The World's Biggest Mining Machines
The world's biggest mobile jaw crusher plant is a contender for the world's biggest coal mining machine. As the huge hopper is loaded up by the excavator, an apron feeder carries the rocks to the crusher where they're automatically separated by size. The big rocks – up to 1.2 metres – are then smashed to smithereens.Web
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Safety Topics | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
The men and women employed in our nation's mines are trained to work in a safe manner. For trespassers, hazards are not always apparent. Water-filled quarries and pits hide rock ledges, old machinery and other hazards. The water can be deceptively deep and dangerously cold. Steep, slippery walls make exiting the water difficult.Web
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Reduction of Fire Hazards on Large Mining Equipment
M. De Rosa, "Analyses of mobile equipment fires for all U.S. surface and underground coal and metal/nonmetal mining cate gories", 1990-1999." NIOSH IC 9467, 2004, 53 pp. 4 . M. De Rosa, "Analysis of mine fires for all U.S. underground and surface coal mining categories, 1990-1999." NIOSH IC 9470, 2004, 36 pp. 5Web
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Innovation in the Mining Industry: Technological Trends and a …
Most mobile equipment in mining operations has been historically powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs), using diesel fuel. ... Continuous extraction and material handling systems have been used for many years in the coal mining industry. In surface operations, this has been carried out combining the action of bucket wheels …Web
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Whole-Body Vibration Exposures in Undeground Coal Mining …
Studies conducted on surface coal mining equipment have identified whole-body vibration as a significant hazard. Operators of underground mobile equipment, particularly shuttle cars and transport vehicles, are likely to be exposed to significant levels of whole-body vibration.Web
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Services | Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement …
GeoMine is an interactive web-based mapping application of coal mining and reclamation activities within the United States. It is an ongoing effort to provide the best available data for surface coal mining operations across the country, merging data from numerous sources to create standardized, seamless layers that cross state boundaries.Web
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Haulage Truck Dump Site Safety: An Examination of …
Surface mobile mining equipment was involved in 20% of these injuries and 42% of the fatalities. The average number of lost workdays due to injury was 14% higher for operators of mobile equipment than for all surface mine workers. This figure shows that in-juries that involved mobile mining equipment were more severeWeb
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SAFETY ANALYSIS OF SURFACE HAULAGE ACCIDENTS …
categories. In their study of surface coal mining, Equipment Operation was the most common category of accident for haulage trucks (46.3%) followed by Ingress-egress (25.8%) and Maintenance (22.1%). Within the Equipment Operation accidents, the most common types were Jarring (37.7%) and Loss of Control (26.8%). The main JarringWeb
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Safety Topic: Mobile Equipment at Surface Mines | Mine Safety …
Haul trucks and other large surface mining vehicles are capable of destroying smaller vehicles that cannot be seen by the operator. Traffic controls, training, and avoiding distractions are key to enhancing safety. Collision warning and avoidance systems can also help. Key Safety Practices Communicate and verify with all equipment operators any …Web
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Advanced Analytics for Surface Mining | SpringerLink
Surface mining can be divided into open-pit and open-cut methods of metal and coal mining. The surface mining will be more complicated when the depth of the pit increases, and the miners need to go deeper to reach the ore. Advanced analytics and using the new technology can potentially help mining companies find a cost-effective way to …Web
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Advances in coal mining technology and sustainable mining …
Surface coal mining in the US accounts for over 60% of national production. There were 432 total surface mines in the US in 2019 (EIA) producing about 398 Mt coal. ... These two figures captured most variants of surface coal mining and included essential equipment including mobile earth moving machinery along with surface installations …Web
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Mandatory Safety Standards—Underground Coal Mines
(1) As applied to electric face equipment, all electrically operated equipment taken into or used inby the last open crosscut of an entry or a room of any coal mine the electrical parts of which, including, but not limited to, associated electrical equipment, components, and accessories, are designed, constructed, and installed, in accordance with the …Web
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The noise exposure of operators of mobile machines in U. S. surface
This U.S. Bureau of Mines report present an analysis of surface coal mining accidents involving mobile equipment for the years 1989 through 1991. Mobile equipment is defined as haulage trucks, front-end loaders, bulldozers, scrapers, and road graders. These five pieces of mining equipment accounted for 20 pct of all surface coal mine accidents ...Web
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Mobile mine equipment maintenance safety: A review of US …
Mobile equipment is defined as haulage trucks, front-end loaders, bulldozers, scrapers, and road graders. These five pieces of mining equipment accounted for 20 …Web
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Common Types of Surface Mining Equipment – Sand …
Common surface mining equipment at a sand and gravel mine can be categorized as follows: Earth Moving / Construction Bull Dozers (Dozers) Backhoes Graders / Scrapers Cranes Skid Steers Extraction Front End …Web
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Underground Mining Mobile Equipment | Standards Council of …
This New Standard will describe the general technical requirements and procedures for the design, performance, and testing of underground mining mobile equipment for use in gassy and non-gassy underground mines. M424.1 Flameproof non-rail-bound diesel-powered machines for use in gassy underground coal minesWeb
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Machine-related injuries in the US mining industry and …
breakdown for surface and underground mining methods for that commodity. Figure 1. Number of severe mobile and stationary machine-related accidents by commodity, 2000–2007. The highest number of severe accidents involving machines occurred in coal mining (242), followed by stone (136), sand and gravelWeb
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SURFACE FOREMAN CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE …
Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations. It is recommended that instructors teaching a Su rface Foreman course provide students with supplemental information including the Coal Mine Safety Laws of ia Title 30 – Part 77, Code of Federal Regulations, and the Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations.Web
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Fatality Reports | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
August 18, 2023 Fatality. Accident Classification: Drowning. Location: Mcdowell, West ia. Mine Controller: Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. Mine Type: Underground. Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous) Chargeback Date: 9/27/2023. On August 18, 2023, MSHA was informed of a miner's death at Twin State Mining, Inc.'s Mine No. 39 in …Web
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Common Types of Surface Mining Equipment – Sand …
NOTE – While bucket wheels are primarily used in surface coal operations rather than surface sand and gravel, ... Mobile Equipment / Blind Spots – Injuries and fatalities from material handing and powered haulage is very …Web
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Monitoring and Tracking Mobile Equipment on the …
Usually, the equipment has forward- and rear-facing cameras, and the system automatically shifts the zone to align with the machine's direction of travel. Each camera has a 120° field of view. A …Web
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Mobile mine equipment maintenance safety: A review of US …
Mobile equipment is defined as haulage trucks, front-end loaders, bulldozers, scrapers, and road graders. These five pieces of mining equipment accounted for 20 pct of all surface coal mine accidents and 41 pct of the fatalities.Web
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Whole-Body Vibration Exposures in Undeground Coal Mining …
Studies conducted on surface coal mining equipment have identified whole-body vibration as a significant hazard. Operators of underground mobile equipment, …Web
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FOR SURFACE MINES AND AUGER MINES
GENERAL COAL MINER-SURFACE COAL MINE SAFETY LAW S OF IA OUTLINE-SURFACE COAL MINES ... transportation of mining equipment; fire prevention generally ... 45.1-161.268 Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition 45.1-161.269 Equipment operating speeds; conditions, etc. 45.1-161.270 Safety measures on …Web
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MSHA Training Videos
MSHA Training Videos. A walk through one of the MSHA mobile communications system vehicles. A walk through of MSHA's eastern command center vehicle. A brief overview of the capabilities of the MSHA mine rescue robot. Learn what causes explosions and fires, and how to prevent them using available tools and technology.Web
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Interactive mobile equipment safety task-training in surface mining
Improving the quality of equipment training for the Heavy Equipment Operators (HEO) is a critical task in improving safety and eliminating equipment-related injuries in mining. One of major ...Web
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Mine Health and Safety Council
for mining mobile and fixed equipment in gold, platinum, diamond and coal. Definition of illumination levels for safe open pit and underground operation in gold, platinum, diamond and coal. ... Surface Coal Mine E; Surface Hard-Rock . Confidentiality agreements prevent naming of the mines. SIM 160701 Final Report 18 April 2019 xWeb
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CDC
Slip, trip, and fall (STF) hazards in mining environments pose safety risks to mine workers. According to an analysis by NIOSH researchers of MSHA data, about 22% of all non-fatal injuries reported to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) between 2014 and 2018 were associated with STF incidents. Each STF incident led to an …Web
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Mobile Equipment Accidents in Surface Coal Mines. | National …
Mobile Equipment Accidents in Surface Coal Mines. | National Technical Reports Library - NTIS Home Help Details Actions: Download Mobile Equipment Accidents in Surface …Web
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