Possible Impact of New Safety Technology Developments on the Future of the United States Mining Industry

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• Journal Article:
  Proceedings of the First International Future Mining Conference and Exhibition 2008, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 19-21, 2008
• Personal Author:
  Gürtunca, R. Güner
• Description:
  The future of the United States (US) mining industry will be affected greatly by recent coal mining disasters. These have resulted in new legislation which will have an impact on mining economic costs as well safety and health of miners. This paper discusses the changes that new legislation and regulations are making to the industry and current research that is producing technologies to make mining safer and will likely impact the future of mining. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Coal-mining; Underground-mining; Mine-disasters; Control-technology; Engineering-controls
• Source:
  Proceedings of the First International Future Mining Conference and Exhibition 2008, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 19-21, 2008. Saydam S, ed. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2008 Nov; :3-9
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034785
• Contact Point Address:
  R. Gürtunca, Director, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), PO Box 18070, Pittsburgh PA 15236, USA
• Email:
  cei4@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Saydam S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1fa03c0e90bea0870b8b234abf5b63fe1d5b1d30e6c60436269034c84926ac074ab82b8a4195de7349354439d8cb27347feb72f8e33dd53f234e2f031dfc4dad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9825/cdc_9825_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.17 MB ]