Pilot sample risk analysis for underground coal mine fires and explosions using MSHA citation data

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1371-1378

  Larry Grayson, R ^a   Kinilakodi, Harisha ^a   Kecojevic, Vladislav ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mine safety; Risk analysis; Safety violations; System failures

Indexed keywords

CITATION DATA; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; MAJOR HAZARDS; MINE SAFETY; MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONS; RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY VIOLATIONS; STUDY GROUPS; SYSTEM FAILURES; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE; UNDERGROUND COAL MINING; US CONGRESS;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIVES; HEALTH RISKS; MINE FIRES; MINERS; MINES; MINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLOSION; FIRE PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249226171     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

References (10)

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5. Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission, 2006. Improving Mine Safety Technology and Training: Establishing U.S. Global Leadership. National Mining Association, Washington, DC, 193 pp.
6. MSHA, 1994. Small Mine Summit Report, U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 48 pp.
7. MSHA, 2008a. Part 50 - Notification, Investigation, Reports and Records of Accidents, Injuries, Illnesses, Employment, and Coal Production in Mines. .
8. MSHA, 2008b. MSHA's Data Retrieval System. .
9. MSHA, 2008c. 3. What is the meaning of "significant and substantial"? .
10. MSHA, 2008d. XIII. Section 104(D) Citations and Orders. [104(d) Citations].