How Do You Keep Safe Around Abandoned Mines?
• Understand the dangers that exist in abandoned mines. As mentioned above, many of the structures of abandoned mines are rickety and prone to falling down at any time with the risk of people standing on them going down too. Other dangers that are found in abandoned mines include old explosives, hazardous chemicals, old wire, nails, splinters etc. There are also animal dangers from such animals as snakes, spiders, mice, and bats. • Do not enter an abandoned mine. Entrance puts any person at risk for hazards such as falls and cave-ins. • Never let children play near abandoned mines. Children can easily fall in or might be tempted to investigate a mine as part of their games. • Do not use the mine as a trash dump. Although a mine might look like an inviting and easily accessible dumping ground for trash, using abandoned mines for this purpose creates major health and safety hazards. Dumping trash can cause a vessel for infestations and contact with wild animals. In the process of dumping
