Mines, Safety and Rescue in the Somerset Coalfield

From the inside front cover: This special issue of Five Arches builds on the material gathered for the Museum's exhibition on safety and rescue work, which ran from the beginning of February to end of July 2002. The issue looks first at general safety in mining, the main hazards encountered and some of the developments in technology and mining practice to address them. The second part of the issue considers the work of the mines rescue teams, especially in Somerset, and looks at the major disasters that occurred in the Somerset Coalfield.

The condition of the booklet is generally very good. The cover is clean and tidy, the staple spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.