A mine safety research project will examine ways to improve the efficiency of dust scrubbers in underground mining operations US researchers at Virginia Tech are leading a multidisciplinary team in a...
Tag - continuous miner
While the range of incidents involving continuous miners has lessened in recent years, a recent incident has highlighted the potentially serious consequences of miners engaging roof bolts and mesh...
A mine electrician has died at a US mine while undertaking troubleshooting on a Joy continuous miner. According to the US Regulator’s fatality report the 40-year-old electrician had nine years...
The NSW Regulator has drawn attention to potential arcing issues with continuous miner cables after an arc incident. According to the regulator, a damaged continuous miner cable arced when a worker...
Back in July this year, a 46 year old continuous miner driver at Springvale Coal was knocked unconscious and required more than 50 stitches to his face when a rib bolt plate got ejected from the rear...
Summary: A continuous miner driver was hit in the back and knocked over by rib spall. He was found by another operator. Poor ribs had been identified but had not been barred down. Recommendations to...
