# Hazards of Coal Stockpiling Operations

Mine Safety and Health Administration Hazards of Coal Stockpiling Operations DVD501 - 1994 This video shows what happens when miners or equipment operators are working on a surge pile and the material unexpectedly collapses, breaks loose, or starts to flow underneath them. The disastrous result of being engulfed in loose material – suffocation – is demonstrated by a working model of a surge pile. The model shows how stockpiles with drawholes and feeders work, what takes place within the piles, the properties of flowing materials, and how hazardous conditions can develop at surge piles. Included are action scenes of heavy mobile equipment being used around stockpiles. The video emphasizes recognizing stockpile hazards and preventing stockpile accidents.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1994
- By: Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.msha.dvd501)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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