<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article describes the main performances of the global coal industry, as well as key occupational safety and health indicators (OSH indicators) of the coal mining industry of the Russian Federation. The main goal of the article is to present the results of research of potential utilisation of the Elmeri observation method in order to evaluate safety levels at underground coal mines. The investigation performed taking into consideration two root causes of the occupational traumatism (methane and/or dust explosions, as well as rock falls) has demonstrated good correlation between the calculated values of the safety index and results of the risk assessments at the same underground coal mine under consideration. In addition, the article includes a brief discussion of advantages and restrictions in respect of utilisation of the safety index as the OSH monitoring tool at coal mines.</p></abstract>

The article describes the main performances of the global coal industry, as well as key occupational safety and health indicators (OSH indicators) of the coal mining industry of the Russian Federation. The main goal of the article is to present the results of research of potential utilisation of the Elmeri observation method in order to evaluate safety levels at underground coal mines. The investigation performed taking into consideration two root causes of the occupational traumatism (methane and/or dust explosions, as well as rock falls) has demonstrated good correlation between the calculated values of the safety index and results of the risk assessments at the same underground coal mine under consideration. In addition, the article includes a brief discussion of advantages and restrictions in respect of utilisation of the safety index as the OSH monitoring tool at coal mines.

Utilisation of the Safety Index (Elmeri Index) as the OSH Indicator at Coal Mines

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The article describes the main performances of the global coal industry, as well as key occupational safety and health indicators (OSH indicators) of the coal...

Utilisation of the Safety Index (Elmeri Index) as the OSH Indicator at Coal Mines

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 26 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0017

Keywords
coal production, dangers, methane explosions, observation, occupational fatalities, rock fall, safety indicator

© 2019 Marat L. Rudakov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Utilisation of the Safety Index (Elmeri Index) as the OSH Indicator at Coal Mines

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 26 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0017

Keywordscoal production, dangers, methane explosions, observation, occupational fatalities, rock fall, safety indicator

© 2019 Marat L. Rudakov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
coal production, dangers, methane explosions, observation, occupational fatalities, rock fall, safety indicator