ProcediaEngineering26(2011)16–241877-7058©2011PublishedbyElsevierLtd.doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2135Availableonlineatwww.sciencedirect.comProcediaEngineeringProcediaEngineering00(2011)000–000www.elsevier.com/locate/procediaFirstInternationalSymposiumonMineSafetyScienceandEngineeringTheoreticalresearchonhazardsandaccidentpreventionZHANGYuebing1,2,WANGKai1ZHANGRuming1(1.ChinaUniversityofMining&Technology(Beijing)Beijing100083,China2.NorthChinaInstituteofScienceandTechnology,EastYanjiao101601,China)AbstractByapplyingmodernsafetyscienceviewpointsandaccident-causingtheory,andbasedoncasestudies,thedevelopmentofhazardtheoryisbriefed,andthestructureandconceptofhazardsareanalyzed.Whilefurtherimprovingthedefinitionofhazard,theclassificationofhazardsandaccidentpreventionandcontrolmodelareexplored.Thepositionofeachtypeofhazardintheaccidentcontrolmodelisfurtheranalyzed.Thecausesofaccidentsandhazardtheory-basedmeasuresarepointedout.Itisbelievedthattheresearchonhazardtheoryshouldbestrengthened,especiallytheresearchonidentificationandcontrolofdirecthazard,thefirsttriggeringhazardandinitialhazard,inanticipationtofullyunderstandalltypesofhazardresultinginaccidents,establishacompletesetofhazardtheory,andenhancethelevelofsafetymanagementandaccidentcontrolincoalmines.Keywords:hazard,accidentcontrol,accident-causingtheory,hazardtheory,safetyscience1.IntroductionInrecentyears,alltypesofaccidentsinChina,especiallycoalmineaccidents,arefrequent,andarecharacterizedbylotsofmajorandcatastrophicaccidentswithseriousinfluence.Forexample,“1.5”majorfireaccidentinLishengCoalMineinHunan,“3.1”majorwaterinrushaccidentinLuotuoshanCoalMineinWuhaiCity,“3.31”majorcoalandgasoutburstaccidentinYichuanofHenan,“6.21”majorexplosivesblastingaccidentinPingdingshanofHenanin2010,tonameafew.Theseaccidentsundoubtedlydonotaccordwithpeople-orientedscientificoutlookondevelopmentadvocatedinChina,andalsoseriouslyhindertheconstructionofharmonioussociety.Correspondingauthor.Email:zyb8562@126.com©2011PublishedbyElsevierLtd.Selectionand/orpeer-reviewunderresponsibilityofChinaAcademyofSafetyScienceandTechnology,ChinaUniversityofMiningandTechnology(Beijing),McGillUniversityandUniversityofWollongong.OpenaccessunderCCBY-NC-NDlicense.OpenaccessunderCCBY-NC-NDlicense.17ZHANGYuebingetal./ProcediaEngineering26(2011)16–242ZHANGYuebingetal/ProcediaEngineering00(2011)000–000Sincehazardconceptwasproposed,hazardtheoryplaysagoodtheoreticalguidingroleforcontrolandpreventionofaccidents,inparticular,majorhazardconceptprovidestheoreticalfoundationforpreventionofmajoraccidents.Theexistenceandcontinualoccurrence,failuretotimelyidentifyandcontrolhazardsaretherootcauseoffrequentaccidents[8].Modernindustrialproductionsystembecomesever-complicated.Theproductionsystemcontainsalargequantityofhazards.Anaccidentisoftenasaconsequenceoftheinteractionofmultiplehazards.Eachtypeofhazardholddifferentpositioninaccidents,andplaysdifferentrole,sowhenpreventingagiventypeofaccident,discriminativecontrolmeansshouldbetakenwithrespecttoalltypesofhazardsleadingtotheaccident.However,asfaraspresentpreventionofaccidentsisconcerned,itishardtofindtheevidentdistinctiononthecontrolofalltypesofhazard.Asaresult,theauthormadepainstakingeffortsinresearchingalltypesofaccident,lookinguprelevantliteratures,andstartingfromtheidentificationofhazardconceptandbasedontheha...