Evaluation of the Black River Mine Telecommunication System

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• Personal Author:
  Turnage HC ; Updyke, Dana T.
• Description:
  An evaluation was made of one of several improved underground communication systems sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The system was installed in a typical metal-nonmetal, room-and-pillar mine and utilized ultrahigh frequency repeaters connected to a unique distributed antenna and passive reflector system that provided minewide communications. A microprocessor-controlled data collection system was assembled and installed for the evaluation. Data consisting principally of times and durations of messages and identities of the originating transceivers were collected over a 6-month period. Analyses of these data show that the principal benefits are reduction in time required for unscheduled maintenance and repair, enhancement of safety, and better coordination of production activities. A cost benefit analysis shows a net benefit over cost, although it is also concluded that the capacity of the system is greater than can be justified by current activity in the mine. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Metals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Metal-mining Mining-equipment Mining-industry Nonmetal-mining Room-and-pillar-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-104
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003078
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-257097
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract J0318074, 1983 Feb; :1-104
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Atlantic Research Corporation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3499b183ae1665a13915a83d7b05b7fcf2f6c791a64e54ba83f25a390f9059b43cd44eabbe769cca3659ace257e6190abf33f885eaaf015638ea2401aa6f79d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206677/cdc_206677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.93 MB ]