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Underground mine fire preparedness - Part 2 - Part 2 of 4 - Preparedness to evacuate and miners experiences with incipient fires; Holmes Safety Association Bulletin July 1997
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1/1/1997
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Description:This is the second in a series of four articles that discuss underground firefighting preparedness. As with the first article in the May-June issue, it is based on interviews with 214 miners conducted at 7 underground mines ( A through G ) by researchers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Center [Vaught et al. 1996].In the first article, the authors presented an overview of the study conducted by NIOSH on mine fire response preparedness and provided a general perspective on underground mine fires. In this article, we will describe miners preparedness to evacuate a fire and their experience with incipient fires.
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