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3.9 Leadership 48
3.10 Conclusion and future trends 48
References 49
Further reading 51

4 Productive, safe, and responsible operations are not possible
without visible safety leadership 53
Lori Guasta, David R. Lauriski
4.1 Who is a safety leader? 53
4.2 Culture is “the way we do things around here” 53
4.3 Promoting a safety culture 55
4.4 Applying the push-pull concept 57
4.5 Health and safety maturity model 57
4.6 A roadmap to develop visible safety leaders 58
4.7 Summary 60
References 61
5 Optimization of coal recovery and production rate as a
function of panel dimensions 63
Kwame Awuah-Offei, Angelina Anani, Joseph C. Hirschi,
Emmanuel Ewusie
5.1 Introduction 63
5.2 Panel width and production rate 65
5.3 Maximizing recovery as a cutting stock problem 74
5.4 Conclusions and recommendations 80
References 81

6 Mine ventilation networks optimized for safety and productivity 83
J€ urgen F. Brune
6.1 Introduction 83
6.2 Mine ventilation network design and planning 85
6.3 Mine air quality and dust monitoring 85
6.4 Ventilation of continuous miner faces and sections in coal mines 86
6.5 Belt ventilation and dust control 88
6.6 Ventilation of longwall faces in coal mines 89
6.7 Mine fire and explosion prevention, refuge chambers 92
6.8 Ventilation network planning for metal and nonmetal mines 96
6.9 Air cooling and refrigeration 96
6.10 Summary and conclusions 97
References 98
Additional references 99
7 Developing effective proximity detection systems for underground
coal mines 101
Joseph DuCarme
7.1 Introduction 101
7.2 Fatal accidents at underground coal mines 101