Coal Mining: Then and Today - Accidents Explained - Safety Efforts

Page by Bob Leathers

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Why did so many coal miners leave England and other European countries to mine coal in Carbon and Hanna?
​The answer might be found in the information below.

Coal Mining - Then and Today

Nine centuries of coal: A 1958 National Coal Board (NCB) Documentary on The History of Coal Mining.
This documentary on the history of coal mining was made for the British National Coal Board (NCB) in 1958.
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Then and Today: 1927 (UPCCEM, Aug. 1927)

1928

Rock Dusting of Coal Mines

Rock-Dusting of Coal Mines - as Safety Measure (UPCCEM. June 1928)

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1929

General Rules and Precaution to be Observed in the Use and Handling of Explosives

(UPCCEM, Jan. 1929)

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1929

Safety: Use Goggles in the Mine
No Spare Parts For Sale - Use Googles

Use Goggles. Safety in the Mine (UPCCEM Volume 6, Number 3, Mar. 1929)

1930

Accidental Deaths Near 100,000 Mark. 1930 (UPCCEM, July 1931)

1931

Safety Google 

About Goggles (UPCCEM, Sept. 1931)

Hanna. A New Method of Making Safety Awards (UPCCEM, July 1931)

Union Pacific Coal Company Car Giveaway (UPCCEM, Mar. 1933)

Union Pacific Coal Company Car Giveaway (UPCCEM, Mar. 1933)

Skullgard Saves a Life (UPCCEM, Dec. 1931)

Skullgard Saves a Life (UPCCEM, Dec. 1931)

1932

A Skullgard helped save Hanna's Marvin Case From Serious Injury

Marvin Case (UPCCEM, Feb. 1932)

1943

One of the First - First Aid Award (UPCCEM, Jan. 1943)

First Aid Men in Hanna (UPCCEM, Jan 1943)

Early Ambulance Car for Use in the UPCC Mines (UPCCEM, Jan. 1943)

First Aid Association Members in Hanna (UPCCEM, Jan. 1943)

1946

​Grand Prize Winner James Bamber of Hanna, with his daughters Grace Alice (left) and Margaret, and their 1946 Chevrolet Sedan.

James Bamber. Daughters Grace Alice and Margaret won 1946 Cherolet sedan (UPCCEM, Sept. 1946)

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