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THE seventeenth annual report of the Safety in Mines Research Board for 1938 has recently been published*. In referring to safety instruction, it is pointed out that teachers, managements and trade union officials are convinced of the value of safety instruction. Safety principles classes for boys are established in every coalfield and similar classes are being formed for adults. Many applications for permission to attend demonstrations at the Research Station, Buxton, have had to be refused on account of lack of accommodation, but during the year there were twenty-two demonstrations which were attended by 5,983 visitors, of whom 3,864 were adults and 2,119 were boys. After demonstrations of coal dust explosions, methods of firing shots and the testing of electrical appliances, discussions were held, usually initiated by some member of the research staff. Many lectures have been given in the coalfields by members of the staff to an estimated total of 16,000 persons.
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CROSSLAND, J. Safety in Mines Research Board. Nature 144, 840 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144840a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144840a0