I was just sitting here, daydreaming, and, my thoughts turned to coal mines and miners, again....
Would it be so difficult for the world to demand that IF they are going to continue to mine for nasty coal, that at least the miners be supplied more effectively with survival equipment?
This is my idea: That as they are building shafts, and, in some of the existing ones, that they build in caches for emergency supplies, such as provisions, fresh water, and, some sort of oxygen. The thing with the oxygen is that it is combustible, but, surely, there is some way of placing it here and there safely. How do they do such on space shuttles and so forth? It is probably wrapped in some kind of material which could withstand extreme conditions.
Also, I think that each group who goes down, should be given tracking systems, radios,and, blankets, even those NASA blankets which fold up very small. As well as drills and maybe a jackhammer, that if they are trapped, they can at least have tools with which to work.
Each shaft should also be built with some sort of alternate tunnel or shaft, that there is more than one exit. I can hear many saying that would be dangerous to the mine itself, but, perhaps, having more shafts would lessen the burden weight wise, oxygen wise, to the whole of the mine?
It is clear to me that these men are not sufficiently provided for. There should be a demand made by the whole of the world, that these people are provided for, in every imaginable way, that they have greater chances of surviving disaster.
In my opinion, mine owners are side-stepping codes, avoiding expenditures, and, overall, not giving a damn about the human conditions of the mines. Therefore, it is time to institute greater and more enforced regulations and standards, which mine owners have to follow or be shut down, with pay to their employees.
This has been in my thoughts for some time, and, just thought I would relate....
Would it be so difficult for the world to demand that IF they are going to continue to mine for nasty coal, that at least the miners be supplied more effectively with survival equipment?
This is my idea: That as they are building shafts, and, in some of the existing ones, that they build in caches for emergency supplies, such as provisions, fresh water, and, some sort of oxygen. The thing with the oxygen is that it is combustible, but, surely, there is some way of placing it here and there safely. How do they do such on space shuttles and so forth? It is probably wrapped in some kind of material which could withstand extreme conditions.
Also, I think that each group who goes down, should be given tracking systems, radios,and, blankets, even those NASA blankets which fold up very small. As well as drills and maybe a jackhammer, that if they are trapped, they can at least have tools with which to work.
Each shaft should also be built with some sort of alternate tunnel or shaft, that there is more than one exit. I can hear many saying that would be dangerous to the mine itself, but, perhaps, having more shafts would lessen the burden weight wise, oxygen wise, to the whole of the mine?
It is clear to me that these men are not sufficiently provided for. There should be a demand made by the whole of the world, that these people are provided for, in every imaginable way, that they have greater chances of surviving disaster.
In my opinion, mine owners are side-stepping codes, avoiding expenditures, and, overall, not giving a damn about the human conditions of the mines. Therefore, it is time to institute greater and more enforced regulations and standards, which mine owners have to follow or be shut down, with pay to their employees.
This has been in my thoughts for some time, and, just thought I would relate....
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