A root cause failure analysis of coal dust explosion disaster – Gaps and lessons learnt

Bhattacharjee, Ram Madhab; Dash, A. K.; Paul, Partha Sarathi

doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2019.104229

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“…Liu et al (2019) and Fu et al (2020) in separate writings attributed injuries and fatalities to habitual violations (e.g., improper operations of gas comprehensive prevention systems, illegal operations of miners, and inadequate safety knowledge), and lack of safety culture (e.g., strong regulation and effective control, poor leadership, lapses in planning and workflow). According to Bhattacharjee et al (2020), failures at the organizational level and poor decision making at the individual level were the main factors of workplace incidents in the mining industry. For example, at the organizational level, it was found that the lack of resources to detect or deal with fire outburst, management priority on production over safety, and the lack of emergency response plan contributed to fatal mining accidents.…”

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A systematic review of factors leading to occupational injuries and fatalities

Dodoo

Al-Samarraie

2021

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Purpose: The burden of health and safety related issues emanating from modern workplace is overwhelming. Although the prevailing statistics found in the literature show that victims of workplace fatalities and injuries are higher in developing countries and transition economies. However, there is a very limited understanding of the causal factors that may correspond to the continuous increase in the occupational exposure of employees to various fatalities and injuries. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on occupational safety of workers with the objective of highlighting the major causal factors of workplace injuries and fatalities from a multi-regional perspective, particularly on job-contexts with highest safety and health related hazards. Methodology: A systematic review of the literature was conducted on 73 empirical studies in the regions of Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Findings: The results showed that the highest number of injury and fatalities was mostly found in the construction industry. It further emerged that most of the studies were centered in developing countries within Africa and Asia. Other results and recommendations were also discussed for each region. Value: The findings from this study have the potential to expose the regional dynamics in relation to safety in the workplace. This study also addresses the main areas of concern for stakeholders to promote organizational development.

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A systematic review of factors leading to occupational injuries and fatalities

Dodoo

Al-Samarraie

2021

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…A broad swath of industries generates a growing mass of explosive dust as a hazardous waste product [1,2]. This includes the production of food and industrial minerals together with the mining, especially of coal [3][4][5][6], that has resulted in repeated dust explosion accidents [7][8][9].…”

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FRAM-based causal analysis and barrier measures to mitigate dust explosions: A case study

Zhang

Xiong

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Both the number of dust explosion accidents and the resulting number of casualties have increased dramatically in recent years. To reduce this risk of dust explosions, we use the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM) to analyze the cause of the dust explosion accident at the Kunshan factory and propose barrier measures to prevent such accidents. The functional units that changed in the production system during the accident and how these functional units coupled to eventually cause the dust explosion were examined and explained. In addition, barrier measures were developed for functional units that changed during production and emergency systems defined to block the propagation of changes between functions and prevent resonance. Through case study, the identification of key functional parameters in both triggering the initial explosion and in then allowing its spread are key to define barriers to prevent a recurrence of such an event. FRAM uses system function coupling instead of traditional linear causality to explain the accident process, and develops barrier measures for changing function units, providing a novel thinking strategy and method for the analysis of accidents and their prevention.

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“…Sometimes, the underground miners can not fully coordinate and communicate causing coal mine disasters. From 1901 to 2016, there were 278 coal mine accidents (4 or more persons killed in each accident) in India, resulting in 3367 deaths [39]. Some of these accidents caused great losses to the coal mines due to insufficient coordination between ground and underground.…”

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The Moderating Effect of IT Capability on the Relationship between Implicit Coordination and Team Output Ranking in Coal Mines

Zhang¹,

Wang²,

Duan³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Mining is a dangerous job which takes place under several hundred meters deep mines and requires multiteam collaboration. Coal miners often encounter critical situations so that traditional coordination methods such as meetings are no longer applicable, and an implicit coordination mechanism needs to be established for front-line mining teams. Many scholars study implicit coordination in emergency management, while this research aims to explore the implicit coordination mechanism in mining teams. Besides, we analyze the impact of a large number of information technology applications (such as intelligent mining robots, intelligent mine system) on implicit coordination. The results verify the significant moderate effect of IT capability on implicit coordination. Finally, we provide some practical suggestions for coal mine managers and coal miners.

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A root cause failure analysis of coal dust explosion disaster – Gaps and lessons learnt

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

A systematic review of factors leading to occupational injuries and fatalities

A systematic review of factors leading to occupational injuries and fatalities

FRAM-based causal analysis and barrier measures to mitigate dust explosions: A case study

The Moderating Effect of IT Capability on the Relationship between Implicit Coordination and Team Output Ranking in Coal Mines

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