Technological advances and trends in the mining industry: a systematic review

RO Flores-Castañeda, S Olaya-Cotera… - Mineral Economics, 2024 - Springer
Nowadays, in a competitive world, industries are faced with the urgent need to establish
strategies for innovation, this is how the mining industry, a sector that contributes to the …

Risk assessment of unsafe acts in coal mine gas explosion accidents based on HFACS-GE and Bayesian networks

L Niu, J Zhao, J Yang - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Even in the context of smart mines, unsafe human acts are still an important cause of coal
mine gas explosion accidents, but there are few models to analyze unsafe human acts in …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical analysis of the severity of occupational accidents in the mining sector

X Baraza, N Cugueró-Escofet… - Journal of safety …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction: The aim of this paper is to understand the causes of occupational accidents in
Spain's mining sector in order to propose action plans and improve future accident rates …

Investigation of respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) and respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the US underground and surface coal mines

E Rahimi, Y Shekarian, N Shekarian, P Roghanchi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Dust is an inherent byproduct of mining activities that raises notable health and safety
concerns. Cumulative inhalation of respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) and respirable …

[HTML][HTML] A preliminary study on the barriers and facilitators to improving the health, safety, and well-being of aging heavy vehicle drivers

A Batson, S Newnam, S Koppel - Journal of safety research, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction. Managers from road freight transportation organizations were interviewed on
barriers and facilitators to implementation of occupational health, safety, and well-being …

A decision-making model for blasting risk assessment in mines using FBWM and GRA methods

E Soltani, O Ahmadi, P Rashnoudi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Due to the extensive use of explosives, the failure to identify hazards and assess risks in
blasting may lead to catastrophic consequences. However, classical risk assessment …

Forecasting models for Polish coal mining accidents

M Kraszewska, N Kashpruk… - … on Methods and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In paper, forecasting models using exponential smoothing for Polish coal mining safety
accidents are presented. Prior to this, data is analyzed and approach for building forecasting …

Statistical analysis of the severity of occupational accidents in the mining sector

R Rodríguez Elizalde, X Baraza… - Journal of Safety …, 2023 - openaccess.uoc.edu
Introduction. The aim of this paper is to understand the causes of occupational accidents in
Spain's mining sector in order to propose action plans and improve future accident rates …

Analysis of the root causes of fatal injuries in the United States surface mines between 2008 and 2021

MF Quintero, V Kecojevic, D Tuncay - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite significant reductions in fatal injuries in the mining industry, the number of accidents
remains unacceptable. Ongoing concern persists regarding mine equipment. This study …

Systematic Review of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the Nigerian Mining Industry

OC Alaba - ABUAD Journal of Engineering Research and …, 2024 - journals.abuad.edu.ng
Nigerian mining sector (NMS) has been ranked as second industrial sector with numbers of
occupational injuries and illnesses (OII) that pose serious social and economic impacts on …