Electrical Installations in Oil Shale Mines

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gillenwater BB ; Kline RJ ; Paas N
• Description:
  This report presents recommended guidelines and regulatory changes applicable to electrical installations in underground oil shale mines. The recommendations are based on information gathered from oil shale operators, government agencies, and other knowledgeable sources familiar with existing plans for mining systems and electrical installations, and on present understanding of the problems and hazards associated with oil shale mining. Additional discussions of specific electrical problems related to oil shale mining include ground fault current levels, permissible electrical wheel motors, permissible batteries and electrical starting systems, intrinsically safe instrumentation, and applicability of existing test standards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-165
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003379
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-165794
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/84-165794; :1-165
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Foster-Miller, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/84-165794
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91d8906f6d96b6e2b94e1fcd38d6e33c51e77556df869f4b8aabb34290bb6a6c256a8ac7117c82050108904d9a2cf1e41922e606f27d76686041fffc01fc1e76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206691/cdc_206691_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.53 MB ]