Automated Conveyor Walks to Keep Pace with Muck Pile

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• Personal Author:
  Robertson JL
• Description:
  A change in quarrying methods, combined with an automated conveyor system to handle the plant feed material from the face to the main plant area, has allowed Granite Rock Co. to realize a 30% savings in operating and maintenance costs. The key to this saving was two factors: the elimination of drilling and blasting, and a complete change in the way the primary processing was handled. At the same time, the company erected a new primary screening facility at the main plant area. Ripping the stone with D10 bulldozers and shoving the ripped material over the edge to the quarry floor has virtually eliminated drilling and blasting for the past two years. Some shooting is planned in 1983, to assist the ripping. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hard Rock Mines Materials Handling Materials Handling Equipment Materials Transport Mining Industry Stone Mines Stone Processing Surface Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0747-3605
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  37-39
• Volume:
  86
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003591
• Citation:
  Rock Products 1983 Jul; 86(7):37-39
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Rock Products
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:98bde3a2ebdeb6c9495ac972b20f541e7a020499b9f9ae76bd9ea4fd4a92ba99965f2e07e5389c3069dd25edd0cca3f3e8dddde7992a39b3e780d18643ed8ad9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219496/cdc_219496_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]