Mining Publication: Root Causes of Groundfall Related Incidents in U.S. Mining Industry
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Original creation date: August 2003
Authors: K Biswas, RK Zipf
Conference Paper - August 2003
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20023428
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
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.
Conference Paper - August 2003
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20023428
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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