Emerging Ergonomics Issues and Opportunities in Mining
equipment used was too delicate for use in mining environments. Emerging body-worn technologies have potential to extend field data collection of human performance data.
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How digital innovation can improve mining productivity
Another is work clothing that incorporates sensors transmitting data to managers about hazardous conditions and the physical condition of the workers themselves, improving safety outcomes. ... Application of advanced analytics should make it possible to maintain the mining equipment at a far superior level, reducing breakdowns …
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Ergonomics in Mining: Current Status and Future Challenges
3.1.1 Physical Hazards in Mining Industry. ... scrapers, diggers etc. The condition of roads and vehicles also contribute to the intensity of the vibration. ... One of the major benefits of the new technologies is the teleportation of mining equipment. This will increase the safety and health perspective.
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How digital innovation can improve mining productivity
about hazardous conditions and the physical condition of the workers themselves, improving safety outcomes. Digital-to-physical conversion. Advances in robotics are making equipment that is fully autonomous more affordable and effective. In manufacturing, the cost of industrial robots has fallen by 50 percent since 1990, while
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Mining Machinery
The main technical parameters of high-intensity mining are mining method, panel length, and width, face advance velocity, mining height, and annual output. The large mining …
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A Review of Reliability and Fault Analysis Methods for Heavy …
PDF | To achieve a targeted production level in mining industries, all machine systems and their subsystems must perform efficiently and be reliable... | Find, …
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Adoptable approaches to predictive maintenance in mining …
1. Introduction. The mining sector critically influences various national economies. For instance, in Australia, the sector represents around 10.4% of the national GDP, and in South Africa, it accounts for nearly 8.7% (Constable, 2020; Baxter, 2021).Mining operations across the globe vary in their nature, types of minerals …
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Geo-environmental factors' influence on mining operation: an …
The schedules are the operational guides to meet the desired objective under prevailing constraints and operating conditions. In the first step, the physical sequence of extraction of minerals is optimized and in the second step, mining equipment fleet, availability and hauling time are optimized.
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Understanding technology in mining and its effect on the work
This paper takes its starting point in the fact that many mines have managed to improve its work environment, with regards to, for example, accident occurrence, …
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12 Mining methods and method selection
Different mining methods are designed to produce different types and magnitudes of displacements, in the near-field and far-field domains of an orebody. For example, the mining method illustrated schematically in Figure 12.2 is designed to restrict rock displacements in both the near field and the far field of the orebody to elastic orders
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Emerging Ergonomics Issues and Opportunities in Mining
This manuscript explores several such emerging issues and opportunities in the context of the mining sector. In mining, the equipment, tools, and procedures have changed considerably and continue to change. Body-worn technology provides a number of opportunities to advance the safety and health of miners, while teleoperation and …
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From correlation to causality: Path analysis of
1. Introduction. Recent years, the safety situation in China's coal mines has greatly improved, and the mortality rate per million tons has dropped from 4.94 in 2001 to 0.058 in 2020 (The State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, 2020).However, coal mine accidents still occur one after another, and the overall safety situation is still grim (Yin et …
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Common Types of Industrial Mining Equipment & …
Longwall mining usually takes place deep underground, when excavating coal. The process relies on incredibly sophisticated interconnected pieces of equipment that work together in an efficient and safe mining operation. …
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Optimal Inspection and Preventive Maintenance Scheduling …
of mining equipment based on a reliability-based method-ology instead of a typical physical age interval suggested by equipment manufacturers. This study also proposes …
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Occupational health hazards in mining: An overview
Lack of regulations and guidelines regarding safety protocols at mine sites, non-usage of personal protective equipment, odd working hours and poor physical conditions were found to be the primary ...
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Frontiers | Mining Employees Safety and the …
Mining Equipment Factor. In coal, mining accidents occur due to operational and human factors. However, the share of equipment factors also cannot be undermined. Accidents occur from the failure of a …
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Data Analytic Approaches for Mining Process Improvement—Machinery
Mining processes are characterized by very demanding and complex activities due to the challenging physical aspects (heat, cold, vibrations, noise) and the unpredictable conditions of work. In such environments, human errors, and defective equipment, as well as natural hazards, are serious risk factors.
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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | The Impact of the Mining Equipment
Mining exploitation and its impact on global warming have become significant problems. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of mining industry equipment and natural resource demand on global warming in Congo. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from October 2021 to July 2022, using a self-administered …
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Maintenance asset data challenges in mining
The maintenance goal of most mining companies is to make sure their equipment is in good working condition to maximize productivity, minimize downtime and reduce maintenance costs. Ultimately, this means maintenance teams must improve the reliability and availability of physical assets to maximize employee safety, minimize …
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An In-Depth Guide to Mining Equipment and Technology
2. Discovery, where a specific location is confirmed and a significant portion of the legal workaround mining begins. 3. Development, where the feasibility of the site is proven and construction starts, among many other foundational processes. 4. Production, where the mine is active and produces the desired resource. 5.
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Mining's next performance horizon: Capturing productivity …
about hazardous conditions and the physical condition of the workers themselves, improving safety outcomes. Digital-to-physical conversion. Advances in robotics are making equipment that is fully autonomous more affordable and effective. In manufacturing, the cost of industrial robots has fallen by 50 percent since 1990, while
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Research trends in mining accidents study: A systematic literature
The SLR examined research trends in mining accidents issues between 2015 and 2019 and successfully developed four main themes. These consist of the main causes of accidents (46%), and the prevention (20%), challenges (17%) and impacts of post-mining accidents (17%). The study produced thirty-five subthemes by systematically …
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A Dynamic Scheduling Model for Underground Metal …
Equipment failure is a common problem in mining operations, resulting in significant delays and reductions in production efficiency. To address this problem, this paper proposes a dynamic …
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Emerging Ergonomics Issues and Opportunities in Mining
In mining, the equipment, tools, and procedures have changed considerably and continue to change. Body-worn technology provides a number of opportunities to …
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Technologies in Exploration, Mining, and Processing
At some point along the fluid flow pathway through the Earth's crust, the fluids encounter changes in physical or chemical conditions that cause the dissolved metals to precipitate. ... Surface mining equipment is similar …
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Klondike Gold Rush
Bettmann /Getty Images. The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after ...
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Physical Characteristics at a Surface Mine | Vector Solutions
Berms. Berms are long, low piles of material built up to at least the mid-axle height of the largest mobile equipment which usually travels the roadway at the mine. They are placed and maintained in specific locations in order to clearly define safe limits of vehicle passage and dumping. Properly located and built berms help define the edges of ...
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Mining Safety Equipment | SafeSight Exploration
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Physical protection is some of the most important mining safety equipment a worker can have. As the last line in protection between workers and hazards, proper PPE is essential to help miners stay safe while on the job. Making sure that all workers have access to the required PPE for their particular …
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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | A Multi-Equipment Task …
This paper proposes a multi-equipment task assignment model for the horizontal stripe pre-cut mining method to address the problem of cooperative scheduling operation of multi-equipment in underground metal mines under complex constraints. The model is constructed with multiple objectives, including operation time, operational …
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