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Coal Consulting Centre

The improving program of industrial safety at the coalmines of Donbass.

The show program "The improving program of industrial safety at the coalmines of Donbass" was carried out by Coal consulting center in accordance with requirements specification of the Tacis project "The partnership EU-Ukraine, as a transfer of Know-How in the sphere of development and management in coal sector of Donbass, Ukraine".

The aim of the project is to exclude the death cases and industrial injures of each distinguished miner
The way of realization - influence on the human factor
The main idea of the project - reducing the probability of accident or its heaviness degree you manage the safety.

The tasks of the show project:
- adaptation and approbation of progressive safety management systems, that allows to increase safety standards, definitely, in well-developed coalmining countries
- elaboration and introduction of the improving program of industrial safety for conditions of "Trudovskaja" mine.

In the period from July 2001 till August 2002 the specialists of Coal consulting center within the bounds of show project have prepared and fulfilled the improving program of industrial safety at "Trudovskaja" mine. In the process of carrying out the program new approaches to solve the problem of industrial injures were tested as well as: the measures, directed on the rising workers` responsibility for personal safety, the improving of training system for main staff, the drawing all workers in the industrial safety managing process etc. As a result of the program was introduction of industrial safety management methods; the consequence was the reducing of industrial injures level to 50 per cent at the enterprise during the year.

The experience accumulated by specialists of coal consulting center within the bounds of Tacis project "The partnership EU-Ukraine, as a transfer of Know-How in the sphere of development and management in coal sector of Donbass" was the first point for beginning of show project. The industrial safety improving system in conditions of Ukrainian mine.
During 1998-2001 we accumulated and analyzed the information about almost all damages and accidents with lethal and heavy outcomes, which took place in the coal industry of Ukraine, and most typical cases in other countries of the last 10 years. In cooperation with representatives of Gosnadzorochrantruda* we took part in the work of commission of experts concerning investigation of accident causes that had heavy consequences. The unique material was gathered and worked up.
During the time the business-planes for many mines were formulated, we have got the conclusions, that one of the main factors of investment "unpleasantness" of Ukrainian mines is their potential danger for working staff.
In 2001 it was decided to begin show project "The improving program of industrial safety at Ukrainian mines", which had been carried out by the consultants of Coal consulting center jointly with West-European specialists in accordance with requirements specification for the second part of Tacis project "The partnership EU-Ukraine, as a transfer of Know-How in the sphere of development and management in coal sector of Donbass, Ukraine".
The main sources of danger, according to the consultants` of the "Center" meaning, are mining and geological conditions of Ukrainian mines, common shortcomings in the vent and decontamination systems, and also imperfection in system approaches of organization of safety work conditions.
Within the bounds of the project, for the purpose to prevent conflagrations and explosions at coalmines, the researching work about formed situation with gas-pollutions and accident rates was fulfilled. The vent schemes and degassing systems were researched and analyzed according to research materials definite calculations were done, on their basis were elaborated Recommendations in improving of vent schemes for "Juzhdonbasskaja №1", GP "Donetskugol" and Bazhanov`s GP "Makeevugol" mines.
The consultants of the "Center" jointly with specialists of Ukrainian Russian SP "Intersoft" took part in elaboration and introduction of program means complex "Ventilation - PLA".

Having analyzed the main normative documents, within the bounds of existing managing system of industrial safety, specialists of Coal consulting center had elaborated their own safety Conception, which was taken as the ground of the work, concerning the project.
The rising of safety standards, decreasing of absolute quantity and heaviness of injures occurs with simultaneous development of two tendencies:
- Creating of safe workplaces thanks introduction of new equipment, modern technologies. This tendency is quite expensive and needs considerable investment.
- The second one is the changing the attitude to safety, using of "human factor". This tendency demands much smaller expenses, that`s why under the conditions of insufficient financing it is more interesting for coal industry of Ukraine.
As the analyze of foreign experience has shown introduction of the first tendency allowed to decrease the traumatism definitely to approximately 50 per cent and then the period of stabilization begins.
The terminology of the project is quite easy and available for comprehension and memorization; it`s typical for different branches and spheres of human activity.
In the heart of the project the people are. As foreign experience has shown and already domestic experience too, the main reason of 95-96% accidents are produced because of wrong and danger human actions. And this statistic is typical for different branches and spheres of human activity.
Starting from elaborated selection criteria for mines, with the purpose to take part in the project; and wish of the "Trudovskaja" mine management, namely this mine was chosen for carrying out the second part of show project in the industrial safety improving at the coalmine.
In our work we have been based, surely, on the knowledge, skill of mine staff, at the same time we have used existing technological processes, technical knowledge, practical experience of workers, industrial injures statistic.
Basing on that, we have dealt with danger sources exposure under different conditions; and created of safe conditions and work methods.
At all junctures of the project the training program and information transfer played significant role.
We could divide it into two big parts conditionally: inner and outer ones.
Inner one is directed to the mine audience. The realization of the inner program was fulfilled per theoretical classes in the auditoriums, trainings - on the surface and in inside conditions and consisted of three conditionally independent cycles - managers, supervision, and workers.
Outer one is intended for dissemination of information and to cover the course of pilot project broadly, in aim to increase the feedback and in that way to improve the adoption of all mechanism in Ukraine.
On the basis of factual statistic of injures at the mine, we have elaborated computer model of data, which is regularly enriched.
On the basis of analyze in different factors in dependence on planed task, recommendations and measures are being prepared, the potential danger places or actions are exposed.
Within the bounds of the pilot project we have delivered to the mine the measures of personal defense of wrists, hands and eyes, which form more then 40% in the total structure of injures. We had a possibility to look after the changes of the group structure and total injures structure.
The quantity of wrist injures reduced to 8% (from 36% till 28%), eyes injures - to 1% (from 6% till 5%).
There`s a tendency of absolute injures quantity reducing by the present moment As you can see on the schedule, there`re definite fluctuations in absolute injures figures, but we were ready for such a state of things, and we can say that the present tendency is more important for us.
So, as the result of the pilot project is the reducing of industrial injures to 50% in accordance with annual period of the last year, and reducing of total injures to 25%.
In 2002 the quantity of accidents at the "Trudovskaja" mine completed 7-9 items a month (18-30 items were injured at the annual period of the last year before the pilot project has begun). There`re two tendencies, each of which is very important.
- the reducing of absolute quantity of accidence
- the reducing of heaviness degree of injures (almost all injures are light)
The indirect confirmation that injures degree has reduced is shortening of disablement, approximately to 25-30%. By the way this tendency was formed during the last 6-8 months.

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