Mining disaster in the past have been referred to mining accidents claiming five or more lives. Mine disasters once were really common. In the single year of 1907 there were 18 coal mine disasters.. Among the disasters in 1907 was history’s worst the Monongah coal mine explosion‚ which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to create the Bureau of Mines. I will discuss this disaster more later in this paper. Mine accidents have declined dramatically in number and severity through
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January 23‚ 2012 Illinois was divided into five inspection districts and a Board of Examiners for Mine Inspectors was created in 1883. This State Mining Board as it was later called supervised inspections of Illinois mines. Illinois created the Department of Mines and Minerals in 1917 to take over the mining regulatory duties of its precursor‚ the State Mining Board. Centralia No. 5 was one of five inspections districts in Illinois. It once provided coal during World War II. On March 25‚ 1947‚ the mine
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lung is directly caused by mining and working with coal. Mildred Mullins wrote this poem and hung it on the coffin of her dead husband in the Capital to display what was going on‚ “Compensation we are asking‚ While alive and still gasping; When life is o’er and hymns are sung‚ Then they’ll know we have black lung.( “Charleston Gazette” 15)” The miners felt that since their job caused this disease that they should be compensated for it. The coal companies felt that mining did not cause this lung disease
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Greene to be the Illinois state mine inspector. Scanlan’s role was to inspect and policed the mines to see if they are complying or in violation with the state’s mining law and safety codes. In like manner‚ Robert Medill‚ was appointed Director of the Department of Mine and Minerals by Governor Green. The Mining Board implements policy of mining laws‚ whereas the Director exercises discretionary power to execute the orders of command. Robert Weir‚ was appointed as alongside Medill as the Assistant Director
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mine company of the hazards on more than one occasion. Officers of the mine’s union had also pressed for the hazard to be corrected. Failure to take action to abate the hazard resulted in the loss of 111 hard working men who spent much of their lives mining coal. Driscoll Scanlan‚ who was a state mine inspector‚ notified public sector safety professionals from state and federal agencies of the hazards as a result of inspections. Scanlan addressed many issues concerning the safety of the employees and
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Case Study Case Study Analysis of The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped By: John Bartlow Martin Author and Publisher “The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped” by John Bartlow Martin. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright 1948 by John Bartlow Martin. Copyright renewed 1975 by John Bartlow Martin. Overview The title of this case study alone insinuates that perhaps this mine disaster could have been prevented. Martin
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complaints and letters to state officials” (www.usmra.com/repository/best-of-the-best_newsletter_article). Scanlan knew that as a mine inspector and public administrator it was his main priority to ensure the safety of the mine and its compliance with the mining laws. Even though Scanlan sent is findings and his reports to The Department of Mines and Minerals in Illinois I feel that Scanlan could have done more to prevent this fatality (Martin 2000). In my opinion if Scanlan was not receiving the
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produced about 2‚000 tons of coal daily. Driscoll Scanlan was assigned to the position by Governor Green as a political appointee. The responsibility of a mine inspector was to “police the mine operators – to see that they comply with the state mining law‚ including its numerous safety provisions.” The mine inspector also had the power to close a mine if he felt there was imminent danger of an explosion‚ even though this power was rarely used by an inspector (Martin). For over two years‚
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March 25‚ 1947 started off as a regular day. 111 men some husbands‚ fathers or even both kissed their wives and children goodbye to go off to work‚ not knowing that would be there last kiss to their loved ones. As the men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen
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Chilean Copper Mine BCOM/275 Resource: ―Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse‖ article found in the Electronic Reserve Readings. Research additional articles and information about the Chilean mine collapse. Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper using this and other articles as a resource. Because communications must be designed with the audience in mind‚ answer the following questions: What are some considerations to remember given the different roles and people in the audience
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