Mining Safety Tips

Dust Hazards – Dust is one of the most significant hazards in mining Coal mining can result in large amounts of airborne dust particles The most severe risk involved with dust in coal mining is coal workers' pneumoconiosis (also known as black lung disease) which is a About The mission of the Division of Mine Safety (DMS) is to ensure all coal miners in the Commonwealth are provided with a safe working environment to provide effective education and training to coal miners to foster safe work practices and to ensure that statutes and regulations regarding coal mining are enforced fairly and consistently throughout the Commonwealth

Coal and Air Pollution

Methane (CH4) often occurs in the same areas that coal is formed and is released during mining activities Methane is 34 times stronger than carbon dioxide at trapping heat over a 100-year period and 86 times stronger over 20 years roughly 10 percent of all US methane emissions come from coal mining (b) A copy of any permit granted under this section shall be mailed immediately to a representative of the miners of the mine to which it pertains and to the public official or agency of the State charged with administering State laws relating to coal mine health and safety in such mine

Risk assessment workbook for mines

Prescribed Hazard The Mine Health Safety Regulation 2007 requires mines to conduct OHS risk assessments in relation to certain high risk prescribed hazards associated with ground instability inrush atmospheric contamination mine shafts conveyors earth moving machinery fire explosives electrical work and mine roads Dec 18 2015The coal industry was privatised in 1994 Miners are pictured at the top of the Clipstone pit shaft in January 1994 when the pit was taken over by RJB mining