Research Projects

Note: The MHSC research projects are grouped and classified into nine (9) thrust areas. The thrust areas are aptly named according to the major agency which the research project was intended to address in the first place.
COAL
Rockfalls • 1998

PROJECT COL 005

The effect of structural discontinuities on coal pillar strength as a basis of improving safety and the design of coal pillar systems

COAL
Explosions and Fires • 1998

PROJECT COL 316

Optimize awareness of hazards in underground coal mines caused by electrical ignitions

COAL
Special projects • 1998

PROJECT COL 465

Determining the friction factors for underground colliery bord and pillar workings

COAL
Human Factors and Behavioural Safety • 1997

PROJECT COL 307

Identification of causes of unsafe acts or neglect resulting in roof or sidewall accidents

COAL
Rockfalls • 1997

PROJECT COL 439

Determine the need to research the time related stability decay of bord and pillar systems

COAL
Rockfalls • 1997

PROJECT COL 327

Review the caving mechanisms around high extraction systems and determine the effect of the mechanisms on the safety of the systems

COAL
Explosions and Fires • 1997

PROJECT COL 322

Systems to limit coal dust and methane explosions in coal mines

COAL
Explosions and Fires • 1997

PROJECT COL 332

Systems to limit coal dust and methane explosions in coal mines

COAL
Explosions and Fires • 1997

PROJECT COL 409

Methane layering in bord and pillar working

COAL
Airborne Pollutants • 1996

PROJECT COL 027

Handbook to reduce the exposure of workers to dust.

COAL Research Document
COAL
Airborne Pollutants • 1996

PROJECT COL 027

Handbook to reduce the exposure of workers to dust.

COAL Research Document