Evaluation on Underground Refuge Alternatives and Explosion Survivability: A Review

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• Personal Author:
  Guner D ; Karadeniz KE ; Nowak S ; Sherizadeh T
• Description:
  Underground mining environments bring occupational health and safety issues with some severe dangers such as mine disasters like explosions. During such events, miners might escape using main access openings, or find a safe haven like refuge alternatives (RAs) to wait and be rescued and evacuated to the surface. In this paper, RAs are explained with their early and current applications. A classification as permanent and portable is explained depending on the conditions and their abilities. This classification is followed by the utilization and survivability of RAs with the requirements and recommendations of the main mining countries. Based on the utilization and survivability constraints, basic human requirements, waiting for a rescue team, and the required physical specifications of RAs during the events are analyzed in detail for various countries with their regulations. Among these, the specification, resistance to the explosion, is discussed in particular, and the studies in the literature are examined in terms of structural deformation. The highest deformed zones, the beneficiation of reinforcing steel components such as stiffeners, and the simulation approaches are investigated through this review. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Refuge Alternatives Built-in Place Explosion Protection Explosive Atmospheres Mine Explosion Mine Safety Mining Industry Numerical Analysis Refuge Chamber Refuge Chambers Safety Engineering Underground Mines

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• ISSN:
  2524-3462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066328
• Citation:
  Min Metall Explor 2022 Dec; 39(6):2311-2331
• Contact Point Address:
  Taghi Sherizadeh, Department of Mining and Explosives Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
• Email:
  sherizadeh@mst.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20200901
• Source Full Name:
  Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bfb58fb60bb15ab9ee2dbdfa8b34ab8844df30f61373c96f240f969d9060eec73cb9f9b013c58f846fa4716058ced8680f3a839fab2a5ab5e444b8d5a5fab8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212797/cdc_212797_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.97 MB ]