NIOSHTIC-2 No. 20023428


Root Causes of Groundfall Related Incidents in U.S. Mining Industry

August 2003

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This paper utilized the rock fall related incident narratives from the MSHA database for a taxonomic analysis, which identifies the root causes of an event and can provide future direction for corrective measures to reduce the probability of occurrence of the event.

Author(s):Biswas-K, Zipf-RK
Reference:In: Peng SS, Mark C, Khair AW, Heasley KA, eds. Proceedings of the 22nd Intl Conf on Ground Control in Mining. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 2003 Aug; :335-343

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