Schedule

The following classes of dangerous occurrences, whether or not they are attended by

personal injury or disablement, namely:-

(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, explosion due to explosives, 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.

(v) collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoist 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; falling of objects from height;

(vi) collapse of any wall, 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;

(vii) Spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container;

(viii) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment within the

establishment;

(ix) fall from height of any excavation, loading or transport machinery;

(x) an instantaneous failure of a pillar, part of a pillar or several pillars of coal (i.e., a

'bump') in working below ground;

(xi) a rock-burst in working belowground; a premature collapse of any part of the

working;

(xii) a breakage, fracture or failure of an essential part of any machine or apparatus

whereby the safety of persons may be endangered;

(xiii) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery, or interruption of

normal mining operations;

(xiv) failure of dump or side in opencast working; a blowout;

(xv) a failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons may be

endangered; or spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing burn injury to

any person;

(xvi) a major uncontrolled emission of petroleum or chemical spillage;

Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the above schedule to remove

any ambiguity, any failure and damage of machinery and equipment and damage or

collapse of structure leading to death or injury of workers due to explosion of boiler or its

accessories and mountings as defined in The Boilers Act,2025 will not be covered under

this schedule.