Operation By:-A.K.Mishra‚B.E.(Mining) In the last two decades when the world has been plagued by terrorism‚ violence‚ war‚ poverty‚ disease and natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes‚ the pictures of the amazing operation of rescue of 33 miners trapped in the copper and gold mine in Copiapo in San Hose‚ Chile will probably go down as this decade’s best loved story. Chile is a country in South America where mining for solid mineral resources take place. Earlier in 2010 the nation‚ which had
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the family of the trapped miners I would chose to use the face-to-face approach since such a sensitive matter at hand where their family member’s lives are at risk. The considerations that you need to keep in mind when addressing the family members is that many of them are going to be frightened and scared for the safety of their family members. You will want to have all your facts and be prepared to answer many difficult questions concerning the well-being of the miners and how long it is going
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Congress. It then became national news. By 1849‚ the gold rush was on. From all over the world‚ people were coming to California. Many people hoped of striking it rich‚ and expected the rivers to be overflowing with gold. All the riverbank’s were full of miners making it hard to look for gold. Most people were
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse On August 5‚ 2010 at San Jose mine in northern Chile a cave collapsed trapping 33 miners more than 2000-feet underground (Weik‚ n.d.). This should have been just another day‚ a normal 12-hour shift at work‚ but it instead it turned into a 69 day nightmare. Minors did not know it would be the last time for nearly two months they would see the light of day. Miners‚ much like fire fighters and policemen‚ know there is a risk in the work they do. Their families also know that
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when he or she could have and should have 2. the person did so knowing what he or she was doing 3. the person did so of his or her own free will Question 1 Massey Energy Company should be held morally responsible for the deaths of the 29 miners. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration issued “too much” citations for the violations in the mines Massey Energy Company owned. The company always challenged several of the citations and corrected enough of the significant and substantial
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gathered at the scene in efforts to rescue wounded coalminers. There were 142 men at the site. 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp. Eight men were rescued‚ but one died from the effects of afterdamp. Only 24 miners escaped. (Centralia IL Mine Disaster). Who is responsible for this you ask? Majority feel the blame was that of Medill and his administrators as well as the Federal and State government. Others feel Scanlan could have done more to prevent this
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the Civil War‚ President Lincoln’s position on the practice of slavery changed from the start to the end of the war. He expresses his views about slavery through a variety of primary documents; both of Lincoln’s inaugural addresses‚ his letters to Horace Greeley‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and the 13th amendment to the United States Constitution. Through these documents‚ Lincoln demonstrates his initial feeling towards slavery as being neutral/indifferent for his priority was to keep the Union/nation
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Last week‚ we watched a film called ‘The Apostle’ in class and we read about virtues C.S Lewis discussed in Mere Christianity as well. As a matter of fact‚ these two materials are closely related to each other from which we can have a deeper look at Christianity. Justice and fortitude are two of four basic ‘Cardinal Virtues” listed in the book. After Sonny escaped from his family‚ his church‚ and his everything‚ we can find the fairness and strength from him. Regardless of the race‚ he arrived
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lives of these hard working people ‚ the coal miners in Montsou. They are the lower working class of people that endure many social costs‚ risking and struggleing their own lives to keep capitalism moving. With fate and hereditary being the main factor in pre determining who works the pits and who collects revenue from the pits‚ Zola opens us to the “struggle between capital and labor” (Pearson‚ pg. xx) .The reader experiences first hand ‚ the coal miners lives through starvation‚ oppression‚ and darkness
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the families of the miners in receiving a message about this incident? o What would be the potential needs of the company’s employees when receiving a message about this incident? What actions must you take before and after the message is delivered to ensure that it was received as intended? Chilean Copper Mine On August 5‚ 2010‚ 33 workers were trapped 2‚300 feet underground due to a copper mine collapse in Chile. Rescuers started working right away in locating the miners‚ sending provisions
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