China mine explosion kills 13 Washington Post - United States Reuters Saturday, September 30, 2006; 11:54 PM BEIJING (Reuters) - A gas explosion in a coal mine...
'Zero harm' Coal Symposium delivers passionate message By BILL ARCHER Bluefield Daily Telegraph September 29, 2006 BLUEFIELD, WV - "I think one thing that the...
Senate again rejects Stickler for MSHA job Charleston Gazette (subscription) - WV, USA September 30, 2006 The U.S. Senate will return the nomination of Richard...
Audit slams mine safety agency over its handling of complaints Wednesday, October 04, 2006 By Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette U.S. coal miners may have...
Recess appointment possible for mine safety nominee GovExec.com By Darren Goode, CongressDaily October 3, 2006 President Bush might grant a recess appointment...
Great strides in mine safety - Rahall: Symposium vitally important Bluefield Daily Telegraph October 4, 2006 This year began on a dark and mournful note in the...
Feds Find Sago Mine Air Packs Deficient Washington Post - United States By TIM HUBER The Associated Press Thursday, October 5, 2006; 10:57 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va....
Sago miners' families troubled by suicides October 6, 2006 By Ken Ward Jr. Charleston Gazette - Charleston, WV, USA Family members of six of the miners killed...
China mine blast kills 13 06 Oct 2006 06:31:30 GMT Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK BEIJING, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine...
North Korean eyes nuclear test in coal mine October 6, 2006 Scotsman - United Kingdom By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is...
Kasunic hopes tragedy advances updated mine safety bill Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown, PA, USA By Josh Krysak October 6, 2006 An area legislator is...
14 trapped in two mine accidents in China Hindu - Chennai, India October 6, 2006 Beijing, Oct 6. (PTI): Accidents at two mines in China have left 14 miners...
I work for the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) located in Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.A. The NTTC is involved in a research project for the United...
Malcolm, Thank you for the enquiry. The area that you are researching is important. At the Mine Ventilation Symposium at Penn State in June 2006, there was a...
The Mine Act: EMERGENCY SHELTERS http://www.msha.gov/REGS/ACT/ACT2.HTM#26 EMERGENCY SHELTERS SEC. 315. The Secretary or an authorized representative of the ...
Malcolm: The Province of Alberta in Canada is reviewing its coal mine safety regulations and we have done some work comparing refuge station requirements in...
Mining rescuers use ropes for team connection, escape directing and other purpose. A few years ago, Ron Conti conducted a study of glow ropes to mining rescue...
I've used a longer (30m) self contained rope light from Luminex, only reference on the net I can find is this; _www.safetysolutionsproducts.com/www.s_ ...
Deal With Mine Hazards Quickly Editorial Wheeling Intelligencer - Wheeling, WV, USA October 7, 2006 Coal miners are entitled to expect that the Mine Safety and...
Maker of miners' air packs says its products are safe BUT GOVERNMENT TESTS INDICATE PROBLEMS Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA By Tim Huber ASSOCIATED PRESS ...
NEWS Release Deep Dark honored as Idaho Book of the Year October 5, 2006 – The Deep Dark – Gregg Olsen’s account of the devastating 1972 Sunshine Mine...
NEWS Release Deep Dark honored as Idaho Book of the Year October 5, 2006 – The Deep Dark – Gregg Olsen’s account of the devastating 1972 Sunshine Mine...
Bolivia's president fires mining officials after clashes leave 16 dead China Post - Taipei,Taiwan October 7, 2006 President Evo Morales fired both Bolivia's...
Mine had ample cave-in warning NEWS.com.au - Australia By Michael West and Matthew Denholm October 07, 2006 12:00am BEACONSFIELD goldmine managers were warned...
Roof fall kills Laurel County man in Knox mine Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY, USA October 7, 2006 A coal miner was killed yesterday in a rock...
Rapid mine rescue in future requires discussion now Charleston Gazette - Charleston, WV, USA Opinion Lawrence T. Beckerle October 8, 2006 In his 97-page report...
Dear Brian, Thank you for the info. I think this is an EL wire product. We cannot use any EL wire because it uses a battery and therefore cannot be used in...
North Korea claims first nuclear weapons test CTV.ca - Canada October 9, 2006 North Korea has claimed to carry out what its neighbours have long feared -- the...
1 killed, 3 injured in Cebu coal mine explosion By Jhunnex Napallacan INQ7.net - Philippines October 9, 2006 CEBU CITY -- A miner died and three others were...
