Industrial Engineering Study of Hazards Associated with Underground Coal Mine Production. Volume 1, Analysis of Underground Hazards and Fatal Accidents

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• Description:
  This report covers a 1-year industrial engineering study of working- face hazards in underground bituminous coal mines. The field data were accumulated from observations in 50 underground mines in all parts of the United States. Supporting data from the analysis was derived primarily from Bureau of Mines fatal accident reports from 1966 through 1970. A strong relationship was found to exist between fatal accident occurrences and low task experience. This led to a recommendation for formalized training, certification, and supervision programs for miners. Analysis of roof fall variables revealed a fatal propensity on the part of the miners to work under unsupported roof or under support conditions that are marginal. The report also covers 12 fatality reduction projects that focus on highly hazardous areas identified through fatal accident report analyses and underground industrial engineering observations. Recommendations are evaluated in terms of estimated annual cost to the industry and estimated potential lives saved. The report discusses temporary and permanent support installations, maintenance and repair accidents, operator protection on face equipment, shuttle haulage, machine loading roof fall accidents, and auger-type continuous mining accidents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Mining Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Coal-mining Coal-processing Hazards Mining-industry Mortality-data Task-performance Training Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-298
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001135
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-207226
• Citation:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract S0110601, 1971 Dec; :1-298
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Performing Organization:
  Theodore Barry and Associates, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract S0110601
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba45ed6db1ca9cd1ebe4a43c78556eeaaaf4da76fa3e273445baa41d9d8ec6d710e757fc6dd2d46a32edd2985093ccd81d95d040fbf831fc35a595495ce77890
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206498/cdc_206498_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 27.88 MB ]