Information Circular 9359: State-of-the-Art Techniques for Backfilling Abandoned Mine Voids

Details

• Personal Author:
  Walker, Jeffrey S.
• Description:
  Abandoned underground mine openings are susceptible to collapse because of the mining methods used, the character of the overburden, and the typically large wide entries with minimal roof support. The final effect of the collapse of the underground workings is surface subsidence. To reduce the probability of subsidence, methods to backfill the mine void with various types of materials have been developed. The paper describes the available technologies for subsidence abatement and discusses their operation and application. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Abandoned-shafts Abandoned-sites Backfills Coal-mines Land-reclamation Overburden Pneumatic-equipment Stowing Subsidence Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012176
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-232528
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9359, 1993 Jan; :1-17
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9359
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:995956ee2810f9d36d9e8aa375fd816301cc5cf6ab1d5d00631bef9718c38309d66c8700a926e8b7df94593c5c9c6eba3e4f96049a9bcf94d729e3fa476eed48
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206318/cdc_206318_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.39 MB ]