Underground Mine Disaster Survival and Rescue: An Evaluation of Research Accomplishments and Needs

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• Description:
  Postdisaster survival and rescue research is a small component of the Bureau of Mines health and safety research program. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the Bureau's postdisaster research program and to recommend future efforts in this area. A definition of a disaster survival and rescue system that provides a frame of reference for the evaluation of research accomplishments and the assessment of future needs was developed and the essential components of a research and development program in the postdisaster area was outlined. It was found that to develop a more effective capability for postdisaster survival and rescue, the need for a systems approach to preparing for disaster response and special considerations that apply to government-sponsored research and development leading to the design of escape, survival, and rescue equipment must be considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-122
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002347
• Citation:
  For Reference Only At Bureau Libraries; :1-122
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Performing Organization:
  National Academy of Sciences
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37036feabcabf60f0ac101d8b9c4f1a8f0136faadfca8798c61bb5b113cda83548de82168ef643704fb9526167eeb1d146d07d2681328c40c70de989e5494d4c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206615/cdc_206615_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.60 MB ]