Hazard evaluation and procedures for working in inactive mines, draft
By: by Clarence E. Ellis
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Mines; United States. Bureau of Mines. Intermountain Field Operations Center
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Intermountain Field Operation Center
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Abandoned mines; Risk assessment; Mine safety; Hazardous geographic environments
Description: "To work in inactive mines with acceptable safety you must (1) recognize the hazards involved, (2) evaluate those hazards, and (3) know the techniques for avoiding those hazards or coping with them. This paper is intended to allow personnel of the Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service...to accomplish their job as well and as safely as is possible...Hazards to be aware of when entering inactive mines are: improper attitudes, animals, rock falls, explosives, falls, falling objects, gases, oxygen deficiency, radiation, water, and getting lost"--Pages 2-3.
Notes: "Draft" stamped on title page.

Contains marginalia and corrections.

Includes bibliographical references (page 128).

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