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Mines rescue and safety

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Course Unit Code542-0327/09
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HER174Ing. Marek Herčzík, Ph.D.
ZUB021doc. Ing. Václav Zubíček, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject contents the summary of risks in mining - explosion of flammable
gases and coal dust, underground fires, spontaneous combustion, rock and gas
outburts, etc. and the principles of the safety engineering in mining as
labour safety, environmental science - mine gases, heat in mines, mine dust
and health hazard, explosion protection, ignition protection etc. The part of
mines rescue service contents their organization, equipment, training,
legislation and activities as firefighting technologies in CZ and abroad.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of the subject is to create the ability of students to understand and interpret learned information in the fields of mining risks and mines rescue.

Course Contents
1. Mining risks, basic types of mining accidents, frequency and occurrence
2. Effects of gases on the human body, permissible concentrations of toxic gases
3. Mining microclimate, microclimate standardisation
4. Explosivity of gases and dusts, dealing with explosive gases
5. Dust, hygiene risks, dust limits
6. Risk of spontaneous combustion of coal
7. Endogenous and exogenous mine fires
8. Cave-ins, cave-ins, water, rock and gas overflows
9. Mine tremors
10. Mining rescue service in the Czech Republic, organisation, legislation
11. Organisation of rescue operations, platoons, bases, basic tasks
12. Rescue of the consequences of accidents in mines
13. Rescue in difficult microclimatic conditions; Breathing technique
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Adamus.A.: Mining Risks and Safety, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava,
Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava 2005, ISBN 80-248-0813-7
Pavelek, Zdeněk. Monitoring mine rescuers' exposure to heat in an environment with the risk of explosion. Ed. 1st. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2014. ISBN 978-80-553-1801-1.
Kicki, Jerzy a Eugeniusz Sobczyk, ed. International Mining Forum: new technologies in underground mining safety in mines. Leiden: A.A. Balkema, c2004. ISBN 90-5809-607-6.
HUDEČEK, Vlastimil. Protection of employees against the consequences of rock and gas outbursts in the Czech republic. Ed. 1st. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2014. ISBN 978-80-553-1773-1.

Faster a kol.: Báňské záchranářství I. Montanex, Ostrava 2000, ISBN 80-7225-43-4
Faster a kol.: Báňské záchranářství II. Montanex, Ostrava 2004 ISBN 80-7225-132-5
Makárius, R, Fastr,P.: Memento důlních nehod v českém hornictví. Montanex, Ostrava, 2008, ISBN 978-80-7225-271-8.
Adamus.A.: Mining Risks and Safety, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava 2005, ISBN 80-248-0813-7
Recommended Reading:
MÍČEK, Dalibor. Ventilation and air conditioning od mines and quarries. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0812-9.
ADAMUS, Alois a Jindřich ŠANCER. Binary indicators of thermal oxidation of Ostrava-Karviná district coal. Sborník vědeckých prací Vysoké školy báňské - Technické univerzity Ostrava. Řada hornicko-geologická b. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2005, 51(2), 1-7. ISSN 0474-8476.
ZUBÍČEK, Václav. Selected methods for determining susceptibility to spontaneous combustion of coal mass in The Czech Republic and foregin countries. Košice: BERG Faculty TU Košice, 2015. ISBN 978-80-553-2264-3.
HUDEČEK, Vlastimil, Pavel ZAPLETAL a Václav ZUBÍČEK. The Protection Against Methane Leakage from Undermined Areas. Inżynierii Mineralnej. Polskie towarzystwo przeróbki kopalin, 2015, 35(1 Styczeń-Czerwiec), s. 115-119. ISSN 1640-4920.
Otáhal, A., Prokop, P.: Technika bezpečnosti, skripta VŠB, Ostrava 1992
Otáhal, A., Prokop, P., et al.: Technika bezpečnosti, skripta PGS ES VŠB, 1991
ŠIŠKA, F.: Banské vetranie, ALFA, 1993, ISBN 80-05-01132-6
ZUBÍČEK, Václav. Selected methods for determining susceptibility to spontaneous combustion of coal mass in The Czech Republic and foregin countries. Košice: BERG Faculty TU Košice, 2015. ISBN 978-80-553-2264-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18