Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0406041557430.12774@panix2.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Work
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:57:56 -0400 (EDT)
Work (Adapted from State of West Virginia Department of Mines Inspection Report Number 14, 1956) I keep a weekly record of old works, airways and escape ways. I make air measurements every two weeks and keep a record with pen or indelible pencil. I see a travelway with the air intake to all sections in the mine, and a hoist when the intake is a shaft. I examine idle and abandoned sections of the mine three hours before employees are permitted to enter. I do not leave a dangerous place until it is made safe. I wear a hard hat and hard-toed shoes. When I am grinding, I wear goggles and when cutting, welding, or striking where particles may fly I wear other eye protection. I remove the front ends of cutter bars while the machine is being trammed. I use roof bolt drill bits less than one and three-eights inches in diameter. I confine the roof bolts. I remove all cuttings from drill holes before explosives are placed in the hole. I use only one kind of explosive in a shot hole. I do not use coal dust or inflammable material for tamping. I stem holes tightly and full to the mouth. I use wooden tamping bars. I do not use fuses of squibs. I use metal scrapers attached to wooden tamping bars not more than eight inches in length. I insert blasting caps in line with the explosives, not at an angle. I keep the leg wires of electric blasting caps shunted until connected for firing. I fire shots promptly after charging. I warn persons that shots are to be fired so that they may withdraw to a place of safety. I warn persons not to return to the face after a shot. I shoot coal from the Solid-Places Rock-Dusted to the face. I roll up shooting cables when not in use. _