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Understanding The Risks of Flyrock in Mine and Quarry …

This article seeks to illuminate the phenomenon of flyrock, its causes, effects, and the critical importance of implementing mitigation measures to minimize flyrock risks. Flyrock …

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BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN

RISK ASSESSMENT - BLASTING OPERATIONS 20 COMMUNICATE & CONSULTATION STEPS: 20 CONTEXT OF RISK ASSESSMENT 21 ... and assess the Mine Safety Management Plans are in place on the Sancrox Quarry site. Orica personnel conduct a Risk Assessment to identify risks that people may be exposed to while working on the customer site.

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Code of Practice BLAST GUARDING IN AN OPEN CUT …

On a mine or quarry site the potential hazards are increased by the need to manage the blasting procedure to protect mine personnel, contractors and the general public from exposure to …

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Initiating Safe and Successful Blast Practices

Risk assessments are conducted before activities commence on a bench, in which risks are discussed and controls implemented. Safety is never compromised and the use of industry-leading bench practices has led to …

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Health and safety at quarries

of people working at a quarry and others who may be affected by quarrying activities. They apply to both employers and the self-employed. They are also intended to safeguard people …

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Risk assessment and prediction of rock fragmentation …

For risk assessment and prediction of fragmentation in this case study, 52 blast events were considered, and in each blasting, based on previous researches (e.g., Faramarzi et al. 2013b) for determining the effective parameters in the intensity of fragmentation, the values of 10 key parameters including burden (m), maximum instantaneous charge ...

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Critical assessment of the effectiveness of different dust …

The exposure to respirable crystalline silica found in granite dust presents significant health hazards to quarry workers and nearby communities, including silicosis and various respiratory ailments. This study evaluates the efficacy of various pollution control measures implemented in granite quarries. It aimed to provide a comprehensive critical …

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Assessment of the ground vibration during blasting in …

Bui et al. 18 examined the effects of blasting in a quarry mine in Vietnam using an uncrewed aerial vehicle. The collected database was utilized to create a novel model of hybrid intelligence.

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A Fuzzy Rule-Based Approach to Address Uncertainty in Risk Assessment

Accordingly, it is concluded that FRES is a very useful for both risk assessment and prediction of flyrock. Strict control of the environmental impacts of blasting operations needs to be completely in line with the regulatory limits. ... & Monjezi, M. (2016b). Development of a new model for predicting flyrock distance in quarry blasting: A ...

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Development of a Preliminary Blasting Design and Assessment …

In this study, an appropriate pre-blasting design was performed to meet the production capacity increase in a quarry, and the environmental impacts of this design on the settlements and olive groves, which were determined as a critical structure near the quarry, were estimated. The risk of damage to critical structures is found to be low with ...

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Case Study Managing Risk in Blasting near Sensitive …

the Quarry Services arm of the Orica business. Orica Quarry Services specialize in hard rock blasting, technology application and vibration and flyrock control. Technical Solutions Following an extensive risk assessment in conjunction with Thiess and Powerlink, a number of control measures were agreed upon prior to blasting. These

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An Assessment of Blasting Vibrations: A Case Study on …

An Assessment of Blasting Vibrations: A Case Study on Quarry Operation 1Alessandro Giraudi, 1,2 Marilena Cardu and 3Vladislav Kecojevic 1DITAG-Department of Land, ... assessment of ground vibrations caused by the blasting experiments at a marlstone quarry in northern Italy. The primary goal of this study was to determine the vibration level in ...

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Health And Safety In Quarrying

For individual quarry operations, as part of their risk-assessment programme under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, 1999, health risks can be assessed subjectively. In order to be able to make an assessment of the risk of health hazards, the two major elements that need to be considered are (fig. 2):

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Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an Environmental Ethic …

In order to identify the consequences of quarrying on the environment, a health risk assessment of the areas surrounding quarries in Southwest Nigeria was conducted. During blasting operations and product transportation, quarrying …

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Operational safety for mining and quarrying

You must have safe systems of work in place that take into account your obligations under the HSE Act, HSNO and associated Regulations. Shot firing rules should include: hazard identification and checklist for clearing …

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ON-BENCH PRACTICES FOR OPEN CUT MINES AND …

including blast notification, setting of blast gua rds, clearance of the blast exclusion zone, firing the shot, post-blast clearance,or misfire management. These are described in the AEISG …

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HSE

Shotfirers have to use a suitable shelter when blasting . The tip and excavation rules, face inspection, drill log and the geotechnical assessment will need to be looked at before designing a blast. Incorrectly designed blasts can damage …

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Highwall Hazard Awareness and Risk Assessment

10 feet from the top of the pit or quarry wall. It also requires correction of other conditions at or near the perimeter of the pit or quarry wall which create a fall-of-material hazard. Over-Travel Berms CFR 56.9300 requires these when there is a chance that a vehicle could overturn. They must be mid-axle high on the largest vehicle that

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Health impact assessment of quarrying in some parts of …

Quarrying of rocks and minerals has contributed to the economic development of many nations. However, dusts generated from these quarries have caused environmental and health challenges. Health risk assessment of the environments around quarries in southwestern Nigeria was, therefore, carried out to delineate the effects of quarrying on the environment. …

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A parametric study of ground vibration induced by quarry blasting…

Blasting is a common technique for rock breakage in the numerous civil and mining engineering activities such as excavation, leveling, and tunneling. However, this technique has several environmental issues, such as ground vibration. More importantly, the peak particle velocity (PPV), as the main indicator of ground vibration, should be considered by …

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JAn 203 1 of 21 Surface Blasting Safety Procedures

Provide a blast report with a shot map attached for each blast. Determine, along with the Blast Foreman, the type of bulk product to be used in the loading process.

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A Risk-Based Technique to Analyze Flyrock Results …

applied to conduct the risk assessment of flyrock produced by 62 quarry blasting in Ulu Tiram quarry, Johor area. Furthermore, RES and multiple linear regression (MLR) were utilized for the estimation of flyrock. It should be noted that as mentioned by many researchers (e.g. Sharma et al. 2017b, c; Singh et al.

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A Fuzzy Rule-Based Approach to Address Uncertainty in Risk Assessment

It was found that the GA-based model was more accurate than the ICA- and PSO-based models, and it was concluded that FRES is a very useful for both risk assessment and prediction of flyrock. Strict control of the environmental impacts of blasting operations needs to be completely in line with the regulatory limits. In such operations, flyrock control is of high importance …

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Risk Assessment and Prediction of Flyrock Distance by …

Request PDF | Risk Assessment and Prediction of Flyrock Distance by Combined Multiple Regression Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation of Quarry Blasting | Flyrock is considered as one of the main ...

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A Novel Combination of Tree-Based Modeling and …

blast safety area can be identified clearly for the blasting operations in the studied sites using MCS. It is important to note that the developed GP, RF and MCS models can be imple-mented in other relevant blasting environmental issues. KEY WORDS: Genetic programming, Random forest, Monte Carlo simulation, Flyrock, Blasting, Risk assessment.

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ON-BENCH PRACTICES FOR OPEN CUT MINES AND …

or quarry site the potential hazards are increased by the need to handle sensitive initiating explosives while working in a harsh environment. The blasting process must be managed in a way that minimises the risk of the unplanned detonation of explosives, and associated undesired outcomes, and uncontrolled blast behavior at the time of firing.

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Breaking down the legalities of blasting within …

"This is unless a risk assessment has identified a lesser safe distance and any restrictions and conditions to be complied with or a written application is submitted to the PI accompanied by the following documents for …

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Guidance for carrying out risk assessment at surface …

This publication sets out basic advice for carrying out Risk Assessment at Surface Mining Operations. Surface mining operations are defined as activities undertaken during winning, …

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Health and safety at quarries

Regulation 3 Meaning of quarry 14 Regulation 4 Application 16 What is a quarry? ... Blasting contractors 49 Shotfiring rules 49 Blasting specification 50 ... advice and risk assessment Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Machinery, vehicle and other work

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Building damage due to vibration from rock blasting

The risk of vibration damage is evaluated, taking into account the magnitude, frequency and duration of the vibration with consideration of the type of building which is exposed. A frequency-based vibration criterion is given, which is judged to give a minimal risk of vibration induced damage. The guide value increases with increasing frequency.

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