Mine Safety and Rescue Engineering: Lectures and Tutorials

The issues of labour protection in the mines are taken very seriously because working conditions here are one of the hardest and most dangerous. This manual dwells on the important issues of labour protection and safety in the mines and focused on minimizing the injuries and losses of working hours and the material damages which could result from the inadequacy of mitigation measures which are in place. On the issues of mine safety in this manual dwells on the characteristics and causes of traumas and the methods of analysis, investigation and generation of mitigation, as well as, the creation of normal sanitary and hygienic conditions of the working environment in the mines. On the issues of mine rescue in this manual dwells on understanding the accidents which could happen and their warning signals, based on which rescue plans could be developed in advance for the prevention and timely liquidation of accidents which might happen, based on having the necessary working tools put in place and building solid skills and the understanding of individual responsibilities among all in case of any accident which might happen in the mines.