Geoff Simpson has been involved in Health and Safety research and consultancy for more than 35 years, including more than 20 years in mining During this time his roles have included Head of Ergonomics at the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Manager of Ergonomics and Safety Management at British Coal, Head of Safety Management at International Mining Consultants Ltd, and Lecturer at the ....
Clinically important respiratory effects of dust exposure ,
A unique data set of 3380 British coal miners has been reanalyzed with major focus on nonpneumoconiotic respiratory conditions The aim was to assess the independent contribution of smoking and exposure to respirable dust to clinically significant measures of respiratory dysfunction Exposure to coal-mine dust was monitored over a 10-yr period...
An International Comparison of Coal Mining Safety Performance
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2001 917 An International Comparison of Turkish Coal Mining Industry Safety Performance M Sari1, C Karpuz1 and AS Selçuk2 1Department of Mining ....
The risk of gas leaks from disused mines Society The ,
Jan 30, 2001 0183 32 The mass closure of Britain s pits left many bad legacies, but none worse than the gases seeping up from disused min Paul Humphries on the ,...
Miners Lamp History from Flame to the Davy Lamp to ,
Mining, coal mining in particular, started thousands of years ago The easy method used was to find the outcrop where the coal surfaced and follow it, removing the coal as you mined This developed into bell pits so named because of their shape Miners would mine straight down until they reached the coal ,...
Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining ,
Attention focused first on visible risks like explosions, but then broadened as authorities documented other hazards? The result was a series of increasingly tough laws culminating with the 1872 Coal Mines Act that assigned clear responsibility for safety and health to mine management and stipulated specific mine safety rul...
Sep 17, 2014 0183 32 Whilst a Coal Mining Risk Assessment may often be purely desk-based, for example based on a review of existing data and documentary evidence, please note that if a site contains mine ,...
Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 Contents , 7 Keeping information and data on which risk assessment is based 21 8 Notification of safety and health issues generally 21 , Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 Coal Mining Safety and...
Quantitative Risk Assessment in Support of the Final Respirable Coal Mine Dust Rule Statistical Methods and Analysis December 2013 Mine Safety and Health Administration US Department of Labor , P/11 model is based on cohort mortality among British coal miners and relates to...
Coal miners also face a heightened risk of silicosis, from exposure to crystalline dust in the air, and asbestosis and mesothelioma from inhaling asbestos dust in and around min Asbestos is not present in all mines, but the Mine Safety and Health Administration estimates that about 15 of mines are contaminated with asbestos and have ....
Cancer Blog Cancer Education and Research Institute ,
May 14, 2014 0183 32 5 In 2010, 4 new cases of cancer were found among former mine workers in Minnesota, USA, increasing the number of mine-related cancer cases to 63 6 Overall, the reports are at times contradictory, making a definitive conclusion about cancer risk due to coal mining a challenge...
Nov 12, 2012 0183 32 parent company to learn about Longwall Top Coal Caving LTCC techniqu Introduced and improved over the last 20 years, the Longwall Top Coal Caving LTCC method, used for extracting thick seams greater than 45 m , was recently launched in Australia More than 90 such longwalls already operate in China...
The Labor Department in The Carter Administration A Summary Report January 14, 1981 By Ray Marshall Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA MSHA was created in the Labor Department by legislation in 1978 Previously, responsibility for enforcement of federal mine safety and health legislation belonged to the Department of the Interior and, prior to 1973, to the Bureau of Min...
Coal mining in the United Kingdom dates back to Roman times and occurred in many different parts of the country Britain s coalfields are associated with Northumberland and Durham, North and South Wales, Yorkshire, the Scottish Central Belt, Lancashire, Cumbria, the East and West Midlands and KentAfter 1970, coal mining quickly collapsed and practically disappeared in the 21st century...
Mining legislation The Mines Regulations 2014 came into force on 6 April 2015 and replace all previous mine specific health and safety legislation The regulations are supported by new guidance New guidance is also available on electrical safety in mines Mines Regulations 2014 Current mining ,...
Understanding Human Error in Mine Safety
Know MoreGeoff Simpson has been involved in Health and Safety research and consultancy for more than 35 years, including more than 20 years in mining During this time his roles have included Head of Ergonomics at the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Manager of Ergonomics and Safety Management at British Coal, Head of Safety Management at International Mining Consultants Ltd, and Lecturer at the ....