Question

drag each health and safety risk to indicate whether it applies to "Underground Mining," "Both," or "Surface Mining." The risks are:

injuries from heavy equipment use
ground instability
respiratory disease
exposure to UV rays from the sun
explosions from methane gas
mine collapse

Answer 1

Sure! Here’s how the health and safety risks can be categorized:

### Underground Mining:
- Ground instability
- Respiratory disease
- Explosions from methane gas
- Mine collapse

### Surface Mining:
- Injuries from heavy equipment use
- Exposure to UV rays from the sun

### Both:
- Injuries from heavy equipment use (can apply to both due to equipment used in surface mining)
- Ground instability (can also occur in surface mining operations, though generally less severe)
- Respiratory disease (dust and particulate exposure in both environments)
- Explosions from methane gas (though more common in underground mining)
- Mine collapse (more associated with underground, but surface operations can have related risks)

If you want to categorize each risk strictly by predominant association, it would look like this:

**Underground Mining:**
- Ground instability
- Respiratory disease
- Explosions from methane gas
- Mine collapse

**Surface Mining:**
- Injuries from heavy equipment use
- Exposure to UV rays from the sun

**Both:** *(can apply loosely to both)*
- Ground instability
- Respiratory disease
- Injuries from heavy equipment use

Is this the classification you had in mind?