Report of Investigations 9455: Blast Vibrations and Other Potential Causes of Damage in Homes Near a Large Surface Coal Mine in Indiana

Details

• Personal Author:
  Crum, Steven V. ; Plis, Matthew N. ; Siskind, David E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines studied seven homes near Evansville, Indiana, that had various degrees of damage that the owners attributed to vibrations from surface coal mine blasting. Researchers monitored vibration and airblast impacts, crack behavior before and after blasts, and dynamic structural responses to blasting and other sources. Level-loop surveys were performed to quantify possible settlement and subsidence. These results were combined with State and coal company measurements to determine if recent vibration characteristics, airblast propagations, or structural responses were typical of results found in historical studies that produced criteria for safe blasting and regulatory limits. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Explosions Mining Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Blasting-agents Coal-mining Explosion-damage Mining-industry Surface-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; OSHA Region 5
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  72 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Pierce, Willard
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004541
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-125648
• Citation:
  Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9455, :1-62
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9455
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20483ef97df7da0d1de0f985be0db5ba39c3a37f1dd2da0d105a2a2f61b975f173168e3cc793701abd58f07a67a31fcc65829c234b9d43cc80198da506acffcd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201769/cdc_201769_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.65 MB ]