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14 results found for '"Mine safety"' in Keywords.
Mining tragedy (1979)
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- Interview
Energy Secretary Tony Benn on where he was and his actions following the news of the [Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] pit explosion, and the repercussions of the unfortunate events.
Mining tragedy (1979)
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- Interview
Sir Derk Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, talks about the recent mining accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] in which a build-up of methane gas was exposed to a spark, causing an explosion....
Mining accidents and industry future (1979)
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- Interview
Sir Derek Ezra, Coal Board Chairman, on the recent mining accidents, claiming the health and safety of UK mines is of the best in the world and the future for the industry is bright despite likely high wage...
Mine safety inspections (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with a mine inspector on the shortage of mine inspectors because of budget cuts by the Health and Safety Executive. He believes there aren’t enough inspectors to keep mines safe.
Scottish miners overtime ban (1982)
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- Interview
Interview with Socttish miners union spokesman about the ban on overtime in the current wages dispute after Scottish Coal Board Director Albert Wheeler attacked the Scottish Miners unions, and on concerns...
Neil Kinnock on miners strike (1985)
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- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock says the miners are doing safety work during the miners strike, he believes Coal Board spokesman Michael Eaton’s comments on mines becoming inoperable because of the strike...
Prince Philip on the mining industry (1985)
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- News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s speech to mining industry workers in London, in which he made no direct reference to the current coal industry dispute but argued coal and oil...
Methane gas explosion in South African coal mine kills 34 (1987)
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- News report; Press conference
Report on a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Ermelo, east of Johannesburg, which has killed 34. Head of the Black National Union of Mine Workers, Cyril Ramaphosa, is highly critical of the mine’s...
Nottinghamshire mine collapse (1993)
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- Interview
Interview with Health and Safety Executive spokesman Peter Smith on the collapse at Biltsthorpe Colliery in Nottinghamshire trapping 5 men inside, the rescue effort and subsequent thorough investigation to...
Bilsthorpe Colliery disaster (1993)
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- News report; Interview
Ian Booth reports from the scene on the Bilsthorpe Colliery disaster in Nottinghamshire where 5 men have been trapped for 6 hours, one man has been rescued. Includes John Longden, British Coal on the rescue...