Mine safety
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Weekly Rundown
Mining Engineering’s Weekly Rundown: Episode 73
Welcome to Mining Engineering’s Weekly Rundown, where we break down the latest news shaping the mining industry. As usual, we’re…
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Technical Abstracts
Improving mineworker safety using a mineworker administration shell
Despite rapid technological advancements in automated mining machinery, underground mineworkers remain highly vulnerable to severe environmental hazards, operating within fragmented…
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Health & Safety
US Department of Labor announces all-injury rate for mining industry reached historic low in 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that injury rates fell to an all-time low…
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Technical Abstracts
Understanding the usefulness of self-escape technologies in underground mining — Perspectives of metal/nonmetal miners
Mine self-escape technologies are only effective if they are perceived as useful and are readily adopted by the miners who…
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Article
Exploring the role of digital twin systems in mine safety
Many industries, including mining, are experiencing an increase in the use of robotic and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems to…
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Weekly Rundown
Mining Engineering’s Weekly Rundown: Episode 16
Welcome to Mining Engineering’s Weekly Rundown, where we break down the latest news shaping the mining industry. As usual, we’re…
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Industry News
US Department of Labor announces $10.5M funding availability to support mine safety, health training for nation’s miners
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Mine Safety and Health Administration is making $10.5 million in grant funding available to…
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Technical Abstracts
An information entropy-based risk (IER) index of mining safety using clustering and statistical methods
The U.S. mining industry has made progress in reducing accidents and injuries, but interpreting safety data remains difficult due to…
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Workforce
New Mine Safety and Health Handbook: Approaches from the Field provides a systems approach to safety
As a member of the SME Health & Safety Division’s executive committee in 2020, Emily Haas heard from a number…
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Industry News
Spence celebrates 3 months of 100 percent autonomous operation with visit from Komatsu executives
A Pampa Norte delegation received executives of the Japanese manufacturer Komatsu, to celebrate three months since Spence achieved 100 percent…
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