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Bureau of Deep Mine Safety Stay Out – Stay Alive ACCIDENTS AROUND OLD MINES WHAT TO STAY AWAY FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO Mines are NOT playgrounds! Each year DOZENS of children adults are injured or killed from accidents that occur at active and abandoned mines. Many deaths occur in non-mining related accidents on mine property. In 2004 – 35 people died nationwide 2 in Pennsylvania. In 2003 – 28 people died nationwide 3 in Pennsylvania. In 2002 – 31 people died nationwide 4 in Pennsylvania. So Far in 2005 THREE people have died in accidents at abandoned mine sites in Pennsylvania April 10 – A 50-year old man from Melcroft died when his ATV overturned and crushed him while he was backing down a hill. May 8 – A Bentleyville couple died when their ATV plunged over a 60-foot cliff at a mine waste pile. Stay Away fromAbandoned Mine Property and Mine Openings! HIDDEN DANGERS TYPES OF MINE OPENINGS SHAFT SLOPE DRIFT DANGER! Abandoned Mine Opening SHAFT MINE OPENING Goes straight down! Could be VERY deep! Fences are not the best way to keep people out… …determined people can climb right over them! ABANDONED FAN HOUSE Both animals and insects, especially spiders, love living in old deserted locations like this. Loose bricks continue to deteriorate and fall out. Broken glass and other debris could cause falls. SLOPE MINE OPENING DRIFT MINE OPENING DRIFT TUNNEL OPENING Some mine openings are easily seen… Open Mine Shaft Hidden Mine Opening Stay away from mine openings Ground around mines may be weak Vibrations caused by walking or speaking may cause a cave-in Rotten Timbers Broken or Rotten Ladders Abandoned Explosives EXPLOSIVES and BLASTING CAPS are often found around abandoned mine openings Underground Water Underground Tunnels Surface Dangers Unstable Vertical Highwall Dangerous Bodies of Water SLUDGE DAM Signs are for your safety NO TRESPASSING What CanYou Doto