word
sp
BRITISH
sp
PITS
ARE
THE
SAFEST
IN
THE
WORLD
sp
BUT
IN
THE
FUTURE
sp
COULD
THAT
sp
RECORD
BE
UNDER
THREAT
sp
TONIGHT
ON
PUBLIC
EYE
sp
EVIDENCE
THAT
sp
VITAL
MONITORING
EQUIPMENT
HAS
BEEN
SABOTAGED
sp
BY
MEN
WHO
WERE
UNDER
sp
PRESSURE
TO
KEEP
UP
sp
PRODUCTIVITY
sp
IN
THE
FIGHT
TO
MAKE
OUR
sp
PITS
COMPETITIVE
sp
IS
THE
COST
OF
COAL
sp
THE
SAFETY
sp
OF
MINERS
sp
BILSTHORPE
COLLIERY
sp
SCENE
OF
THE
WORST
PIT
ACCIDENT
IN
BRITAIN
sp
FOR
MORE
THAN
A
DECADE
sp
THREE
MEN
WERE
sp
CRUSHED
TO
DEATH
sp
UNDER
SEVEN
sp
THOUSAND
TONNES
sp
OF
sp
ROCK
sp
DAVID
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
THE
UNDER
MANAGER
HAD
DIED
A
HERO
sp
TRYING
TO
WARN
HIS
COLLEAGUES
sp
HE
LEFT
A
PREGNANT
WIFE
sp
AND
SHATTERED
sp
FAMILY
SHE'S
SO
YOUNG
SHE'S
TWENTY
ONE
SHE'S
GOT
A
BAIRN
ON
THE
WAY
sp
EIGHTH
sp
MONTH
THEY
HAD
EVERYTHING
TO
LIVE
FOR
sp
EVERYTHING
JUST
sp
SNATCHED
AWAY
SNATCHED
AWAY
I
WAS
ALWAYS
WORRIED
WHEN
HE
WENT
TO
WORK
BUT
Y
sp
YOU
DON'T
THINK
YOUR
HUSBAND'S
GOING
TO
GO
TO
WORK
IN
THE
MORNING
AT
FIVE
O'CLOCK
sp
AND
sp
NEVER
COME
HOME
AGAIN
sp
IN
ALL
sp
SIX
MEN
HAD
sp
BEEN
TRAPPED
BY
THE
sp
FALL
sp
RESCUERS
WORKED
THROUGH
TONNES
OF
ROCK
FOR
MORE
THAN
TWELVE
HOURS
sp
TO
FREE
THE
MINERS
sp
THE
CONDITIONS
sp
WERE
APPALLING
sp
AS
sp
YOU
WENT
IN
TO
THE
sp
HEAD
END
sp
WHERE
THE
sp
ROOF
sp
BOLTS
WERE
STILL
sp
INTACT
sp
IT
WAS
HARD
TO
IMAGINE
THAT
sp
APPROXIMATELY
FORTY
SIX
METRE
FIFTY
METRE
OF
GATE
HAD
sp
JUST
COME
IN
ONE
GO
sp
ERM
sp
I'VE
NEVER
SEEN
ANYTHING
LIKE
IT
IN
sp
MY
LIFE
sp
I
HOPE
I
NEVER
DO
AGAIN
sp
IF
YOU
CAN
IMAGINE
YOUR
FRONT
ROOM
sp
FULL
OF
sp
CONCRETE
sp
ERM
sp
ONE
MINUTE
YOUR
SAT
THERE
WATCHING
THE
TELLY
THE
NEXT
MINUTE
YOUR
FRONT
ROOM'S
sp
FULL
OF
sp
CONCRETE
THAT
IS
JUST
WHAT
IT
WAS
LIKE
sp
THE
sp
THE
GATE
ITSELF
THE
DRIVEAGE
sp
WAS
sp
TOTALLY
OBLITERATED
sp
THERE
WAS
NOTHING
LEFT
sp
LIKE
sp
TWO
OTHER
PITS
IN
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
sp
THIS
DRIVEAGE
WAS
CUT
sp
SKIN
TO
SKIN
sp
OR
IMMEDIATELY
NEXT
TO
OLD
WORKINGS
sp
ROOF
BOLTS
WERE
THE
ONLY
SUPPORT
sp
A
SPECIAL
EXEMPTION
CERTIFICATE
sp
WAS
sp
ISSUED
sp
TO
sp
ALLOW
THEM
sp
THE
MINES
INSPECTORATE
LATER
CLEARED
THEM
OF
THE
CAUSE
sp
USUALLY
THOUGH
sp
THEY'RE
USED
WHERE
THERE
ARE
sp
THICK
sp
COAL
sp
WALLS
sp
OR
sp
PILLARS
sp
SKIN
TO
SKIN
CAN
BE
sp
MORE
sp
COST
EFFICIENT
sp
BECAUSE
THE
PILLARS
THEMSELVES
sp
ARE
EXTRACTED
sp
NORMALLY
sp
THE
ROOF
sp
BOLTED
SECTIONS
WOULD
sp
REST
ON
COAL
PILLARS
sp
SOMETIMES
sp
FIFTY
METRES
WIDE
sp
BUT
HERE
THE
HEALTH
AND
SAFETY
EXECUTIVE
sp
HAD
GRANTED
THE
EXEMPTION
TO
ALLOW
ROOF
sp
BOLTS
sp
RIGHT
sp
NEXT
sp
TO
THE
OLD
WORKING
sp
FOR
OVER
FOUR
HUNDRED
METRES
sp
THERE
WAS
NOTHING
SEPARATING
THE
NEW
DRIVEAGE
sp
FROM
THE
CAVED
IN
SECTION
sp
APART
FROM
sp
SOME
sp
WOODEN
sp
PROPS
sp
THERE
WAS
A
HUGE
MOVEMENT
OF
ROCK
sp
ABOVE
THE
OLD
COAL
FACE
sp
WHEN
THE
sp
ROOF
sp
CAME
IN
sp
A
LOT
sp
OF
THE
MEN
ARE
VERY
sp
SUSPICIOUS
sp
ABOUT
THE
ROOF
BOLTING
SYSTEM
sp
HOW
EASILY
sp
THE
CERTIFICATES
HAVE
BEEN
GIVEN
sp
ERM
sp
NOW
THE
TH
H
S
C
IS
SAYING
THAT
sp
ERM
sp
IT
SHOULDN'T
HAVE
sp
GONE
SKIN
TO
SKIN
AND
THEY'VE
STOPPED
SKIN
TO
SKIN
IN
OTHER
HEADINGS
sp
MAYBE
THEY
SHOULD
HAVE
sp
HAD
FORESIGHT
sp
AND
ER
THIS
WOULDN'T
HAVE
HAPPENED
AT
BILSTHORPE
sp
BUT
THEY'VE
sp
CLEARED
ROOF
sp
BOLTS
AS
A
CAUSE
sp
WELL
THEY'VE
GOT
TO
CLEAR
ROOF
sp
BOLTS
THEY
ARE
THE
WAY
FORWARD
NOW
FOR
THE
sp
BRITISH
sp
MINING
INDUSTRY
sp
ERM
THEY'VE
BEEN
sp
COMING
IN
sp
VERY
STEADILY
AND
NOW
THEY
ARE
AT
sp
VIRTUALLY
EVERY
PIT
IN
THE
sp
COUNTRY
sp
ERM
sp
IT
IS
THE
ONLY
WAY
THEY'VE
sp
TOLD
US
WE
CAN
GET
OUR
COST
DOWN
TO
sp
COMPETE
WITH
THE
WORLD
MARKET
sp
THE
MINES
INSPECTORATE
HAVE
ADMITTED
TO
PUBLIC
EYE
sp
THE
ROOF
BOLTING
METHOD
sp
NEXT
TO
sp
OLD
sp
WORKINGS
UNDERGROUND
sp
MADE
BILSTHORPE
A
sp
DIFFERENT
CASE
FROM
NORMAL
sp
BUT
THEY
STRESS
sp
THE
SYSTEM
WAS
CAREFULLY
EXAMINED
BEFORE
IT
sp
WAS
ALLOWED
sp
TO
SOME
MINING
EXPERTS
sp
IT'S
ALSO
A
sp
CLEAR
SIGN
sp
THAT
EXEMPTIONS
ARE
BEING
GIVEN
sp
TOO
EASILY
sp
ONE
sp
INSPECTOR
sp
NOW
sp
RETIRED
sp
BELIEVES
THE
BILSTHORPE
EXEMPTION
SHOULD
sp
NEVER
HAVE
BEEN
GRANTED
sp
CHRIS
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
THINKS
ROOF
BOLTS
SHOULD
ONLY
BE
ALLOWED
WHERE
THE
SECTION'S
ARE
SUPPORTED
BY
THICK
sp
COAL
PILLARS
sp
THE
IDEA
OF
A
sp
ROADWAY
sp
SUPPORTED
ON
sp
EITHER
SIDE
BY
A
COAL
sp
PILLAR
sp
AND
SUPPORTED
sp
IN
THE
sp
ER
IN
THE
sp
BEAM
OF
sp
THE
sp
ROOF
sp
ER
sp
BY
sp
ER
sp
ROOF
BOLTS
sp
MAKING
THAT
BEAM
STRONGER
sp
SO
THAT
sp
THE
SIDES
WILL
SUPPORT
THE
BEAM
sp
IS
A
GOOD
ONE
sp
AND
IN
THE
RIGHT
CIRCUMSTANCES
sp
ER
sp
IT
NEED
NOT
BE
sp
BE
CRITICIZED
sp
BUT
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
HAVE
sp
TO
BE
RIGHT
FOR
sp
IT
sp
THERE
HAS
TO
BE
sp
GOOD
sp
COAL
PILLAR
SUPPORT
ON
EITHER
SIDE
AND
THERE
HAS
TO
BE
A
COMPETENT
sp
ROOF
sp
THOSE
WERE
NOT
sp
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
AT
BILSTHORPE
sp
BUT
THE
MINES
INSPECTORATE
INSIST
sp
THEY
WERE
RIGHT
sp
TO
ALLOW
THE
ROOF
sp
BOLTING
IN
THE
TUNNEL
sp
OR
NARROW
DRIVEAGE
sp
THAT'S
sp
DESPITE
THE
FACT
sp
THAT
ON
ONE
SIDE
INSTEAD
OF
A
sp
GOOD
sp
COAL
sp
PILLAR
sp
ONLY
sp
WOODEN
PROPS
sp
SUPPORTED
sp
THE
sp
ROOF
sp
NARROW
DRIVEAGE
sp
DOESN'T
NECESSARILY
MEAN
THEN
sp
THAT
sp
THERE
ARE
sp
COAL
PILLARS
EITHER
SIDE
sp
NARROW
DRIVEAGE
MEANS
WHAT
IT
SAYS
A
NARROW
DRIVEAGE
sp
DOES
IT
MEAN
sp
THAT
{OOV}
IT
MEANS
IT'S
NOT
WIDE
sp
DOES
IT
MEAN
THAT
THERE
WOULD
ORDINARILY
BE
sp
COAL
PILLARS
EITHER
sp
SIDE
sp
NO
IT
MEANS
THAT
IT
ISN'T
A
WIDE
DRIVEAGE
IT
MEANS
IT'S
A
NARROW
ONE
sp
IN
MOST
CASES
IT
WOULD
HAVE
sp
PILLARS
EITHER
SIDE
sp
COAL
PILLARS
sp
YES
sp
BUT
NOT
IN
THIS
CASE
AT
sp
BILSTHORPE
sp
DOES
THAT
NOT
RETURN
THEN
TO
OUR
POINT
THAT
sp
EXEMPTIONS
ARE
BEING
GRANTED
sp
MORE
FREELY
sp
WELL
sp
THEY
ARE
NOT
BEING
GRANTED
sp
MORE
FREELY
sp
TH
sp
{LG}
sp
WHEN
A
AN
AN
EXEMPTION
IS
GRANTED
sp
THE
INSPECTOR
sp
THE
sp
INSPECTOR
sp
WHO
GRANTS
THE
EXEMPTION
sp
HAS
GOT
sp
TO
SAY
sp
THAT
HE
IS
SATISFIED
sp
THAT
THE
HEALTH
AND
SAFETY
OF
THE
WORKFORCE
WILL
NOT
sp
BE
JEOPARDIZED
sp
NOBODY
I
WILL
SUGGEST
TO
YOU
MR
PARRY
sp
NOBODY
sp
WILL
SAY
THAT
sp
UNLESS
HE
IS
CONVINCED
THAT
ER
WHAT
HE
IS
DOING
IS
CORRECT
sp
NOBODY
sp
FOR
MINERS
TODAY
sp
THE
sp
PRODUCTIVITY
sp
PUSH
HAS
CHANGED
sp
THE
FACE
sp
OF
THE
INDUSTRY
sp
IF
sp
ONE
PIT
HAD
A
sp
BAD
sp
PATCH
ANOTHER
PIT
WOULD
sp
COVER
IT
sp
TH
THEM
DAYS
HAVE
GONE
sp
NOW
IT'S
sp
ER
sp
ONE
PIT
AGAINST
ANOTHER
sp
THEY
sp
WANT
sp
PRODUCTION
NOW
sp
THE
MORE
PRODUCTION
THE
BETTER
IT
IS
sp
FOR
THEM
sp
AND
BETTER
sp
TO
SELL
THE
PITS
OFF
sp
AT
sp
THE
sp
END
OF
THE
DAY
IT'S
MONEY
sp
IT'S
sp
PRODUCTION
sp
AND
MONEY
sp
SAFETY
sp
IS
sp
COMING
sp
SECOND
sp
BRITISH
COAL
DENY
THAT
sp
THEY
DECLINE
TO
BE
INTERVIEWED
sp
BUT
IN
A
STATEMENT
TO
US
SAID
THIS
YEAR
PRODUCTIVITY
HAS
INCREASED
sp
WHILE
THE
ACCIDENT
RATE
HAS
FALLEN
sp
YET
AT
BILSTHORPE
sp
BRITISH
COAL'S
CRITICS
BELIEVE
sp
PRODUCTIVITY
PRESSURE
BELIEVE
PLAYED
sp
A
CRUCIAL
sp
PART
sp
BUT
WE
CAN
DISCLOSE
ANOTHER
LONGER
TERM
sp
THREAT
sp
TO
THE
HEALTH
sp
OF
sp
MINERS
sp
WHICH
IS
sp
ALSO
sp
BLAMED
ON
THE
PUSH
FOR
sp
PRODUCTIVITY
sp
IT'S
A
THREAT
sp
WHICH
sp
PUTS
sp
MINERS
AT
sp
GREATER
RISK
sp
OF
CONTRACTING
CRIPPLING
LUNG
DISEASES
sp
AFTER
FORTY
YEARS
UNDERGROUND
sp
LEN
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
IS
A
TRAGIC
RESULT
OF
OLD
STYLE
MINING
IN
CONDITIONS
sp
THICK
sp
WITH
COAL
DUST
sp
I'M
sp
SHORT
OF
sp
BREATH
sp
I
AIN'T
GOT
NO
ENERGY
sp
LISTLESS
sp
I
CAN'T
WALK
TWENTY
sp
PACES
WITHOUT
A
REST
sp
SO
sp
{OOV}
THERE'S
sp
NOT
MUCH
THEY
CAN
DO
sp
THERE'S
NO
sp
THERE'S
NO
NEW
CHESTS
IN
THE
HOSPITAL
TO
GIVE
OUT
NOR
sp
AN
EXTENSION
TO
LIFE
sp
SO
sp
ALL
I
CAN
DO
sp
IS
sp
TRY
sp
AND
sp
COPE
sp
FOR
BRITAIN'S
sp
THREE
QUARTERS
OF
A
MILLION
MINERS
IN
THE
NINETEEN
THIRTIES
AND
FORTIES
sp
DUST
WAS
A
MASSIVE
PROBLEM
sp
BUT
BY
THE
SIXTIES
AFTER
EXTENSIVE
RESEARCH
sp
THE
DEADLY
DISEASE
WAS
FINALLY
BROUGHT
UNDER
CONTROL
sp
THIS
WAS
ACHIEVED
BY
USING
sp
ER
sp
DUST
MEASURING
APPARATUS
THAT
WAS
SAFE
sp
DOWN
A
MINE
DIDN'T
CAUSE
EXPLOSIONS
sp
AND
ER
sp
THAT
sp
ER
sp
WAS
PLACED
IN
A
CERTAIN
PARTICULAR
POSITION
IN
RELATION
TO
THE
COAL
FACE
sp
SO
THAT
IT
WAS
ER
sp
A
STANDARD
METHOD
OF
MEASURING
sp
THE
sp
CONCENTRATION
OF
DUST
IN
THE
ATMOSPHERE
WHERE
THE
MEN
WORKED
sp
SO
DUST
SAMPLERS
HAVE
sp
BEEN
sp
INSTRUMENTAL
sp
IN
BRINGING
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
UNDER
CONTROL
sp
THAT'S
RIGHT
AND
THE
UNDERSTANDING
OF
sp
WHAT
sp
WAS
NECESSARY
sp
THESE
VITAL
MACHINES
ARE
USED
AT
sp
COAL
FACES
AND
DRIVEWAYS
sp
DUST
IS
DRAWN
IN
THROUGH
VENTS
sp
AND
sp
COLLECTED
IN
FILTERS
sp
THE
FILTER
IS
ANALYZED
sp
BY
THE
PIT
sp
AND
REGULAR
CHECK
SAMPLES
ARE
ANALYZED
AT
INDEPENDENT
LABORATORIES
sp
IF
THE
SAMPLES
ARE
ABOVE
CERTAIN
LIMITS
sp
THE
DISTRICT
UNDERGROUND
CAN
BE
SHUT
sp
DOWN
sp
BUT
WE
HAVE
EVIDENCE
THAT
sp
THESE
GRAVIMETRIC
MACHINES
HAVE
BEEN
SABOTAGED
IN
SOME
OF
BRITAIN'S
sp
PITS
sp
SO
THEY
GIVE
FALSE
sp
LOW
READINGS
sp
THE
SELBY
COAL
FIELD
sp
IS
sp
THE
JEWEL
IN
THE
CROWN
OF
sp
BRITISH
COAL
sp
COMING
ON
STREAM
THROUGH
THE
EIGHTIES
sp
THEY'VE
ACHIEVED
THEIR
TARGET
sp
PRODUCING
TEN
MILLION
TONNES
OF
COAL
sp
A
sp
YEAR
sp
THERE
ARE
sp
FIVE
sp
PITS
IN
THE
COMPLEX
sp
TAKING
COAL
TO
A
CENTRAL
DEPOT
sp
THE
WHITEMOOR
PIT
WAS
ONE
OF
THE
FIRST
THREE
MINES
IN
BRITAIN
TO
REACH
A
PRODUCTION
FIGURE
OF
sp
ONE
MILLION
TONNES
sp
PER
sp
YEAR
sp
GARY
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
HAS
BEEN
A
PIT
sp
DEPUTY
AT
sp
WHITEMOOR
FOR
FOUR
YEARS
sp
LAST
SUMMER
sp
ON
A
ROUTINE
CHECK
OF
HIS
DISTRICT
sp
HE
NOTICED
SOMETHING
WRONG
sp
WITH
ONE
DUST
sp
SAMPLER
sp
I
GRABBED
HOLD
OF
THE
sp
GRAVIMETRIC
TO
sp
TURN
IT
ROUND
TO
LOOK
FOR
THE
sp
THE
SWITCH
WHICH
IS
ON
OTHER
SIDE
sp
I
NOTICED
THE
FILTERS
WERE
{OOV}
sp
SMEARED
sp
AND
IT'S
LIKE
A
SMEAR
ON
THE
sp
FILTER
SO
I
sp
HAD
A
CLOSE
INSPECTION
sp
FOUND
THAT
THEY
WERE
ALL
sp
ACTUALLY
sp
CLOGGED
UP
WITH
sp
WHAT
APPEARED
TO
BE
SUPERGLUE
SO
sp
WHAT
sp
WAS
GOING
THROUGH
YOUR
MIND
WHEN
YOU
FOUND
THIS
SAMPLER
WITH
sp
GLUED
UP
sp
VENTS
sp
I
I
COULDN'T
BELIEVE
IT
REALLY
sp
I
sp
W
sp
WHO
WOULD
DO
SUCH
A
YOU
KNOW
sp
WHY
sp
AND
ER
sp
I
WERE
MAD
AS
WELL
BECAUSE
sp
SOMEBODY
sp
WAS
SOMEBODY
WERE
sp
FALSIFYING
sp
RECORDS
sp
AND
WELL
MY
LUNGS
AND
MY
LIFE
sp
AND
THE
MENS
LIFE
AS
WELL
sp
OTHER
SAMPLERS
WERE
FOUND
HERE
WHERE
READINGS
FOR
CORRECT
WORKING
CONDITIONS
WERE
IMPOSSIBLE
TO
GAUGE
sp
IT
WAS
DISCOVERED
sp
THEY
sp
TOO
HAD
BEEN
SABOTAGED
sp
THIS
TIME
BY
THE
INSERTION
OF
A
THICK
sp
FILTER
sp
INSIDE
THE
MACHINE
ITSELF
sp
WE
HAD
TO
REMOVE
THE
BAFFLE
PLATE
AND
IN
THERE
WAS
A
PIECE
OF
GAUZE
sp
THAT'S
THE
INSIDE
sp
CLOTH
sp
CUT
TO
SIZE
SO
IT
sp
FIT
IN
NICE
sp
IT
WASN'T
UNTIL
YOU
ACTUALLY
TURNED
THE
MACHINE
AND
AND
ACTUALLY
STARED
IN
TO
sp
THE
SLOTS
THAT
YOU
sp
COULD
SEE
THE
GAUZE
sp
SO
IF
IF
sp
NOBODY
WAS
LOOKING
FOR
IT
sp
OR
sp
IF
THEY
WEREN'T
USED
TO
THE
MACHINES
EXAMINING
THE
MACHINES
THEY
WOULDN'T
KNOW
IT
WAS
THERE
AND
sp
WHAT
WOULD
BE
THE
EFFECT
OF
THAT
sp
GAUZE
sp
THAT
GAUZE
WOULD
PREVENT
sp
I'D
SAY
NINETY
NINE
PERCENT
OF
ANY
DUST
GOING
THROUGH
IT
sp
WE'VE
EXAMINED
sp
BRITISH
COALS
OWN
FIGURES
FOR
DUST
SAMPLING
sp
IN
BRITAIN'S
MINES
sp
IN
DRIVEAGES
sp
THE
sp
ROUTINE
SAMPLES
TAKEN
BY
THE
PIT
sp
ARE
LOWER
sp
IN
EVERY
SINGLE
CASE
THAN
THE
SAMPLES
TAKEN
sp
AND
CHECKED
sp
BY
INDEPENDENT
LABORATORIES
sp
USED
BY
BRITISH
COAL
sp
IN
THE
CASE
OF
THE
SELBY
COMPLEX
sp
THE
INDEPENDENT
STATISTICS
sp
ARE
MORE
THAN
sp
TWO
sp
AND
A
HALF
sp
TIMES
HIGHER
sp
BRITISH
COAL
IN
RESPONSE
SAID
THEY'VE
LED
THE
WORLD
IN
DUST
MONITORING
sp
AND
ANY
IRREGULARITIES
IN
SAMPLES
sp
ARE
IMMEDIATELY
INVESTIGATED
sp
WE
SPOKE
TO
ONE
MINER
WHO
ADMITTED
sp
TAMPERING
WITH
SAMPLERS
IN
ANOTHER
PIT
sp
TO
WHITEMOOR
sp
WE'VE
PROTECTED
HIS
IDENTITY
sp
BECAUSE
HE
FEARS
THE
SACK
sp
FOR
SPEAKING
OUT
sp
ANY
METHOD
IS
USED
THAT
COULD
STOP
sp
DUST
GETTING
IN
TO
THEM
sp
USING
SMALL
BITS
OF
sp
FOAM
OR
ANYTHING
THAT
WOULD
STOP
IT
GETTING
IN
THERE
sp
TO
MY
KNOWLEDGE
I
KNOW
THAT
IT'S
HAPPENING
IN
AT
LEAST
HALF
A
DOZEN
MINES
sp
IT'S
sp
BEING
DONE
UP
AND
DOWN
THE
COUNTRY
AS
WELL
AS
ROUND
OUR
VICINITY
OF
MINING
sp
I'VE
sp
TALKED
TO
OTHER
MEN
WHO'VE
sp
FIDDLED
SAMPLES
sp
YOU
HAVE
sp
TO
GO
TO
COURSE
ABOUT
LAWS
sp
RULES
REGULATIONS
sp
TO
DO
WITH
DUST
sp
AND
ONCE
LADS
GOT
sp
TALKING
sp
IT
COMES
OUT
HOW
IT'S
HAPPENING
sp
FOR
EXPERTS
WHO'VE
SPENT
A
CAREER
BRINGING
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
UNDER
CONTROL
sp
THESE
REVELATIONS
ARE
DEEPLY
DISTURBING
sp
IT'S
A
CLEAR
BREECH
OF
REGULATIONS
sp
AND
REVERSES
WORK
DONE
ON
HEALTH
sp
AND
SAFETY
UNDERGROUND
sp
THIS
OF
COURSE
IS
A
VERY
SERIOUS
MATTER
sp
ER
sp
IF
YOUR
SAFETY
IN
YOUR
MINES
FROM
THE
POINT
OF
VIEW
OF
THE
MINERS
HEALTH
IS
DEPENDENT
sp
UPON
KEEPING
BELOW
A
CERTAIN
LIMIT
OF
sp
DUST
EXPOSURE
sp
IF
YOUR
NOT
MEASURING
THE
DUST
EXPOSURE
LEVELS
CORRECTLY
sp
THEN
ER
sp
YOU'RE
sp
LIKELY
TO
EXPOSE
THE
MEN
TO
DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS
sp
MINERS
KNOW
THE
PRESSURE
IS
ON
TO
INCREASE
THE
BRITISH
COAL'S
COMPETITIVENESS
sp
AND
SAVE
THEIR
JOBS
sp
BUT
THE
SANCTIONS
IMPOSED
ON
A
PIT
WITH
HIGH
DUST
sp
READINGS
COULD
BE
SERIOUS
sp
THE
MINE
DISTRICT
sp
COULD
BE
SHUT
sp
DOWN
FOR
THREE
MONTHS
sp
BASICALLY
WE
WERE
TOLD
TO
DO
IT
sp
AND
IF
WE
DIDN'T
DO
IT
WE'D
GOT
US
MONEY
DROPPED
sp
WE
HAD
THREATS
OF
BEING
MOVED
OR
sp
WE
WERE
SACKED
sp
IF
A
DRIVEAGE
sp
YOUR
MAIN
DRIVEAGE
IS
FOUND
TO
BE
ABOVE
THE
LEGAL
LIMIT
AFTER
A
SERIES
OF
sp
CHECKS
sp
IN
THEORY
sp
IT
SHOULD
BE
SHUT
sp
UNTIL
IT'S
SORTED
OUT
sp
BUT
IT
NEVER
IS
sp
I'VE
NEVER
YET
KNOWN
A
COAL
FACE
OR
A
DRIVEWAY
CLOSED
BECAUSE
OF
sp
TOO
MUCH
sp
DUST
sp
WORK
IS
ALWAYS
JUST
CARRIED
ON
sp
WITH
THE
DUST
SAMPLES
FIDDLED
sp
IT'S
ALL
DOWN
TO
PRESSURE
TO
KEEP
PRODUCTION
GOING
AND
ALSO
sp
IF
YOU
DO
EVERYONE
PERFECTLY
RIGHTLY
sp
YOU
RUN
THE
RISK
OF
CLOSING
THE
MINE
OR
PUTTING
SIX
OR
SEVEN
HUNDRED
MEN
ON
THE
DOLE
sp
UNLESS
I
KNOW
ABOUT
IT
THERE'S
NOTHING
I
CAN
DO
ABOUT
IT
IS
THERE
{OOV}
sp
WELL
sp
NOW
YOU
KNOW
ABOUT
IT
MR
sp
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
WHAT
DO
YOU
INTEND
TO
DO
WELL
WELL
WHEN
YOU
TELL
ME
WHERE
sp
IT
IS
I'LL
DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT
IT
sp
WHAT
MIGHT
YOU
DO
sp
WELL
WHERE
IS
IT
sp
IT'S
IN
YORKSHIRE
sp
IT'S
sp
IN
THE
sp
THE
SELBY
GROUP
sp
RIGHT
I
SHALL
TAKE
IT
UP
WITH
THE
AREA
DIRECTOR
IN
N
sp
IN
NE
sp
YORKSHIRE
sp
AS
sp
WE
WOULD
NORMALLY
DO
IN
FACT
I
THINK
THIS
HAS
ACTUALLY
BEEN
DEALT
WITH
IF
I'M
sp
ER
sp
IT'S
sp
IT'S
BEEN
DEALT
WITH
IN
WHITEMOOR
YOU
KNOW
ABOUT
THAT
BUT
ALSO
IN
sp
ANOTHER
sp
PIT
sp
WELL
sp
WE
I
WOULD
BE
MORE
SURPRISED
THAT
sp
ER
ER
sp
IN
sp
FACT
I
DON'T
THINK
I'M
SURE
sp
THAT
sp
IT'S
NOT
HAPPENING
sp
ON
A
sp
ON
A
sp
ON
A
ER
sp
WIDE
BASIS
I
sp
THINK
THAT'S
IT'S
A
LIBERTY
THAT
SHOULDN'T
BE
TAKEN
THAT
THEY'RE
sp
PLAYING
WITH
MINERS
HEALTH
sp
AND
THEIR
LIVES
sp
AND
ANYTHING
THAT'S
NOT
sp
ON
THE
UP
AND
UP
sp
IS
sp
WELL
I
THINK
IT'S
DETRIMENTAL
TO
A
MANS
LIFE
sp
NOT
ONLY
TO
HIS
HEALTH
sp
BUT
IS
sp
TO
HIS
LIFE
AND
sp
I
MEAN
sp
ER
CUTTING
HIS
LIFE
TIME
sp
SHORT
sp
MY
OPINION
sp
LEN
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
'S
MINING
AREA
THE
RHONDDA
NOW
HAS
NO
PITS
sp
WHEN
ONCE
IT
GAVE
WORK
TO
A
HUNDRED
THOUSAND
MEN
sp
THROUGHOUT
THE
INDUSTRY
NOW
sp
THE
CUT
THROAT
COMPETITION
IS
KEENER
THAN
EVER
sp
WITH
LAST
WEEKS
ANNOUNCEMENT
sp
THAT
THIRTY
ONE
BRITISH
PITS
sp
ARE
AGAIN
FACING
CLOSURE
sp
LAST
YEAR
sp
THE
GOVERNMENT
sp
BROUGHT
AMERICAN
MINING
CONSULTANTS
sp
BOYDS
IN
TO
AREAS
LIKE
SOUTH
WALES
sp
WHERE
THEY
MET
sp
FIERCE
sp
LOCAL
HOSTILITY
sp
THE
VALLEYS
sp
WILL
HAVE
NOBODY
WORKING
sp
AT
ALL
sp
THERE'LL
BE
NO
ONE
sp
PAYING
INSURANCES
sp
NO
INCOME
TAX
sp
SO
WHERE
IS
THE
MONEY
GOING
TO
sp
COME
sp
FOR
FUTURE
sp
PENSIONS
sp
FOR
PEOPLE
sp
RIGHT
sp
THROUGH
THE
COUNTRY
sp
WHERE'S
THE
COMMON
SENSE
sp
OF
THE
GOVERNMENT
sp
AND
I
DO
HOPE
THAT
THEY
WILL
CHANGE
THEIR
MIND
sp
AND
sp
BRING
WORK
sp
TO
THE
VALLEYS
sp
I
sp
I
REALLY
CAN'T
ANSWER
YOUR
QUESTION
MAM
{OOV}
YOU
CAN'T
ANSWER
ME
sp
CRUCIAL
TO
THE
BOYDS
PLAN
WAS
THE
INTRODUCTION
OF
MORE
AMERICAN
MINING
TECHNIQUES
sp
TO
BOOST
PRODUCTION
sp
AND
sp
BRING
DOWN
COSTS
sp
IN
EVIDENCE
TO
A
COMMON
SELECT
COMMITTEE
sp
THE
CONSULTANTS
STRESSED
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF
NEWER
sp
COST
EFFICIENT
METHODS
sp
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
SAFETY
LAWS
TO
USE
THEM
sp
WAS
ENCOURAGED
sp
AS
FAR
AS
sp
ROOF
sp
BOLTING
sp
AND
sp
ER
sp
THE
sp
ER
LENGTH
OF
ADVANCE
sp
WITHOUT
SUPPORTS
sp
CURRENT
LEGISLATION'S
VERY
RESTRICTIVE
sp
I
THINK
IT
HAS
sp
TO
BE
sp
OPENED
UPWARDS
DEMONSTRATED
BY
SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE
sp
TO
BE
SUCCESSFUL
sp
TO
ALLOW
YOU
TO
TAKE
sp
FULL
CUTS
WITH
THE
CONTINUOUS
MINES
sp
ONE
OF
THE
KEY
TECHNIQUES
THAT
BOYDS
WANTED
TO
ENCOURAGE
sp
WAS
sp
DEEP
CUT
sp
OR
AS
IT'S
KNOWN
IN
THE
U
S
sp
EXTENDED
CUT
sp
DEEP
CUT
MEANS
CUTTING
FURTHER
sp
WITHOUT
ANY
SUPPORT
AT
ALL
sp
MAKING
IT
A
FASTER
sp
MORE
COST
EFFECTIVE
sp
WAY
OF
MINING
sp
NOW
IN
BRITAIN
MINE
INSPECTORS
HAVE
STARTED
GRANTING
EXEMPTIONS
sp
FOR
CUTTING
UP
sp
TO
SIX
POINT
SIX
METRES
sp
WITHOUT
SUPPORT
sp
BUT
IN
AMERICA
sp
WHERE
THE
EXTENDED
sp
CUT
METHOD
OF
MINING
IS
TAKEN
sp
FURTHER
sp
THEIR
UNDERGROUND
ACCIDENT
RECORD
sp
PER
MAN
SHIFT
sp
IS
FOUR
TIMES
sp
OURS
sp
IT'S
sp
TWELVE
sp
THIRTY
I'M
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
WITH
{OOV}
NEWS
sp
THE
STRIKE
sp
AT
THE
sp
{OOV}
COAL
MINE
IN
SULLIVAN
COUNTY
sp
DRAGS
ON
AND
ON
TWO
HUNDRED
sp
FOUR
DAYS
TODAY
NO
END
IN
SIGHT
sp
{OOV}
IN
INDIANA
SEVEN
HUNDRED
MINERS
ARE
ON
STRIKE
sp
THEY
WANT
SAFER
CONDITIONS
BELOW
GROUND
sp
DEEP
sp
OR
EXTENDED
CUT
ACCOUNTS
FOR
HALF
OF
ALL
DEATHS
AND
ROOF
sp
COLLAPSES
sp
IN
AMERICAN
MINES
sp
FOR
THE
COMPANY
sp
IT
MEANS
GRATER
PROFITS
sp
BUT
TO
THESE
MEN
sp
IT
MEANS
MORE
DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS
sp
THE
MAIN
THING
HERE
CONCERNING
IS
EXTENDED
sp
CUTS
WITH
THE
COAL
OPERATORS
IS
sp
ER
sp
THE
BUZZ
WORD
OF
THE
COAL
INDUSTRY
COMPETITIVENESS
sp
WE
HAVE
sp
TO
HAVE
EXTENDED
CUTS
IN
ORDER
TO
BE
COMPETITIVE
sp
AND
RIGHT
NOW
THE
sp
TERM
COMPETITIVENESS
IS
USED
TO
sp
BASICALLY
GET
sp
BY
sp
SAFETY
REGULATIONS
AND
sp
ANYTHING
ELSE
CONCERNING
sp
SAFETY
sp
AT
THIS
MINE
TWO
YEARS
AGO
sp
A
MAN
WAS
sp
BURIED
AND
LATER
DIED
sp
AFTER
A
MASSIVE
ROOF
sp
FALL
sp
IN
AN
EXTENDED
sp
CUT
SECTION
sp
WHEN
WE
GOT
THERE
ONE
O
ONE
OF
THE
OTHER
BOYS
WAS
sp
WAS
ALREADY
THERE
WITH
HIM
sp
AND
HE
WAS
COVERED
FROM
sp
ABOUT
HIS
WAIST
DOWN
sp
WITH
COAL
sp
AND
ER
sp
WE
UNCOVERED
HIM
sp
AND
GAVE
HIM
AS
COMFORTABLE
AS
WE
COULD
GET
HIM
UNTIL
WE
GOT
THE
STRETCHERS
AND
EVERYTHING
{OOV}
MOBILIZE
HIM
AND
GET
HIM
OUT
sp
THE
MINER
JOE
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
sp
HAD
ALWAYS
KEPT
sp
DETAILS
ABOUT
THE
UNDERGROUND
CONDITIONS
sp
HIDDEN
sp
FROM
HIS
FAMILY
sp
HE
WOULDN'T
TELL
ME
WHAT
WAS
GOING
ON
DOWN
THERE
BECAUSE
HE
DIDN'T
WANT
TO
WORRY
ME
sp
AS
FAR
AS
THE
SAFETY
CONDITIONS
sp
AT
THAT
PARTICULAR
MINE
sp
ERM
sp
AND
sp
WHEN
THEY
DID
COMPLAIN
sp
TO
SOMEBODY
LIKE
A
COMPANY
MAN
YOU
KNOW
WELL
sp
THAT'S
ALL
THE
FARTHER
IT
WENT
sp
THERE
WAS
NOTHING
DONE
TO
CORRECT
sp
IT
sp
THE
SHOCK
sp
O
sp
OF
LOSING
SOMEONE
YOU'VE
BEEN
MARRIED
TO
sp
FOR
TWENTY
ONE
YEARS
sp
WE
GREW
UP
TOGETHER
sp
HE
WAS
MY
BEST
sp
FRIEND
sp
HE
WASN'T
JUST
MY
HUSBAND
HE
WAS
MY
BEST
sp
FRIEND
sp
YOU
LOSE
ALL
OF
THAT
sp
YOU
CAN'T
GET
IT
BACK
sp
NO
MATTER
sp
WHAT
ELSE
HAPPENS
IN
YOUR
LIFE
THAT
sp
THAT
sp
PART
IS
sp
GONE
sp
SO
A
PART
OF
YOUR
LIFE
sp
DIES
sp
ALONG
WITH
HIS
sp
THE
FATALITY
sp
INVOLVING
JOE
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
sp
WAS
AN
EXAMPLE
sp
OF
WHAT
WE
CONSIDER
AS
sp
ONE
OF
THE
sp
MOST
DANGEROUS
ASPECTS
OF
EXTENDED
CUTS
sp
THAT
WHEN
YOU
EXPOSE
GREAT
PORTIONS
OF
THE
ROOF
sp
UNSUPPORTED
sp
THEN
YOU
sp
INCREASE
THE
POSSIBILITIES
sp
OF
sp
A
ROOF
FALL
sp
WHICH
COMES
BACK
sp
ON
THROUGH
TO
THE
SUPPORTED
AREA
OF
sp
THE
ROOF
sp
AND
THEN
INJURES
OR
sp
KILLS
SOMEONE
sp
BRITISH
MINES
OPERATE
AT
FAR
GREATER
DEPTH
sp
THAN
IN
AMERICA
sp
EXTENDING
THEIR
TECHNIQUES
IN
sp
OUR
CONDITIONS
HAVE
PROMPTED
sp
FEARS
sp
AMONG
SOME
MINING
EXPERTS
sp
IF
sp
YOU
sp
USE
sp
TECHNIQUES
sp
WHICH
ARE
IN
sp
INAPPROPRIATE
sp
TO
sp
THOSE
CONDITIONS
sp
THEN
sp
YOU
sp
COULD
sp
COMPROMISE
SAFETY
sp
BECAUSE
OF
THE
STABILITY
sp
OF
THE
MINE
sp
WORKING
AND
sp
WHAT
ABOUT
THE
AMERICAN
SAFETY
RECORD
sp
IS
sp
IS
IT
sp
VERY
DIFFERENT
sp
TO
sp
TO
THAT
OVER
HERE
sp
YES
sp
THE
AMERICAN
SAFETY
RECORD
sp
IS
sp
WORSE
THAN
OURS
sp
THEY
sp
TEND
TO
HAVE
sp
FAR
MORE
ACCIDENTS
sp
ER
sp
IN
THEIR
MINES
sp
THAN
WE
DO
sp
HERE
IN
THE
sp
UNITED
sp
KINGDOM
sp
BUT
THE
AMERICANS
ARE
COMING
sp
AND
IT'S
CAUSING
GREAT
ALARM
sp
IN
SOME
CIRCLES
sp
FOR
UNION
LEADERS
sp
SUCH
AS
PETER
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
sp
OF
THE
PIT
DEPUTIES
sp
COST
EFFICIENT
TECHNIQUES
LIKE
sp
DEEP
sp
CUT
sp
THREATEN
THE
SAFETY
OF
MEN
WORKING
UNDERGROUND
sp
THEY
sp
PUSH
VERY
MUCH
THE
sp
DEEP
sp
CUT
SYSTEM
sp
IN
THE
U
K
sp
DEEP
sp
CUT
SYSTEM
IN
IN
AMERICA
MEANS
THAT
sp
THE
MACHINE
GOES
FORWARD
sp
A
DISTANCE
BEFORE
sp
ANY
SUPPORTS
sp
ARE
SET
AT
ALL
sp
ERM
sp
AND
THEN
THE
SUPPORTS
DO
SET
{OOV}
ROOF
FALLS
sp
WE
DID
NOT
OBJECT
THIS
WITHOUT
EVIDENCE
OF
sp
REASONS
FOR
OBJECTION
sp
AND
WE'VE
BEEN
sp
IN
sp
DISC
DISCUSSION
WITH
THE
ERM
AMERICAN
MINERS
sp
EIGHTEEN
PERCENT
OF
THEIR
MINES
sp
HAVE
sp
THIS
SO
CALLED
sp
DEEP
sp
CUT
SYSTEM
sp
BUT
HAS
MORE
THAN
sp
FIFTY
PERCENT
OF
ALL
THE
FATAL
ACCIDENTS
sp
IN
THOSE
EIGHTEEN
sp
PERCENT
OF
THE
MINES
sp
THE
SAME
EIGHTEEN
PERCENT
OF
MINES
WHICH
HAS
DEEP
CUT
sp
HAS
SIXTY
THREE
PERCENT
OF
ALL
FRICTIONAL
IGNITIONS
sp
THAT'S
IGNITIONS
OF
METHANE
GAS
sp
NOW
sp
FOR
US
THAT
sp
CAUSES
CONCERN
BECAUSE
sp
WE
HAVE
sp
GAS
IN
MINES
sp
WE
DON'T
RECON
sp
RECOGNIZE
THE
AMERICANS
sp
AS
HAVING
sp
GAS
IN
MINES
WE
DO
sp
SO
sp
THAT'S
THE
SORT
OF
CONCERNS
WE
HAVE
sp
AND
HOW
DO
YOU
KNOW
FOR
A
FACT
THAT
THEY
INTEND
TO
BRING
THESE
SORTS
OF
TECHNIQUES
IN
TO
BRITAIN
sp
THEY'RE
IN
sp
NO
THEY'RE
IN
WE
HAVE
MINES
WORKING
SIX
POINT
SIX
sp
METRES
NOW
sp
ONE
OF
THOSE
MINES
IN
NORTH
WALES
sp
WAS
SINGLED
OUT
FOR
PRAISE
sp
BY
AMERICAN
CONSULTANTS
sp
BOYDS
sp
YET
WITHIN
A
FEW
MONTHS
OF
STARTING
THE
TECHNIQUE
HERE
sp
TWO
MEN
WERE
BADLY
INJURED
sp
IN
A
ROOF
FALL
sp
THEY'D
CUT
SLIGHTLY
BEYOND
WHAT
HAD
sp
BEEN
ALLOWED
sp
BUT
THE
REPORT
AFTERWARDS
SAID
THE
ROOF
WOULD
STILL
HAVE
COME
DOWN
sp
WELL
I
GOT
TRAPPED
UNDER
ER
sp
UNDER
ONE
OF
sp
THE
ER
sp
ROCKS
THAT
F
sp
FELL
DOWN
sp
AND
THEN
sp
MANAGED
TO
GET
THAT
OFF
sp
ME
LEG
AND
sp
WENT
TO
GIVE
ASSISTANCE
TO
sp
ER
sp
THE
MACHINE
MAN
sp
THE
MAN
ON
THE
MACHINE
WHICH
ER
sp
TRAPPED
AS
WELL
AND
sp
ER
sp
REALIZED
THEN
THAT
sp
ME
LEG
HAD
sp
ME
LEG
WAS
sp
BROKEN
sp
SO
sp
TOOK
ME
DOWN
THE
END
OF
THE
ROAD
AND
sp
MANAGED
TO
GET
THE
STONE
OFF
sp
THE
LAD
AND
THE
MACHINE
AND
sp
YOU
GOT
CARRIED
IN
sp
TO
HOSPITAL
sp
IT
WORRIES
ME
BECAUSE
THESE
EXEMPTIONS
sp
AS
sp
{OOV}
TO
THERE
FOR
EXAMPLE
sp
ER
sp
WHERE
sp
THIRTY
NINE
SQUARE
METRES
OF
sp
ROOF
sp
WAS
PERMITTED
sp
TO
BE
sp
WITHOUT
SUPPORT
OF
sp
ANY
KIND
sp
NOT
A
ROOF
BOLT
NOT
A
PROP
sp
NOT
AN
ARCH
GIRDER
sp
ER
sp
LED
TO
A
FALL
OF
ROOF
sp
AND
I
{OOV}
NO
SURPRISE
WHATEVER
sp
ABSOLUTELY
NO
SURPRISE
IF
YOU
DON'T
SUPPORT
THE
ROOF
sp
YOU
CAN
EXPECT
IT
TO
FALL
sp
AND
TWO
MEN
WERE
sp
HURT
ERM
sp
I'M
sp
NOT
IN
FAVOUR
sp
OF
GRANTING
EXEMPTIONS
sp
FOR
sp
LARGE
AREA
OF
UNSUPPORTED
ROOF
sp
IT
SEEMS
TO
ME
THAT
YOUR
INVITING
A
sp
LOSS
OF
sp
ROOF
sp
CONTROL
sp
NOW
THE
MINING
sp
INDUSTRY
FACES
A
sp
FRESH
SET
OF
SAFETY
LAWS
sp
NEW
sp
GUIDELINES
ARE
SWEEPING
AWAY
SOME
sp
OLD
sp
REGULATIONS
sp
IN
FORMER
MINING
AREAS
LIKE
THE
RHONDDA
sp
IT'S
sp
BITTERLY
RESENTED
sp
IN
A
sp
CENTURY
AND
A
HALF
OF
MINING
HUNDREDS
OF
MEN
HAVE
sp
DIED
sp
SOME
OF
THE
LESSONS
LEARNT
FROM
THE
ACCIDENTS
sp
WERE
ENSHRINED
IN
SAFETY
LAWS
sp
WHICH
ARE
NOW
TO
BE
SCRAPPED
ONE
OF
sp
THOSE
ACCIDENTS
{OOV}
IN
sp
EIGHTEEN
FIFTY
SIX
sp
IS
sp
DEEP
WITHIN
LOCAL
FOLKLORE
sp
AND
IN
THE
MINDS
OF
PEOPLE
LIKE
FORMER
MINER
sp
IVOR
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION}
sp
BEFORE
THE
COLLIERY
EXPLOSION
THEY'D
BEEN
A
FIRE
sp
IN
A
CERTAIN
DISTRICT
sp
TWENTY
YARDS
LONG
sp
IT
HAD
BEEN
REPORTED
sp
BY
THE
COLLIERY
OFFICIAL
sp
AND
ER
THE
COLLIERY
MANAGER
OF
THE
sp
TIME
THOUGHT
IT
WASN'T
EVEN
IMPORTANT
ENOUGH
sp
TO
sp
ACTUALLY
STOP
sp
MEN
GOING
IN
TO
THAT
sp
DISTRICT
sp
TO
sp
WORK
sp
AND
THEY
DID
GO
IN
sp
THERE
sp
THE
sp
LEGISLATION
THAT
sp
CAME
OUT
sp
AS
A
RESULT
sp
OF
THAT
sp
THEN
WAS
sp
ABSOLUTELY
SURE
YOU
KNOW
THAT
sp
IT
WAS
COPPER
BOTTOM
INSURANCES
GIVEN
sp
GIVEN
sp
THAT
sp
ER
LEGISLATION
WOULD
PREVENT
sp
ACCIDENTS
OF
THAT
NATURE
sp
AGAIN
sp
THE
ER
DEPUTY
sp
GOES
IN
TO
THE
DISTRICT
sp
AND
HE
sp
HE
GIVES
AN
INSURANCE
sp
ER
BY
LAW
THAT
sp
THAT
THE
sp
DISTRICT
IS
SAFE
sp
THAT
sp
DISTRICT
sp
IS
SAFE
FOR
THE
sp
MEN
TO
GO
sp
INTO
THE
{OOV}
EXPLOSION
sp
WIPED
OUT
HALF
OF
THE
sp
TOWN'S
MALE
VOICE
CHOIR
sp
WHAT
SURVIVED
WAS
THE
CRUCIAL
SAFETY
RULE
BANNING
WORK
BEFORE
THE
ENTIRE
DISTRICT
IS
CHECKED
sp
NOW
A
SUGGESTED
CODE
OF
PRACTICE
sp
WILL
sp
KILL
sp
OFF
sp
THE
OLD
sp
LAW
sp
I
sp
BETTER
DO
A
CHECK
sp
FOR
GAS
HERE
sp
IT'S
THE
FIRST
ONE
sp
OF
MANY
sp
NOUGHT
sp
POINT
FOUR
PERCENT
sp
AH
sp
THAT'S
IN
sp
ORDER
sp
ONLY
A
FEW
YEARS
A
GO
sp
THE
COAL
BOARD
WAS
PROUD
OF
THE
WORK
OF
THE
PIT
sp
DEPUTY
sp
ONE
DEPUTY
IN
EACH
DISTRICT
sp
CHECKED
CONDITIONS
WERE
SAFE
sp
AND
COULD
STOP
PRODUCTION
IF
THEY
WEREN'T
sp
NOW
THEY'RE
TO
ALLOW
MAINTENANCE
WORK
WHILE
THE
PRE
SHIFT
INSPECTION
IS
MADE
sp
AND
THE
PIT
sp
DEPUTIES
ROLE
sp
WILL
BE
DIVIDED
UP
sp
SUDDENLY
NOTHING
IS
TOO
TRIVIAL
TO
MATTER
sp
EVERYTHING
IS
IMPORTANT
sp
THAT'S
HOW
STANDARDS
ARE
MADE
sp
AND
sp
KEPT
sp
IN
YOUR
YEARS
AS
A
DEPUTY
sp
HAVE
YOU
STOPPED
sp
PRODUCTION
BECAUSE
SAFETY
WAS
AT
RISK
sp
E
sp
YES
sp
I
HAVE
sp
MACHINERY
UNFIT
sp
TO
DO
sp
I'VE
STOPPED
IT
sp
FOR
THAT
sp
MANAGERS
HAVEN'T
BEEN
sp
PLEASED
sp
BUT
I'VE
DONE
IT
sp
THEY'RE
NEVER
PLEASED
WHEN
YOU
STOP
ER
sp
ANYTHING
sp
WHAT
sp
CONCERNS
SAFETY
sp
THEY
WANT
YOU
TO
CARRY
ON
sp
AS
NORMAL
sp
BUT
I
WILL
NOT
DO
THAT
AT
ALL
sp
WHILE
EVER
I'VE
GOT
THE
sp
POWER
sp
I
WILL
STOP
sp
IT
sp
AND
THAT'S
IT
sp
AND
sp
HOW
WILL
THAT
sp
CHANGE
sp
IT
WILL
CHANGE
sp
DRAMATICALLY
sp
I
WON'T
HAVE
sp
THE
POWER
THE
POWER
WILL
BE
TAKEN
AWAY
sp
FROM
sp
ME
sp
WITH
THESE
NEW
LEGISLATIONS
sp
I
HAVE
NO
sp
POWER
WHAT'S
SO
EVER
sp
TO
DO
sp
WITH
THE
sp
SAFETY
sp
THE
DEPUTY
sp
THE
NEW
sp
EYES
sp
ON
sp
EIGHTIES
sp
AH
sp
REPORT
BY
DEPUTY
IN
CHARGE
OF
THE
DISTRICT
{OOV}
BRITISH
COAL
SAY
THE
NEW
LAWS
AND
GUIDELINES
WILL
STRENGTHEN
SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS
UNDERGROUND
sp
BUT
THE
DEPUTIES
BELIEVE
THEY'VE
BEEN
SINGLED
OUT
AS
A
OBSTACLE
TO
PRODUCING
CHEAPER
COAL
IN
BRITAIN'S
sp
PITS
sp
IN
THE
RUN
UP
sp
TO
PRIVATIZATION
sp
YOU
CAN
HAVE
sp
PROFITABLE
MINES
IF
sp
YOU
WANT
sp
MORE
FATALITIES
MORE
ACCIDENTS
sp
AND
MORE
BAD
NEWS
sp
LIKE
BILSTHORPE
sp
NOW
sp
IF
YOU
WANT
A
COAL
INDUSTRY
YOU
CAN
HAVE
A
GOOD
COAL
INDUSTRY
A
sp
PROFITABLE
sp
ONE
IT'S
A
QUESTION
OF
sp
WHO
DECIDES
sp
AT
THIS
sp
POINT
IN
TIME
WITH
THE
GOVERNMENT
sp
THAT'S
MAKING
THE
DECISION
THAT
sp
THE
WORKERS
IN
THIS
COUNTRY
sp
HAVE
sp
TO
ACCEPT
LOWER
STANDARDS
IN
ALMOST
ANYTHING
sp
NOT
JUST
WAGES
AND
TERMS
OF
CONDITIONS
sp
NOW
SAFETY
STANDARDS
sp
LET'S
LOOK
AT
THE
SYSTEM
sp
LET'S
sp
LOOK
AT
THE
RECORD
sp
THIS
INSPECTORATE
HAS
BEEN
IN
BEING
sp
THREE
HUNDRED
AND
FIFTY
YEARS
sp
THE
ACCIDENT
LEVEL
IN
THIS
INDUSTRY
HAS
COME
DOWN
sp
CONSISTENTLY
sp
YEAR
sp
BY
sp
YEAR
sp
BY
YEAR
sp
EVERY
YEAR
sp
LAST
YEAR
WERE
THE
LOWEST
ON
RECORD
sp
WE
HAVE
GOT
TO
GO
TO
WORK
WITH
A
LOT
OF
sp
OF
sp
OF
sp
ER
sp
TENSION
AND
PRESSURE
ON
US
sp
TO
GET
sp
COSTS
sp
DOWN
sp
TO
sp
TURN
MORE
sp
COAL
sp
TO
WORK
MORE
HOURS
sp
WHEN
AT
THE
END
OF
THE
DAY
WE
DON'T
KNOW
IF
WE'RE
GOING
TO
HAVE
A
JOB
IN
sp
IN
ONE
OR
TWO
YEARS
sp
ERM
sp
IT
SEEMS
VERY
DEMORALIZING
AN
sp
AND
NOT
sp
FAIR
TO
THE
PEOPLE
WHO
ARE
TRYING
TO
sp
WORK
HARD
IN
THIS
INDUSTRY
sp
TO
TO
CARVE
OUT
A
LIVING
sp
BILSTHORPE
ITSELF
sp
COULD
NOW
BE
A
CASUALTY
OF
sp
THE
CLOSURE
PROGRAM
sp
ON
sp
THE
DRIVE
FOR
A
COMPETITIVE
MINING
INDUSTRY
sp
BUT
THE
PACE
OF
CHANGE
HAS
SEEN
THE
INTRODUCTION
OF
sp
CONTROVERSIAL
NEW
TECHNIQUES
sp
AND
MEN
PREPARED
TO
SABOTAGE
EQUIPMENT
sp
UNDERGROUND
sp
THE
FUTURE
FOR
sp
BRITAIN'S
sp
MINES
HAS
NEVER
LOOKED
SO
BLACK
sp
BUT
SOME
BELIEVE
THE
FUTURE
SAFETY
OF
MINERS
sp
IS
JUST
sp
AS
sp
THREATENED
sp