A methodology for assessing underground coal mines for high safety-related risk

Kinilakodi, Harisha; Grayson, R. Larry

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2011.02.007

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“…The SPI methodology was previously d authors [3] to monitor mine safety performances using the appropriate accident/injury and citation safety measures. An in-depth explanation on criteria for choosing the six safety measures and the corresponding weighting factors to form the SPI is given in [3]. In this paper, the same methodology is used to calculate the SPI of each mine for the years 2007 to 2010 which are then compared to the results of the risk-index analysis.…”

Section: Safe Performance Index Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, a risk analysis method is developed and compared with the SPI methodology which was previously developed by the authors [3]. The description of the data, detailed description of the risk analysis method, and a brief description about the SPI methodology is given next.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2006, the National Mining Association established an independent, tripartite commission [2] to study the status of safety in underground coal mines and to determine what may be done to elevate the industry to a global leadership position in mine safety. As described in their report [3], the commission "specified 75 recommendations that, if implemented, would set safe performance standards for achieving a culture of prevention at mines, including risk assessment, and noted that mines which could not meet the level of safety requirements specified in the report should not be allowed to mine coal." The report was "aimed at preventing underground coal mine disasters in the future and targeting the goal of zero fatalities and lost-time accidents."…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In 2007, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) implemented an enforcement risk-targeting tool called Pattern of Violations (POV) to target mines with a poor safety performance, specifically to force improvement of their safety. By 2010, the POV process was called broken because of its failure to place any mine on POV status [4,5], its legal complexities, and its ineffectiveness in targeting the poor-performing mines [6]. On the commissions' recommendation, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) pursued a project on Major Hazard Risk Assessment (MHRA), a pilot study [7], to demonstrate risk assessment methodologies in the U.S. mining industry.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previously, the Safe Performance Index (SPI) was developed as a transparent and reproducible risk-based methodology to assess the relative overall safety performance of a mine [3]. Until late 2010, the POV screening criteria were not transparent and reproducible by the mine operators.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluating Equivalence of the Safe Performance Index (SPI) to a Traditional Risk Analysis

Kinilakodi¹,

Grayson²,

Oyewole³

2012

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Following up on a recommendation by the Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission relative to the modification of the Australian risk assessment approach for application to U.S. mines, the authors had previously developed the Safe Performance Index (SPI) as a risk-based methodology. It was designed to assess the relative safety-related risk of underground coal mines regarding injuries and citations for violations of regulations. To determine whether it is equivalent to a traditional risk analysis, a Risk Index is developed in this paper using a traditional risk analysis that embraces the frequency and severity of accidents and violations of mine regulations in a final equation. This methodology is used to analyze the relative risk for all underground coal mines for the years 2007-2010, and the results are compared to the results obtained using the SPI. The comparison revealed that the SPI does emulate a traditional approach to risk analysis. A correlation coefficient of –0.89 or more was observed between the results of these two methodologies, and either can be used to assist companies, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), or state agencies in targeting mines with high risk for serious injuries and elevated citations for remediation of their injury and/or violation experience. The SPI, however, provides a more understandable approach for mine operators to apply using measures compatible with MSHA’s enforcement tools. The SPI is also a transparent and reproducible approach for mine operators and federal and state enforcement agencies to apply

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Section: Safe Performance Index Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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