A Review of Tailings Dam Safety Monitoring Guidelines and Systems

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• Personal Author:
  Gomez JA ; Moayedi Far A ; Nasategay F ; Sattarvand J ; Zare M
• Description:
  The awareness of tailings dam safety monitoring has widened due to the recent disasters caused by failures of such structures. The failure rate of tailings dams worldwide (i.e., the percentage of failed dams out of total) is estimated at 1.2%, compared to the 0.01% rate for traditional water dams. Most of the tailings dam monitoring guidelines suggest that the owner develops a robust surveillance program to detect possible indicators of potential failures. This paper presents a thorough review of major guidelines on tailings storage facility (TSF) monitoring and surveillance, the visual parameters to be monitored, as well as good practice in the development of monitoring systems. This paper reviews the recent literature with an emphasis on the development of monitoring systems utilizing sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and satellite images that may be considered as supplementary guarantees against failure events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Tailings Dam Monitoring System Monitoring Systems Safety Safety Monitoring Sensors Stability Structural Failure Surveillance
• ISSN:
  2075-163X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069837
• Citation:
  Minerals 2024 Jun; 14(6):551
• Contact Point Address:
  Javad Sattarvand, Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nevada, 1665 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, USA
• Email:
  mzare@teamues.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nevada, Reno
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20190901
• Source Full Name:
  Minerals
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b0342babf4bc0aa8ebaa0766407721acda007a80dd0b80ff08ebac8cfb8a833a7d9a6fe6bc52b11f2ea58f83f8657a1c71e8da6cfdf6cb876c23bd7e91bedafe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208183/cdc_208183_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.06 MB ]