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    The Westray Mine disaster occurred in 1992 when a methane gas explosion and coal dust explosion killed 26 miners at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. There were several factors that contributed to the disaster, including insufficient training and experience of mine inspectors, negligence of bureaucrats and mine management, and a failure to implement adequate safety precautions to reduce methane and coal dust levels and improve ventilation. Proper safety training, enforcement of regulations around stone dusting, and legislation prioritizing safety could have helped prevent the loss of life. The mine management at Curragh Resources and government regulators who failed to require safety improvements were largely at fault for the Westray Mine disaster.

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    The Westray Mine disaster occurred in 1992 when a methane gas explosion and coal dust explosion killed 26 miners at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. There were several factors that contributed to the disaster, including insufficient training and experience of mine inspectors, negligence of bureaucrats and mine management, and a failure to implement adequate safety precautions to reduce methane and coal dust levels and improve ventilation. Proper safety training, enforcement of regulations around stone dusting, and legislation prioritizing safety could have helped prevent the loss of life. The mine management at Curragh Resources and government regulators who failed to require safety improvements were largely at fault for the Westray Mine disaster.

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    The Westray Mine disaster occurred in 1992 when a methane gas explosion and coal dust explosion killed 26 miners at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. There were several factors that contributed to the disaster, including insufficient training and experience of mine inspectors, negligence of bureaucrats and mine management, and a failure to implement adequate safety precautions to reduce methane and coal dust levels and improve ventilation. Proper safety training, enforcement of regulations around stone dusting, and legislation prioritizing safety could have helped prevent the loss of life. The mine management at Curragh Resources and government regulators who failed to require safety improvements were largely at fault for the Westray Mine disaster.

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    Westray Mine Disaster 1

    Running Head: WESTRAY MINE DISASTER

    Westray Mine Disaster

    Writer's Name

    Teacher's Name
    Westray Mine Disaster 2

    Westray Mine Disaster

    Question 1: What were the incidents that led to the outcome of the incident?

    Answer: On 9th May 1992, early in the morning in a small town of Plymouth, Nova

    Scotia 'Westray Mine' had an explosion when methane gas leaked inside the mine followed by a

    coal dust explosion (Novascotia.ca, 1997) The miners present in the southwest sections and the

    North mains died because of the poisoning of carbon monoxide combustion along with serious

    physical injuries. Whereas, the miners present within the Southwest 2 section died

    instantaneously due to carbon monoxide. After carefully reading the case study, it can be said

    there was a series of factors that led to the outcome of the Westray Mine Disaster including

    insufficient experience and training of the duty inspectors of Westray along with negligence of

    bureaucrats, mine management and politicians, all such factors collectively led to the Westray

    Mine Disaster.

    Question 2: What could have been done to protect this?

    Answer: As O'Connelt & Mills, (2017) stated Westray Mine was full of coal and its

    buyers were disparate to get it, massive loans were given by the governments, every news was

    good except some complains from the workforce that there should have been more safety

    precautions as it was a dangerous mine. Precautions to keep coal dust and methane at safe levels

    and improvement in ventilation design were needed to avoid the disaster. It was also a big

    mistake to disconnect Methane detectors due to repeated alarms. The Department of Labour

    raised its concerns with regards to the absence of stone-dusting (carried out to neutralize the

    explosive nature of the material) along with accumulation of the highly flammable coal dust on
    Westray Mine Disaster 3

    the walls and floors of Westray. Also, A provincial inspector ordered to clean the stone-dust and

    coal dust; however, the order was not enforced during his next visit that he paid few days prior to

    the disaster which was a big negligence. Also, a safety training of everyone associated with the

    mine was highly needed. Proper legislation and regulation could have helped to avoid the

    situation. Of course legal change does not have an immediate or direct impact on mining;

    however, it was needed for making sure that coal mining was done while keeping the safety as

    the primary and most significant consideration.

    Question 3: Who in your estimation was at fault?

    Answer: The mine was seen as dangerous from the beginning (Thompsom, 2017). In a

    letter Bernie Boudreau, Liberal MLA warned Leroy Legere who was Labour Minister of Nova

    Scotia that the Westray coal mine was possibly the most dangerous mine of the world. Later,

    within the very first two months of its operation, the Westray Mine had experienced four roof

    falls. Inspectors of Department of Labour asked to improvise the roof support plans from the

    company. In my view, the poor management on behalf of the Curragh Resources Incorporated,

    politicians and negligence of the government regulators should be held responsible for the

    disaster.
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    References

    Novascotia.ca, (1997) https://novascotia.ca/lae/pubs/westray/

    O'Connelt, C. J., & Mills, A. J. (2017). The Westray mine explosion. In The Dark Side (pp. 162-

    178). Routledge.

    Thompsom, M. (2017). Hell's History: The USW's Fight to Prevent Workplace Deaths and

    Injuries from the 1992 Westray Mine. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 72(1),

    207-209.

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