Rule 7 — Notice of accidents and dangerous occurrences.

7(4)

The following classes of dangerous occurrences, whether or not they result in bodily injury or disablement:

7(4)(i) bursting, of any plant or pipeline or equipment containing petroleum, steam, compressed air or other substance at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure; (ii) collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist or other appliances used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof, or the overturning of a crane; (iii) explosion, fire, leakage or release of harmful toxic gases, bursting out, leakage or escape of any molten metal or hot liquid or gas causing bodily injury to any person or damage to any room or place in which persons are employed; (iv) explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting from the compression of gas;

7(4)(v) collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoists or conveyors or other similar equipment for handling building or construction material or breakage or failure of rope, chain or loose gears; overturning of cranes used in building or other construction work; (vi) a spontaneous heating or outbreak of fire or appearance of smoke or other indication of heating or outbreak of fire in belowground mines; (vii) collapse or subsidence of floor, gallery, roof bridge, tunnel, chimney, wall, building or subsidence of soil or any other structure, platform, staging, scaffolding or any means of access including formwork; contact work, excavation and collapse of transmission; (viii) spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container; (ix) an eruption or inrush of water or other liquid matter in mines;

7(4)(x) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment within the establishment; (xi) fall from a height of any excavation, loading or transport machinery, falling of objects from a height; (xii) an instantaneous failure of a pillar, part of a pillar or several pillars in working below ground; (xiii) a rock-burst in working below ground; a premature collapse of any part of the working; (xiv) a breakage, fracture or failure of a part of any machinery or apparatus including any derrick, draw-works, casing line or failure of emergency brake, whereby the safety of persons may be endangered; (xv) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery or interruption of normal mining operations; (xvi) failure of dump or side in opencast working; (xvii) a failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons may be endangered; (xviii) an uncontrolled chemical spillage; (xix) a blowout in case of oil mines; (xx) spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing burn injury to any person; (xxi) an explosion or ignition in mines; (xxii) an influx of inflammable or noxious gases in belowground or oil mines; (xxiii) any accident due to explosives in mines; (xxiv) a breakage or fracture of rope, chain, headgear, pulley or axle or bearing thereof or other gear by which persons or materials are lowered or raised in a below ground mine; (xxv) an over winding or hard landing of cages or other means of conveyance while persons or materials are being lowered or raised in a below ground mine; (xxvi) a breakage or fracture of any part of the winding engine, crankshaft, coupling, bearing, gearing, clutch, drum or drum shaft or failure of emergency brake in a below ground mine; or (xxvii) any other occurrence as specified through general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time.