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surface and mine-soil construction, thermal coal price, 64
280–282 disadvantages, 63
and water management (see Water Run-of-mine (ROM) product, 155
management)
S
Recommended exposure limit (REL), 241
Recycling, 247, 266 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 293
Research, in coal mining industry Safe Performance Index (SPI), 20
coal utilization, 307–308 Safety and productivity, coal mining
ground control methods and systems, 306 fatalities and fatal IR equiv
health and safety management systems, coal mines (see Surface coal mines;
306–307 Underground coal mines)
improved education and training for data, 12–14
miners, 306 definition, 11–12
logistics and funding mines and plants since 1969, 24–26
academic research, 309 productivity and safety linked priorities,
government-funded research, 309–310 26–28
private industry research, 310 US federal safety and health enforcement
proactive vs. reactive research, 310–311 agency, 21–23
mechanization, 305–306 Sago Mine, 22, 92
personal dust monitor, 306 Scotia Mine, 22
reclamation, 307 Sedimentation, 259–260
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Selective catalytic reduction (SCR), 207
(RCRA), 274 Selenium (Se), 273–276, 273t, 292
Return on investment (ROI), 44 Self-awareness, 58–59
Reverse osmosis (RO) filtration, 262 Sensor fusion systems, 118
Risk homeostasis, 42 Severity measure (SM), 17–18
Rock temperature, 97 Significant and Substantial (S&S), 18–19
Roof and floor drainage holes, 87 SkyMark Survey Buggy, 147–152
Roof-bolting machines, noise control SMCRA. See Surface Mining Control and
acoustic enclosure/sound barrier, 232–234 Reclamation Act (SMCRA)
constraints, 234 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and
damped drill steel noise control, 231–232 Exploration (SME), 309
drill bit isolator, 234–235, 240–241 Soil compaction, 281
noise source identification, 229–230 Source path contribution (SPC) analysis, 219
vibration isolation noise control, 230–231 Special wastes, 246
Roof rock, 156 Specific conductance (SC), 273–274, 276
Room-and-pillar (R&P) mines Spray fan system, 192
CMMs, noise controls for, 235 Standard deviation of accuracy (SDA), 122
coal recovery and production rate, panel Stationary handset test, tracking system
dimensions variations, 141–146, 142t, 143f, 144t,
automated haulers, 64 145f
cutting stock problem (see Cutting stock Stream channel reconstruction, 278
problem (CSP)) Surface coal mines
DES model (see Discrete-event 1980-2015 data, 16–17, 16t
simulation (DES)) Power River Basin, 36–37
high-voltage continuous miners, 64 productivity, 12, 14
improved production practices, 64 safety and environmental performances
panel width, haulage units, 63–64 enforcement agency citation metrics,
pillar extraction, 63 18–20