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Surface coal mines (Continued) Fatal IR and NFDL IR, 16–17
fatality and injury metrics, 17–18 hazardous areas, stationary
severity measure, 17 machines, 101
suppliers’ accident measures vs. national hybrid proximity systems, 118
rates, 18–19t,19–20 iPD technology
suppliers’ average SPI performance, 20, 21t CMMs, 113
sustainability study, 17–20 hazardous locations, 113
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act localization methods, 113–114
(SMCRA), 246–247, 251, 272 zones and selective shutdown,
Surface water management, 291–292 development of, 114–117
Sustainability, in coal mining NIOSH research, magnetic-based
challenges, 247 proximity
coal waste disposal (see Waste disposal) current magnetic system performance,
definition, 246–247 110–112
reduce, reuse, and recycle, 247 HASARD system, 106–107
Switchgrass, 288 magnetic-field modeling, 107–109
Syngas, 182 worker posture, effect of, 109–110
noise control (see Noise control of mining
T equipment)
PDS technologies
TDS. See Total dissolved solids (TDS)
computer-vision-based systems, 105
Test point locations, 111, 111f
infrared-based systems, 104
Thermal drying, 259–260
LIDAR, 105–106
Thermal oxidation technique, 195
magnetic-field systems, 104
Time domain beamforming radar systems, 102–103
algorithms, 219 RFID, 103–104
Time of flight (ToF), 102 sonar/ultrasonic sensors, 103
Time-weighted average (TWA), 206 proximity detection/proximity-warning
Total carbon (TC) concentration, 202–204
systems, 101
Total dissolved solids (TDS), 273–276,
safety and environmental performances
273t, 292
data (1980–2015), 15–16, 16t
Trace element analyses, 160
enforcement agency citation metrics,
Tracking coverage area (TCA), 122
18–20
Tracking system position (TSP), 121–123,
fatality and injury metrics, 17–18
139, 145–146f, 148–149, 149f,
severity measure, 17
151–152t
suppliers’ accident measures vs. national
Tracking system position estimate (TSPE),
rates, 18, 18t
121–122, 140f
suppliers’ average SPI performance,
Tree seedlings, 291
20, 21t
Trucker culture, 53–54
suppliers’ citation measures vs. national
rates, 19–20, 20t
U underground mobile equipment, proximity
UK Quality Ash Association, 250 considerations for, 117–118
Ultra-high-frequency (UHF) RFID, 118 Underground noise control. See Noise
Underground booster fans, 83 control of mining equipment
Underground coal mines United States (US) Bureau of
Bureau of Mines, 21 Mines, 303
closed-circuit video camera systems, 101 Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine, 14–15, 23,
fatal accidents at, 101–102 26, 93–94, 94f