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1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesStone mines in the eastern and midwestern United States use the room-and-pillar method of mining to extract relatively flat-laying sedimentary formations. A survey of pillar performance was carried out to identify potential modes of instability.
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11/1/2000 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe Roof Monitoring Safety System (RMSS) is described, compared to other roof-monitoring technology, and described in context with proactive ground control plans for stone mines.
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12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA analysis documenting the burden associated with nonfatal slip, trip, and fall incidents at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines from 2008 through 2017.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesUnderground stone mines in the United States use the room and pillar method of mining in relatively flat laying deposits. Roof and rib falls account for 15% of all lost time incidents. This paper presents the result of a study to improve pillar and roof...
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6/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes a modeling approach that can be used as a tool to evaluate potential roof failure and optimize the stability of room and pillar layouts.
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8/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH completed a survey of equipment sound levels and worker noise exposures in the mining industry. The findings identify the equipment and machinery likely to cause worker overexposures and the workers found to be experiencing overexposures.
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1/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA roof-fall hazard-assessment technique was developed based on engineering judgment acquired from extensive underground stone mine experience and on examination of the literature. The technique uses observational processes to assess roof fall hazard.
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10/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes noise research conducted in limestone mines, detailing the equipment likely to cause worker overexposures, the occupations experiencing overexposures, and the implications for worker noise exposure reduction.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAs underground stone mining expands to deeper cover and more efficient methods are used, effective stone pillar design methods become more important. In this paper, 72 stone mine pillar designs are examined for factors affecting stability.
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1/1/1998 - Peer reviewed journal articlesRoof and rib conditions were observed and assessed in 33 underground stone mines. It was found that selection of the mining horizon and mine layout decisions tremendously influence ground stability.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program