Information Circular 8723: Roof-Fall Resupport Accidents, A Study

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• Personal Author:
  Bates, Robert C. ; Conway, John P. ; Stears, Juel H.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines analyzed data from 47 coal mine roof-fall resupport accidents that occurred from 1966 through 1974 to identify critical hazards and problems. These accidents resulted in 62 injuries or fatalities. It was concluded that the majority of the accidents might have been prevented by observance of recommended practices and use of available technology such as setting temporary supports, adequate roof testing, etc. Additional work is needed in the following problem areas where present technology is inadequate: (1) warning of impending roof falls shortly before they occur, (2) better methods of detecting unsafe roof and ribs, (3) providing access to and temporary support of high roofs for testing and bolting, (4) reducing the noise level of stopers, (5) developing temporary roof supports that have greater stability and can be remotely installed, and (6) reducing the number of roof falls through better permanent support. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Coal Mines Data Mine Safety Mining Engineering Recommendations Reviewing Roofs Safety Engineering Supports Underground Mining Underground Supporting

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRC
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  102 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007911
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-262119
• Citation:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8723, 1976 Jan; :1-94
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8723
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e2af221648e09533906ab5ac6dce775c3b0fdf8a06c27845bfb0a425baeec16b73cfda523e1f04f380107c4b37fa17296e81c01bac444db794c200891a37d23e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206182/cdc_206182_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.38 MB ]