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Mining and other extractive
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 Black Lung Collection
(U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges
Law Library)
Dust,
Deception and Death: Why Black Lung Hasn't Been Wiped Out
(Louisville Courier-Journal, 1998)
Mines
and Aggregates Safety and Health Association (Canada)
Mine
Safety Watch web log
NIOSH
Office for Mine Safety & Health Research
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Deep Mine Safety
BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3">Safety
Index (U.S. Office of Surface Mining)
Stress
Prevention in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (International
Labour Organization)
U.S.
Mine Safety and Health Administration home page
U.S.
Mine Safety and Health Administration, Rules and Regulations
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Mining and other extractive industries
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Fire in the Hole — A year after the worst coal-mining
accident in nearly two decades, those left behind sue for answers
and justice. Last September 23, as many Americans watched the
World Trade Center memorial service at Yankee Stadium, 32 men
-- lured by Sunday double time -- descended into the deepest
coal mine in North America. Owned by Jim Walter Resources, Blue
Creek Number 5 lies under Brookwood, Alabama (population 1,483).
The miners rode 'the cage" 210 stories down into gloom,
heat, and the methane gas emitted by seams of coal. Officials
believe that as Gaston Adams Jr. and three other miners worked
to shore up a shaft ceiling, falling rock hit a battery charger,
sparking a methane explosion. Pinned, Adams gave his headlamp
to his buddies and waited in the dark for rescue. As the mine
was evacuated, 12 men, most in their 50s, tried to save Adams
instead. Forty-five minutes later, a second, more powerful blast
killed them all and set off a fire that raged for three days,
until the company flooded the shaft. It was the worst coal-mining
disaster in nearly 20 years.  (Mother Jones, September/October
2002)
Ex-Miner:
Map Was Falsified: Says Section Purposely Left Out — Nine miners were relying on a
deliberately falsified map when they mistakenly broke through
the wall of a flooded, abandoned mine, trapping themselves underground
for 77 hours, a retired miner said yesterday. (Newsday, July 30, 2002)
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