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Analysis of Metal/Nonmetal Underground Mining Accidents Involving Mobile Mining Equipment.


PB95147328

Publication Date 1994
Personal Author Hendricks, P. A.; Leagjeld, E. E.; Pojar, M. G.
Page Count 30
Abstract This U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) report identifies and evaluates factors responsible for metal/nonmetal (M/NW) underground mining accidents involving mobile equipment. Information regarding the occurrence and severity of the accidents, the type of equipment involved, the primary and contributing causes, and preventive measures is included. The goal of this report is to provide information that will aid mine operators and safety managers in the recognition of hazards associated with operating mobile mining equipment in an underground mining environment.
Keywords
  • Underground mining
  • Mining equipment
  • Accident analysis
  • Human factors engineering
  • Accident statistics
  • Man machine systems
  • Collisions
  • Mine cars
  • Injuries
  • Accident severity
  • Data analysis
Source Agency
  • Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category
  • 48A - Mineral Industries
  • 95D - Human Factors Engineering
Corporate Authors Bureau of Mines, Minneapolis, MN. Twin Cities Research Center.
Supplemental Notes Library of Congress catalog card no. 94-20339.
Document Type Technical Report
Title Note Information circular/1994.
NTIS Issue Number 199506
Analysis of Metal/Nonmetal Underground Mining Accidents Involving Mobile Mining Equipment.
Analysis of Metal/Nonmetal Underground Mining Accidents Involving Mobile Mining Equipment.
PB95147328

  • Underground mining
  • Mining equipment
  • Accident analysis
  • Human factors engineering
  • Accident statistics
  • Man machine systems
  • Collisions
  • Mine cars
  • Injuries
  • Accident severity
  • Data analysis
  • Bureau of Mines
  • 48A - Mineral Industries
  • 95D - Human Factors Engineering
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