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Mining Publication: Effect of Operator Position on the Incidence of Continuous Mining Machine/Worker Collisions
Keywords: Continuous miners Continuous mining Moving objects Proximity detection
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Original creation date: October 2007
Authors: JR Bartels, DH Ambrose, S Gallagher
Conference Paper - October 2007
Download PDF Document (1.02 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20032714
Proc Hum Fact Erg Soc 51st Ann Meeting, October 1-5, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2007 Oct; :1416-1420
Remote operation of continuous miners has enhanced the health and safety of underground miners in many respects; however, numerous fatal and non-fatal continuous miner struck-by accidents have occurred when using remote controls. In an effort to prevent these injuries, NIOSH researchers at Pittsburgh Research Laboratory examined the workplace relationships between continuous miner operators and various tramming modes of the equipment using motion captured data, predicted operator response times, and field-of-view data to determine causes of operator-machine struck-by events in a virtual mine environment. Factors studied included machine speed, direction of escape, operator facing orientation relative to the machine, work posture, distance from machine, and operator anthropometry. Close proximity to the machine, high machine tramming speeds, a right-facing orientation and operator positioning near the tail all resulted in high risk of being struck. It is hoped that this data will provide an improved rationale for operator positioning for remotely operated continuous miners.
Image of publication Effect of Operator Position on the Incidence of Continuous Mining Machine/Worker CollisionsConference Paper - October 2007
Download PDF Document (1.02 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20032714
Proc Hum Fact Erg Soc 51st Ann Meeting, October 1-5, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2007 Oct; :1416-1420
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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