Progress Toward a Reduced Exposure Mining System

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• Personal Author:
  Schnakenberg, George H. Jr.
• Description:
  In 1986 the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) embarked on a major research effort to develop technology that can substantially reduce worker exposure to face hazards simply by relocating the equipment operators to an area of relative safety. This reduced effort enhances the USBM ongoing health and safety research efforts to reduce and control dust and noise and to reduce accidents through training and better mining practices. This paper reports progress of the research that is developing and will demonstrate the technologies required for the computer-assisted tele-remote operation of continuous mining machines, haulage systems, and roof bolting machines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Equipment-operators Miners Mining-industry Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012074
• Citation:
  1996 SME Annual Meeting, March 11-14, 1996, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 96-74. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1996 Mar; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  1996 SME Annual Meeting, March 11-14, 1996, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 96-74
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4598efbf251a3ff4a1a83a39e2a7782d70b0bf5ec877990040b564230858c804a78dcb948b0b20468f051baee5549daf6c42d9ea846638598a8f40024807354f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220229/cdc_220229_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 237.42 KB ]