Evaluating Underground Mining Hazards by Fuzzy FMEA

Citation

Oraee K, Yazdani-Chamzini A & Basiri MH (2011) Evaluating Underground Mining Hazards by Fuzzy FMEA. In: SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 113th National Western Mining Conference 2011. 2011 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 113th National Western Mining Conference "Shaping a Strong Future Through Mining", Denver, Colorado, USA, 27.02.2011-02.03.2011. Colorado, USA: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, pp. 255-259. http://www.smenet.org/public/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=AME2011&TemplateType=A

Abstract
Managers always look for systems with minimum hazards. The hazards create problems for performance of projects. The largest and most important hazards of working underground mine can be related to health, safety and environmental, because if one of these sectors be in hazard, maybe lead to close mine. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used quality improvement tool to identify the potential failure modes for measuring reliability of a product or a process. FMEA is performed by developing a risk priority number (RPN), which is the product of severity, occurrence, and detection ratings. On the other hand,with regard to uncertainty in the decision-making, fuzzy theory will be able to model this uncertainty. Fuzzy FMEA provides a tool that can work in a better way with vague concepts and without sufficient information than conventional FMEA. This article by using Fuzzy FMEA and based on HSE criteria evaluate hazards of Parvade No. 1 Mine in Tabas Coal Mine. The results demonstrate the most hazardous parameter is rock burst in this mine.

Keywords
HSE; Fuzzy FMEA; Risk Priority Number; Tabas Coal; Coal mines and mining Safety measures; Coal mine accidents