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Mining Safety: Accident Statistics & Hazards by Ashutosh Tiwari is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses safety in mines. It defines key safety terms like accident, hazard, unsafe conditions, and frequency and severity rates. It provides statistics on fatal and serious accidents in Indian coal mines from 1950 to 2006, showing that on average there are 114 fatalities per year. The document also outlines different ways of calculating frequency and severity rates to measure accident proneness, such as rates per 1000 employees, 3 lakh man-shifts worked, or million tons of coal produced.

Author
Ashutosh Tiwari
Language
EN