Improving Ground Control Safety in Deep Vein Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Benton D ; Boltz S ; Johnson J ; Martin L ; Raffaldi M ; Richardson J ; Seymour J
• Description:
  Researchers with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Spokane, WA, USA are conducting research in cooperation with the Hecla Mining Company at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho to improve ground control safety in deep vein mines. Because Hecla is mining at depths of more than a mile beneath the surface, the geology and ground stresses create unique requirements for mining and ground support. Special measures are being implemented by Hecla to limit the intensity of mining-induced seismic events and to avoid compromising the static and dynamic capacity of their ground support systems. NIOSH researchers are collaborating in these efforts by monitoring and assessing the fault slip mechanisms that initiate these seismic events and by quantifying the performance characteristics of the ground support systems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Rockburst Dynamic Ground Support Ground Control Mining Industry Seismicity Underground Mines Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781772470055
• Publisher:
  McGill University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  71-77
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049241
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Mine Safety, Science and Engineering, August 13-19, 2016, Montreal, Canada. Mitri HS, Shnorhokian S, Kumral M, Sasmito A, Sainoki A, eds. Montreal, Canada: McGill University, 2016 Aug; :71-77
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph Seymour, Spokane Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Spokane, WA, USA, 99207
• Email:
  zia8@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Mitri HS; Shnorhokian S; Kumral M; Sasmito A; Sainoki A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Mine Safety, Science and Engineering, August 13-19, 2016, Montreal, Canada
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228346/cdc_228346_DS1.pdf
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