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Abstract Coal mining in modern India expanded during the British raj and proved to be one area ... participation of women miners, commonly called kamin s2 in collieries. Written accounts ... of labour from other parts of the country to build up a reserve of 'captive labour', a low level of technology. Coal mines were essentially the ...
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Sep 21, 2021The analysis of the 73 publications ultimately included in the systematic map shows that past coal phase-outs meant both opportunities (e.g., increased labour market participation) as well as burdens for women (e.g., double burden of job and ). It becomes clear that agency within coal transitions was also gendered.
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Objectives Coal workers' pneumoconiosis is caused by exposure to respirable coal mine dust. The self-protection of underground coal miners (UCM) plays an irreplaceable role against this threat. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictors of self-protective behaviour (SPB) in Chinese UCM based on the health belief model (HBM). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among ...
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These measures have been effective in reducing both risk of fatal injury and exposure to respirable coal mine dust. They are also associated with temporary declines in productivity. In recent years, however, productivity has increased, while risk of fatal injury and exposure to respirable dust have declined.
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Abstract. The Amajuba District is among one of the major coal mining regions in South Africa, where the mining activities are limited mainly to coal and quarry. ... This study seeks to reveal and understand the gap that exists between the good intentions of the social and labour plans submitted by the mining corporates when applying for mining ...
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The region, which has a long history of coal mining, moved from being run by locally based enterprises that contributed to the sustainability of local communities to large-scale, global corporations relying on a translocal workforce. As coal operations emerged from the underground, a radical restructuring of spatial relations took place.
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The objective is regulated by the Mines Act, 1952 and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder which are administered by the Directorate- General of Mines Safety (DGMS), under the Union. Ministry of Labour and Employment. DGMS has also administered subordinate legislation like The Mines Rules, 1955 for health, safety, welfare of mine workers.
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When historians think of the mine wars, images of miners fighting for unionism in the face of evictions and Baldwin Felts detectives are common. Places like Paint Creek, Blair Mountain, and "Bloody Harlan" come to mind. In reconstructing these rebellions, historians describe how native born and African-American miners, after years of repression and poor working conditions, joined together ...
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retail, coal mining, and construction, research has been done in an attempt to understand the connections between unionization and safety outcomes. A study by Sinclair, Martin, and Sears (2010) determined that union status had a significant positive correlation with the perception of job safety and a good safety culture in the retail industry.
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extractive industries, notably coal mining and fracking. I find that (1) labor-environmental coalition builders focus on either a political opportunity or class-based strategy to build labor-environmental coalitions; (2) building coalition participation by rank-and-file members is not a high priority of leaders; (3) a significant number of ...
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Abstract This skilled craft union formalized as the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association in 1895, affiliating with the American Federation of Labor in 1899. In 1906 it won in a recruitment rivalry with the American Flint Glass Workers' Union (AFGWU) and after numerous mergers, it became the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers in 1988.
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Abstract. The mining boom led to large increases in wages for many lower-skilled jobs in mining regions. ... This is based on the labour force participation rate of 15-24 year olds that studied full time in 2011. ... Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust', Industrial and Labour Relations Review, 59(1), pp 3-16. Cascio EU and A Narayan ...
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Oct 31, 2020Abstract. Background. Work-related musculoskeletal diseases (WMSDs) have been associated with job burnout. Currently, few studies have investigated the relationship between job burnout and WMSDs among coal miners. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, 1,325 staff were selected from 6 coal mining companies using a stratified cluster sampling ...
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Coal mining has a long legacy of providing needed jobs in isolated communities but it is also associated with places that suffer from high poverty and weaker long-term economic growth. Yet, the industry has greatly changed in recent decades. Regulations, first on air, have altered the geography of coal mining, pushing it west from Appalachia.
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Recent coal industry trends Labor productivity, defined as the amount of coal mined per miner-hour worked, began to decline in all regions nationwide around 2000. The decline was most pronounced in Central Appalachia, falling by 45% between 2000 and 2010 (Energy Information Administration 2001, 2012a ).
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Hope Coal, Rio Tinto, Roche Mining, Xstrata Coal, Golding Contractors, Mastermyne contractors and Thiess Contractors. Union support for the research was critical to engagement of individual participants and the research team is appreciative of the representatives of the United Mine-workers' Federation and the Construction, Forestry and Mining
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The social security system can separate policy burdens in firms and thus reduce the levels of uneven competition among different coal mines. Through participation in social security system, the differences in cost of covering these expenses between old and new coalmines, between state-owned and private owned coal mines are gradually declining.
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Abstract . This study highlights women's participation in small scale mining, and their occupational safety and health conditions. Small scale mining is a significant source of income in many developing countries such as the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, ... 20% of the labor force in mining (Susapu and Crispin, 2001; Economic Commission for
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The Contribution of Individual, Social and Work Characteristics to Employee Mental Health in a Coal Mining Industry Population Background Evidence regarding the extent of mental health problems and the associated characteristics within an employee population is necessary to inform appropriate and tailored workplace mental health programs.
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Barry, M, Waring, P (1999) 'Shafted': Labour productivity and Australian coal miners. ... People, Power, Participation: A Study of Mining-community Relationships. London: International Institute for ... Some employment relations consequences of the merger and acquisition movement in the Australian black coal mining industry 1997 ...
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Sep 15, 2021The four coal mine areas are selected as the research area to evaluate the sustainability of water resources during whole coal production process. Figure 1 Location of the research area. In the research area, the water sources for production and daily life include surface water, groundwater, reservoir water, and reclaimed water.
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The Mina Invierno coal mine environmental impact assessment process A number of authors have argued that participation can act as the first dimension of justice that emerges (Urkidi and Walter, 2011), and interestingly this has occurred in cases regarding mining (Tschakert, 2009). This is not coincidental.
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The coal industry in Britain was publicly owned from 1947 to 1994. Participative practices, at workplace, regional, and national level, were progressively strengthened in the nationalized industry, but two other voice mechanisms were also significant in shaping the mining workforce's employment conditions and living standards.
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Abstract. In the wake of the Paris Agreement on climate change, promises to phase out coal-fired power have suggested cause for optimism around energy transition globally. However, coal remains entangled with contentious development agendas in many parts of the world, while fossil fuel industries continue to flourish. This article discusses these entanglements through a climate justice lens ...
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Abstract 1941-1945, about miner's divisions, about miners at the front and about work of miners in rear is told about the coal industry of the USSR within Great Domestic war. Diagrams of a coal mining within war on coal basins USSR are presented. Keywords Great Domestic war, miner's divisions, coal mining. Contact information e-mail: ugol1925 ...
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The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust by Dan Black, Kermit Daniel and Seth Sanders. Published in volume 92, issue 1, pages 27-50 of American Economic Review, March 2002, Abstract: We examine the impact of the coal boom of the...
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The recent mining boom has created labour opportunities in this sector and affected internal migration flows, but it has generated negligible spillovers for non-mining activities. ... These outcomes indirectly suggest that those areas that enjoyed a higher participation of mining companies in development and assistance projects might have been ...
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The National Study of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the United States showed that 35% of the workers employed in coal mines before 1970 had chronic bronchitis (chronic cough and phlegm), 43% had shortness of breath and 42% had wheezing [ 7 ].
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The South African coal mines are mainly located in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State - with Mpumalanga producing about 83% of the total coal pro-duction. It is estimated that about 51% of South Africa's coal comes from underground mining; while about 49% comes from open-cast methods.12 The important role that the coal
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Coal-mine accidents in the United States, 1896--1912, with monthly statistics for 1912. Full Record; Other Related Research; Abstract. Coal mine accident data collected through the cooperation of state mine inspectors and mine operators are summarized. Authors: Horton, F W
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Professional adaptation, as a group of activities aiming to prepare rightly a new worker for tough conditions occurring in hard coal mines, is an important element of safety at work and it impacts on employee's further functioning in a mine plant.
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The annual Durham Miners' Gala (or "Big Meeting"), first held in 1871, was a distinctive feature of the coalfield throughout its productive life. It became an important date in the calendar of national labor movement. But it was also a festival of music and banners.
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Most residents believed that mining offered the only real opportunity for gainful employment in the county, and that families and community institutions within the area benefited from the jobs, charitable donations, and tax revenues that coal companies provided.
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Literature review leads to an investigation of the impacts of coal mining on the following broad areas: 1. Population and employment 2. Income and poverty 3. Housing indicators 4. Public services (facilities and health) The following socio-economic indicators are used in order to investigate the broad socio-economic impacts from mining. •
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Coal Mining and Regional Economic Development in Pennsylvania, 1810-1980 The first record of a coal mine in Pennsylvania on a map is on one of Fort Pitt dated 1761 (Eavenson 1942, p. 8). Anthracite coal is known to have been used by Obadiah Gore in 1769 at his Wilkes-Barre blacksmith shop (Powell 1980, p. 4).
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education. Migration and child labor are concerns also tackled in the study, which has yielded results that mining expansion had induced in-migration to the mining areas, had made a change in labor sectoral composition favorable to mining and had reduced the labor share of agriculture and non-primary sector in the Peruvian Highlands.
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Abstract: Lehigh Coal Mine Company was an unincorporated joint-stock company, established in 1792, with the intention of developing a deposit of anthracite coal discovered by Jacob Weiss (1750-1839) and others at what is now Summit Hill in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. ... including labor availability, population, climate, energy, and water supply.
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Based on the first National Study of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP) and the U.S. Geological Survey database of coal quality, we show that the prevalence of CWP in seven coal mine regions correlates with levels of bioavailable iron (BAI) in the coals from that particular region (correlation coefficient r = 0.94, p < 0.0015). CWP prevalence is also correlated with contents of pyritic ...
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Abstract Coal India has set itself seven objectives: 1. To promote the development and utilization of coal reserves for meeting present and likely future requirements of the national economy with due regard to the need for conservation of non-renewable resources and safety of mine workers. 2.
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Participation was one of three voice mechanisms utilized by workers in the nationalized coal industry in Britain from the 1940s to the 1980s. The others were collective bargaining and trade union engagement in public policymaking.
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