Safety improvement achieved by prevention actions related to aerological hazards – sample cost analysis
Journal Title: Mining – Informatics, Automation and Electrical Engineering - Year 2016, Vol 525, Issue 1
Abstract
The article features the characteristics of expenditure incurred by mining companies on occupational health and safety operations. It was indicated that proper measures and methods have to be selected to improve the safety of mining operations. This can be done by proper prevention actions, particularly in the realm of aerological hazards. A typical longwall in a Polish mine was characterized, along with the related prevention actions undertaken to mitigate aerological hazards with a view to achieve safe exploitation of the longwall. Based on the data collected in production preparation and controlling departments, the costs of materials and workdays within the applied prevention actions were estimated. The obtained figures were used to calculate the following: total costs of prevention, percentage indicators of prevention actions cost in the generated income, costs of prevention actions per 1 Mg of extracted coal, and total costs of prevention actions for the analyzed longwall. It was pointed out that work safety should be improved by proper selection of prevention measures.
Authors and Affiliations
Dariusz Musioł, Artur Pluta
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