Novel Design for a Thin-Seam Shuttle Car Featuring an Ergonomic Operator Compartment

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• Personal Author:
  Bartels, John R. ; Mayercheck, William D. ; Mayton, Alan G.
• Description:
  Since 1982, the US Bureau of Mines has investigated improvements in protections for operators of thin seam shuttle cars. Due to working height restrictions in thin seam mines (< / = 1.22m or 48 inch.). Federal mine regulations require that canopy protection on shuttle cars be provided only in mines >/=1.07m (42 in.). However, court obtained variances are granted to mines < / = 1.22m (48 in). This paper presents ongoing research to design and evaluate a uniquely positioned, ergonomic compartment for a shuttle car that provides the operator with full canopy protection in working heights of 1.02m (40in.). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Equipment-design Mine-shafts Mineral-processing Mining-equipment Mining-industry Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007263
• Citation:
  Min Eng 1989 Nov; 41(11):1132-1134
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b72b8bdf657cca2e137f729b1bc052172824698a1a5a15ed36555486f5f3f89be0256d8dbd443682c1160d1dc9804de1e9f3181ec7a99ce5d111b8b6f0bd4a3c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219800/cdc_219800_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]