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Coal Mines - Incident statistical digest (Provisional)

2002/2003 - Report period to 31 March 2003

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Table 5
Coal Mines - Dangerous Occurrences

Coal Mines - Dangerous Occurrences
Code Description 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04
1 Lifting Machinery 3 3 2 6 4 6 1
5 Electrical Short Circuit - 1 - - - - -
18 Collapse Structure - - - - - 1 -
19 Explosion/Fire - - - - 1 - -
22 Ignition of Gas Underground 2 1 - 1 1 3 -
23 Ignition of gas surface 3 - 1 1 - - -
24 Fire underground 9 8 10 6 9 10 18
25 Withdrawal owing to smoke 2 1 2 - 1 1 -
26 Fire surface 1 - 1 - - - -
27 Escape of Gas - - - - 1 - -
28 Failure of plant - shaft 1 - - - - - 1
29 Failure of plant - manriding 6 12 6 7 6 5 5
30 Overwind - - 1 - - - -
31 Fan stoppage 30 29 11 19 19 14 13
33 Breathing apparatus - 1 - - - - -
35 Emergency escape apparatus 1 - - - - - -
37 Inrush of water - - - - 1 - -
39 Locomotives 17 48 39 25 35 20 17
40 Falls of ground 11 6 4 5 1 3 3
  Total 86 110 77 70 79 63 58