Hidden Danger: Safety Improvements for Surge Piles

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Hidden Danger: Safety Improvements for Surge Piles
DVD505-S - 2000

Pushing coal on a surge pile has been called the most dangerous job at a prep plant. Nineteen miners have lost their lives in surge pile accidents since l980 and there have been many other close calls. This video will show two ways to protect equipment operators from this danger: extra-strength cab windows or remote controlled dozers.

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Education

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• msha.gov
• public.resource.org

[cgamorph]

wtf so fast images...just relax!!!

[MrStrongestmanever]

why dont they just get one of cats biggest excavator like a 385 with a long reach arm and clear them out then? Sounds like they just need the dozer to push on the ground no where near the feeders..

[marek959]

Alright there! Av You considered - H Be Gone (just google it)? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my m8 after many years eradicated pretty bad hemorrhoids with it.

[RyanChinchilla1992]

I wonder how strong that glass would be if it were cracked before the accident cause that never happens on a job site!

[TheDevenrocks]

@cgamorph Yeah the begening intro. And thats all.....

[fish10782]

i do remote mucking in stope mining. it's AWESOME.

[tlfrantz1]

@Lessinath

My comment was pretty dumb,, shows how much I know about coal ming and processing. :(

[Lessinath]

@tlfrantz1 On top of that, coal dust can form explosive mixtures with air (a fuel-air explosive), so your small detonation to loosen the pile can make the whole plant go up.

[tlfrantz1]

@the32honda

You're right,, that was a pretty stupid comment I made...my bad.

[the32honda]

@tlfrantz1 Well you see, coal is flammable. See where that leads?

[alreadyou]

lol,love it