Mine Shaft Conveyance Monitoring

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• Personal Author:
  Beus, Michael J. ; Iverson S ; McCoy W ; Ruff, Todd M.
• Description:
  Monitoring conveyance position and wire rope load directly from the skip or cage top offers several significant safety and production advantages. The Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a shaft conveyance monitoring system (SCMS). This system consists of position and guide-displacement sensors, a maintenance-free battery power supply and a new sensor, which is mounted on the wire rope with a Crosby Clip, to measure hoist-rope tension. A radio data link transmits sensor output to the hoistroom. A state-of-the-art automated hoisting test facility was also constructed to test the concept in a controlled laboratory setting. Field tests in full-size shafts are now underway. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Accident Prevention Hoisting Equipment Mine Disasters Mine Shafts Mine Workers Mining Industry Monitoring Systems Safety Measures Safety Monitoring Safety Research Underground Miners Underground Mining Workplace Monitoring

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  55-58
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020611
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2000 Oct; 52(10):55-58
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:901222850d806769ae6d8202ced2694c099afd8b2259a8983f1dce60480d3cef41b1c3a9f9e9f09cd812d04f24668496c9e581b9a6cbeccadbbd1f3a6952c06c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220400/cdc_220400_DS1.pdf
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