Technical Protection and Legislation

The aim of the course is to acquaint the mining students with the legal regulation on labour safety,
potential dangers that can occur in the mines, technical protection measures to prevent them, and how to
organize a mine rescue service, create an action plan and save a mine and provide first aid to the injured
workers.

The student will to acquire the skills for practical and theoretical knowledge related to the organization
and implementation of labour safety in the mining companies, preparation of appropriate instructions,
company documents, reports and analyzes in the field of labour safety, fire protection plans, action plans
and rescue of labours, choosing of the necessary works fire equipment and means for extinguishing fires,
means of collective and personal safety equipment. Comprehensive assessment of potential hazards and
taking a specific measures to prevent them in all techological processes of surface and underground
exploitation of mineral ore materials, mineral processing of ores, including the selection of equipment for
the prevention and early detection of the potential hazards and procedures for their elimination. Training
for labour rescuing and material resource in case of accidents in mines, handling of filtration and
isolative devices and devices for reviving people, providing first aid to injured workers and taking all
necessary measures to protect life and health of people and property.

Objective, task and development of safety at work. Normative regulation of technical safety in the Republic of Srpska and international frameworks
Ergonomics. Injuries at work. Mining risks and their assessment
Occupational diseases. Mine gases (O2, CO2, CO, H2S, NO, NO2, CH4, etc)
Technical protection measures against suffocating, toxic and explosive gases
Control of the mine air composition. Dust in mines
Explosivity of mine dust. Technical protection measures against the harmful effects of mine dust
Fires in mines. Technical protection measures and mine fire control procedures
Explosions in mines and technical protection measures. Dynamic phenomena in mines and technical protection measures
Water inflow and grain materials into mine premises and technical protection measures. The climate of the mining working environment
Noise, vibrations and technical protection measures against their harmful effects. Lighting in mines and mining facilities, plants and devices
Energy as a source of danger in mines and technical protection measures
Technical protection measures in technological processes in underground and surface exploitation of mineral raw materials
Technical protection measures in the technological processes of mineral processing
Devices of personal and collective protection
Isolation and filtration rescuer apparatus. Isolation devices. Mine rescue service
Provision of first aid and resuscitation of those injured at work. Defense plan and mine rescue operation

1. Jovičić V., Miljković M., Nuić J., Uljić H. i Vukić M.: Sigurnost i tehnička zaštita u rudarstvu, RGF, Tuzla, 1987.

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2. Lilić N., Cvjetić A.: Buka i vibracije u rudarstvu, Rudarsko-geološki fakultet Beograd, 2005,ISBN 86-7352-105-X

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3. Stojanović L., Kalajdžija D.,: Zbirka propisa iz oblasti rudarstva. Knjiga I., II. i III., 2000, Geozavod Zvornik.

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4. Dhillon B.S. (2003) Engineering Safety: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications, World Scientific, New Jersey, ISBN 981-238-221-6.

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5. Hartman H. (ed.) (1992), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Littleton, Colorado, 2nd Ed. Vol.1.

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Class attendance 5 points
Teaching activities 5 points
Seminar work 10 points
Colloquiums I and II 15+15 points
Final exam 50 points

The theoretical lectures, computational exercises, colloquiums/tests and seminar work. The program is made easier for the student by studying in consultation with the teacher and assistant.