Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines

by National Research Council, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Committee on Mine Safety Essential Components of Self-Escape, et al.

Coal mine disasters in the United States are relatively rare events; many of the roughly 50,000 miners underground will never have to evacuate a mine in an emergency during their careers. However, for those that do, the consequences have the potential to be devastating. U.S. mine safety practices have received increased attention in recent years because of the highly publicized coal mine disasters in 2006 and 2010. Investigations have centered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309282764
• ISBN13: 9780309282765
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"