Information Circular 9428: Mobile Equipment Accidents in Surface Coal Mines

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aldinger, Jeffrey A. ; Kenney, Jean M. ; Keran, Christopher M.
• Description:
  This U.S. Bureau of Mines report present an analysis of surface coal mining accidents involving mobile equipment for the years 1989 through 1991. Mobile equipment is defined as haulage trucks, front-end loaders, bulldozers, scrapers, and road graders. These five pieces of mining equipment accounted for 20 pct of all surface coal mine accidents and 41 pct of the fatalities. The general discussion of these accidents covers the accident causes, the primary activity of the accident victims, and other contributing factors. A more detailed analysis of accidents associated with each piece of mobile equipment is also provided. This report will provide mine managers and mine safety personnel with a better understanding of the hazards associated with mobile mining equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Accident-statistics Accidents Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Mining-equipment Mining-industry Motor-vehicles Surface-mining Traumatic-injuries

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  62 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012540
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-266581
• Citation:
  Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9428, 1995 Jan; :1-51
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9428
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e09410d5cc0d1a4569103703e0a8b5adc28c1b4cd7586eabb66b7458816544abcdfdba26b0104e8de72b78fdfb4f0a38fc283823480c403c747cad7129788c0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206354/cdc_206354_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.23 MB ]