AMENDMENTS OF 1949 HEARINGS BEFORE A SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3023 A BILL AMENDING PUBLIC LAW 49, SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, PROVIDING FOR THE WELFARE OF COAL MINERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 92725 HEARINGS HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1949 CONTENTS Page Coneybeer, D. J., district State mine inspector, Carrolton, Ohio_- Dickinson, A. W., representing American Mining Congress-- Ferguson, Charles, assistant safety director, United Mine Workers of America, presenting statement of F. C. Davis, safety director__ Flippen, C. J., labor commissioner, Kanawha Coal Operators' Association, Forbes, J. J., Chief, Health and Safety Division, Bureau of Mines Depart- Grove, G. W., supervising engineer, Health and Safety Division, Bureau 53, 130 232, 486 Holt, Walter W., representing John M. Hirst Co., Cleveland_. 464 175 449 158 Price, Hon. Melvin, a Representative in Congress from the State of 1 Scholz, Carl, mining consulting engineer_ 215 259 489 Sisk, A. D., chief, Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals_ Accident rates based on- Man-hours exposure_. Tons of coal produced.. Accident record, No. 5, Mine, Centralia Coal Corp_-_. Accident statistics covering coal mines in United States-. Accidents in bituminous coal mines, 1930–48_ Average number of employees per bituminous coal mine__ Final report, Old Ben Coal Corp. mine, July 24, 1947. No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., September 1-3, 1942 No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., September 20-22, 1943_ No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Corp., June 5-6, 1944_. No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., January 8-11, 1945. No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., July 16-19, 1945. No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., March 5-8, 1946_ No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., March 17-20, 1947. No. 5 mine, Centralia Coal Co., March 25, 1947-- Casualty reports of Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals_ 145 146 263 146 |