Prevention of Major Disasters in Coal Mines: Hearings ... on H.R. 7408, June 10, 11, 12, 1952U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 254 pages |
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... Hazard , Ky- Schorr , E. D. , attorney , representing Ohio Coal Operators ' Associa- tion and various coal operators ' associations_ 166 29 , 42 Timms , Leonard J. , Bluefield , W. Va . , assistant to the president , Eastern Coal Corp ...
... Hazard , Ky- Schorr , E. D. , attorney , representing Ohio Coal Operators ' Associa- tion and various coal operators ' associations_ 166 29 , 42 Timms , Leonard J. , Bluefield , W. Va . , assistant to the president , Eastern Coal Corp ...
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... hazards ; and inspect to determine whether the air in each split is traveling in its proper course and in normal volume . Such mine examiner shall place his initials and the date at or near the face of each place he examines . If such ...
... hazards ; and inspect to determine whether the air in each split is traveling in its proper course and in normal volume . Such mine examiner shall place his initials and the date at or near the face of each place he examines . If such ...
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... hazards by certified persons designated by the mine operator to do so , at least once during each coal - producing shift , or oftener if necessary for safety . In a gassy mine , such examinations shall include tests with a permissible ...
... hazards by certified persons designated by the mine operator to do so , at least once during each coal - producing shift , or oftener if necessary for safety . In a gassy mine , such examinations shall include tests with a permissible ...
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... hazards involved in having more than one agency looking after the safety of the mines . But I do not think that our position is very difficult to explain . There are on an average 1,000 men who lose their lives in the coal mines ...
... hazards involved in having more than one agency looking after the safety of the mines . But I do not think that our position is very difficult to explain . There are on an average 1,000 men who lose their lives in the coal mines ...
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... hazards that are not present in what we call hand - loading mines . Mr. WERDEL . Of course , if we agree there is a great deal more hazard in mining coal than in some other industry , still I believe the statistics will show a coal ...
... hazards that are not present in what we call hand - loading mines . Mr. WERDEL . Of course , if we agree there is a great deal more hazard in mining coal than in some other industry , still I believe the statistics will show a coal ...
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Page 6 - ... (i) Any member of the Board may sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books and documents, and administer oaths. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses In the courts of the United States.
Page 6 - Commission." (d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
Page 6 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 6 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 5 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 5 - President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of the enactment of this title.
Page 9 - In bituminous-coal and lignite mines the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute, except that the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut In any pair or set of entries in pillar sections may be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute if not less than six thousand cubic feet of air a minute is being delivered to the Intake end of the pillar line.
Page 9 - ... the volume and velocity of the current of air shall be sufficient to dilute, render harmless, and to carry away, flammable...
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce books, papers, or documents, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before the Board, as provided in subsection (i).