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Fig. 3.1 Newspaper report of the Courrie `res Mine Disaster 1906.
the possibility as realistic. That is now changing. Not because the answer is suddenly
obvious or some new technology has mitigated coal-mining risk to a level that makes
it apparent, but because attitudes, beliefs, and coal company cultures are changing and
experience in achieving profit expectations while maintaining operational risk at
levels that approach Zero Harm are accumulating. The industry is learning and
