An Investigation of Mine Accident/Incident Data and Implementation of Safety Management System to Minimize the Risk in a Trackless Underground Hard Rock Mine
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Investigations of accidents/incidents are very essential prerequisite to enhance the mine safety. In this paper, a comprehensive study of accident/injury data of a trackless underground hard rock mine was performed. The case study outcomes exhibited that the job occupation categories; the miners/helpers, timbermans, tradesmen involved in maintenance jobs and operators’ (DSSLM) injuries are frequent and severe. The major causes of their injuries are fall of persons on same level. However, fall-of-loose-rock, caught-in-between, hitting-with-an-object etc. related accidents are also foremost safety problems in the mine studied. Therefore, a systematic approach is needed to evaluate the risk at different operation in case study mine using suitable multivariate statistical tools. In addition, proactive management efforts is also required to improve the characteristics of the hazardous work environment through suitable control measures to enhance the safety in underground hard rock mines.
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