Information Circular 9427: Practical Design Methods for Barrier Pillars

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• Personal Author:
  Koehler, J. R. ; Tadolini, Stephen C.
• Description:
  Effective barrier pillar design is essential for safe and productive underground coal mining. This U.S. Bureau of Mines report presents an overview of available barrier pillar design methodologies that incorporate sound engineering principles while remaining practical for everyday usage. Nomographs and examples are presented to assist in the determination of proper barrier pillar sizing. Additionally, performance evaluation techniques and criteria are included to assist in determining the effectiveness of selected barrier pillar configurations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Engineering-controls Mine-seals Mine-workers Mining-industry Underground-miners 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:
  26 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012541
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-264784
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9427, 1995 Jan; :1-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9427
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:465804db5fe6408f7de4aa33df0aa817e41757d7a49abfc2ef08d4251d1294f9e6ce8a5191919881c2f4d3a46c5ba3e3a914fbe9089f473ebf3c8943ac9b5b81
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206355/cdc_206355_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.75 MB ]