• Submission of annual returns in shram suvidha portal
• Accidents/incidents due to exposure to high atmospheric temperature
• Accident due to wheeled trackless machinery in 2014
• Effective utilization of Health & safety management system in mines
• Accident due to fall of persons from height/into depth in 2014
• Arrangement & facilities for occupational health surveillance of persons employed in mines
• Application for medical re-examination by appellate medical board , constituted under Mines Rule 29K
• Protocol on use ,care, maintenance , sampling & testing of self contained self rescuer under CMR191 D(2) & (3)
• Cables requiring DGMS approval for use in coal mines
• Standard properties of Protective/Safety Footwear for use in mines.
• Corrigendum to Tech. Circular on Cables requiring DGMS approval for use
• in Coal and Oil Mines Replacement of approval by special order in writing with General approval, issued vide Circular No. DGMS Tech. Circular (Electrical), (Approval) No. 12 dated, Dhanbad, 25.05.2015

DGMS 2016 Circular Topics were:

• Permission under Rule 37 and Rule 11(4) of Mines Rescue Rules, 1985 to maintain breathing apparatus of different type and make in rescue stations and rescue rooms.
• Periodic testing of breathing apparatus, reviving apparatus etc. maintained at rescue stations and rescue rooms.
• Safety features to be incorporated and maintained in crawler/tyre mounted machineries deployed in mines.
• Mines LED cap lamp cable
• Cylinders to be used in breathing apparatus used in mines
• Integrated approach for development of Safety Management Plan for coal and metalliferous mines
• Standards of illumination in opencast coal mines
• Standards of illumination in underground coal mines
• Emergency Management Plan for Indian coal and metal mines
• Standards of illumination in opencast metalliferous mines
• Standards of illumination in underground metalliferous mines

• Approval for use of reflective harness (visibility harness), reusable earplugs & safety goggles
• Helmets requiring DGMS approval for use in coal,metalliferous mines.
• Footwear requiring DGMS approval for use in coal, metalliferous mines
• Campaign on Risk Caculator
• Take 5 Personal risk calculator
• Accident due to dump failure

• Fire fighting & fire suppression system including automatic fire detection & dust suppression system to be used in HEMMs,material & chemical to be used in fire fighting or suppression system in mines both on surface and belowground including oil and gas mines.
• Revised standard for testing & use of cement capsule as grout material for roof bolting in mines
• Standards for the use of glass/fibres reinforced plastic polymer (GRP/FRP) rockbolt assemblies & components as support for other than roof strata , in the working of belowground mines.
• Revised standards for testing & use of Resin capsule as grouting material for roof bolting purposed in the belowground working of coal mines.
• Accident due to dumpers & tippers/truck in opencast coal mines
• Use of manila ropes in mine
• Safety is my responsibility campaign
• Accident due to failure of coal/ore handling plants in mines
• Use of highwall mining technologies in Indian coal mines

• Appointment of Engineers to hold general charge of machinery, their installation, maintenance & safe working
• Occupational safety and health issues of contractual employees in mines- improvement needed
• PME of mining employees above the age of 60 years
• Use & maintenance of telemonitoring system
• Precautions while charging nitrogen gas in accumulator cylinder of machinery
• Accident due to dumpers due to failure of braking & steering system in mines
• Lighting protection system in mines
• Intimation of accident due to electricity in Mines

• Guidelines on occupational health survey (Medical Examination) of person working at places or operations/processes prone to generate airborne dust
• Safety management system- provision for auditing and review
• Training for operators in HEMM using simulator
• Inclusion of additional formats of Medical Examination along with existing Form O for the purpose of IME & PME of persons working in mines.

• Audio visual Alarm for surface transport Machinery & other Heavy earth Moving Machinery
• Approval of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and Central Mine Planning and Design Institute, Ranchi as approved test houses for conducing of tests on cement/resin capsules.
• Respirable Dust Measurements and Control to Prevent Pneumoconiosis in Mines.
• Standard Components and Properties of Steel Roof Bolts to be used in Mines
• Use of Portable hydraulic banding machine for recapping of wedge type rope cappel
• Safety features to be incorporated in Tippers / Truck
• Provision of separate road for LMV in the premises of  large opencast mines.
• Standard Components and Properties of Rigid Steel Props, Chocks & Cogs to be used in Mines
• Standard Components and Properties of Steel Roof Bolts to be used in Mines

• Surveyed off equipment in the open cast mine
• Structural Safety audit for Heat gears used in Mines
• Qualitative and Quantitative assessment of Fire Fighting Equipment.
• Use of only Approved Types and Standards of Luminaries for Lighting in Mines.
• Corrections and modifications in the DGMS Technical Circular No. 9 of 2008 and Circular No. 1 of 2009
• Use of Local Methane Detector (LMD) in underground Coal Mines
• Safe gaps between cage and landing levels in winding shaft
• System Study and Safety Audit for the purpose of eliminating the Risk of Accidents & Dangerous Occurrences
• Standards Composition and properties required for Resin Capsules to be used as grouting material for Roof Bolting in Mines.
• Provisions of Rear Vision System in Equipments
• Telemonitoring System and their features for use in Underground Coal Mines.
• Production of Gazette Notifications such as Appointment as the Inspector of Mines/ Electrical Inspector and General authorization issued under Sec. 75 of the Mines Act-1952, whichever is applicable.
• Amendment in Bye-Laws in relation to syllabus for Manager’s, Surveyor’s, Foreman Certificate of Competency Examination under Mettalliferious Mines Regulation, 1961.
• Approval of Dust Suppression/Prevention System in Drilling machinesused in mines

• AVA for surface transportation machineries & other HEMM
• Separate road for Light Motor Vehicles in the Mine Premises of
• Mechanized Open Cast, Coal and Non Coal Mines
• Advanced Early Streamer Emission Type Protection System
• Use of Chemical Additives for Dust Suppression in Coal Mines
• Fire Suppression and Control System to be used in Mines
• Modified standard condition stipulated under CMR 98 & MMR 106 for using HEMM in OC mines.
• Recommendations of 10th National Conference on Safety in Mines held on 26th & 27th December 2007 at New Delhi.

• Damage of below ground structures due to blast induced vibration in nearby opencast mines
• Provision of Pit Bottom Buffers
• Noise Levels and Noise Induced Hearing Loss among mine workers.
• Specifications for x-ray View Box and Viewing Facilities in PME Centers.
• Screening of Chest Radiographs for Pneumoconiosis and Silicosis by Using ILO Classification 2000.
• Order under Regulation 191D (1) of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957, on type of self-rescuers to be used in belowground workings of coal mines.

• Provisions of additional equipments at mines Rescue Stations/Rooms
• Notice of Occurrence of Notified disease
• Sampling of Airborne Respirable dust levels in mine atmosphere
• Accident due to fall of persons while working at height.
• Firing of Shots in fire areas/in vicinity of hot strata in opencast coal mine
• Precautions to be taken in oil mines during work-over/drilling operations.
• Recommendations of Central Saunda Court of Inquiry
• Use of intrinsically safe insulation tester where flammable gas exists under Rule 126 of the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956.

• Re-constitution of Appellate Medical Board under Rule 29K of Mines Rules, 1955.
• Use of mobile phones and two-way radio transmitters during charging of explosive and infilling stations
• Recommendations of Godavarikhani No. 7 (LEP) Court of Inquiry,
• Use of approved type of fuel in Velox - GL 7 and GL 50 Safety lamps

DGMS 2004 Circular Topics were

• Amendment to Regulations 15(2), 15(3), 16(1) & 16(2) of the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961
• Amendment to Regulation 152(2), 161,(2) & 21(1) of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957.
• Accident due to side fall and fall of persons in opencast mines during monsoon season.
• Preventing fires in Heavy Earth Moving Machineries.
• Intimation of accidents burn injuries due to electric flash / spark.
• Quality of Brake liner.
• Precautions to be observed during the operation and maintenance of Derrick Cranes.
• Monsoon preparation and Precaution against danger of inundation from surface water

DGMS 2003 Circular Topics were

• Fatal Accident in a direct Rope Haulage while guiding the Rope for proper booking in the drum.
• Certification of First Aid Course conducted by Multi Disciplinary Centre on Safety, Health & Environment, Bhubaneswar - clarification thereof.
• Dangers due to blasting projectiles.
• Safe use of Fluid Coupling in underground coal mine
• Anchorage testing of installed roof bolts.
• Recommendations of Bagdigi Court of inquiry.
• Procedure to be followed for approval of a New Permitted Explosive
• Testing and examination of apparatus under pressure.
• Proper layout of workshop located in the precincts of opencast mines.
• Provision of proper Audio Visual Alarm during reversing of vehicles.

• Support of roof and side in belowground coal mines.
• Use of Protective foot wears by female workers.
• Calibration of environmental monitoring equipment.
• Safe use of mobile Cranes - Code of Pract.
• Providing flash back arrestors in gas welding/cutting sets
• Safety Management System - A guideline for implementation.