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Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969

Law or policy, 1969, United Kingdom.

What happened

The Act (chapter 10) covers the security of tips associated with mines and quarries.1,2

Why it matters

The Act is the British statute on the security of tips. The opened page does not link it to Aberfan.1,2

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Around the same time

  1. Coalbrook colliery disaster, South Africa

    Wikidata lists 435 to 437 deaths in one of the worst coal mine disasters on record in Africa.3

  2. Centralia mine fire starts

    Centralia mine fire starts.4

  3. Aberfan disaster

    Aberfan disaster. Wikidata records 144 deaths.5

  4. Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act signed

    It set federal health and safety rules for coal mines.6,7

  5. Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969

    The Act is the British statute on the security of tips. The opened page does not link it to Aberfan.1,2

  6. South Bulli Colliery gas outburst

    The regulator uses it as a case study of gas outbursts at the coalface.8,9

  7. Westray mine explosion

    The inquiry report is titled A Predictable Path to Disaster.10,11

  8. Gretley Colliery inrush

    The inquiry led to changes in how mine plans are checked in New South Wales.12,13

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Events

An example ofAberfan disasterThe Act covers tip security. Aberfan's tip killed 144 in 1966.14

Sources

  1. Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), arrangement of sections UK National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)
  2. London (item Q84), coordinate location P625 Wikidata
  3. Wikidata item Q19903859 (Coalbrook mining disaster)
  4. Wikidata item Q16256909 (Centralia mine fire starts)
  5. Wikidata item Q384291 (Aberfan disaster)
  6. Statement on signing the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (30 Dec 1969) American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)
  7. Washington, D.C. (item Q61), coordinate location P625 Wikidata
  8. 1991 South Bulli Colliery Outburst case study (Learning from disasters) NSW Resources Regulator
  9. Bulli (item Q4996904), coordinate location P625 Wikidata
  10. The Westray Story: A Predictable Path to Disaster, executive summary Government of Nova Scotia
  11. Westray Mine (item Q3314812), coordinate location P625 Wikidata
  12. 1996 Gretley Colliery Inrush case study (Learning from disasters) NSW Resources Regulator
  13. Newcastle (item Q57278), coordinate location P625 Wikidata
  14. The Aberfan Tribunal Glamorgan Archives

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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