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Preventing methane gas explosions during tunnel construction.

Kissell FN

Handbook for methane control in mining. Kissell FN, ed. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2006-127 (IC 9486), 2006 Jun; :169-180

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/works/coversheet1459.html

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This chapter gives guidelines for preventing methane gas explosions during tunnel construction. Emphasis is placed on assessing the hazard potential, on ventilation principles, and on monitoring for gas. The chapter also emphasizes the importance of human factors in reducing explosion risk. Ensuring safe conditions is much more than just good engineering design. It also involves the everyday vigilance of those working underground. This does not imply that the engineering design can be ignored, only that the job of providing safe conditions has just begun with design.

Methane-control; Safety-research; Ignition-sources; Human-factors; Explosions; Tunneling; Ventilation; Ventilation-systems; Tunnel-workers

NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236

74-82-8

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Chapter

Kissell FN

2006

PRL

Handbook for methane control in mining

PA