Copyright 2012 by Larry C. Price. http://larrycprice.photoshelter.

com

Small-scale miners engaging themselves at work without PPE. They use compressors as their
breathing apparatus to while they dug ores underground. They also use cyanide and mercury to extract
elemental gold in ores.
 Peter van der Sluijs, commons.wikimedia.org

A man and woman making firework in a factory in Sri Lanka. They use their bare hands in
handling phosphorus and black powder for the assembly of fireworks. Raw materials and products were
exposed outside which is dangerous since heat from the sun could easily trigger reactions from black
powder and phosphorus.