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A guide to the selection of automatic fire protection systems for mine haulage equipment.

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  • Corporate Authors:
    United States. Bureau of Mines
  • Description:
    This manual, compiled from information developed under contracts Nos. H0122053 and H0232059, familiarizes mining equipment owners and mine safety personnel with fire hazards and their prevention on large mobile machinery. As mine haulage vehicles become larger, the danger to a driver during a fire emergency is increased by the greater height of the cab above ground. This manual presents selection criteria to guide in tailoring an automatic fire sensing and suppression system for large, mobile, open pit mining equipment and mining situations. The systems described have been designed with this "flexibility of use" in mind. Cost and maintenance factors were taken into account during the design phases of the automatic truck fire protection work. It is estimated that the installed cost of the systems described in this manual will be from $3,000 to $5,000 for production run systems. Maintenance requirements are minimal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Subseries:
    Open File Report
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-8
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:10000493
  • NTIS Accession Number:
    PB234575
  • Citation:
    NTIS: PB/234-575 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-8
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    1974
  • Performing Organization:
    FMC Corporation
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Source Full Name:
    NTIS: PB/234-575; Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
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