Inexpensive, Easy to Construct Materials-Handling Devices for Underground Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Conway K ; Unger, Richard L.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has developed and tested designs for six materials-handling devices for use in underground mines to reduce materials-handling injuries. Particular attention was focused on making the designs practical, low cost, and easily fabricated to be broadly applicable in underground operations. Where possible, the designs were simplified so that off-the-shelf components could be used to permit fabrication by mine personnel on site. The six devices include scoop-mounted lift boom, swing-arm boom, heavy component lift-transport, mine mud cart, container-work station cart, and timber car. This paper presents a brief discussion of that work and the six devices. It is intended for mine operators who wish to make use of the design concepts to manufacture similar devices for use in their mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Coal-miners Coal-mining Injuries Materials-handling Materials-handling-equipment Mine-workers Miners Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Tools Training Underground-miners Underground-mining Work-performance Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; 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:
  168-174
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042079
• Citation:
  Improving safety at small underground mines. Peters RH ed. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 18-94, 1994 Jan; :168-174
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Improving safety at small underground mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd164550321a25ed2ab51b76b03d8742c6b78cb8b624ebd73d6ffb5d72dc4fc6410b5783e62e40bc2f24ae38a692ec15b922c7d3d1e64a564ae33ac83344dd51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227520/cdc_227520_DS1.pdf
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