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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"mine workers"”.
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Development of a system that can quantify the level of heat strain experienced by underground mine workers in real-time
With global mineral demand increasing, mine operators are having to adapt by adding more mechanized equipment and excavating deeper underground. Mine workers are also being challenged to enhance their production output. This combination of ever-increasing depth, more heavily mechanized equipment …
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of coal mineworkers pertaining to Occupational Health and Safety at the Leeuwpan Mine in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
The occupational health and safety of coal mine workers is one of the major occupational challenges in the mining industry. Coal mine workers face the looming perils of potential falls of volatile rocks, the ergonomic challenges caused by bending and lifting heavy objects in their daily work, the …
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Back to the future : integrating retrenched mineworkers in the agricultural economy of O.R. Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM)
… skills required to enable retrenched miners in OR Tambo District Municipality to engage in agriculture productively. This is set against the background of the history of mine labour being drawn significantly from thie area, together with recent changes in the mining industry which have …
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Fighting For Survival: Coal Miners And The Struggle Over Health And Safety In The United States, 1968-1988
… from 1968 to 1985. In the late 1960s, coal miners faced the constant risk of injury, occupational disease, and death. The dangerous conditions in the coal industry resulted in a massive explosion at the Farmington mine in West Virginia in 1968, which killed 78 miners. The Farmington disaster …
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Boomtown wives: a novel and, The stage and backdrop: essay on the history of the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe region, A great madness: essay on the social effects of WA's 21st century resources boom
… making their fortunes. Laetitia is married to a mine manager, fighting to earn trust and friendship in a town where her husband holds so much power. Cityslicker Jasmine is married to a mine recruitment supervisor, and has consented to this move in a bid to restore her husband's trust after her …
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Social movement trade unionism: An investigation of workers’ perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions practices on election and living wage issues
This study investigates workers’ perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) practices on elections and living wage issues from a social movement perspective from the Apartheid (South Africa) and Unilateral Declaration of …
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Modeling and control of a robot manipulator
… for use in the mining safety inspections of the mine roof, i.e., the hanging wall. Currently this process is done by mine workers and it places them at risk of falling of unstable rocks from the roof. A geometric based inverse kinematics algorithm for a 5 DOF redundant manipulator is proposed and …
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The arbitration review board: an analysis of its development and impact on the arbitration process in the coal industry
… Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers of America, the ARB represented an effort to obtain consistency in arbitration decisions. The ARB operated as an industry appellate board designed to hear appeals of arbitration awards, and the decisions of the ARB were contractually …
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Assessing the long-term attractiveness of mining a commodity based on the structure of its industry
Throughout this thesis, we sought to determine which forces drive commodity attractiveness, and how a general framework could assess the attractiveness of mining commodities. Attractiveness can be defined from multiple perspectives (investor, company, policy-maker, mine workers, etc.), which lead …
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Numerical Simulation of High Expansion Foam Into Conduits and Mine Openings
… to study the foam rheology in order to determine the rheological model parameters to simulate foam as a continuous Non-Newtonian fluid. Furthermore, numerical and experimental results of Hi-Ex foam flowing in a pipe were compared with the objective of validating numerical results. Results of …
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An Archaeological Study of Mining in the Early Modern Period and an 18th Century Mining Community Within the Vicinity of the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida
… of the research concluded there were more mine workings than had been previously thought, with a total of 19 mines and 22 trials recorded. Archaeological excavations revealed evidence that mining had taken place in the Early Modern Period, also much earlier than had previously been …
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Exploring the low income rental housing market in the platinum mining sector for inclusive business opportunities
… housing and living conditions for lower-income mine employees. Yet these initiatives have not resulted in major improvements, arguably due to the complex nature of the housing market around mining operations. This complex housing market demands a greater understanding and consideration of …
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Determinants of functional capacity and work ability post SARS-COV-2 infection in miners
… its impact on function and work ability among workers. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of functional capacity and work ability in miners following COVID-19 disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 204 mine workers employed at a ferromanganese mine in the …
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Integrating Laser Scanning with Discrete Element Modeling for Improving Safety in Underground Stone Mines
According to the Mine Health and Safety Administration (MSHA), between 2006 and 2016, the underground stone mining industry had the highest fatality rate in 4 out of 10 years, compared to any other type of mining in the United States. Additionally, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and …
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Coal mass rating with regards to outburst and coal burst
… pose significant risks to underground coal mine workers. The burst propensity of a coal seam is represented by the three factors of the burst triangle: coal, energy, and isotropic mass. The most critical factor was determined to be isotropic mass controlling the storage potential and release …
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A sytemic study of mining accident causality : an analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa
… to the destruction of property, injury/death of mine workers, and pollution of the environment. Although mining is generally seen as a hazardous operation worldwide, the accident rates in South African mines are still unacceptably high. Another worrying phenomenon is the fact that since 2003 …
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Investigating the Effects of Particle Radiation Exposure on Lung Carcinogenesis
… obtained from atomic bomb survivors and uranium mine workers. The lung has a large surface area which makes it a prominent target for radiation exposure making it susceptible to radiation-induced cancer. Recently particle radiation therapy such as the use of protons and carbon has increased in …
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