Reducing the Risk of Ground Falls During Pillar Recovery, C. Mark, F. Chase, and D. Pappas

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• Personal Author:
  Mark, C. ; Chase, F. ; Pappas, D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Pillar recovery has been associated with nearly one third of roof fall fatalities in underground coal mines during the past decade. Safe pillar recovery requires global stability and local stability. Global stability is addressed primarily through pillar design. The local stability risk factors include cut sequence, the final pillar stump, supplemental supports (timbers vs. Mobile Roof Supports (MRS)), roof bolting, and many others. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has evaluated each of these factors through field research and analysis of accident statistics. The paper discusses design methods and technologies that have been transferred to the mining community and implemented.
• Subjects:
  Mining
• Source:
  2003 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 24-26, Cincinnati, Ohio, preprint 03-137. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2003 Feb; :1-9
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026085
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28432fdd1a58a2cac275ef8a0cfe68e7ea4ea9f4a82edfd17e6d72d58c1e9c92aebc19ec32ef2765e14337a6069d63c4e273a00632efe9d31cd9a6f32c3226ae
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9460/cdc_9460_DS1.pdf
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