Computer simulations help determine safe vertical boom speeds for roof bolting in underground coal mines

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-397

  Ambrose, Dean H ^a   Bartels, John R ^a   Kwitowski, August J ^a   Gallagher, Sean ^a   Battenhouse Jr , Thomas R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mining machine safety; Roof bolter machine; Simulation; Virtual model

Indexed keywords

BOOM; MINING MACHINE SAFETY; ROOF BOLTER MACHINES; VIRTUAL MODELS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION;

COAL MINES;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COAL MINING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MANPOWER; MOTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COAL MINING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MOTION; POSTURE; SAFETY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27544483966     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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