Health and safety effects of coal transportation: Reassessing the risks

Peter H. Gleick

Energy, 1981, vol. 6, issue 7, 611-619

Abstract: Many early risk studies suggest that one of the major contributors to the risks of using coal is the risk of transporting it from the mine to the point of use. Considerable occupational and public health and safety risks arise from each of the principal methods of coal transportation: railroads, barges, and trucks. In this paper, we reassess the hazards of transporting coal using new health and safety statistics and a methodology that identifies the most dangerous transportation modes and the most likely areas for successful mitigation of the risks.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(81)90016-5

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