Safety Alert: Fatal Accident during Safety Relief Valve Testing at Oil Mine (July 2021)

Department: Safety alerts
Year: 2021
Collection: Individual circulars & notifications
Topic: DGMS circulars

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ALERT REGARDING OCCURRENCE OF FATAL ACCIDENT (i)

Name of the mine :

Central Asset Mine- OCS Tengakhat (ii)

Owner of the Mine :

M/s Oil India Limited (iii)

Date and time of the accident :

09/07/2021, 09:20 AM (iv)

Number of persons Killed :

01 (One)

(v)

Injured :

NIL (vi)

Fig 01 : Before Accident Fig 02 : After Accident (vii)

Prima facie cause of the accident: “While 04 Work persons were testing/setting the safety relief valve on a portable test bench in an OCS(Oil Collecting Station) of an Oil Mine, the Safety Valve failed and test bench got dislodged (due to air pressure releasing from safety valve) causing fatal injuries to one of the work person while others escaped unhurt.” Dislodged Test Bench Safety Relief Valve Being Tested Control Valve for Increasing Air Pressure

Reproduced from the official DGMS circular compilations for public reference. The PDF is the authoritative text; DGMS may have amended or withdrawn older instructions since.