Incorporating safety into surface haulage in the Powder River basin
The Powder River Basin (PRB) coal deposit extends from southeast Montana to northeast Wyoming. This paper describes a number of haulage practices and tools in use at several mines of the southern PRB and the way in which safety has been designed into and implemented for surface haulage of coal and overburden. Experiences described herein focus on the northeastern corner of Wyoming. All the mines in this area rely on safe and efficient movement of enormous volumes of material, and the results achieved in safety underscore the planning and attention to detail present in the PRB. There are currently 12 large surface mines (those greater than 10.0MM tons/year) operating in this area. In 1995, these mines produced over 230.0MM tons of coal.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 577398
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9608122-; ON: DE97006604; TRN: 98:001077-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 27. annual institute on mining, health, safety, and research, Blacksburg, VA (United States), 26-28 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of Twenty-Seventh Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research; Bockosh, G.R. [ed.] [Pittsburgh Research Center, US Dept. of Energy (United States)]; Langton, J. [ed.] [Mine Safety and Health Administration, US Dept. of Labor (United States)]; Karmis, M. [ed.] [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg (United States)]; PB: 135 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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