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The development of science and technology can reduce the occurrence of coal mine accidents, but it also increases the complexity of coal mine accidents. These complex factors cannot be solved by the traditional accident cause theory [15]. The system-based stamp method has a good supporting role for us to analyse the causes of …
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8 Citations. Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control ( (SSDC,volume 202)) Abstract. The mining industry is one of the most …
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The most common causes of accidents in coal mining are firedamp and dust explosions, landslips, mine fires, and technical failures related to transport and …
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China. On 23 July 2022, ten people were killed, and seven were injured, when a mine in northwest China collapsed. According to state-run news channel CCTV, a part of a mountain near the mine caved in Gansu province, burying workers and cars. In December 2022, a similar collapse occurred in China's southwest Guizhou province.
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As another major cause of accidents in the mining industry, Eng Munodawafa added: "Gassing accounts for about 10 percent of the fatalities in the industry. This usually happens when there is poor or no ventilation at all. Most of our miners usually do not worry about the air in the mine while working whether its flowing or not until they …
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Therefore an accurate identification of causes is required for better safety and health management systems. From 2000 to 2007 there were 433 fatal accidents with 499 fatal victims in Peruvian mining industry and the majority of these accidents were caused by rockfalls in underground excavations. In addition, a study of rockfalls in 2007 has ...
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MSHA investigates all serious and fatal mining accidents, then issues a comprehensive report of its findings. On this page are investigative reports, internal reviews and independent assessments of high-profile mining disasters that have occurred since 2000. Upper Big Branch Mine-South On April 5, 2010, a massive coal dust explosion at this …
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Coal mine accident prevention is a key issue affecting the safety of coal production in China. From accident analysis, it has been found that the interaction of unsafe acts of coal miners is the main cause of catastrophic accidents, and that ignoring the interrelationship between behaviors may lead to missing hidden chains of incidents …
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It is considered the second worst major accident in modern mining history since 1945, when 355 workers suffocated in the El Teniente mine, then owned by the Braden Copper Company. ... Five days after the mine collapsed, the congressional mining commission opened an investigation into the causes of the accident, mining safety and …
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Still, the frequent occurrence of coal mining accidents dramatically threatens the safety of coal production and workers' lives. Studies have shown that more …
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Mining Publication: Causes of Fall Fatalities at Surface Mines. Surface mines can be hazardous places to work, with approximately 5,800 nonfatal injuries a year (MSHA, 2006-2015). Slips and falls are a major contributor to these non-fatal injuries, second only to material handling injuries. Slips and falls account for approximately 26 …
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Deaths are caused more frequently by thermal energy directly or indirectly than by mechanical energy. It is a characteristic found in the explosions of coal mines which are large and closed underground spaces consisting of inflammable material. In gas spurt major cause of death is asphyxia from the lack of oxygen resulting from the substitution ...
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Coal Mining Accidents. Coal mining accidents can occur in the process of mining coal, and have a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulphide or explosive natural gases especially firedamp or methane, coal dust dust explosions, collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general …
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Mobile vehicles leading cause of miner deaths: ICMM report. The report makes "disturbing reading", but marks the lowest death rate in 10 years. Matt Farmer July 29, 2022. The number of deaths caused by remote mining vehicles has risen to become the leading cause of mining site deaths worldwide in 2021. According to a new report …
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Coal-mine collapse was responsible for the highest frequency of deaths from 2001 to 2008 (n=4,653).Table 1 shows that collapse and machinery caused significantly more accidents and deaths than did other types of coal-mining incidents (χ 2 =39.83, p<0.05). The number of accidents caused by collapse and machinery declined in the last years, as did the …
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At a high concentration, the dust can cause an explosion when ignited by a gas, like methane, which escapes from coal due to aboveground explosions or electrical equipment. Methane and coal dust explosions can trap miners underground. They're also responsible for some of the largest mining disasters in history, such as the Benxihu Colliery ...
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This paper aims to demonstrate how a systemic approach can be applied to the analysis of the causes of accidents in South African mines. In this study, a newly developed accident analysis framework was used to analyse 91 accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa. The subsequent sections explain the framework, the methodology applied, and ...
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that scrapers are an integral part of the narrow reef mining methods employed on gold and platinum mines, working in the face as well as in strike and dip gullies. Scraper systems are accountable for a significant number of accidents underground. This report investigates and highlights the causes of accidents on scraper winch
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It is useful to examine true stories while discussing the measures to be used in the prevention of mining accidents. In a publication written by Hopkins, the causes of an accident that had occurred in Moura mine, Australia (1994) were examined . The accident occurred as a methane gas explosion, and 11 workers died.
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1. Introduction. The coal mine industry is a typical high-risk industry, with frequent accidents and numerous incentives. Gas explosions are undoubtedly the most serious type of coal mine production accidents, as they may cause a large number of casualties, huge economic losses, and severe negative societal effects.
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NEWS. 29 June 2021. Deadly Myanmar mine disaster caused by poor planning, say data sleuths. First scientific study of Myanmar's worst …
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A spokesperson for Arcosa, the company that owns the mine, said in a statement it was "deeply saddened to confirm a fatality has occurred as a result of an accident at the Laurel Aggregates mine."
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These informational reports review in detail the occupational injury and illness experience of mining, by category, in the United States. Data reported by operators of mining establishments concerning work injuries are summarized by work location, accident classification, part of body injured, nature of injury, and occupation.
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Introduction. Coal mining is one of the most dangerous industries in the world. Human factors such as intentional violation, mismanagement, and defective design cause coal mining accidents ().The functional climate of the coal mining presents many hazards to personnel, including the proximity to machinery, hydraulic and electrical …
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The mining industry is a vital economic sector, comprising the utilisation of coal, metal, and non-metal minerals [].However, historically, mining has also been one of the most hazardous working environments in many countries around the world [1,2,3].For instance, coal mining operations have the highest machine-related accident rates and …
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As another major cause of accidents in the mining industry, Eng Munodawafa added: "Gassing accounts for about 10 percent of the fatalities in the industry. This usually happens when there is poor or no ventilation at all. Most of our miners usually do not worry about the air in the mine while working whether its flowing or not until they …
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For this purpose, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level hazards consisting of location, type, and causes of accident were determined by using the data of fatal mine accidents in underground and open-pit coal ...
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