Coal rib response during bench mining: A case study

In 2016, room-and-pillar mining provided nearly 40% of underground coal production in the United States. Over the past decade, rib falls have resulted in 12 fatalities, representing 28% of the ground fall fatalities in U.S. underground coal mines. Nine of these 12 fatalities (75%) have occurred in r...

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Main Authors: Morgan M. Sears, John Rusnak, Mark Van Dyke, Gamal Rashed, Khaled Mohamed, Michael Sloan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268617308716