A summary of fatal accidents due to flyrock and lack of blast area security in surface mining, 1989 to 1999

Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique

Volumn II, Issue , 2002, Pages 105-118

  Bajpayee, T S ^a   Rehak, T R ^a   Mowrey, G L ^a   Ingram, D K ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BLASTING; COAL MINES; EDUCATION; EXPLOSIVES; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

BLAST AREA SECURITY; ENGINEERING CONTROL TECHNIQUES; FATAL ACCIDENTS; FLYROCK; NONMETAL MINING; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; SHOT FIRING;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 0036235349     PISSN: 0732619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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