Improving safety at small underground mines : proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar
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Improving safety at small underground mines : proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar

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  • Personal Author:
    Peters, Robert H.
  • Corporate Authors:
    United States. Bureau of Mines.
  • Conference Authors:
    Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar (1994 : Richlands, VA)
  • Description:
    This U.S. Bureau of Mines report identifies the types of serious accidents that occur most frequently at small underground coal mines and describes the strategies that could help prevent these accidents. 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 papers in this volume focus 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. AIthough the recommendations in this volume are heavily influenced by research performed at underground coal mines in the Appalachian coalfields, most of the papers contain advice that is equally pertinent to almost any type of mine.

    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.

    NIOSHTIC no. 10005494

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    Special publication (United States. Bureau of Mines) ; SP 18-94
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