Integrated Underground Mining Hazard Assessment, Management, Environmental Monitoring, and Policy Control in Pakistan

Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Muhammad Ishfaque, Muhammad Ifzal Mehmood, George Kontakiotis, Syed Muzyan Shahzad and Stergios D. Zarkogiannis
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Hammad Tariq Janjuhah: Department of Geology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, KPK, 18050, Pakistan
Muhammad Ishfaque: Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metal of the Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Muhammad Ifzal Mehmood: Department of Law, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, KPK, 18050, Pakistan
George Kontakiotis: Department of Historical Geology-Paleontology, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece
Syed Muzyan Shahzad: Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metal of the Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Stergios D. Zarkogiannis: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: This study focused on the significance of underground mining in Pakistan, resulting in the employment of operational staff to undertake the primary tasks of this sector, such as explosions, rock excavation, mineral research, mining-supporting walls, and mine compactivity. Occupational accidents and illnesses arise due to the activities mentioned above because the working circumstances are not optimal. The decision-matrix risk-assessment (DMRA) approach, in which incidents are evaluated according to their severity and probability, was also utilized to improve working conditions, including public health and environment protection. To assess the risks and to select which actions should continue in the same manner, we highlighted hazards that need control measures and, as the last option, those that must be stopped. By taking into account the results of the study, corrective actions were proposed that can help avoid the occurrence of the presented accidents through applying occupational safety and health regulations issued by the Department of Minerals and Mines, which is a governmental entity responsible for both the issuing and the compliance to those regulations. The current study also outlined the requirements that must be reported under mining-related laws.

Keywords: risk assessment; sustainable mine functioning; life cycle assessment; environment protection; environmental mining management; mine dust control; mine ventilation system; impact of contamination to human health; hazard-based safety measures; mining geology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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