Information Circular 9383: A Review of Strategies to Manage Cutter Roof Failure in Coal Mines

Details

• Personal Author:
  Wuest, William J.
• Description:
  This U.S. Bureau of Mines report presents an overview of ground control considerations associated with cutter roof failure. Many of the relevant U.S. and international research studies since the late 1940s are reviewed, and summaries of recent design guides are included. Factors affecting cutter roof, such as underground stress field and rock structure around the entry, are described. Strata control techniques are also outlined. These techniques are divided into three sections: artificial support, mine structure design, and multiple-seam extraction. Other subjects covered in the report include monitoring and prediction, effect of geologic features, and mapping of adverse mining conditions. The emphasis of this report is on practical considerations; theoretical discussions are minimal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mines Coal-mining Cutter-roof-failure Ground-motion Mining-industry Rock-mechanics Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012353
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-183118
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9383, 1994 Jan; :1-33
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9383
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12a9473dcf136c5497ee7962ba27503bdf052581287b42cfb22196cafc6aa9720b56da0e1e77d50470733c10934dd65873ff5a748c5c8945f953604028ab99f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206333/cdc_206333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.01 MB ]