Mine rescue manual : a comprehensive guide for mine rescue team members / Chris Enright and Robert L. Ferrier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enright, Chris (Geological engineer), author.

Ferrier, Robert L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mine rescue work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Mine rescue work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Englewood, Colorado : Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Be Prepared Before You Have a Mine Accident Let's hope you never face a mine disaster. But if you do, you need expert help at your fingertips, and you need it NOW! Keep this book close at hand, just in case. Buy extra copies for your key management and safety staff, and make sure they read it before you need it. Mine Rescue Manual, prepared and tested at the Colorado School of Mines, comes to the rescue with: Clear descriptions Best-practice benchmarks Step-by-step lists Procedural diagrams This book will be your go-to guide if there's an accident at your mine. Mine Rescue Manual will walk you through every contingency: properly dealing with mine fires, toxic gases, loss of oxygen, injured workers, and more. It covers how to stay in legal, regulatory, and National Incident Management System compliance when responding to and reporting an accident. Also included is an extensive section on mine recovery (and potentially resuming operations) in the aftermath. Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, this well-organized manual is designed to help you address your emergency successfully, maximizing the protection of human life while minimizing the cost not only of rescue and recovery, but to your corporate reputation.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; Team Objectives; Regulatory Oversight; Mine Emergencies; The Team; Team Positions and Composition; Elements of Team Operations; Team Member Responsibilities; Surface Operations and Incident Command; Incident Notification; Surface Facilities; Incident Command System; Individuals and Their Responsibilities; Equipment; Legal Requirements; Additional Equipment; Personal Protective Equipment; Clothing; Exploration; Briefing and Reconnaissance; Preparing to Go Underground; Fresh Air Base

Conducting ExplorationMapping; Marking Progress; Team Checks; Summary; Firefighting; Classification of Fires; Firefighting Equipment; Firefighting Procedures; Direct Firefighting; Indirect Firefighting; Types of Fires; Explosions; Ground Control; Rock Behavior; Methods of Ground Control; Communication; Radio Prowords; Phonetic Alphabet; Distress and Emergency Calls; Communication Devices; Gases and Ventilation; Gas Detection; Basic Gas Principles; Mine Gases; Common Mine Gases; Smoke, Rock-Strata Gases, and the Damps; Victims; Basic Steps to Patient Management; Triage and Patient Priority

Survivors in a Refuge ChamberSurvivors in a Barricade; Mine Recovery; Assessing Conditions; Re-establishing Ventilation; Clearing and Rehabilitating the Affected Area; Team Safety; Medical Criteria; Post-Work Rehabilitation; Additional Health Hazards; Hot Weather; Altitude; Geothermal Conditions; Conclusion; Additional Training; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68015-688-8

0-87335-406-0

OCLC:

896803135