A note on the intervals between coal-mining disasters

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Abstract

The data given by Maguire, Pearson & Wynn (1952) on the time intervals between successive coal-mining disasters involving 10 or more men killed have been found to contain a number of errors. The original numbers have been quoted and used by a number of authors. The present note corrects the errors in the original paper and extends the data set to cover 191 disasters between 1851 and 1962.

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Occupational Health and Safety Research Risk and Safety Analysis Safety and Risk Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Biometrika

Volume 66, Issue 1, pp. 191-193

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/66.1.191

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