Methods for Determining Roof Fall Risk in Underground Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Bajpayee, T. S. ; Iannacchione, Anthony T. ; Prosser L ; Bajpayee, T. S. ; Iannacchione, Anthony T. ; Prosser L
• Description:
  Reducing the number of roof fall injuries is a goal of the NIOSH mine safety research program. Central to this effort is the development of assessment techniques that will help to identify the nature of the risks associated with working under potentially hazardous roof conditions. This paper discusses a method to determine the roof fall risk using a qualitative risk analysis technique. The ability to determine roof fall risk has been a long-standing goal of safety professionals and can provide the kind of information, needed by on-site personnel responsible for worker safety, to mitigate roof fall injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Geology Metals Mining Occupational Health Poisoning Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Software Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Computer-models Metal-poisoning Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Models Nonmetal-mining Risk-analysis Risk-factors Rock-bursts Rock-falls Rock-mechanics Room-and-pillar-mining Safety-research Statistical-analysis Statistical-quality-control Underground-miners Underground-mining Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices Worker-motivation

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• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory ; PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031653
• Citation:
  2007 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 25-28, Denver Colorado, Preprint 07-090. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2007 Feb; :1-8
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2007 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 25-28, Denver Colorado, Preprint 07-090
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3551d21a3493e268aa75074e5ee268155cf711a2d2da2f3f4f64c4dcabb897fdaf3fc1d2eeaa7fa6d91c35ee231c20032b5aa4b62576a664765d4b924d8f7804
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226725/cdc_226725_DS1.pdf
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