Federal Study Backs Installation of Shelters in Nation's Mines
National News • January 28, 2008
Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation's 731 underground coal mines.
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Subject: Of course... you won't convince them all
Posted On: January 28, 2008, 2:32 pm CST
Posted By: logical
Comment:
"NIOSH estimates portable refuge chambers will cost the industry far more. The report says an $80,000 shelter would cost another $261,000 to $354,000 for training, maintenance and moving over a 10-year life span.
A shelter built into a mine would cost about the same if it didn't have to be moved more than once a year to stay close to active mining areas. Moving a shelter twice a year would increase the cost about 75 percent, NIOSH said...."
Sago Mine disaster killed 12 men in 2006...
In the United States in 2006, 72 miners lost their lives at work...
$100,000 (unit) + $275,000 over 10 years is $37,500 a year...
How do you put a price on the life of each one of those who perished in the mine? I bet its a heck of a lot more than a years wage...
Dangerous but necessary job - there should be some sort of protective regulations in place for these people. Boohoo Which would they rather hear "Mine company pays for safety shelter - or - Sole survivor sues mine company for millions..."
Subject: Of course... you won't convince them all
A shelter built into a mine would cost about the same if it didn't have to be moved more than once a year to stay close to active mining areas. Moving a shelter twice a year would increase the cost about 75 percent, NIOSH said...."
Sago Mine disaster killed 12 men in 2006...
In the United States in 2006, 72 miners lost their lives at work...
$100,000 (unit) + $275,000 over 10 years is $37,500 a year...
How do you put a price on the life of each one of those who perished in the mine? I bet its a heck of a lot more than a years wage...
Dangerous but necessary job - there should be some sort of protective regulations in place for these people. Boohoo Which would they rather hear "Mine company pays for safety shelter - or - Sole survivor sues mine company for millions..."