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Mine Accidents Worth Reporting
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Just about anything can happen when miners are at work as the recent seismic accident has illustrated. Certain incidents are considered "Immediately Reportable" by NIOSH. Here they are:
| 1. | A death of an individual at a mine |
| 2. | An injury to an individual at a mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death |
| 3. | An entrapment of an individual for more than thirty minutes |
| 4. | An unplanned inundation of a mine by a liquid or gas |
| 5. | An unplanned ignition or explosion of gas or dust |
| 6. | An unplanned mine fire not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery |
| 7. | An unplanned ignition or explosion of a blasting agent or an explosive |
| 8. | An unplanned roof fall at or above the anchorage zone in active workings where roof bolts are in use; or, an unplanned roof or rib fall in active workings that impairs ventilation or impedes passage |
| 9. | A coal or rock outburst that causes withdrawal of miners or which disrupts regular mining activity for more than one hour |
| 10. | An unstable condition at an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank which requires emergency action in order to prevent failure, or which causes individuals to evacuate an area; or, failure of an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank |
| 11. | Damage to hoisting equipment in a shaft or slope which endangers an individual or which interferes with use of the equipment for more than thirty minutes |
| 12. | An event at a mine which causes death or bodily injury to an individual not at the mine at the time the event occurs |
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Yikes! I'm too paranoid to work in a mine. Comment by: buccicone.2
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