Field-Scale Void Detection in Coal Piles Using Resistivity Imaging

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• Journal Article:
  NARMS-TAC 2002, "Mining and Tunnelling Innovation and Opportunity," Proceedings of the 5th American Rock Mechanics Symposium and the 17th Tunnelling Association of Canada Conference, July 7-10, 2002, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Personal Author:
  Rodriguez, Rene ; Rodriguez, Henry ; Lhamond, Michael ; Johnson, Jeffrey C. ; Iverson, Stephen R.
• Description:
  To reduce fatalities resulting from personnel falling into voids formed above feeders in coal piles, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Spokane Research Laboratory established a project to monitor coal surge piles to detect the formation of voids. A resistivity imaging method has been developed by GECOH Exploration, of Lexington, KY, in which a geophysical technique known as vertical electrical sounding (VES) is used to scan for these voids. YES operates by measuring the electrical field produced by a current in the ground at the bottom of the coal pile. This paper summarizes the results obtained from a field-scale test and shows that mapping voids within a coal pile is possible. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Explosions Explosive Agents Mining Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Coal-workers; Coal-mining; Coal-miners; Coal-products
• Source:
  NARMS-TAC 2002, "Mining and Tunnelling Innovation and Opportunity," Proceedings of the 5th American Rock Mechanics Symposium and the 17th Tunnelling Association of Canada Conference, July 7-10, 2002, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hammah R, Bawden W, Curran J, Telesnicki M, eds., Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2002 Jul; 1:415-419
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  0772767084
• Publisher:
  University of Toronto Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030439
• Editor(s):
  Hammah R; Bawden W; Curran J; Telesnicki M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:78de579a8fd2da1abec60cfbe7ba0d36b8a8e0190e9c4c4e65aac9fb0e11ed138d18caae9d87297758006d8f0327a01acad03c7fb44bb8d787b045c2136a2c4a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8796/cdc_8796_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 822.31 KB ]