Human factors analysis of roof bolting hazards in underground coal mines

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• Personal Author:
  Turin, Fred C.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• 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." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSH no. 20039280
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039280
• 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
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