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Personal Experience of Industrial Visit
The objective of the Industrial Visit is to help students gain
first hand information regarding
functioning of the industry which presents the students with
opportunities to plan, organize and
engage in active learning experiences both inside and outside
the classroom.
We , twenty five students of 1st
year PGDHRM batch of Xavier Institute of Social Service
had Industrial Visit starting from 28th
February to 9th
March. During these ten days we visited Heavy
Engineering Corporation Ltd, Jindal Steel and Power Limited,
Moonidih underground coal mine of
Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Bokaro Steel Plant, Piparwar open
cast coal mine of Central Coalfields,
Usha Martin Limited, TELCO, Tata Cummins and Tata Steel.
Among the above organizations that we went to the most note
worthy of mentioning is our
visit to Moonidih underground coal mine of Bharat Coking Coal
Limited. It was a never before
learning experience for me. We studied The Mines Act, 1952 in
the classroom. But when we went to
the BCCL site at Moonidih we got to know the various
applications of the different provisions of the
act from the HR officers there. Plus we saw the entire process
of how coal is excavated and washed
and then finally grinded and prepared to used as prince coking
coal. Following are couple of key
points that I carried back with me as part of self learning
experience.
1.
Due to the prevalence of harsh conditions at the site of
excavation the working hours foradults have been divided into three
consecutive shifts of 6 hrs each.
2. Prohibition of employment of children below the age of 18
years and women in theunderground mine.
3. Provision for use of helmets and battery powered lights by
workers inside the mine at alltimes for protection.
4. Safety boards for generating awareness among workers
regarding safety of self as well as co-workers have been put up at
every nook and turn of the entire stretch of the mine. The
safety
boards are also meant to caution the workers of the danger that
prevail at certain points of
sliding of the walls and the ceiling.
5. Arrangement for artificial ventilation and supply of cold air
for preventing injury to the healthof the workers.
6. Arrangements for rest places and cool drinking water at
regular intervals for the workers.We were fortunate to have one
highly skilled supportive and interactive officer from whom we got
to
know the technical details of the entire coal preparations
process and various other precautionary
measures being adopted by the management for providing safety to
the workers inside the mine
