Jackleg Drill Usage and Accidents

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• Personal Author:
  Benton D ; Clark C ; Martin L ; Seymour J
• Description:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH is conducting research on jackleg use and related accidents in underground metal mines. This paper provides an analysis and overview of jackleg drill usage, accidents, operational characteristics, and alternatives, based on information from injury reports, legacy research, stakeholder input, and published literature. Jackleg drills are involved in more ground fall accidents in underground metal mines than any other drill. Jackleg-related injuries are most prevalent at the face in the course of installing initial ground support. Alternatives to jacklegs for drilling and bolting under incomplete support in narrow underground openings are not yet available. Small mechanized bolting equipment needs to be developed to address jackleg-related accidents and improve safety at mines where jacklegs are being used. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accidents Drillers Drilling Ground Falls Injuries Metal Mining Underground Construction Underground Mines Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049272
• Citation:
  2016 SME Annual Meeting, February 21-24, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 16-044. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2016 Feb; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2016 SME Annual Meeting, February 21-24, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 16-044
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e30e2fe8d45ae98220ed8b4c1f434fa2c287d8cc9443d61b3ea9116613755693819e49c1eaf9ce8928c219375e128444df7411cb470b2060ca66eb0f1ff64d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228359/cdc_228359_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 669.99 KB ]