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Analysis of Injuries in the Ghanaian Mining Industry and Priority Areas for Research

  • Stemn, Eric
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.151-165
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    • 2019
  • Background: Despite improvements in safety performance, the number and severity of mining-related injuries remain high and unacceptable, indicating that further reduction can be achieved. This study examines occupational accident statistics of the Ghanaian mining industry and identifies priority areas, warranting intervention measures and further investigations. Methods: A total of 202 fatal and nonfatal injury reports over a 10-year period were obtained from five mines and the Inspectorate Division of the Minerals Commission of Ghana, and they were analyzed. Results: Results of the analyses show that the involvement of mining equipment, the task being performed, the injury type, and the mechanism of injury remain as priorities. For instance, mining equipment was associated with 85% of all injuries and 90% of all fatalities, with mobile equipment, component/part, and hand tools being the leading equipment types. In addition, mechanics/repairmen, truck operators, and laborers were the most affected ones, and the most dangerous activities included maintenance, operating mobile equipment, and clean up/clearing. Conclusion: Results of this analysis will enable authorities of mines to develop targeted interventions to improve their safety performance. To improve the safety of the mines, further research and prevention efforts are recommended.

Finding Naval Ship Maintenance Expertise Through Text Mining and SNA

  • Kim, Jin-Gwang;Yoon, Soung-woong;Lee, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2019
  • Because military weapons systems for special purposes are small and complex, they are not easy to maintain. Therefore, it is very important to maintain combat strength through quick maintenance in the event of a breakdown. In particular, naval ships are complex weapon systems equipped with various equipment, so other equipment must be considered for maintenance in the event of equipment failure, so that skilled maintenance personnel have a great influence on rapid maintenance. Therefore, in this paper, we analyzed maintenance data of defense equipment maintenance information system through text mining and social network analysis(SNA), and tried to identify the naval ship maintenance expertise. The defense equipment maintenance information system is a system that manages military equipment efficiently. In this study, the data(2,538cases) of some naval ship maintenance teams were analyzed. In detail, we examined the contents of main maintenance and maintenance personnel through text mining(word cloud, word network). Next, social network analysis(collaboration analysis, centrality analysis) was used to confirm the collaboration relationship between maintenance personnel and maintenance expertise. Finally, we compare the results of text mining and social network analysis(SNA) to find out appropriate methods for finding and finding naval ship maintenance expertise.

An Empirical Study on Manufacturing Process Mining of Smart Factory (스마트 팩토리의 제조 프로세스 마이닝에 관한 실증 연구)

  • Taesung, Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.149-156
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    • 2022
  • Manufacturing process mining performs various data analyzes of performance on event logs that record production. That is, it analyzes the event log data accumulated in the information system and extracts useful information necessary for business execution. Process data analysis by process mining analyzes actual data extracted from manufacturing execution systems (MES) to enable accurate manufacturing process analysis. In order to continuously manage and improve manufacturing and manufacturing processes, there is a need to structure, monitor and analyze the processes, but there is a lack of suitable technology to use. The purpose of this research is to propose a manufacturing process analysis method using process mining and to establish a manufacturing process mining system by analyzing empirical data. In this research, the manufacturing process was analyzed by process mining technology using transaction data extracted from MES. A relationship model of the manufacturing process and equipment was derived, and various performance analyzes were performed on the derived process model from the viewpoint of work, equipment, and time. The results of this analysis are highly effective in shortening process lead times (bottleneck analysis, time analysis), improving productivity (throughput analysis), and reducing costs (equipment analysis).

Fault Diagnosis of Equipment of Wastewater Treatment Plants by Vibration Signal Analysis Using Time-Series Data Mining

  • Choi, Dae-Won;Bae, Hyeon;Chun, Seung-Pyo;Kim, Sung-Shin
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.2192-2197
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes how to diagnose SBR plant equipment using time-series data mining. It shows the equipment diagnostics based upon vibration signals that are acquired from each device for process control. Data transform techniques including two data preprocessing skills and data mining methods were employed in the data analysis. The proposed method is not only suitable for SBR equipment, but is also suitable for other industrial devices. The experimental results performed on a lab-scale SBR plant show a good equipment-management performance.

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The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling

  • Kursunoglu, Nilufer;Onder, Seyhan;Onder, Mustafa
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.180-186
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    • 2022
  • Background: In occupational studies, it is a known situation that technical and organizational attempts are used to prevent occupational accidents. Especially in the mining sector, if these attempts cannot prevent occupational accidents, personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes a necessity. Thus, in this study, the main objective is to examine the effects of the variables on the use of PPE and identify important factors. Methods: A questionnaire was implemented and structural equation modeling was conducted to ascertain the significant factors affecting the PPE use of mining employees. The model includes the factors that ergonomics, the efficiency of PPE and employee training, and PPE usage habit. Results: The results indicate that ergonomics and employee training have no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the use of PPE. The efficiency of PPE has a statistically meaningful effect (p < 0.05) on the use of PPE. Various variables have been evaluated in previous studies. However, none of them examined the variables simultaneously. Conclusion: The developed model in the study enables to better focus on ergonomics and employee training in the PPE usage. The effectiveness of a PPE makes its use unavoidable. Emphasizing PPE effectiveness in OHS training and even showing them in practice will increase employees' PPE usage. The fact that a PPE with high effectiveness is also ergonomic means that it will be used at high rates by the employee.

Design and Implementation of Intelligent Equipment Management System Using Data Mining (데이터마이닝 기법을 이용한 지능형 기자재 관리 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Jo Yung-Ki;Kim Sang-Soo;Cho Ju-Sang;Baik Sung-Wook
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.191-202
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a design and implementation example of intelligent equipment management system that is constructed to manage high price equipment of digital content department effectively. To support system operation we executed data mining and presented various rules that appear in dat3 mining process based on dat3 of user, equipment and using record. We presented personalization plan of web site to offer user dependent administration policy and dynamic interface using analyzed informatio.

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Defect Analysis of the SBR Wastewater Treatment Plant for Unmanned Automation Based on Time-series Data Mining (시계열 데이터 마이닝을 이용한 하수처리 연속 회분식 반응기 장비 진단)

  • Bae, Hyeon;Choi, Dae-Won;Cheon, Seong-Pyo;Kim, Sung-Shin;Kim, Ye-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.431-436
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes how to diagnose SBR plant equipment using time-series data mining. It shows the equipment diagnostics based upon vibration signals that are acquired front each device lot process control. Data transform techniques including two data preprocessing skills and data mining methods were employed in the data analysis. The proposed method is not only suitable for SBR equipment, but is also suitable for other Industrial devices. The experimental results performed on a lab-scale SBR plant show a good equip-ment-management performance.

Impact performance for high frequency hydraulic rock drill drifter with sleeve valve

  • Guo, Yong;Yang, Shu Yi;Liu, De Shun;Zhang, Long Yan;Chen, Jian Wen
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2016
  • A high frequency hydraulic rock drill drifter with sleeve valve is developed to use on arm of excavator. In order to ensure optimal working parameters of impact system for the new hydraulic rock drill drifter controlled by sleeve valve, the performance test system is built using the arm and the hydraulic source of excavator. The evaluation indexes are gained through measurement of working pressure, supply oil flow and stress wave. The relations of working parameters to impact system performance are analyzed. The result demonstrates that the maximum impact energy of the drill drifter is 98.34J with impact frequency of 71HZ. Optimal pressure of YZ45 rock drill is 12.8 MPa-13.6MPa, in which the energy efficiency reaches above 58.6%, and feature moment of energy distribution is more than 0.650.

Mine Operation Management System for a Large Opencast Mine

  • Kumar, L. Ajay;Renaldy, T. Amrith;Raj, D. Edwin David;Vinoth, S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.101-114
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    • 2008
  • An efficient mine management system demand constant attention of mine managers on the key performance indicators like production targets, equipment status, condition of haul roads, safety etc.. There is a wealth of information generated during day to day working of the mine. The success of a mining enterprise is a function of reliability of accumulated information and decision making on the basis of such information. In the present paper a computerized mine operations management system developed for a large opencast mine making use of the potential benefits of geographical information systems, real time kinematic global positioning systems and a communication network to improve the overall efficiency of the mine is presented.

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