Advances in Productive, Safe, and Responsible Coal Mining /
Advances in Productive, Safe, and Responsible Coal Mining covers the latest advancements in coal mining technology and practices. It gives a comprehensive introduction to the latest research and technology developments, addressing problems and issues currently being faced, and is a valuable resource...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Duxford, United Kingdom :
Elsevier Ltd. : Woodhead Publishing,
2018.
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| Series: | Woodhead Publishing in energy.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Advances in Productive, Safe, and Responsible Coal Mining; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Profitable coal mining means being productive, safe, and environmentally responsible; 1.1. Foundations of profitability; 1.2. Statistical comparison of safety versus productivity; 1.3. Importance of environmental responsibility; 1.4. Achieving profitability; References; Chapter 2: Safety and productivity in coal mining-How to make both the top priority; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Coal mine safety and productivity: 1901-2015
- 2.2.1. Fatalities and estimated fatal incidence rate (IR): 1901-302.2.2. Safety and productivity performance: 1931-77; 2.2.3. Safety and productivity performance: 1978-2015; 2.2.4. Safety and productivity performance by mining method: 1980-2015; 2.2.5. Sustainability study of safety performance of surface and underground mines: 2008-13; 2.2.5.1. Fatality and injury metrics; 2.2.5.2. Enforcement agency citation metrics; 2.2.5.3. Combining injury and citation metrics into an overall safe performance index; 2.3. Evolution of the role of the US federal safety and health enforcement agency
- 2.4. Evolution of safety practices at mines and plants since 19692.5. Making productivity and safety linked priorities; 2.6. Conclusion; 2.7. Future trends; References; Chapter 3: Zero Harm coal mining; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Zero Harm; 3.3. Coal-mining history; 3.4. Zero Harm framework; 3.5. Coal-mining risk; 3.6. Risk management and acceptable risk; 3.7. Regulation and legislation; 3.8. Culture; 3.9. Leadership; 3.10. Conclusion and future trends; References; Further reading; Chapter 4: Productive, safe, and responsible operations are not possible without visible safety leadership
- 4.1. Who is a safety leader?4.2. Culture is ̀̀the way we do things around here;́́ 4.3. Promoting a safety culture; 4.4. Applying the push-pull concept; 4.5. Health and safety maturity model; 4.6. A roadmap to develop visible safety leaders; 4.7. Summary; References; Chapter 5: Optimization of coal recovery and production rate as a function of panel dimensions; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Panel width and production rate; 5.2.1. DES of production rate vs. panel width; 5.2.1.1. Build a valid DES model; 5.2.1.2. Determine feasible range of input variables; 5.2.1.3. Estimate production rates
- 5.2.2. Case study5.2.2.1. Build a valid DES model; 5.2.2.2. Determine feasible range of input variables; 5.2.2.3. Estimate production rates; 5.3. Maximizing recovery as a cutting stock problem; 5.3.1. Modeling coal recovery as a cutting stock problem; 5.3.2. Solution formulation; 5.3.3. Case study; 5.4. Conclusions and recommendations; References; Chapter 6: Mine ventilation networks optimized for safety and productivity; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Mine ventilation network design and planning; 6.3. Mine air quality and dust monitoring
