Open AccessForensic Mining Engineering
Author(s) -
John E. Caffrey
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of the national academy of forensic engineers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2379-3252
pISSN - 2379-3244
DOI - 10.51501/jotnafe.v8i1.483
Subject(s) - rock blasting , coal mining , work (physics) , mining engineering , engineering , subsidence , forensic engineering , storm , construction engineering , civil engineering , geology , coal , mechanical engineering , paleontology , oceanography , structural basin , waste management
A High School constructed in the late 70s was suffering structural deterioration. The buildings site was on an area where coal had been deep and surfaced mined. The architect/engineer who designed the facility and was the School Boards technical adviser attributed the deterioration to mysterious forces which he eventually defined as subsidence and/or blasting. The School Board hired the author after a wall failed during a wind storm. The author uses the litigation events as a vehicle to discuss aspects of a Mining Engineers forensic work.