MINING TERMINOLOGY & SHORT DESCRIPTION
Mining Lease : It means a lease
granted for the purpose of under standing mining operation and include a sub
lease granted for the purpose.
Hours of works : No adult employed above or below ground in a mine required to work
for more than 48 hours in any week or 9 hours in any day in case of above mine
and 8 hours in any day in case of below grounds.
Industrial Fatigue : It is the physiological phenomena affecting a change in the natural
organic function resulting in production of chemical product causing fatigue. (Fatigue:-
the feeling of being extremely tired. (gehri thakan)
Fatality rate : It is the rate of which losing of life of any person in mine.
Forest Act : An act to a consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of
forest produce and the duty liable on timber and other forest produce. This act
may be called Indian Forest Act 1927.
Miss Fire : Miss fire means the failure explodes of an entire charge of explosive
in a shot hole.
Overtime : Where in a mine if a person work above ground for more than 9 hours
in any day or works below ground for more than 8 hours in any day is called
overtime work.
Reporting Mine accident : Place of occurrence, how many persons are involved, limb of affected,
it may be material to know which part of the body has been affected, using the
safe devices receipment.
Permitted explosive : It means an explosive manufactured by such from and of such type as
the chief inspector may from the time to time specify by notification in the
official gazette.
Regional inspector : It means the inspector of the mines in charge of the region or local
area or area which the exercised his power under the act.
Ventilation district : It means a such part of the mines below ground as has an independent
intake airway commencing with main intake & an independent return airway
terminating at main return airway.
Competent person : Competent person means a person who has attained the age of 20 years
and who has been duly attained in writing by the manager as a person competent
to supervise or perform that works of operating plant machinery etc.
Agent : Agent means every person whether appointed as such or not acting or
purporting to act on behalf of the owner, take part in management, control,
supervision & direction of mines.
Refresher training : Whenever a person refrain to employment on the surface or on opencast
working or underground mine, after an absence from work for a period exceeding
one year he shall with in one month of his joining duty undergo refreshment training.
Foreman’s district : Foreman’s district is the area of mine which is given under the
charge of supervision and control of one foreman.
Mine Plan : Mine plan include a surface plan or an underground plan a ventilation
plan, water danger plan or a geological plan etc.
Accident : Conventionally any mishap in which one or more person are killed or
injured constituents an accident. It may be defined as an unexpected event
causing loss of life or body injury.
Serious bodily injury : Means any injury which involves the permanent loss of any part or
section of the body or permanent loss of injury to sight or hearing or fracture
of bone.
Bellman : Bellman means a person appointed to superintend the raising and
lowering persons tools, materials and the transmission of signals at any
landing.
Bank’s man : Bank’s man means a person appointed to superintend the lowering &
raising of person tool & materials & the transmission of signal at the
top of a shaft or winze.
Trainer : A person to be newly employed in a mine, while undergoing training in
accordance with the rule considered only a trainers.
Working face : It means which place excavation mineral is done. It is the moving of
any working place.
Stope : It is a solid or block or ore pillar which is under extraction.
Creche : Creche means a room with necessary accommodation reserved for uses of
children under six years of age of woman employed in mines.
Creche nurse : Creche nurse is an woman undergoing a training as a chreche nurse at
an institution appointed as crèche nurse.
Safety officer : In every mine the average monthly output of which exceeds 5000
tonnes, the manager shall be assisted in the work of promoting safe practices
the mine by a safety officer.
Vocational training officer : Every training centre shall be under the charge of a whole time or
part time Vocational training officer as may be specified by the chief
inspector. The duties of training officer to organize & supervise the
training if every person undergoing training under him presence of the rules.
Act : Act
means is an act of the parliament. Which is provides provision for health,
safety & welfare of the person working in the mines.
Approved safety lamp : Approved safety lamp or approved electric torch means a safety lamp
& an electric torch manufacture by such firm and of such type as the chief
inspector may time to time specify by notification in the official gazette.
Assistant manager : Assistant manager means a
person possessing a manager certificate appointed in writing by the owner,
agent or manager to assist the manager in the control management &
direction of the mine and who takes rank immediately below the manager.
Auxiliary fans : Auxiliary fan means a forcing fan or an exhausting fan used below
ground wholly or mainly for ventilating a face or blind ends.
Blaster : Bluster means a person possessing a blaster certificate &
appointed by the manager in writing to perform the duties of a blaster under
these regulation & include a shot firer.
Committee : Committee means a committee appointed under sec-13 of the mines act.
District magistrate : District magistrate is relation to any mine means the district
magistrate or the deputy commissioner as the case may be who is vested with the
executive powers of maintaining law & order is the revenue district in
which the mines is situated.
Explosive : Explosive shall have the same meaning as assigned to that term on the
Indian explosive act 1884.
Face : Face
means the moving front of any working place or the in bye end of any drive
level, cross cut raise or winze.
Landing : Landing means any floor or platform in a shaft or winze which is an
authorized stopping place of the cage or other means of conveyor & includes
a plat.
Machinery : Machinery means any such apparatus appliance or combination of
appliances if any power developed stored transmitted converted or utilized
thereby is used in connection with mining operation.
Manager : Manager means a person possessing the prescribed qualification and
appointed in writing by the owner or agent to be in charge of a mine under the
act and include a mines superintendent if appointed under sec-17 of the act.
Material : Material include rock, stone, mineral, ore or any other material.
Mining mate : Mining mate means a person possessing a manager, foreman or mates
certificate & appointed by the manager in writing under any designation
whatever to perform the duties of mining mate under the regulation.
Mine foreman : Mine foreman means a person possessing a managers of foreman
certificate a appointed by the manager in writing to perform the duties of
supervision or control in a mines or part there of and includes a shiftless.
Official : Official means a person appointed in writing by the owner, agent or
manager to perform duties of supervision in a mines a part if there of and
includes an assistant manager, an under ground manager, a mine foreman, a
mining mate , an engineer and a surveyor.
Public road : Public road means a road maintained for public use and under the
jurisdiction of any government or local authority.
Quarter : Quarter means a period of three months ending on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th Sept, or 31st Dec.
River : River means any stream or current of water whether seasonal or
perennial includes its banks extending up to the highest known flood level.
Roadway : Roadway means any part of passage or gallery below ground which is
maintained in connection with the working in a mines.
Schedule : Schedule means a schedule appended to these regulation.
Shaft : Shaft means a vertical or inclined way or opening leading from the
surface to working below ground or from one part of the working below ground to
another and includes an incline.
Signal man : Signal man means a person appointed to treatment signals.
Socket : Socket means a shot hole or part or a shot hole remaining after being
charged with explosive & blasted & which is not known to be misfired
shot hole.
Support : Support includes timber work, masonry pack walls, sand packs, iron
work of any form of support.
Tub : Tub
includes a wagon, car, truck, hutch, bandy, bucket or any other vehicle for
conveying material but doesn’t include a railway wagon.
Underground manager : Underground manager means a person possessing a manager certificate
appointed in writing by the owner, agent or manager to be in charge of the
whole of the under ground working or specific portion thereof under the
direction of the manager & a mining mate & include an underground
agent.
Winze or raise : Winze or raise means a small shaft either vertical or inclined in the
working bellow ground.
Working place : working place means any place in a mines to which any person has
lawful access.
Trainee : Every person to be newly employed in mines while undergoing trainee
in accordance with these rules, shaft for all purpose be considered only as a
trainee.
Weekly day at rest : No person shall be allowed to work in a mine for obtaining mineral
has been or being carried on.
Rest shelter : At every mines where more than 50 person are ordinarily employed
adequate and suitable shelter known as rest shelter.
Mine : Mine
means any excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for
obtaining mineral has been or being carried on.
Canteen : Mines rule 1955 has a provision under rule by that every mines where
more than 250 persons are the ordinary employed, there shall be made a canteen
by the owner and agent.
Surveyor : MMR has a provision under Reg.52 that at every mine a person holding
a surveyor certificate of competency shall be appointed to be the surveyor for
carrying out surveys.
Workman inspector : For every mine where more than 500 person are ordinary employed, the
owner, agent or manager shall appoint a workman inspector. He should be the technical
expert to carry out the inspection.
Register Keeper : Every person appointed to keep register or other records required by
or under the act and the regulation and any end made there under.
Night shift : Where a person employed in a mines works in a shift which gat ends
beyond midnight as known as night shift.
Railway : It means a railway as defined in the Indian railway Act 1890.
Apparatus for testing for carbon monoxide: In every mine of 2nd or 3rd degree they shall be kept at mine constantly available for use or
more suitable birds or other detaching carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide gas
approved by chief inspector.
Shit firer : Means a person possessing a manager, overman’s, mets, shot
firer certificate & appointed by the manager in writing to perform a duties
of shot firer under the act.
Types of explosive used in mines : No explosive shall be used in mine except that provided by the owner, agent or manager. The explosive provided for use shall be good quality and good condition.
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