An analysis of fatal gas accidents in Chinese coal mines
Out of 2433 Chinese coal mine death toll in 2010, 623 (25.6%) were due to gas-related accidents (explosions, outbursts, etc.) ( SACMS, 2011 ). Only roof falls, with 829 deaths, comprised a larger proportion of the total (34.1%). According to the investigation by Burgherr and Hirschberg (2007), over a long period, coal mine gas was responsible ...
KEY FACTS AND FIGURES: MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY …
• Only 1 FOG fatal accident was reported due to seismicity in 2022 • Coal, Platinum and Chrome underground mines, each reported only 1 FOG related fatality throughout the year 2022. • reduction in machinery related fatalities, no fatalities were reported in 2022 under this category versus the three (3) fatalities in 2021.
Causes of Coal Mine Accidents in the World and Turkey
The most common causes of accidents in coal mining are firedamp and dust explosions, landslips, mine fires, and technical failures related to transport and …
Fatal gas explosion accidents on Chinese coal mines and …
The severity of major gas explosion accidents is significant compared to that of other types of coal mine accidents. This study focuses on study of unsafe behaviors of front-line miners. • The analysis results show that unsafe behaviors existed in and had precipitated influence to all gas explosion accidents, and clearly analyze the specific …
Analysis of characteristics and causes of gas explosion …
The study analyzed the accident characteristics and causes of SESGEAs. As an example, we conducted a specialized case analysis using the 24Model (fourth edition) on the recent Baoma coal mine gas explosion. Results. SESGEA data are characterized by greater volatility, with significant differences in the geographical …
Fatal gas explosion accidents on Chinese coal mines …
Even with steady safety improvements in recent years, thousands of people yet are killed in coal mining each year, hundreds of times of the corresponding fatalities …
Root causes of coal mine accidents: Characteristics of safety culture
Coal mining causes many severe problems for both coal mine workers and the surrounding environments (Shi et al., 2017; ... A process mining approach to improve emergency rescue processes of fatal gas explosion accidents in Chinese coal mines. Saf. Sci., 111 (2019), pp. 154-166, 10.1016/j.ssci.2018.07.006.
Cause Analysis of Coal Mine Gas Explosion Based on …
The results show that the main causes of mine gas explosion are gas accumulation and fire source explosion. The main causes of gas accumulation are no wind or breeze caused by local ventilator problems. …
A process mining approach to improve emergency rescue processes of
As of now, China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal (Wang et al., 2014).Although the number of fatalities has steadily decreased year by year, compared with the United States under the same safety performance index, the world's major coal-producing country, there is still a great gap of safety in coal mines between …
(PDF) Determining Causes of Coal Mine Hazards
Explosions. Explosions are one of the most significant causes of death in the coal mining industry (Cheng. 2018) and Ray et al., 2022), and as of 2006, 89.52% of the fatalities caused by ...
July 31, 2019 Fatality
Underground Coal Mine. Fatal Explosion Methane Gas July 31, 2019. Paradise #9 Mine KenAmerican Resources, LLC Bremen, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky ID No. 15-17741. Accident Investigators. ... The explosions caused large metal beams and Q-decking to be blown away from the shaft. The area on the surface near the shaft was …
Research on the Causes of Gas Explosion Accidents Based …
The randomness of gas explosion accidents is intensified owing to naked fires, coal spontaneous combustion, electric sparks, metal surface impacts, or friction sparks that can cause the detonation of gases in coal mines. The coal mine production system is a complex adaptive system, and the working environment is complex and …
Analysis of characteristics and causes of gas explosion …
Coal is an important fossil fuel energy that occupies a high position in the energy use of China and even the world. However, gas explosions are still the deadliest coal mine accident in China ...
Mine Explosions
Frictional ignition frequency in US coal mines is on the decline, but it still is a cause of concern because it has a potential to cause a mine explosion leading to a large-scale mine fire. Prevention of frictional ignition is based on the following: 1. Coal seam degasification to reduce original gas content of the coal seam by 50–80%.
Analysis of characteristics and causes of gas …
From the accident analysis: chaotic ventilation management was the most serious accident cause of SESGEAs; unsafe acts related to ventilation operations …
Risk Assessment of Coal Dust Explosions in Coal Mines …
Methane was the only gas implicated in the fatal explosions that occurred in the gaseous underground coal mines. ... The study evaluated the overall coal dust explosion risk by taking into account 25 potential root causes in coal mines. The fuzzy idea has been given the authority to help create a fuzzy score from the linguistic information ...
In W.Va., Blast Leads to Worst U.S. Mining Disaster in Decades
Updated 3:14 a.m. ET Tuesday | At least 25 coal miners were killed and more remained missing after an explosion Monday afternoon at an underground coal mine in southern West ia, according to ...
A process mining approach to improve emergency rescue processes of
Introduction. As of now, China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal (Wang et al., 2014). Although the number of fatalities has steadily decreased year by year, compared with the United States under the same safety performance index, the world's major coal-producing country, there is still a great gap of safety in coal mines …
An analysis of gas accidents in Chinese coal mines, 2009 – …
In addition, coal mine gas accidents are divided into three categories: gas explosion, coal and gas outburst, and gas suffocation. Fig. 3 shows the percentage of fatalities and frequency per category from 2009 to 2019 in China. Download : Download high-res image (172KB) Download : Download full-size image; Fig. 3.
A process mining approach to improve emergency rescue
In this study, we apply the technique of process mining to domain of gas explosion accident emergency rescue in coal mines. 50 considerable and major gas explosion accidents, which occurred from ...
MSHA
On April 5, 2010, at approximately 3:02 p.m., a massive coal dust explosion occurred at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South (UBB), killing 29 miners and injuring two. UBB is operated by Performance Coal Company (PCC), a former subsidiary of Massey Energy Company (Massey) (together PCC/Massey), and is located in Montcoal, West ia.
An analysis of fatal gas accidents in Chinese coal mines
Yan Gao G. Fu A. Nieto. Environmental Science, Engineering. 2016. This paper presents a comparative study of gas explosion occurrences and causes in coal mines in China and the US. 170 coal mine accidents related to …
Accident case-driven study on the causal modeling and …
The Soma Mine Disaster (SMD), which occurred due to a fire in the underground coal mine and caused 301 fatalities in 2014, is one of the largest mine disasters in the last few decades.
An Empirical Analysis of Fatal Accidents in the Coal Mines …
The results indicated a total of 53 accidents causing 312 deaths, due to mine collapse, the damages result in 36% accidents and 51% deaths. In the same manner, damages caused by gas explosion ...
MSHA
Sago Mine. January 2, 2006. Fatal Underground Coal Mine Explosion. Due to the extensive nature of this report, we have chosen to break it down into pieces. This should make viewing this report a bit easier. We are providing you with the report without the appendices included, the report with the appendices included, the appendices in one file ...
Research on causes of coal mine gas explosion …
The coal mine industry is a typical high-risk industry, with frequent accidents and numerous incentives. Gas explosions are undoubtedly the most serious type of coal mine production accidents, as they may cause a large number of casualties, huge …
Statistical Analysis and Countermeasures of Gas Explosion …
The number of gas explosion in China's coal mine is relatively frequent, in recent years as China put more emphasis on mine safety, the safety issues mine have been greatly improved, the number of gas explosion accidents * Corresponding author. Tel.: . E-mail address: chinalixc123@163. 2014 The Authors.
The world's worst coal mining disasters
The Benxihu colliery disaster occured on 26 April 1942 in the Honkeiko coal mine, located near Benxi in the Liaoning province of China. It led to the deaths of 1,549 lives and is believed to be the worst coal mining disaster ever. The fatal explosion of the underground coal mine was caused by a mixture of gas and coal dust.
Statistical analysis of methane explosions in Turkey's underground coal
Methane explosion in underground coal mine is one of the most deadly hazards to the miners and the surrounding environment ... various factors affecting safety problems related to gas accidents and errors in safety rules in Turkey's underground coal mines. Causes of fatal gas accidents have been diagnosed in the final part of the study. …
Research on the Causes of Gas Explosion Accidents …
The randomness of gas explosion accidents is intensified owing to naked fires, coal spontaneous combustion, electric sparks, metal surface impacts, or friction …