Methods to Minimize Injuries in Materials-Handling and Processes in Underground Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Stewart, Bill M. ; Patton, Philip W. ; Clark, Curtis C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Spokane Research Laboratory
• Description:
  Handling materials in underground mines continues to be a major safety problem. To help reduce materials-handling injuries, researchers at the Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are investigating those materials-handling tasks in underground mines that appear to generate a high number of injuries. Data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration for the years 1989-1999 were studied to find out if there were any trends in materials-handling accidents and if so, to determine what tasks were involved and the sources of injuries. Several underground coal and metal mines we revisited to document innovative materials-handling technologies. Considerations for safety training and mechanization needs for continued reduction in materials-handling injuries are described.
• Subjects:
  Mining
• Source:
  2002 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 25-27, 2002, Phoenix, Arizona, Preprint 02-103. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2002 Feb; :1-10
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book Chapter
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033703
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:1fd00f3d7d041b318d1f454a8c7952f9aa4b2ab8af90005f5595ff5b593d41b88c45d8a5ad234f2f4a3628e304676472faef78d81bd70a9ace03b9e6d35175bf
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