Author:Cichowicz, ADate:Jan 1994This report discusses the assessment of safety risk and the analysis of Falls Of Ground (FOG) in mines due to seismic events and mining layout during the period of 1991-1992 on a single mine. The multivariate analysis was used to obtain a ...Read more
Author:Chichowicz, ADate:Jan 1997The project was initiated to create techniques for processing falls of ground (FOG) data. Those techniques were tested with data from east rand proprietary mines (ERPM). The first part of this report concerns seismic events that caused falls ...Read more
Author:Green, JDate:01 Sep 2010This presentation investigated the hypothesis stating that robots can improve mining safety. Mine safety statistics are analysed, and accident features are discussed. The conclusion is reached that robots have a role to play in improving ...Read more