Mine Closure Concepts

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• Personal Author:
  Gobla MJ ; Peterson EK
• Description:
  Historic mining operations have left a legacy of dangerous mine openings such as open shafts and adits across our public lands. With the recent increases in recreational activities on the public domain the frequency of public visitation to inactive and abandoned mine sites has heightened the need to properly secure dangerous mine excavations. Closing a mine opening is complicated by numerous factors such as presence of endangered species, future mineral potential, need to protect the public, presence of mine gases, and misuse of mine sites as illegal dumping grounds. The presentation reviews the factors that should be evaluated when selecting a closure method, application of closure methods currently in use, and new innovative techniques that have been developed to handle difficult sites. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Mine-disasters Mine-shafts Mining-industry Occupational-hazards
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024900
• Citation:
  Abstract Book, U.S. Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment and Safety, April 24-28, 1995. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995 Apr; :40
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:af62048716ab21905627cfd8576cec929d62f6cae628abeaaedf286b22ec09f6762d25976666bdee4df3b28e7a838513b31cfe98f0f2d758705f07ec579d5fec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220861/cdc_220861_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 228.52 KB ]