Valuation of human life in the analysis of severe technogenic accidents in coal mines

Authors

  • Борис Борисович Кобылянский Educational and Scientific Professional Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy Ave. Artyom, 5, Artemovsk, Ukraine, 84500, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/2313-8416.2015.47991

Keywords:

valuation of human life, analysis of severe technogenic accidents, coal industry

Abstract

The various approaches to assessing the valuation of human life are identified and analyzed, the factors affecting the valuation of human life in the analysis of serious technological accidents in coal mines are defined. The author on the basis of Makeyevka Research Institute of fatal injuries was conducted numerical analysis of valuation of "human life" in the coal industry of Ukraine

Author Biography

Борис Борисович Кобылянский, Educational and Scientific Professional Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy Ave. Artyom, 5, Artemovsk, Ukraine, 84500

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of occupational health and environmental safety

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Published

2015-08-20

Issue

Section

Technical Sciences