Occupational Health and Safety Policy of CIL

We, at Coal India Limited, are committed to ensure the health and safety of our employees. CIL believes that accidents are preventable and industrial health hazards are controllable with foresight, relevant training, purposeful attitude and appropriate equipment.

CIL is committed to:

A. Carry out all mining and associated activities in such a manner as to avoid harm to employees, neighboring communities & environment.

B. Comply all relevant statutes for occupational health and safety.

C. Continuously promote and improve safe practices in all its operations in a planned manner along with its monitoring and feedback.

D. Develop a culture of progressive improvement in practices and systems related to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) at work places.

CIL will achieve these objectives by:

1. Planning and designing of mine with adequate provision for Occupational Health and Safety.
2. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment based Safety Management System in mines.
3. Adoption of suitable technology for improvement in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system in work places.
4. Provision of adequate resources for effective execution of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system in work places.
5. Engage the safety personnel exclusively for improving safety standards and safety cultures of mines.
6. Organize appropriate forums with employees’ representatives for joint consultations on occupational health and safety matters to promote motivation and commitment of employees in occupational health and safety system;
7. Multi-level monitoring of the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system in mines through Internal Safety Organization (ISO) at the company headquarters and Area Safety Officers at area level;
8. Periodically auditing of the procedures and practices related to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) System;
9. Institute continuous education, training and retraining all employees with the accent placed on development of safety oriented skills;
10. Continuous efforts to improve the occupational health standards, workplace ambience and health conditions of the employees.