Haulage safety

In this chapter, we will not attempt to cover all aspects of haulage safety, but we will focus on generic safety and health issues appropriate for aU topics related to mine haulage, particularly off-road surface haulage trucks. There are four basic components to haulage safety the working environment around the machine, the machine itself, the worker, and the work process. 

Other issues of concern for haulage safety include production and perceptions of efficiency and production. Economic and production pressures (and even the perception of these pressures) can... 

Best Practices Developed by the Surface Haulage Safety Task Force in Cooperation with... 

Safety Issues for Major Types of Powered Haulage 399 Sources of Information About Haulage Safety 404 Research and Emerging Technologies to Reduce Accidents 405 Summary 406 References 407... 

Enlarging of the used approach toward establishment of marine mobile complexes will be able to increase safety at the very important phases of nuclear vessel complex decoimnissioning - long-term waterborne storage and haulage. 

The SQAS package for road haulage operations primarily deals with the managerial aspects of a transport company. However, a depot inspection is part of the assessment in order to verify that the management system has been effectively and consistently implemented and that the company is providing a high level of operational quality and safety. 

Berms, bumper blocks, safety hooks, or equivalent means shall be provided to prevent overtravel and overturning of haulage equipment at dumping locations. 

Material excavated for the construction of haulage roads, turning areas, access ramps and safety zones, where no production of rock for processing can be done, should be deducted. Also, some allowance for waste or loss in quarrying should be made. 

The hazards associated with continuous haulage systems underground have been described by el-Bassioni (1996) in an article that documents fatalities, injuries, safety issues, and safe work procedures. Continuous haulage systems, also known as bridge conveyors, are used with continuous miners. Concerns unique to continuous haulage systems include lack of communication between a miner and haulage operators, the lack of space around the systems, and Hmited visibiUty. Figure 26.6 illustrates an actual fatality in a coal mine. The operator was killed when his shuttle car bumped into the rib, and he was crushed between the rib and the car. 

Fesak, C.M., R.M. Breland, and J. Spadaro. 1996. Analysis of surface powered haulage accidents, January 1990 to July 1996. Holmes Safety Association Bulletin (September) 10 pp. 

Randolph, R.F., and C.M.K. Boldt. 1997. Safety analysis of surface haulage accidents—part 1. Holmes Safety Association Bulletin May-June 1-7. 

Safety analysis of surface haulage accidents—part 2. Holmes Safety Association Bulletin... 

FIG. 1.1. This sample program informacion bulletin alerts the coal mining industty to an increase in fatal accidents related to haulage. The cluster of accidents aletts tlie agency to an underlying problem in safety. Source McAteer (1996). 

Williams, M., R. Hollands, D. Schoffield, and B. Denby. Virtual Haulage Trucks Improving the Safety of Surface Mines. Proceedings of the Regional APCOM Conference, 1998, 337-344. 

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