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Mining Publication: Using Fault-Tree Analysis To Focus Mine Safety Research
Keywords: Accident investigation Accidents and emergencies Bulldozers Data analysis Risk analysis
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Original creation date: February 2001
Authors: SR Iverson, JC Kerkering, PJ Coleman
Conference Paper - February 2001
Download PDF Document (0.44 MB)
108th Annual Exhibit and Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Denver, CO, Feb. 26-28, 2001, 10 pp
Fault tree analysis is a systematic safety analysis tool that proceeds deductively from the occurrence of an undesired event (accident) to the identification of the root causes of that event. One recurring mine safety problem - a dozer falling into a void over a drawpoint on a coal surge pile - was analyzed using available, inexpensive fault tree programs on a personal computer. The analysis identified basic and intermediate events that led to the burial of the dozer and graphically depicted the interrelationship between these various subordinate events as well as the various chain of events leading up to the primary event. A sensitivity analysis on these probabilities showed which events had the greatest influence on dozer burial in a coal surge pile.
Image of publication Using Fault-Tree Analysis To Focus Mine Safety ResearchConference Paper - February 2001
Download PDF Document (0.44 MB)
108th Annual Exhibit and Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Denver, CO, Feb. 26-28, 2001, 10 pp
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
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