Design of Reusable Explosion-Proof Bulkheads for a Crosscut Refuge Chamber

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• Personal Author:
  Hoadley D ; Kingery DS ; Maser KR
• Description:
  Included in this report is an in-depth study leading to the design of reusable bulkheads which can be used to convert a crosscut to an emergency refuge chamber. Also included are a study of existing permanent and portable bulkhead designs and a study centering on the eventual use of rescue chambers in underground coal mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Mining Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Engineering-controls Mine-disasters Mine-fires Mining-industry Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract 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:
  1-266
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001453
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-251714
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract H0133050, 1975 Nov; :1-266
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Foster-Miller Assoc., Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract H0133050
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5b8df2da431a6d0ce18a21ac3a7ed5d9f56469a58f834fc53905b37bd15bc655c39750bc84db0d3abf992c796ca8262a751124ed1771c346b4dcb9fd7c77478a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206532/cdc_206532_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.43 MB ]