Safety, Technologic, and Productivity Potentials of Highwall Mining

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bhatt, Suresh K. ; Mucho, Thomas P. ; Volkwein, Jon C.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines reviews developments in technology of auger and continuous highwall mining systems. Data collected from Bureau testing, mine visits, manufacturers, and the literature are used to survey the current status of highwall mining systems. A brief historical perspective of continuous mining highwall systems is presented with emphasis on currently operating systems. Included are discussions on worker health and safety and productivity issues such as ventilation, inertization, rib thickness monitoring, ground control, and coal extraction/haulage. Future highwall mining scenarios include the application of computer assisted continuous mining for better machine control. Improved methods for monitoring gas levels in auger mining are included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Highwall-mining Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Monitoring-systems Surface-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  117-127
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030413
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 25th Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 29-31, 1994. Tinney G, Bacho A, Karmis M, eds., Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994 Aug; :117-127
• Editor(s):
  Tinney G; Bacho A; Karmis M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 25th Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 29-31, 1994
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:301fabc4c768aac7a07c066390729f5d9689c64af16ce3cd5f180209bf4db68eb7ab98ae13e9732155a9ba0578268fe5aea3664bccc766efe7008ae1a8aa1670
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226556/cdc_226556_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.68 MB ]