Citation

Akgün M. Turk. Thorac J. 2015; 16(Suppl 1): S1-S2.

Affiliation

Department of Chest Diseases, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Aves)

DOI

10.5152/ttd.2015.008

PMID

29404105

PMCID

PMC5783098

Abstract

The underground coal mining, in terms of fatal and injury accidents, has the first place among all businesses due to "spontaneous combustion of coal" and "presence of methane gas" in coalmines. In May 2014, the most casualties (301 people) of recent years occurred in the Soma Eynez mining quarry that accounts for almost half of the death of the last 30 years. The Turkish Thoracic Society Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease assembly, aimed to determine the causes of coal mine accidents and analyze what should be done to prevent occurrence of accidents and casualties.

Language: en

Keywords

Coal mine; mine accidents; respiratory emergencies