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- Hazard prevention and control:
- Ground control
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- Pressure arch design
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- Pillar design
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- Support design and selection
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2/14/2022 - PC softwareUse this factor of safety calculator when designing an underground mining excavation’s ground support.
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10/29/2018 - PC softwareSoftware for stone mine pillar design.
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareA software program for designing web and barrier pillars for Highwall Mining.
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareSoftware for designing pillars for longwall mines
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareSoftware for designing pillars for room-and-pillar retreat mining.
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareSoftware for estimating the relative inherent strength of coal mine roof.
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareA software program that helps to identify the location and likely severity of multiple seam interactions
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This document presents the results of research conducted by NIOSH in cooperation with participating underground stone mines to develop generally applicable guidelines for designing stable pillars and roof spans in stone mines.
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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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1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA field-expedient test method and portable on site test equipment have been developed to measure shotcrete strength in the first six hours after application.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program