Addressing the Safety of Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Lessons Learned

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• Personal Author:
  Sammarco, John J.
• Description:
  The functional safety of programmable electronic (PE) mining systems is an international issue and concern. From 1995 to 2001, 11 FE-related mining incidents in the U.S. were reported by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA); 71 FE-related mining Incidents were reported in Australia. MSHA does not have regulations for formal evaluations of the functional safety of PE mining systems. Hence, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with MSHA and the industry, generated the NIOSH safety framework for functional safety of PE mining systems. An overview of the NIOSH framework is given; tbe key framework elements, the safety life cycle and safety integrity levels are detailed. The safety framework approach has impacted the national and Australian mining industries by enabling the industries to advance from an ad-hoc approach to a formalized and systematic functional safety process. In retrospect, valuable lessons were learned for addressing functional safety and for changing industry perspectives and practices. These lessons continue to benefit mining and are applicable to other industries as well. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Normal Accident Theory Mine Disasters Mining Industry Mining Safety Occupational Hazards Programmable Electronics Safety Measures Safety Monitoring Safety Programs Safety Research System Complexity

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  0780374207
• ISSN:
  0197-2618
• Publisher:
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023437
• Citation:
  IAS '02: Conference Record of the 2002 IEEE Industry Applications Conference: Thirty seventh IAS Annual Meeting, October 13-18, 2002, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002 Oct; 1:692-698
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Emerging Technologies
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2bbf2b10268a7f7d2d4215ae95b134780af4de06ff7a78771dab90c379514f9a1d058bbbb66d2807a37c3b5c0070fce3da1eb82144048b35913ab1df13d4ac53
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220689/cdc_220689_DS1.pdf
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