Report of Investigations 9568: Human Factors Analysis of Roof Bolting Hazards in Underground Coal Mines

Details

• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9568
• Personal Author:
  Turin, Fred C.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a human factors analysis of hazards associated with roof bolting activities in underground coal mines. Emphasis was placed on hazards related to the movement of the drill head boom or mast of a roof bolting machine. The objective was to identify hazards and recommend solutions. The data collection effort consisted of analysis of Mine Safety and Health Administration accident data; visits to underground mines and interviews with experienced roof bolting machine operators; discussions with roof bolting machine manufacturers; interviews with workers injured while performing roof bolting tasks; and reviews of research on roof bolting safety. A set of recommendations to increase the safety of roof bolting operations was developed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Strata-control; Rock-bolts; Underground-mines; Coal-mines; Hazards; Accident-prevention; Mining-equipment; Occupational-safety-and-health; Human-factors-engineering; Roof-bolts; Installation; Underground-supporting; Mine-safety; Injury-prevention; Safety-engineering; Safety-measures
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9568, 1995 Jan; :1-32
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039280
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-274411
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f190768f24c1d87a65f0c411bd3b0fbf7c3963b1bb92070e902c0962b2a528b2a0722914d6990d986ab7681e70851d97eebe81c12359c2bc035d6475059c73d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10154/cdc_10154_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.24 MB ]