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    The document discusses safety hazards and protections in tunnel construction including ground collapse, flooding, gas explosions, fires, falling objects, machinery accidents, and more. It outlines safety procedures for drilling, charging explosives, blasting, mucking out debris, scaling walls, and shotcreting including keeping people away from danger areas and using protective equipment.

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    The document discusses safety hazards and protections in tunnel construction including ground collapse, flooding, gas explosions, fires, falling objects, machinery accidents, and more. It outlines safety procedures for drilling, charging explosives, blasting, mucking out debris, scaling walls, and shotcreting including keeping people away from danger areas and using protective equipment.

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    The document discusses safety hazards and protections in tunnel construction including ground collapse, flooding, gas explosions, fires, falling objects, machinery accidents, and more. It outlines safety procedures for drilling, charging explosives, blasting, mucking out debris, scaling walls, and shotcreting including keeping people away from danger areas and using protective equipment.

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    Session 6

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    GAURAV KUMAR PATHAK
    The document discusses safety hazards and protections in tunnel construction including ground collapse, flooding, gas explosions, fires, falling objects, machinery accidents, and more. It outlines safety procedures for drilling, charging explosives, blasting, mucking out debris, scaling walls, and shotcreting including keeping people away from danger areas and using protective equipment.

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    Safety in Tunneling

    Types of Emergency
    • Ground collapse (need we say more?)
    • Support failure
    • Flooding
    • Gas explosion
    • Oxygen deficiency
    • Fire (encountering inflammable gas)
    • Accidents : moving plants
    • Plant and power failure
    • Stoppages
    Principal Causes of Accidents
    • Falling from heights or falling on level (tripping/slipping)
    • Materials falling from height or from stacks or vehicles
    • Burial by fall of material (rock collapse or stacking collapse)
    • Flooding or inrush of water
    • Machinery related (cranes, excavators, etc)
    • Vehicles (excavators, dump trucks)
    • Electrical installations
    • Fire and explosions (gas and explosives)
    • Air pollution (oxygen deficiency, toxic fumes & radon gas)
    Drilling of Charge Holes

    • Hazards
    • Being knocked over/crushed
    • rock fall
    • dust and noise
    Protection
    • Keep away from danger area
    • wet drilling
    • hearing protection
    Charging Explosives

    Hazards
    • accidental detonation by drilling
    into explosives
    • being knocked over or crushed by
    drilling boom
    • falling

    Protection
    • Only charge after the whole face
    has been drilled
    • work can only be carried out under
    supervision of authorised blasting
    specialist
    • use working platforms
    • Bulk emulsion
    Blasting

    • Hazards
    • Fly rock and airblast
    • toxic fumes
    Protection
    • keep away from area
    • switch off ventilation completely before firing
    • switch on ventilation at full capacity after blasting
    • evacuate team or provide shelter(containers or
    niches)
    Mucking Out

    • Hazards
    • Being struck or crushed
    • Falling Material
    • Dust and Noise
    • Tripping and falling
    Protection
    • Do not enter into loading area
    • Keep running surface in good condition
    • Do not overload dumper
    • Good lighting to work area
    Scaling

    • Hazards
    • Rock fall
    • Collapse as result from instability of
    exposed rock surface
    Protection
    • Use machine for rock scaling
    • Do not enter danger zone before scaling is
    completed
    • Lighting adequately
    Shotcreting

    • Hazards
    • Falling from heights
    • Rebound & dust
    • Chemical additives
    Protection
    • Use working baskets
    • Use protective clothing
    • Use shotcrete robot where possible
    • Wear protective hardhat for shortcreting
    • Wear respiratory protection
    Safety Precautions in Tunnelling
    • The floor of the tunnel should be kept dry and clean.
    • Open flames, electric short-circuiting should be avoided by providing
    proper covering over power line and light.
    • Medical equipment and doctors should always be available at the
    site.
    • Fire fighting equipment with the excellent operator and sufficient
    water supply should be available at the site at all the time.
    • Light and electric lines need to be entirely secured and insulated.
    • Unnecessary machines, tools and construction material should be
    avoided to store in the tunnel.
    • All the machines and tools should be maintained in usable condition.
    • Working platforms should be checked periodically.
    • The communication system (like; telephone) should be installed
    inside the tunnels for receiving and sending important information
    about tunnel condition.
    • All the internal system like communication system, power system,
    safety devices and lighting should be checked periodically.
    • The double power supply should be provided so that the power from
    the stand by unit can be restored during power failure of one power
    supply.
    • Every worker must be aware of their safety.
    • Protective clothing, steel helmet, rubber gloves, goggles, etc. should
    be put on by every worker during their work.
    • The proper ventilation system should be provided in the tunnel as
    per required.
    • Proper drainage must be provided.
    • Safety sign boards should be provided at various place along the
    tunnel.
    • Without permission, no unauthorised person should be permitted to
    enter the tunnel.

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