VIDEO - Preventing Rock Falls in Underground Mines

[centennial]

This is a good video for anyone entering or prospecting in old mines, the site also has many interesting mining videos.
http://video.mining.com/videos/301c0/rock_falls_--_preventing_rock_fall_injuries_in_underground.aspx

 

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[russau]

thanks for posting this very important and interesting safty video!

 

[centennial]

On many ocassions Ive looked at a piece of rock in the roof or walls and thought it looked a bit suspect, then with only a slight tap of the scaling bar down it would come with a bloody great thump on the floor.
I worked on the cross city tunnel in Sydney for a while as a electrician, EVERY morning at the safety meeting it was emphasised to the tunnelers to check the roof and scale down, still one miner was killed by falling rock.

 

[beaks]

Bump!

This is a very good vid that every prospector should watch because there is a danger of collapse while prospecting banks, slag heaps, tailing piles and other areas that prospectors work.
You dont have to be underground to be killed in a mining accident.

this topic should be pinned so it doesnt get lost.