Graham Owens is perfectly correct in saying that safety has improved
because of improved technology (and by implication- safer working
practices). It has also been said that these improvements were
inevitable. Don't forget that Nationalisation resulted in MASSIVE
investment in Britain's coal mining industry. This hastened these
improvements- saving many lives as a result.
Barry Job.
Eur. Ing. Dr. Barry Job,
Department of Geology,
School of Sciences,
Staffordshire University,
College Road,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 2DE.
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