Some coal beds lie within 200 feet of the earthâs surface. These beds are mined by stripping the top soil off the coal. Then the coal is dug out. This is called surface mining. Deeper coal beds can be found up to 1,000 feet/305 meters below the earth.
The DART rate includes company-reported injuries that result in days away from work, restrictions from normal job duties, or both. While the national DART rate average is 2.5 per 100 employees, this yearâs targeted group of companies scored 6.0 or higher when OSHA surveyed the companiesâ injury reports last year. Overall, 14,000 general industry and construction companies were notified, and OSHA is currently looking at 4,250 work sites as primary inspection targets based on DART rates.
It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DART's headquarters is in Kingston, Ontario. DART was created by the Canadian government in 1996 in the aftermath of the inadequate response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when Canada's aid arrived after the peak of a cholera epidemic.lthough the DART team was ready to leave within 24 hours of when the disaster struck, the government took two days to announce that the team would be dispatched, and it took nearly two weeks for DART to actually leave for Sri Lanka, due to a lack of available air transport.