If you were a rescuer at the utah mine?

Question

If you were there at the utah mine what would you do to rescue the trapped miners?

I thought maybe they could send a robotic rover. By didding a hole were they thing the minners could be. Because they now have a rover that digs, has cameras, and other gadgets. That they way no one else will be getting hurt. The rover will be able to move around, see, or hear anything. They could communicate with anyone down there.

What do you think?

What would be your advice for the rescuers at the Utah Mine?

Answer 1

that sounds likea great idea!

Answer 2

I live in a boomin area for Coal Mines, I was in the Strike of '89 and generally keep up with anything that has to do with miners. Coming from a long history of miners, and Being involed and employed by the UMWA.
I for one am very dishearted at MSHA that they would let that much back mining happen, it was a collaspe waiting to happen. Now that there has been another accident I seriously doubt that there is any life beneath the COLD DARK GROUND. I pray every night that I am wrong. But MSHA could have done better.
I do believe strongly in the UMWA I feel that most union mines are safer than those of non-union (against beliefs of Murray) For the simple reasons that the Union was built on the idea of making it safer for miners to do their jobs.
If you work in a mines that is not union and you have a concern Who do you take it to? the owner that would have to put out money to fix the problem, and knows that there is someone that is waiting to take your job so they dont have to listen to you. when if you have the Union to back you, you have alot more options that if they do not follow the contract and the rules stated with in there can be a STRIKE and they break the legal document that they agreed to.
UTAH NON UNION
SAGO NON UNION
what does that tell the people

Answer 3

Well, let's compare the costs at which a rescuer goes INTO the Utah mine. We've had two cave-ins so far, and the second cave-in just killed three rescue workers. There comes a time when the rescuers need to think of themselves and their safety and try to find an alternative to human rescue- like you mentioned with electronic retrieval. I just think that the fact we've lost three rescuers now, perhaps along with those Utah miners, is even more of a tragedy. We need to find a way to keep the rescuers safer!

Answer 4

Good idea, but I believe a robot would take even longer due to the fact that you have to extract the coal as you dig. And for that you need that machine they keep showing with the rotating claws that digs into the coal. A simple robot would not be equipped to do that. As for your first question "would I help rescue the trapped miners"?... That is a tough decision to make I could not truthfully answer because i am not a miner and have never been in that situation.

Answer 5

Now that I'm thinking about this subject I wonder why miners don't have emergency radios. Possibly because it would have to be VLF (very low frequency) transmitter. They would be the only types that could send a signal through all that rock and soil. VLF transmitters are what they use to communicate with submarines. It wouldn't do to have someone trying to order a missile launch or misdirect a Polaris. You can also use them to do weird things like shut down car ignitions. Even still, there might be some frequencies that could be used without causing problems. If it would save lives it's worth looking into.

Answer 6

I don't think they can do any more than they're doing. They've now drilled 4 holes. It will take 30 days to drill a hole large enough to put in a capsule large enough to retrieve a person, and you first have to know where to drill that hole. In all reality, it will take 30 days (at best) to drill horizontally to them.

We all know that the oxygen content was only 7% before they started pumping in compressed air, and no air was introduced in the first 3 days. Man can't live below 15%.

I live in Utah, and as hard as it is to day, they could not have lived more a day ... no air.

Answer 7

I think that there were so many experts trying to dig down and rescue them, and there were so many, many prayers said on their behalf, yet, sad as it is, the miners are no longer living and that is what is meant to happen. It is a shame to put more men in danger to search for men who must certainly be gone by now. It was a valiant effort to find them, but they must just be put to rest at this point. For those of us who care about those who are left to mourn, we should say prayers to help the survivors and the families find comfort and peace.

Answer 8

The miners injured this evening at the instant are not the only ones engaged on the rescue attempt. do not forget approximately that they are nevertheless busy drilling the 4th hollow on the area of the mountain. The rescue attempt interior the mine has been not on time many cases with the aid of fact of seismic pastime. As of now, the rescue efforts interior the mine may well be reevaluated. 9 have been injured and one had died in the rescue attempt this evening. Please...... save them on your strategies.

Answer 9

I wonder if babyboo would like to compare numbers as to how many union miners have been killed in our nations coal mines versus non- union miners? The Wilberg mine fire, which killed 23 miners happend at a union mine. Had Crandall Canyon been a union mine, there would have been twice as many killed as it takes twice the amount of union miners to do the same job as the non-union miners.

Answer 10

I would ask why the following happened,
President George W. Bush resorted to a recess appointment in October 2006 to anoint Richard Stickler as the nation's mine safety czar after it became clear he could not receive enough support even in a GOP-controlled Senate

Answer 11

Base on the time.
We may have lost them.
From the readings.
If there is not signs left.
The survival is slim.
But life must go on with the living.
The rescuer did all their best they could do even in risking their own lives out there for them.
With time .
There's nothing we can do.
But to let them go and continue on living.
Deepest sympathy to those who lost their loved ones out there.