Information Circular 9440: Historical Summary of Coal Mine Explosions in the United States, 1981-1994

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• Personal Author:
  Conti, Ronald S. ; Dobroski, Harry Jr. ; Stephan, Clete R.
• Description:
  This U.S. Bureau of Mine (USBM) publication provides an overview of coal mine ignitions and explosions that occurred between January 1, 1981, and December 31,1994. Major disasters that produced multiple fatalities and resulted in substantial damage to the mine and minor events that resulted in no injuries or fatalities and did little damage to the mine, are included. Within this time period, there were seven major underground explosions that resulted in five or more fatalities. These disasters are discussed in some detail and a mine map of each disaster area is included. Appendixes list all reported ignitions and explosions chronologically. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Explosions Mining Mortality Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-statistics Blast-effects Coal-mines Coal-mining Disasters Explosion-damage Explosive-hazards Fatalities Ignition Methane Mine-safety Mining-industry Mortality-data Site-surveys Surface-mining Underground-mining Work-environment

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  64 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039258
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-154687
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9440, 1996 Jan; :1-62
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9440
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3950b89a426f9fdacb9ba7ae5972d58cc3d7f9548c4d609e61505e9f7f7313a96fe02bb72fc9dce4ce6c6d4114f181e58f8116b5fb3ab4852be717ae8bf06c0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206407/cdc_206407_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.29 MB ]