Daniel Keener is a training specialist at Industrial Scientific Corporation. He has more than 10 years’ experience in gas detection. Dan can be reached at dkeener@indsci.com.
In the late 1700s, gas detection was unheard of. It was believed that mine explosions were the result of unsafe conditions throughout the industry, but with no scientific proof, the only clear indication of this was the continued loss of human life within the mine.