Blasting injuries in surface mining with emphasis on flyrock and blast area security

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-57

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

^a NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast area security; Blasting; Explosives; Flyrock; Injuries; Mining

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOSIVES; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPEN PIT MINING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RHEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BLAST AREA SECURITY; FLYROCK; INJURIES; SURFACE MINE BLASTING;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; HUMAN; MINING; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; MINING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342323417     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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