Assessment of ground instability risk of lower seam longwall panels during crossing overlying remnant pillars

Royal Society Open Science
Ruikai PanHongyun Yang

Abstract

One of the most challenging safety problems is ground instability during crossing overlying remnant pillars (CORP). Ground instability not only causes injury to miners or fatalities, but also leads to interruptions in the mining operations and breakdowns in equipment. In this paper, 12 major parameters influencing the ground instability were firstly determined based on extensive international experience associated with CORP. The consequences of the ground instability were then assessed in terms of miners' health and financial losses. Afterwards, a practical method to assess the ground instability risk of lower-seam longwall panels during CORP was developed based on its probability and consequence. Finally, this method was successfully used to determine the best scheme for CORP of LW10-103 at Mugua coal mine. The main advantage of this method is that it enables mining engineers to easily use international experience for assessing the risk of ground instability and selecting reasonable supports during CORP.

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Aug 4, 2004·Occupational Medicine·J Joy

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