Special Publication 18-94: Improving Safety at Small Underground Mines: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar

Details

• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 18-94
• Personal Author:
  Peters, Robert H.
• Description:
  The types of serious accidents that occur most frequently at small underground coal mines are identified, and strategies that could help prevent these accidents are described. A wide variety of methods for improving safety are suggested including improvements in the design of equipment, work procedures, work schedules, safety programs, and emergency response plans, as well as techniques for diagnosing the potential hazards associated with new technologies and work procedures. Some of the paper focuses on preventing specific types of mining accidents--ones associated with materials handling (primarily back injuries), equipment maintenance, improper machine guarding, and ground failure during retreat mining. Although the recommendations in this volume are heavily influenced by research performed at underground coal mines in the Appalachian coal fields, most of the papers contain advice that is equally pertinent to almost any type of mine. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Coal
  • Coal Mining
  • Maintenance
  • Mining
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Accident-prevention; Coal-mining; Safety-devices; Work-environments; Underground-mining; Safety-engineering; Mineral-industries; Industrial-medicine; Design-criteria; Abstracts; Equipment; Hazards; Maintenance; Meetings; Occupational-safety-and-health; Safety-engineering; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Equipment-design; Injury-prevention; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Safety-programs; Work-environment; Work-operations; Workplace-studies; Work-practices
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 18-94, 1994 Jan; :1-179
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Special Publication
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  179 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005494
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-105466
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9417/cdc_9417_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.49 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a91a27d6c8755dbb1c6c61324cc84e80790b01c96cfde980cff649d055f489964abbe6a673c43a42a67d8e9d91c1eb08cf5fd6a3f948522ad163de5cd42ce87c