Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Safety in Mining Industry during Underground Coal Mining

Abstract

Ensuring the ever-increasing demands of society for energy resources is a key problem for the development of the economy of all countries of the world. At this stage, to improve the living and working conditions of a person, the development of industry and transport, the growth of production based on scientific and technological progress, a continuous increase in energy use is required. Analysis of the environmental consequences of coal mining shows that the human impact on the environment in the process of economic activity becomes global. Therefore, the main goal of the work is to assess the environmental safety in production because of a decrease in rock mass during underground coal mining. The work analyses the levels of negative environmental impact of coal industry enterprises. The relationship between the key statistical indicator that affects the accident rate and the value of professional risk is demonstrated. It is shown that despite the general tendency to reduce the number of cases of fatal injuries to coal mine workers, the procedure for assessing the risk caused by rock falls needs to be improved. In this regard, when assessing occupational risk, it becomes relevant to use information from multifunctional systems of safety (MSS). The complex method of effective control of mountain pressure is illustrated by application of the developed methodology of computer modelling of geo-mechanical processes, instrumental and geophysical methods for protection and maintenance of mine workings at development of a coal seam of the Barentsburg field.

Improvement of production control of coal mining enterprises with underground mining method

“…Providing protection of employees from the influence of harmful production factors is part of the production strategies of the European Union and the United States , and studying the experience of countries in this field is of interest to Russia [11,12,13,14].…”

Risk-Based Methodology for Determining Priority Directions for Improving Occupational Safety in the Mining Industry of the Arctic Zone

“…Injury prevention and occupational disease and illness prevention have been the topic of many studies by Russian and foreign scientists [7][8][9][10]. Importantly, when it comes to risk assessment, Russian methodology involves the use of qualitative indices that characterize various risk types (personal risk, collective risk, economic risk, expected value of damages) [11].…”

Practical Approach to Assessment of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Management Systems for Occupational Safety

“…Therefore, the systems-based approach principle is uniform for all managed items, such as product quality, environment and occupational safety. An integral part of all management systems is a continuous improvement principle targeted at achieving specific goals [1].…”