Category: LW – 2019 – Session II

Peter Zhang and Daniel Su, NIOSH, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, and Jun Lu, CONSOL Energy The influence of longwall mining on unconventional shale gas wells located in longwall pillars has been a continuing concern for...

Max Clark, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration If events at an underground mining operation trap a miner or group of miners, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) can deploy the Trapped Miner Seismic Location...

Emily J. Haas and Cassandra L. Hoebbel, NIOSH, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division Researchers traveled to various mine sites and administered a 59-question survey between February 2016 and March 2018. Participants consisted of...

Randy Reed and Scott S. Klima, NIOSH, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division Historically, longwall workers can be exposed to harmful respirable dust from multiple dust-generation sources, including intake ventilation,...

Todd Moore, general manager of safety, CONSOL Energy, and Craig Dickerson, assistant superintendent-Bailey mine, CONSOL Energy CONSOL Energy Inc. and Komatsu Mining Corp. jointly deployed a personal proximity detection system in...