Towards safer mining: Scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at Lily mine.

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dc.citation.doi10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a12en_ZA
dc.citation.epage192en_ZA
dc.citation.issue2en_ZA
dc.citation.spage185en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHussain, I
dc.contributor.authorCawood, F.T.
dc.contributor.authorAli, S
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T12:00:44Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T12:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.description.abstractWhen the crown pillar at Lily mine collapsed on 5 February 2016, a lamp-room in a container on surface was engulfed in the sinkhole that formed, trapping three miners who were in the lamp-room at the time. In situations like this, it is imperative to locate and rescue the missing miners before the window of opportunity to find them alive closes. The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the University of the Witwatersrand was requested to assist with suggestions, and a conceptual study was undertaken to identify techniques that were likely to be successful. Several techniques that have the potential to locate the position of the container were identified, but the typical noise in the form of steel objects, mine cavities, and a combination of broken and solid rock in a complex geographical and geomechanical environment will pose significant challenges.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMvdH2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHussain, I., Cawood, F.T. and Ali, S. 2018. Towards safer mining: Scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at lily mine. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 118(2), pp. 185-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a12en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2225-6253
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/28256
dc.journal.titleJournal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.en_ZA
dc.journal.volume118en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.id0000-0002-0706-1450en_ZA
dc.publisherThe Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.en_ZA
dc.rights© 2018. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. This Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.en_ZA
dc.subjectLily mine, South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectSafetyen_ZA
dc.subjectWits Mining Institute (WMI)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman erroren_ZA
dc.subjectHuman behaviouren_ZA
dc.subjectHuman factorsen_ZA
dc.subjectAccident preventionen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectMine workersen_ZA
dc.subjectLeadershipen_ZA
dc.titleTowards safer mining: Scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at Lily mine.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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