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    To All Owners, Agents & Managers of Mines.: Subject: Dangers Due To Blasting Projectiles

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    This document from the Directorate General of Mines Safety discusses the dangers of projectiles ejecting from blasting in mines. It notes that accidents from projectiles have occurred both within and beyond the standard 300m danger zone. The document describes a recent fatal accident in which projectiles traveled 412m after a blast, hitting and killing a supervisor. It recommends that mines treat all areas within 500m as danger zones during blasting, ensure proper sheltering, implement controlled blasting techniques to prevent ejection of fragments, and provide training on safe blasting practices.

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    This document from the Directorate General of Mines Safety discusses the dangers of projectiles ejecting from blasting in mines. It notes that accidents from projectiles have occurred both within and beyond the standard 300m danger zone. The document describes a recent fatal accident in which projectiles traveled 412m after a blast, hitting and killing a supervisor. It recommends that mines treat all areas within 500m as danger zones during blasting, ensure proper sheltering, implement controlled blasting techniques to prevent ejection of fragments, and provide training on safe blasting practices.

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    This document from the Directorate General of Mines Safety discusses the dangers of projectiles ejecting from blasting in mines. It notes that accidents from projectiles have occurred both within and beyond the standard 300m danger zone. The document describes a recent fatal accident in which projectiles traveled 412m after a blast, hitting and killing a supervisor. It recommends that mines treat all areas within 500m as danger zones during blasting, ensure proper sheltering, implement controlled blasting techniques to prevent ejection of fragments, and provide training on safe blasting practices.

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    To All Owners, Agents & Managers of Mines.: Subject: Dangers Due To Blasting Projectiles

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    No.DGMS (SOMA)/(Tech)Cir.No.2 of 2003 Dhanbad, Dated the 31st January 2003.

    To All Owners, Agents & Managers of mines.


    Subject: Dangers due to blasting projectiles.

    Accidents due to projectiles ejecting from blasting had been a major source of accident in
    both below ground and opencast workings. Under the existing provisions of Coal Mines
    Regulations, 1957 and the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961, before a shot is charged,
    stemmed or fired the shotfirer/blaster is required, amongst other things to ensure that all
    persons within a radius of 300m from the place of firing (referred to hereinafter as danger
    Zone) have taken proper shelter, apart from giving sufficient warning by efficient signals or
    other means approved by the manager over the entire zone. There had been, however, a
    number of instances where flying fragments due to blasting had ejected not only within but
    also beyond the danger Zone, resulting into serious and even fatal accidents.

    This Directorate from time to time had drawn the attention of all concerned about the
    dangers from flying projectiles through issue of DGMS Circulars Viz. Circular Tech. 15/1977
    and 8/1982. Recently, however, another fatal accident occurred due to same reason.

    Enquiry into the accident revealed that in an open cast coal mine, overburden had been kept
    dumped against the free face of OB bench, 12 No. first row of holes were left uncharged
    because of spontaneous heating in the seam below, 17 holes of 150mm 6.5m Depth drilled
    in 7m x 5m Pattern (spacing & burden) charged with 75 kg/hole and 42 holes of 6.5m depth
    250mm dia drilled in 6m x 6m pattern charged with 130 kg/hole were blasted. The projectiles
    ejected due to blasting travelled for a distance of about 412m in the reverse direction away
    from the free face and hit a mechanical supervisor. The enquiry further revealed that the
    deceased had taken proper shelter in a blasting shelter but had come out of the shelter
    immediately on hearing to the sound of blast and was subsequently hit by the projectiles.

    Over years there had been refinement of blasting practices as well as development in
    explosives and accessories, whereby it is possible to control the throw and prevent ejection
    of flying fragments within a safe distance, with relative ease. There is, therefore, no reason
    why such type of accident should continue to occur.

    The matter is brought to your attention so that following corrective measures are taken in
    case similar conditions exists in any mine under your control.

    (1) In the interest of safety to treat all the places within a radius of 500m of the place of firing
    as the danger zone, all persons who are required to remain within the danger zone at the
    time of blasting should take protection in substantially built shelter.

    (2) Formulate a code of practice for controlled blasting Technique with milli-second delay
    detonators/ electric shock tubes/ cord relays or use of sequential blasting machines or by
    adequately muffling of holes including precautions to be taken during blasting operation until
    all clear signal given by blaster.

    (3) Training of persons and their helpers engaged in such blasting operation.

    ( Dashrath Singh )
    Director-General of Mines Safety.

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