Analysis of Characteristics of Roof Fall Collapse of Coal Mine in Qinghai Province, China

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 1184
• Main Authors: Wang, Ya-Jie, Zhao, Lin-Shuang, Xu, Ye-Shuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Climate change; coal mine; Coal mining; Disasters; Geology; incident; Mines; Monitoring systems; Rain; rescue measures; Risk assessment; roof fall collapse; Safety management; Stress concentration; China; Qinghai China

This paper presents the roof fall collapse of a coal mine that occurred, causing 20 deaths and 1 injury, in Qinghai Province, China, on 14 August 2021. After the primary investigation of this incident and a brief description of the rescue action undertaken, this report discussed the possible reasons...