Information Circular 8832: Automatic Fire Protection Systems for Surface Mining Equipment

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bickel, Kenneth L. ; Pomroy, William H.
• Description:
  Fire on surface mining equipment is a serious hazard to life and property. The Bureau of Mines, through a program of contract and in- house research, has developed and in-mine demonstrated reasonably priced, reliable automatic fire protection systems to deal with this problem. This report reviews the development and subsequent testing of systems for haulage trucks, front-end loaders, coal augers, dozers, drills, and shovels. A variety of fire sensors, extinguishing agents, and control systems are discussed in the context of mine equipment designs and operating environments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fires Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  44 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007056
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:448d7f42b19ae1d6932addd214fd04d5bd422479848782c89fa02b259247e7dccfdefae959a7f7b618cca6a72d133c40d76337b31b00dcad1dce95526ba914a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206150/cdc_206150_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]