mining equipment and control of quarry operations pdf

Nov 28, 2011 aggregate operations differ in the type of equipment employed, and in their water use and storage requirements. In addition, some quarry operations are located in pit areas, where no surface discharges occur, while others have a substantial presence in areas where surface discharges do occur

Mine – Quarry Planning Planning, especially long term combines: •Objective issues of physical resources • Deposit location, size, shape, structure, quality • Manpower & equipment • Mining & operations management methods •Subjective issues of company standards and culture •Working assumptions •Safety standards

communities where the mining activities (quarry operations) are carried out are associated with surface mining activities. It is therefore recommended that government agencies overseeing mining operations revise environmental management policy to ensure that the environmental effects of mining activities are reduced to the barest minimum

mining where heavy . earth-moving equipment and off-road vehicles are necessities. Heavy machinery produces whole-body vibration and mechanical shock exposure to equipment operators when operating on rough surfaces and under harsh conditions. This places a significant burden on the health and safety of e xposed m ine workers

involved in surface mining operations to control the risk of accidents involving plant and ancillary vehicles. It is designed to identify some of the safety problems for common vehicle operations on site. Better planning, training and awareness, and the appropriate use of vehicles, can avoid most of these incidents

energy, and is therefore a process requiring the effective management and control of activities to ensure that hazards are identified and appropriately controlled. On a mine 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

The purpose of this guideline is to assist surface mining operations to: 1. Create an effective emergency response plan, or ... An emergency response plan is intended to control losses to people, equipment, materials and environment (PEME) – the central tenet of loss control. ... aggregate pit or quarry operation in a rural or remote location

as overburden stockpile at capacity, quarry benches or floor area) where active mining is complete and access is not required. The stockpile will be protected against water ingress. This will facilitate future operations of the quarry, once the surplus rock stockpile is depleted

The photographs in the document are inevitably of large mining plant and equipment and this must be borne in mind. This information sheet has been developed by Coalpro and endorsed by QNJAC to help quarry operators, contractors, managers and others make health and safety improvements in the quarry industry. This

methods and practices as commonly employe d in modern surface mining operations. The description includes a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of surface and underground mining as well as brief explanations of open pit, open cast, placer, and solution mining operations. Section 2 describe s surface mining equipmen t with particular

Jun 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 A roughly 376-acre area drains to the bottom of the quarry. Most of this area is, and will continue to be, vegetated during the life of the operation. The active mining bench will contain the vast majority of runof f from the hillside above, including all disturbance related to said mining bench