1. [The evaluation of the mechanism and cause of death of mine rescuers during the group accident in the Niwka-Modrzejów Coal Mine in Sosnowiec in 1998].
- Author
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Chowaniec C, Kobek M, Chowaniec M, Skowronek R, and Nowicka J
- Subjects
- Adult, Autopsy, Equipment Failure, Humans, Male, Microclimate, Poland epidemiology, Survivors, Accidents, Occupational mortality, Cause of Death, Coal Mining, Equipment Failure Analysis, Postmortem Changes, Rescue Work statistics & numerical data, Respiratory Protective Devices adverse effects
- Abstract
On February 24, 1998, in the Niwka-Modrzej6w Coal Mine in Sosnowiec, a group accident occurred and, as a result, six miners died and four others were injured. Mine rescuers, proceeding to work in out of action mining excavation, separated by an isolative dam, were using oxygen escape breathing apparatuses AU-9 type and oxygen breathing apparatuses for work WU-70 type. A comprehensive evaluation of the accident circumstances, medical papers, autopsy, histopatological and chemico-toxicological reports, technical surveys of the Central Station of Mine Rescue and the Military Institution of Chemistry and Radiometry (WIChiR), taking into consideration the microclimatic conditions in the sidewalk and testimonies of the survivors allowed for determining the cause of death in the victims. The authors emphasized special difficulties in compiling the comprehensive opinion in the reviewed case and the significant evidential value of the technical survey prepared by WIChiR that showed numerous and serious abnormalities in the performance of oxygen breathing apparatuses, which in a short time led in their users to acute respiratory insufficiency due to anoxia with its further consequences.
- Published
- 2011