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CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive
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01-06-2006, 03:58 PM
KentuckyHillBilly5321 Wrote:Nice post, Crossbones.

Naturally, my interest continues to increase in regard to this situation.

I am curious as heck to understand things a little better.

I have a bunch of questions:
*What is your opinion of how the mining company handled the situation?
*Could the barrier that the miners used really hold back the flow of any potential gases?
*Do you think (just your opinion) that the miners intentionally shared air with the survivor--or did his age make a huge difference in whether he lived or died.

Again--I hate to even ask in a way. But I was really pulling for these guys.
1. IMO the mining company handled the situation exceptionally with the exception of not going straight to the families when news came about they were alive. I pesonally would have stopped it at that point. But I can also understand on them waiting for 100% proof.
2. Yes, the brattice cloth that we would put up would hold back any gasses with the exception of small leaks, but it would also hold back anymore clean air coming in also. I would like to know myself how big of an area they blocked off. The more area you can block off the more air you have. I personally would have blocked my entire section off, 8 breaks wide and 4 breaks deep.
3. I accually told my wife I thought they might have done that when I heard he was the one alive. As a 34yr. old myself and as a foreman I would have felt it was my responsibility to give my SCSR (self contained self rescurer) to the younger men, if it came to that. Every mine I worked at we kept extra SCSR"s on the section and in different areas of the mines.
Questions I have myself to MSHA is, I would like to have know if it was a blowing or exhausting fan.(which could answer alot in this situation)I would assume it was a blowing fan. Meaning it blew the air in the mine. If this was the case I would have reversed the fan immediately after I found the intake brattices down. By doing this it would have pulled the gases out of the mine and fresh air down the bore holes they drilled which were on the section.
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CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 04:52 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 04:52 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 04:54 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 05:02 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by UKGIRL20 - 01-04-2006, 05:07 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by MOJO - 01-04-2006, 05:15 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:20 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:39 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:45 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:46 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:52 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 06:01 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 06:01 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 06:06 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 06:27 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by sportwhiz - 01-04-2006, 09:59 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 01:06 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-04-2006, 01:10 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-04-2006, 01:11 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-04-2006, 01:16 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-04-2006, 01:25 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by MOJO - 01-04-2006, 01:59 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 02:12 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Pirate Pal - 01-04-2006, 04:54 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by PHSFAN - 01-04-2006, 05:00 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-04-2006, 05:21 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-04-2006, 05:37 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Batpuff - 01-04-2006, 05:39 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by sportwhiz - 01-04-2006, 06:25 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Batpuff - 01-04-2006, 08:17 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by -STAT- - 01-04-2006, 09:56 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-05-2006, 10:47 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by DTfan - 01-05-2006, 10:54 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-05-2006, 10:58 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-06-2006, 12:48 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by #_4 - 01-06-2006, 01:02 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-06-2006, 02:59 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-06-2006, 03:58 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-06-2006, 04:02 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-06-2006, 04:10 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-06-2006, 05:05 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-06-2006, 05:10 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-06-2006, 10:10 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-06-2006, 11:52 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 12:23 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-07-2006, 01:31 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 02:25 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 02:43 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-07-2006, 02:43 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 02:46 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-07-2006, 02:51 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 02:55 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-07-2006, 02:59 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-07-2006, 03:38 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-07-2006, 01:11 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-07-2006, 08:20 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by sf_football - 01-07-2006, 09:24 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-07-2006, 11:03 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-07-2006, 11:07 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 11:11 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-07-2006, 11:15 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-07-2006, 11:19 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-08-2006, 12:05 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-08-2006, 04:09 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-08-2006, 07:34 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Crossbones - 01-09-2006, 12:10 AM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-09-2006, 12:33 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by Batpuff - 01-09-2006, 03:44 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by thetribe - 01-09-2006, 03:50 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by BallaBaby - 01-09-2006, 10:24 PM
CNN Reporting only 1 miner alive - by CatDawg - 01-09-2006, 10:54 PM

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