It saddens me today that I have to gather you here with news of this magnitude. Today one of our copper mines collapsed with thirty-three men getting trapped 2,000 feet below ground. At this time we are not sure of the condition of the men, but rest a sure that we are making every attempt into located them and bringing them home to safety. Let me inform you that the mines can be very dangerous and before we start the rescue we want to ensure that they are out of harm’s way. Once we have this information we can begin with the rescue.
Assignment 1: Centralia No. 5 Professor Raby PAD 500 Modern Public Administration January 26, 2014 Introduction March 25, 1947 marks a very devastating day in Centralia, Illinois. This marked the day where 111 coal miners and their families’ lives would forever be changed. The day 111coal miners went to work just like every other day not knowing they would never return home. There was an explosion at the mine and that massive explosion would change Centralia residents forever.
Chilean Copper Mine Communication Release Jason Cavin BCOM/275 August 12, 2013 Randall Savely Chilean Copper Mine Communication Release The Chilean Copper Mine collapse was major headlines around the world for several weeks. A total of 33 miners were trapped roughly 300 meters below the surface for over a month. This incident caused nervous and very cautious times for everyone involved, especially the United States rescue and advisory teams. These teams along with local authorities had to keep in mind the different roles of everyone associated with this international incident and how they would receive the message. They also had to keep in mind the potential needs of the families of the miners and the employees of the mine on how they
Both these places took the real brunt of the accident and were massively affected. The nuclear plant at Chernobyl was utilizing the RBMK-1000 reactors built in the Soviet Union and it had major design flaws. On the early morning of April 26, 1986 the personals at the plant hastily lowered the super heated nuclear fuel rods into the water that is used for cooling the reactors. This created lots of steam that in turn increased the nuclear reaction particularly in the reactor number 4. This produced an immense amount of energy casing a massive explosion in the reactor.
Abstract John Bartlow Martin discusses the case during March 25, 1947, The Blast in Central No.5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped. This case history is well known for a coal mine near the town of Centralia, Illinois for its lack of mine safety and health concerns , which resulted in an explosion when an under burdened shot or blown-out shot ignited coal dust which 111 out of 142 men were killed. After the event many pin point whom are to be blamed and find how could have the tragedy been prevented. Driscoll O. Scanlan at the age of 16 a former miner already for thirteen years, was appointed as one of the 16 Illinois’ state mine inspectors by Governor Dwight H. Green for Scanlan’s district. Believing in the Governor Green’s promise to miners in enforcing mining laws, Scanlan’s worked on working over beyond more that all the other appointed inspectors.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was an event that held relevance in American history. On March, 25, 1911 at approximately 4:40 PM a fire broke out in the company's factory in New York City which was the deadliest industrial disaster. 147 workers died in that incident, they either died from the fire or jumped from the window. It was considered the most tragic fire incident in New York City. "The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment workers' Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry" (Wikipedia) The fire occurred due to the poor and unsafe working condition in the factory.
But, this disaster causes a major damage in business field; the cost of damage is at least one billion dollars. Because water flushed into the subway tunnels, the trains are rerouted for a few weeks to pump the water out. Moreover, the network and electrical system of the Chicago’s Loop are impacted to the point that the electricity and natural gas are cut off. As a result, many offices are closed for couple of weeks, millions of office workers and store clerks are asked to leave the Loop and Chicago Board of Trade stopped in the mid-morning. It can be perceived that the flood disaster in Chicago will not happen, and the label of the Loop “A soggy ghost town” will not be named if engineers are aware that the new piling are installed at the wrong place or find out that there is water leaking into the tunnels.
The immediate aftermath of the reactor meltdown is seen here, this picture being taken a few days after the incident The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles, crippling the Soviet economy. The disaster began during a systems test on Saturday, 26 April 1986 at reactor number four of the Chernobyl plant, which is near the city of Prypiat and within a close proximity to the administrative border with Belarus and Dnieper river. There was a sudden power output surge, and when an emergency shutdown was attempted, a more extreme spike in power output occurred, which led to a reactor vessel rupture and a series of explosions. These events exposed the graphite moderator of the reactor to air, causing it to ignite. The resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive smoke fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical
Chilean Copper Mine Collapse BCOM 275 August 10, 14 Chilean Copper Mine Collapse In San Jose, news spread rapidly of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed with a group of miners inside. The media got wind of the story and distributed it amongst the masses without ensuring that family members and co-workers were notified first. The mine contained 33 miners that were trapped within the same room for a number of days. The space was approximately 50 square meters wide and they were trapped for approximately 69 days. The Refuge was the place the miners were supposed to go in case of an emergency.
In June of 1972 the coalminers of Brookside, KY went on strike against Duke Power Inc., the owner of the mine in Harlan County where they worked. They went on strike in order to improve working conditions, for fairer labor practices, and to get better wages. In response to this Duke Power hires replacement workers or “scabs” to continue work in the mine. This becomes a great source of tension between the miners and the corporation eventually leading to the shooting death of one of the picketing miners.