Vanoord
15 years ago
Methane, apparently.

A standard hazard of coal mines, but one has to wonder how the levels reached an explosive concentration without the mine being evacuated, unless of course, the build-up was sudden.
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Morlock
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15 years ago
I wonder if coal dust played a part, are they as liberal with stonedust barriers as they were in the NCB?
oildrum
15 years ago
BBC's latest report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8604170.stml 

Methane often under rated as a hazard, we had a "blower" come from the floor in the main level of a district at Florence Colliery. Lasted for a couple of days, with methane levels well into the 80% in the general body. Needless to say no work took place for a while, but the officials were volunteered to monitor developments as the gas was diluted by short circuiting the air flow around the district.
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Ty Gwyn
15 years ago
29 fatalities at this mine,the missing 4 were found this morning,sadly dead.
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15 years ago
I take it that safety legislation in the States must be different as when i started in the pits in 1976 there there was loads of "you must" within the M & Q acts.A lecturer at college did bemoan the H & S Act 1974 as a watering down as it introduced the phase "as far as reasonably practicable".This would mean lawyers earning money difining what that term meant.
Would these men still be alive now if the company had not been able to appeal previous rulings against them of safety breaches
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