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India: Worker fatality at Rampura Agucha mine reported in Hindustan Zinc's annual report
'Integrated Annual Report FY2025, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report', 10 July 2025
Fatal incident: Rampura Agucha Mine Fatality (man machine interaction)
Management plan and mitigation measures:
- Review of existing vehicle and personnel movement and elimination or reduction of the vehicle and personnel interaction as much as practicable.
- Vehicle and personal tracking system for every mines through dedicated control room.
- Availability of adequate passenger carrier vehicles to cater to 100% of workforce visiting mines (underground + surface) and avoidance of people walking especially in vehicle movement areas.
- Comprehensive review of manhole standard design in underground mines w.r.t size, spacing, access etc., and establish minimum requirements for new/existing manholes.
- Develop & implement positive communication protocol for underground and opencut mines and define in transport rules.