This compulsory question was attempted by nearly all the candidates and their performance was generally alright. The health and safety measures in surface mining include:

• control of fly rocks
• dust control
• noise abatement
• prevention of spontaneous combustion i.e. in coal mining
• control of flooding
• disease prevention
• blast vibration control

 Health and safety measures in underground mining are:

• noxious gas control
• dust control
• ventilation and air conditioning
• noise abatement
• disease prevention
• spontaneous combustion prevention
• provision of illumination
• inundation control
• traffic control