Coal Mine Seismicity and Bumps: Historical Case Studies and Current Field Activity

Details

• Journal Article:
  Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 8-10, 2000, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Personal Author:
  Ellenberger, John L. ; Heasley, Keith A.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has continued the research role of the former U.S. Bureau of Mines to develop techniques that will reduce the hazards in the mining work place associated with coal bumps. Current research focuses on both analyzing historical seismic data from bump-prone geology. The anticipated outcome of this research will be reduced bump incidences through advanced engineering concepts and designs which implement the new understanding of strata behavior. The analysis of the historic seismic data consists of correlating observed mining seimicity with the geologic and geometric parameters at the sites. The primary seimic parameters are the timing, location and magnitude of a recorded seismic event. These parameters are correlated with such mining parameters as: the overburden, the size of the immediate gob, the size of the district gob area, etc. This detailed analysis of historical seismic data has provided an informative quantifiable relationship between many of the specific mining parameters and the induced seismicity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining industry; Mining equipment; Coal workers; Coal dust; Coal miners; Coal mining; Coal products; Case studies; Statistical analysis
• Source:
  Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 8-10, 2000, Morgantown, West Virginia. Peng SS, Mark C, eds. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 2000 Aug; :112-120
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  0939084569
• Publisher:
  West Virginia University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020921
• Editor(s):
  Peng SS; Mark C
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4feb770a3977fc99a61c14cd20c5e400ae95347d0729f7e72e9bef69ec8177cd6ddc3c45af8966b6487981ca6684226aff346715289de21451a0fa1be6c3d0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8610/cdc_8610_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 301.76 KB ]