Mine Safety A Modern Approach

The high number of fatal accidents in the mining industry makes mine safety an important issue throughout the world. The risks to life are widespread, ranging from dust explosions and the collapse of mine stopes to flooding and general mechanical errors.

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Series Editor Professor Hoang Pham Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 96 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018 USA

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Mine Safety A Modern Approach

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B.S. Dhillon, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada

ISSN 1614-7839 ISBN 978-1-84996-114-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-115-8

e-ISBN 978-1-84996-115-8

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