This document analyzes accident scenarios in Indian coal mines from 1992-2016. It provides data on the number of fatal and serious accidents each year, as well as trends in rates of death and serious injury per thousand employees, per million tons of coal produced, and per 300,000 man shifts worked. The rates of fatalities and serious injuries have declined overall from 1990 levels, but accidents remain a significant issue, with over 100 deaths and serious injuries reported in Indian coal mines in 2015-2016 alone.

1. ACCIDENT SCENARIO IN INDIAN COAL
MINES
AKSHAT SAMBODHI(715MN1032)
DEEPAK KUMAR BEHERA(715MN1114)
ABHISHEK DHAWAL(715MN1112)

3. 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
FATAL ACCIDENTS
no of accidents no of person killed no of person seriously injured

4. 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS
NO OF ACCIDENTS NO OF PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED

5. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Rates per thousand person employed
Death Serious injury

6. 0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Rates per lakh man shifts work
death serious injury

7. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Rates per million tones of coal
death serious injury

9. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2015 2016
fatal accidents no. of fatalties no. of serious accidents no. of serious injuries

10. 0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
2015 2016
fatality rate per million tonne per coal
fatality rate per 3lakhs man shift
deployed
serious injury rate per million tonne of
coal production
serious injury per 3lakhs man shift
employed

11. REFERENCES
• http://www.dgms.gov.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/VOLUME-I-(COAL)%202014636129985100886136.pdf
• https://www.coal.nic.in/sites/upload_files/coal/files/coalupload/chap11AnnualReport1617en.pdf