Human factors for the design, operation, and maintenance of mining equipment. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner.
• Other Names: Horberry, Tim; Burgess-Limerick, Robin; Steiner, Lisa J
• Contents: What is Human Factors, and Why is it Important for Mining Equipment? ; What is “Human Factors”?; What are the Aims of Human Factors?; Why is it Important to Consider Human Factors for Mining Equipment?; History of Human Factors in Mining; Human Factors and Risk Management; Key Current Issues, and Future Challenges with Mining Equipment; Why This Book is Necessary; Structure of the Book; ; Equipment Design ; The Equipment Design Process; The Equipment Life Cycle; Safety in Design; Hierarchy of Control, and Control Effectiveness; Equipment Usability; Human Factors Cost–Benefit Analysis and the System Life Cycle; Equipment Standardisation; Potential Barriers to Using Human Factors in Design; Operability and Maintainability Analysis Technique (OMAT); ; It is Not Just about Design: Mining Equipment Operations and Maintenance; Elements in the Mining System; Safety in the Operation of Mobile Equipment; Different Types of Factors Involved in Mobile Equipment Incidents; Haddon’s countermeasure principles; Conclusions; ; Manual Tasks ; Introduction; Direct Manual-Task Risk Factors; Assessing Manual-Task Injury Risks; The Place of “Training” in Manual-Task Injury Risk Management; Conclusion; ; Workstation Design and Anthropometric Variability; Workstation Design: Overview; Incorporating Anthropometric Data in Workstation Design; General Principles of Workstation Design; Digital Tools for Workstation Design; Conclusion; ; Physical Environment and Climate ; Sound and Hearing, co-written with Robert Randolph; Dust, co-written with James Rider ; Heat, Cold, and Climate Control, co-written with Janet Torma-Krajewski; Vibration, co-written with Tammy Eger ; ; Vision, Visibility, and Lighting ; Co-written with Tammy Eger ; Vision and Lighting; Illumination and Vision Performance; Standards for Mine Lighting; Recommended Lighting Levels; Visibility and Equipment Design; ; Controls and Displays ; Controls and Displays: Overview; Control Design Principles; Reducing Control Errors: Guarding, Feedback, Mode Errors, Coding, and Directional Control–Response Relationships; Display Principles; Case Study: The EMESRT Controls and Displays Design Philosophy; ; Automation and New Technologies ; Why are New Mining Technologies and Automation being Developed and Deployed?; Levels of Automation; The Importance of Considering Human–Machine Interaction in Automated Mining Equipment; Automation and Human Factors Issues; Case Study: Collision Detection and Proximity-Warning systems; Mining Automation and People: What Can We Conclude?; ; Organisational and Task Factors ; Fatigue, Shiftwork, and Mining Equipment; Mental Workload; Occupational Stress; Distraction; Conclusion; ; Training ; Co-written with Jennifer G. Tichon ; Why Train?; Human Factors in the Design of Training; Expertise and Training; Issues Associated with Training; Use of Simulation in Training; VR Simulation Training in Mining; Conclusion; ; Conclusions ; Summary; Future General Trends in Mining Human Factors; Future Human-Related Trends in Mining Equipment Design, Operation, and Maintenance; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 622.028/4; Mine safety; Human engineering; Mines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies; Mining machinery -- Design and construction; Mining machinery -- Maintenance and repair -- Safety measures; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining; Gruvteknik; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439802335; 1439802335
• Related ISBNs: 9781439802311; 1439802319
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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