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living around its operations to fight COVID-19 till
21 May 2020.

CIL has procured N95 masks, ventilators, PPE suits,
thermal scanners & oxygen cylinders to help fight
the COVID pandemic.

CIL has also implemented a policy to engage medical
consultants / retired paramedics to fight COVID-19
on contractual basis.

Innovation, R&D and Technological
breakthrough

Use of State-of-the-art-technology ‘Fog Cannons’
are being pressed into service to sanitize residential
colonies, camps of contract workers and neighboring
villages.

CIL employees have developed a pedal based wash website, url: ‘http://web.coalindia.in/flipbook/en’.
basin. The user has to press a pedal with the foot to
start the flow of water and another pedal to dispense Coal India ran “Coronavirus Awareness Campaign”
hand wash. So without touching the knob of the tap in all subsidiaries especially for Front line employees,
or the hand wash bottle, hands can be washed safely. housekeeping and maintenance personnel where
they were informed about the preventive measures
Wearing a face mask is an effective way to stop the and precautions to be taken while at work. The
transmission of corona virus. CIL and its companies guidelines of maintaining physical distancing at the
have put their skill development centers on the job work place and sanitization were adhered to both in
of stitching masks which are then distributed to the mines and offices of CIL.
employees and people living in and around their
mines.

Preventive Measures (for the Organisation
and Employees)

The guidelines issued by DoPT / DPE / MHA and
State Authorities are implemented.

Coal mining equipments, workplaces and residential
areas are sanitized to help prevent the spread of
COVID-19.

Awareness Campaigns

CIL has published a digital flip book ‘Ready
Reckoner’ on how to fight COVID-19 which has
been sent to all employees and is also posted on its

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