, and encourage suggestions from employees for improving safety.
  • Set a goal to eliminate repeat accidents. Make sure all of your employees—not just those involved in an accident—understand the causes of prior accidents and the steps they need to take to avoid a repeat.
  • Train as if their lives depended on it—because they do! Your employees' safety on the job depends on their skills, knowledge, awareness, and judgment. Training strengthens and develops all these safety essentials.
  • Reinforce safe behavior. Get out there among your employees every day and praise those who are working safely. Talk to those who are taking risks and redirect them into following safe procedures. Consider retraining those whose performance indicates a lack of requisite safety skills or knowledge.
  • Don't use discipline without also offering help. You may need to resort to discipline when coaching and counseling fail to correct unsafe behavior. But don't discipline without also providing support and feedback about safe performance.
  • Emphasize hazard detection and reporting. Just because of something was OK yesterday doesn't mean it hasn't become a hazard today. Keep alert and make sure your employees keep their eyes open, too.
  • Investigate every incident. Whether it was a near miss or an accident that caused injuries and damage, investigate until you find the cause and correct it.

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