Integrity Factor Approach to Assess the Stability of Room-and-Pillar Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Conover, David L. ; Hanna K ; Lu PH
• Description:
  The integrity factor approach was developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to assess the stability of mine pillars and has been applied primarily to longwall chain pillars. Recently, this approach was applied to a room-and-pillar mine in the Illinois Coal Basin. A special configuration of hydraulic borehole pressure cells was installed in a pillar to determine the in situ strength-and-stress relationship of the coal pillar and to verify the applicability of the integrity factor approach. Results indicate that the integrity factor approach is applicable to the assessment of pillar stability and may be a realistic and effective approach for room-and-pillar mine design. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Ground Control Longwall Mining Mining Industry
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780930284374
• Publisher:
  West Virginia University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20-29
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007204
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 3-5, 1988, Morgantown, West Virginia. Peng SS, ed. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 1988 Aug; :20-29
• Editor(s):
  Peng SS
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 3-5, 1988, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219790/cdc_219790_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]