Author: Daniel Harrington
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Thousands Killed by Coal-mine Explosions in the United States
Author: Daniel Harrington
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Regulating Danger
Author: James Whiteside
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803247529
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the 1880s to the 1980s more than eight thousand workers died in the coal mines of the Rocky Mountain states. Sometimes they died by the dozens in fiery explosions, but more often they died alone, crushed by collapsing roofs or runaway mine cars. Many old-timers in coal-mining communities and even some historians haveøblamed the high fatality rate on ruthless coal barons exploiting miners in the single-minded pursuit of profit. The coal industry preferred to blame careless miners. James Whiteside looks beyond those charges in seeking to explain why the western coal mines were (and, to some degree, still are) dangerous and why territorial, state, and federal laws failed for so long to make them safer. Regulating Danger is the first extended study of the coal-mining industry in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. It exceeds the scope of traditional labor history in focusing on working conditions and the problems of workers instead of unions and strikes. After examining the inherent physical dangers of the work, Whiteside shows how the interplay of economic, social, and technological forces created an envi-ronment of death in the western coal mines. He goes on to discuss evolving industrial and political attitudes toward issues of responsibility for mine safety and government regulation and the fundamental changes in the industry that brought about safer working conditions.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803247529
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the 1880s to the 1980s more than eight thousand workers died in the coal mines of the Rocky Mountain states. Sometimes they died by the dozens in fiery explosions, but more often they died alone, crushed by collapsing roofs or runaway mine cars. Many old-timers in coal-mining communities and even some historians haveøblamed the high fatality rate on ruthless coal barons exploiting miners in the single-minded pursuit of profit. The coal industry preferred to blame careless miners. James Whiteside looks beyond those charges in seeking to explain why the western coal mines were (and, to some degree, still are) dangerous and why territorial, state, and federal laws failed for so long to make them safer. Regulating Danger is the first extended study of the coal-mining industry in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. It exceeds the scope of traditional labor history in focusing on working conditions and the problems of workers instead of unions and strikes. After examining the inherent physical dangers of the work, Whiteside shows how the interplay of economic, social, and technological forces created an envi-ronment of death in the western coal mines. He goes on to discuss evolving industrial and political attitudes toward issues of responsibility for mine safety and government regulation and the fundamental changes in the industry that brought about safer working conditions.
Thunder on the Mountain
Author: Peter A. Galuszka
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250000211
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The searing true story of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Massey Energy, and the negligence that led to the death of 29 miners, exposing the coal-black motivations that fuel the ongoing war for the world's energy future.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250000211
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The searing true story of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Massey Energy, and the negligence that led to the death of 29 miners, exposing the coal-black motivations that fuel the ongoing war for the world's energy future.
Death and the Mines
Author: Brit Hume
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Study of working conditions and labour relations in the coal mining industry in the USA, with particular reference to the activities of the united mine workers trade union - outlines the growth of the umw, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, occupational accidents and occupational disease resulting from a lack of occupational safety standards, political aspects, etc., and comments on relevant labour legislation. Illustrations.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Study of working conditions and labour relations in the coal mining industry in the USA, with particular reference to the activities of the united mine workers trade union - outlines the growth of the umw, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, occupational accidents and occupational disease resulting from a lack of occupational safety standards, political aspects, etc., and comments on relevant labour legislation. Illustrations.
Coal-mine Fatalities in the United States, 1925
Author: William Waugh Adams
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Rehabilitation of Oklahoma Coal Mining Communities
Author: Frederick Lynne Ryan
Publisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Technical Paper
Author:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Explosions and Fires in Bituminous-coal Mines
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Technical Paper - Bureau of Mines
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1212
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1212
Book Description
Information Circular
Author:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description