Ventilation checklist

• Name of the mine

• Operator of the mine

• Location of the Mine
  Address

• Date of Inspection

  Date

• Inspection by

• Summary of the inspection

General aspects of ventilation

• What is the used ventilation method

  Select Exhausting Forced Combined Natural Ventilation

  • Exhausting
  • Forced
  • Combined
  • Natural Ventilation

• What ventilation equipment is used

  Media

• What is the condition of the ventilation equipment

  Select Very good Good Adequate Bad Very bad

  • Very good
  • Good
  • Adequate
  • Bad
  • Very bad

Dust emissions

• What are the sources of dust emissions inside the mine?

• Are dust emissions being managed

  Yes

  No

• Are dust emissions being monitored

  Yes

  No

• Used dust measuring device in the mine

  Media

Pollutants inside the mine

• What are the sources of pollutants inside the mine

  Select Human workers Machines Blasting operations Broken Ore Fires

  • Human workers
  • Machines
  • Blasting operations
  • Broken Ore
  • Fires

• What kind of machines are used in the mine?

• How many machines are being used in the mine?

• How many workers work in the mine

• Are gas concentrations of pollutants measured in the mine?

  Yes

  No

• Which pollutants and gases are measured?

  Select O2 CO2 CH4 CO NOx SO2 H2 H2S

  • O2
  • CO2
  • CH4
  • CO
  • NOx
  • SO2
  • H2
  • H2S

• Gas measurement devices for pollutants inside the mine

  Media

• How often are gases measured

• What conentration limits of the gases are being used

Weather conditions inside the mine

• What is the ventilation velocity inside the mine?

• What is the humidity of the air inside the mine?

• What is the dry temperature in the mine

• What is the wet temperature in the mine

Findings of the inspection

• Which measured parameter presents a risk to the workers

  Select CO2-conc. O2-conc. CO-conc. CH4-conc. Ventilation velocity Wet bulb-temp. Dry bulb-temp. NOx-conc. H2S-conc. SO2-conc. H2-conc. Dust-conc.

  • CO2-conc.
  • O2-conc.
  • CO-conc.
  • CH4-conc.
  • Ventilation velocity
  • Wet bulb-temp.
  • Dry bulb-temp.
  • NOx-conc.
  • H2S-conc.
  • SO2-conc.
  • H2-conc.
  • Dust-conc.

• Are the weather conditions sufficient in the gallery?

  Yes

  No

• Are the weather conditions sufficient at the face, during the extraction

  Yes

  No