Assessing Small Underground: Coal Mines for High Safety-Related Risk

Author

H. Kinilakodi
R. Larry Grayson, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

In 2008, the authors developed a methodology for identifying underground coal mines at high risk for major-hazard events. It focused on major hazard-related violations of safety standards associated with high-risk conditions. Later, using a sample of 103 mines with 2008 and 2009 data, injury measures and U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) citation data were combined into a safe performance index (SPI). The SPI was used to assess the relative safety-related risk of mines, including by mine-size category. In this paper, comparisons are made of SPI-associated, normalized safety performance measures across mine-size categories, with emphasis on small-mine safety performance as compared to large and medium-sized mines.

Recommended Citation

H. Kinilakodi and R. L. Grayson, "Assessing Small Underground: Coal Mines for High Safety-Related Risk," Mining Engineering, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME), Jan 2011.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0026-5187

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2011 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2011