<p>Due to the ongoing revolution in electronics and communications more cost-effective geotechnical instruments can be manufactured using digital technology. This new generation of digital instruments have embedded microcontrollers that provide highly accurate ...

Small rockfalls, which may involve hand-sized rocks weighing only a few pounds, can cause fatal injuries to workers away from the protection of large machinery. Massive highwall failures containing a million cubic yards of material or more can be fatal even ...

In this paper, a state-of-the-art, three-dimensional, full waveform, microseismic system was used to analyze the rock failure around a deep (> 750 m (2500 ft) of cover) bump-prone longwall panel. The microseismic system consisted of both underground and surface ...

Slope stability accidents are one of the leading causes of fatalities at U.S. surface mining operations. The Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is currently conducting research to reduce the fatalities ...

This paper describes the potential adaptation of systems such as interferometric synthetic aperture radar, imaging spectoscopy and time domain reflectometry to slope monitoring and design

<p>This report is intended as a guideline and not as a comprehensive documentary of mine equipment. Installation of equipment in a mine should be done only by people thoroughly qualified to do such work. Installations should follow procedures recommended by ...