Analysis of surface powered haulage accidents, January 1990--July 1996
Conference
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OSTI ID:577395
- Dept. of Labor, Arlington, VA (United States)
This report addresses surface haulage accidents that occurred between January 1990 and July 1996 involving haulage trucks (including over-the-road trucks), front-end-loaders, scrapers, utility trucks, water trucks, and other mobile haulage equipment. The study includes quarries, open pits and surface coal mines utilizing self-propelled mobile equipment to transport personnel, supplies, rock, overburden material, ore, mine waste, or coal for processing. A total of 4,397 accidents were considered. This report summarizes the major factors that led to the accidents and recommends accident prevention methods to reduce the frequency of these accidents.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 577395
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9608122--; ON: DE97006604
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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