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Title: MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) approved mine rescue - training module (coal): mine gases. Mine rescue team series

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6613767

Mine rescue teams may have to make tests for gases with permissable gas detectors repeatedly during a rescue and recovery operation. The team's job of gas detection may provide important clues about what happened in the mine and about the potential hazards in the affected area. This training manual is intended to provide teams with important information on mine gases, gas detectors and detection methods after a mine disaster. This module also describes how to identify mine gases, how to test for gases and how to interpret the findings and readings of gas levels.

Research Organization:
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown (USA). Mining Extension Service
OSTI ID:
6613767
Report Number(s):
PB-84-202951
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB84-202969 and PB84-202944
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English