Health and safety research 1975 : an account of the executive's research testing and laboratory services incorporating the annual report of the Safety in Mines Research Establishment.

  • Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive.
Date:
1976
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Credit: Health and safety research 1975 : an account of the executive's research testing and laboratory services incorporating the annual report of the Safety in Mines Research Establishment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    example, BASEEFA issues certificates relating to electrical equipment for non-mining use, and Safety and General Division, Branch C, (SGD Cc) those relating to mining use. Certain items of equipment for use in mines are required to be of a type approved by the Executive and 29 An account is given in paragraph 75 of an EEC Directive relating to harmonised Standards that is being prepared by CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation. This is an im- portant development in the field of Standards for electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. 30 Tests on explosives and explosive devices for non-mining use are at present carried out at RARDE pending transfer to RLSD’s Buxton Laboratory. 31 In 1975 the Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board reported to the Health and Safety Commission, the Board’s task being to keep under review and advise on the general scope, organisation and progress of research work connected with safety in mines. 32 On the 31 December 1975 sMRAB comprised: Members EC Williams cp (Chairman), Chief Scientist, HSE Professor GRC Atherley, Safety and Hygiene Group, University of Aston in Birmingham Professor J M Beér, Department of Chemical Engineering and Fuel Technology, University of Sheffield A Bulmer, National Union of Mineworkers J Carver, HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries, HSE Professor C F Cullis, Department of Physical Chemistry, City University, London B Goddard, Institute of Mining Engineers L Grainger, Scientific Member, National Coal Board Professor HJ King, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Nottingham DH Mallinson, Director, National Engineering Laboratory, Department of Industry LJ Mills, Member, National Coal Board Dr B P Mullins, Director of Research and Laboratory Services and Head of the Safety in Mines Research Establishment, HSE AE Simpson, General Secretary, National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers Assessors JD G Hammer, HM Chief Inspector of Factories, HSE JA Marshall, Head, Safety and General Division, Branch C, ASE Secretaries Dr M Kennedy, Principal Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JIN Miss B E Wall, Principal, Safety and General Division, Branch Ge HSE, Thames House North, Millbank, London WIP 40J 33 There were a number of changes in the composi- tion of the Board during 1975. We record with deep regret the death on 28 May 1975 of Mr J W Calder, HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries. His place on the Board has been filled by the new Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries, Mr J Carver. 34 Three other new members were appointed during the year: Mr A Bulmer of the National Union of Mineworkers, who filled the place left by the late Mr KH Saunders; Mr LJ Mills, a Board Member of the National Coal Board, in place of Mr N Siddall; and Dr BP Mullins, the Director of the Executive’s Research and Laboratory Services and Head of SMRE, who took the place of Dr CAA Wass the former Director of smrE. In addition, Mr EC Williams, the Executive’s Chief Scientist, left the Board when he retired at the end of 1975. Mr Williams had been a Board Member since 1968 and Chairman since early in 1975. 35 Two new assessors to the Board have also been appointed: Mr JA Marshall, Head of the Executive’s Safety and General Division, Branch C, in place of his predecessor Mr JR Wilson, and Mr JD G Hammer, HM Chief Inspector of Factories who took the place of his predecessor Mr BH Harvey. 36 SMRAB held three meetings during the year, two in London and one at the smrE Buxton Laboratory. The meeting at Buxton was preceded by a visit to the laboratories in order to see work in progress. 37 The Board examined in detail the research pro- grammes on safety in mines of NCB and SMRE, and several technical papers were presented. Particular attention was paid to work on conveyor-fire hazards arising from mechanical failure, explosion protection for the inlet and exhausts of diesel engines, climatic control in coal mines, and the use of organic plastics in flameproof enclosures.