Over 80 fatalities have been caused by struck-by or pinning accidents involving continuous mining machinery and mobile equipment in underground coal mines since 1984. Proximity detection systems have been developed and are being mandated by MSHA to prevent future accidents involving these types of equipment.Web

The haulage of materials in surface mining comprises up to 60% of the total operational costs in the mining operations (Mohammadi et al. 2015; Abbaspour and Drebenstedt 2019a). Therefore, the ...Web

1. Introduction. Operators of mobile equipment at underground coal mines are exposed to whole-body vibration transmitted through the seat. Long term exposure to high amplitude whole-body vibration is strongly associated with the subsequent development of back pain (Bernard, 1997; Bovenzi and Hulshof, 1998; Sandover, 1983; Wilder and …Web

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The global mining equipment market size was estimated at USD 135 billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2023 to 2030 ... Coal mining equipment has expanded its purposes and adoption as the excavation of coal has boomed. ... In June 2023, Epiroc unveiled the launch of MTVR, a hydraulic mobile wagon-mounted …Web

For instance, for the years 2010 and 2011, there were a total of 91 coal mine fires and 89 metal/nonmetal fires. The main causes of mine fires include flame cutting and welding operations, friction, electrical shorts, mobile equipment malfunctions, and spontaneous combustion. Preventing fires is essential to the health and safety of mine …Web

Shimin Liu 1 Add to Mendeley https://doi/10.1016/B978-0-12-824328-2.00011-X Get rights and content Abstract The technology of coal mining has gone …Web

Mobile Equipment – Queensland Coal Mining Learner Guide Page 6 1.1.2 Obligation of mine workers The following is an extract from the Queensland Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 s39: 39 Obligations of persons generally (1) A coal mine worker or other person at a coal mine or a person who may affect the safety andWeb

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These incidents took place during coal mining operations, and each involved miners being pinned between the equipment and the coal rib, emphasizing the great …Web

Nowadays, with the advancement of technological innovations and wide implementation of modern mining equipment, research topics on mining equipment management are attracting more and more attention from both academic scholars and industrial practitioners. With this background, this paper comprehensively reviews recent …Web

Here's a general list of mining tools and equipment: Miner tools—tools that miners carry on them, like pickaxe and chisels. Mining PPE—equipment that miners use to stay safe while working. Surface mining …Web

This subpart applies to surface mobile equipment at surface coal mines and surface work areas of underground coal mines. The purpose of this safety program is to promote and support a positive safety culture and improve miners' safety at the mine. § 77.2101. Definitions.Web

This giant machine is close to seven stories high and can move over 250,000 pounds of earth across 200 yards in less than 60 seconds. This simple and efficient dragline is perfect for coal mining. 4.) T 282B. The T 282B is one of the largest-capacity dump truck in the world offering a payload capacity of roughly 400 tons ...Web

Mining ranks as one of the top dangerous US industries, specifically underground coal mining. Because of the countless hazards faced, workers lean on MCR Safety for premier safety gear protecting them at work and home. ... Repair, or overhaul mobile equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging ...Web

School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Intelligent Mining Equipment, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Yutan Li and Menggang Li contributed equally to this study. Search for more papers by this authorWeb

@article{osti_121926, title = {Mobile equipment accidents in surface coal mines. Information circular/1995}, author = {Aldinger, J A and Kenney, J M and Keran, C M}, abstractNote = {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 …Web

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Although the use of traditional equipment such as shovel/trucks, draglines, front-end loaders and scrapers is the mainstay of surface mining, the coal industry is now beginning to consider equipment and techniques from non-coal surface mining operations. Mobile equipment has found new applications as it required lower initial capital investments.Web

Abstract. A feasibility prototype has been developed to provide support to decision makers in selecting mining equipment. The narrow domain of mobile underground coal mining …Web

coal mining, extraction of coal deposits from the surface of Earth and from underground. Tavantolgoi coal mine, southern Gobi, Mongolia. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth. Its predominant use has always been for producing heat energy. It was the basic energy source that fueled the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th ...Web

1. Introduction. Pinning, crushing, and striking accidents are a large problem in underground coal mines, especially for mobile haulage. Between 1984 and 2014, there were 179 nonfatal and 42 fatal pinning, crushing, and striking accidents involving mobile haulage vehicles, including coal hauling machines and scoops [].Proximity detection systems …Web

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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 …Web

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3.1.2 Construction of intelligent coal mine knowledge map. Through the establishment of information entities, the mapping from the physical space to the digital space is realized. This mapping includes not only physical entities (e.g., coal mining machines, hydraulic supports, and tunneling machines), but also time entities (e.g., roof …Web

The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969: USBM Mission Extended to Other Mining Safety and Health Issues ... Dozers, loaders, and similar mobile equipment were provided with mufflers, sound barriers, and vibration absorbers. Workshops and handbooks on simple, "do-it-yourself" noise treatments were made available to …Web

Underground Mining equipment list. Soft rock mines, such as coal, do not require the use of explosives for extraction. These rocks can be cut with the mining tools provided by modern technology. Soft rocks …Web

The following analysis is focused on the mining of metals (copper, gold, iron ore, and so on) and excludes coal and fugitive methane. Breakdown of current mining emissions ... Today 40 to 50 percent of CO 2 emissions come from diesel used in mobile equipment, with another 30 to 35 percent from nonrenewable electricity. However, the …Web

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Dec 06, 2023. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently distributed a safety alert tied to underground mobile equipment after three serious injuries and one fatality occurred ...Web

Typically, by drilling, blasting, cutting, or digging. Equipment for material handling: For sorting and loading the mined material in advance of processing, or to go to a waste area. Machinery for material processing: Turning the mined material into finished products. This may involve grinding, separating, crushing, refining, and smelting.Web

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Coal mining deaths, for surface and underground mining combined, dropped from 20 in 2013 to 16 in 2014—the lowest number of coal mining deaths ever recorded annually in the United States. Of those 16, the majority (10) occurred in underground coal. Six of those occurred when the miner was either struck or pinned by mobile haulage …Web

Developing effective proximity detection systems for underground coal mines. Joseph DuCarme, in Advances in Productive, Safe, and Responsible Coal Mining, 2019. 7.1 Introduction. Accidents involving underground mobile mining equipment striking a worker or colliding with another piece of equipment can often be attributed to the operator's lack …Web

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For those employing six or more miners, the new rule would make mine operators develop and implement a written safety program for mobile and powered haulage equipment, excluding conveyor systems, …Web

Repair, or overhaul mobile equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and surface mining. There are roughly around 2,800 of these workers found in Coal Mining. You will find these workers replacing worn parts and reassembling equipment using hand tools.Web

Information Circular 9467 Analyses of Mobile Equipment Fires for All U.S. Surface and Underground Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mining Categories, 1990-1999Web

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