Mine Subsidence Insurance Programs

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• Personal Author:
  Ingram, David K.
• Description:
  An estimated 7 million acres of U.S. land has been undermined. Already, approximately 1.9 million of those acres have been affected by surface subsidence. Of the 100,000 underground coal mines that exist, 90,000 are presently abandoned or inactive, leaving nearly 5.2 million acres of undermined area that has not yet subsided. Of that figure, about 500,000 acres are situated under urban, populated areas. This article discusses the insurance implications of this situation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mines Coal Mining Environmental Impacts Mining Industry Underground Mines Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1040-7820
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  130-132
• Volume:
  97
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10011443
• Citation:
  Coal 1992 Sep; 97(9):130-132
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Coal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62fb12963636ae27808dc150ce24583c80070b602509913305687388a5e2b9026e64b2c91a201096a6e8790d2b1c35af3f34756ecf3b7c023e52a4a181999b0c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220162/cdc_220162_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.97 MB ]