Social background of up-dating the underground iron-ore mining technology in Siberia

The author analyzes industrial injuries and diseases in terms of iron-ore mining enterprises in Siberia. It is shown that the harm to health is conditioned by the technology chosen for underground mining. To improve the safety of mining operations, it is recommended to select the sublevel caving method with areal-frontal ore drawing and mobile mining machinery for thick steep deposits. __________ Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie ProblemyRazrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 5, pp. 98–104, September–October, 2008.