Penn State

The Fourteenth Pennsylvania

November 12 and 13, 2009

Agenda

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

7:00 a.m. Registration and exhibitor hall open  
 

General Session—Dean's Hall
Session Chair: Dan Leach

8:00–8:30 Introduction
R. Larry Grayson, Penn State University

8:30–9:00
Crazy Horse Memorial Drilling and Blasting Update, Kevin Hachmeister, Crazy Horse Memorial

9:00–9:30
Overview Fatalities/Serious Accidents 2006–2009, Lon Santis, Institute of Makers of Explosives

9:30–10:00
Oilfield Explosives Use, David J. Leidel, Halliburton Jet Research Center

 

10:00–10:30

 

BREAK—President's Hall

 

 

General Sessions
Session Chair: Dale Ramsey

Underground Breakout Session
Chair: Mark Eckley

10:30–11:00 Route 28 Case Study, Sally Zadra, Engineered Dimensions, Inc. Underground Explosive Truck Fire, Mark Proctor, Dyno Nobel Inc.

11:00–11:30
Mechanical Rock Excavation, Jamal Rostami, Penn State, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Drilling (and Design): Updip, Downdip, Sidedip, Junior Russell, Graymont PA

11:30 a.m.–noon
Signature Vibration Analysis Software, Randell M. Wheeler, White Industrial Seismology, Inc.
Matching Booster and/or Primer to Attempted Task, Paul Sterk, Orica Underground

 

noon–1:30 p.m.

 

LUNCH—President's Hall and Senate Suites

 

 

LUNCH—President's Hall and Senate Suites

 

 

General Sessions
Session Chair: Matt Tomlin

Underground Breakout Session
Chair: Mark Eckley
1:30–2:00 Making the Most Out of Media Interaction, Dr. Paul Worsey, Professor of mining engineering, Missouri S&T Underground Bench Blasting Principles, Mike Koehler, B E Consultants, Inc.

2:00–2:30
Blasters Tool Box and Blast Site Assessment, Bill Necker, Dyno Nobel, Inc.
Underground Mining with Electronic Detonators, Tom Hairhoger, Austin Powder Company

2:30–3:00
Dealing Effectively with Cap Rock While Controlling Flyrock, Airblast and Ground Vibrations, R. Frank Chiappetta, Blasting Analysis International, Inc.
Underground Cladding, Chad Toth, Dynamic Materials Corporation


Importance of an Accurate Driller's Log, Randy May, Orica USA, Inc. (2:30 p.m., Drilling Breakout Session)

 

3:00–3:30

 

BREAK—President's Hall

 

 

BREAK—President's Hall

 

  General Sessions
Session Chair: Kirk Whitaker 		Drilling Breakout Session
Chair: Randy May
3:30–4:00 Structural/Cosmetic Conditions in Structures Commonly Blamed on Blasting, Michael D. Donahue, Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc. Drilling Accuracy, James E. Dawson, Thunderbird Mining Systems

4:00–4:30
US DOT FMCSA Regulatory Update and Information, Joseph Evans, US DOT FMCSA
Basics: Small Diameter, Troy Thiel, Atlas Copco CMT USA

4:30–5:00
Record Keeping and Complaint Investigations, Bill Shuss, DEP—Blasting and Explosives
Slow Down and Drill Right, William Hissem, Sandvik Mining and Construction CNSM USC

5:00–7:00
RECEPTION—President's Hall
     

Friday, November 13, 2009

 
7:00 a.m.–noon

Exhibitor hall open

 

 
 

General Session—Dean's Hall
Session Chair: Keith Pucalik

8:00–8:30 a.m. Blue Stone Mining Overview, Jamie Brainard, Penn State

8:30–9:00
Bore Tracking–New Technique, Bob McClure, RAM, Inc.

9:00–9:30
Missouri Quarry Productivity Improvement—Casework, William Hissem, Sandvik Mining and Construction CNSM USC

9:30–10:00
Better Blasting Economics through Better Technology, William J. Reisz, Davey Bickford

 

10:00–10:30

 

BREAK—President's Hall

 

  General Sessions
Session Chair: Denny Kisthart
10:30–11:00 Blasting in the Twenty-first Century, John Capers, Austin Powder

11:00–11:30
Electronic Detonators: They Can Make Your Life Easier, Dylan Flick, Armstrong Explosives

11:30 a.m.–noon
Bomb Squad Assets and Capabilities in Pennsylvania, Michael H. Baker, Senior Division Bomb Technician/K-9 Handler, FBI

noon–12:30 p.m.
Closing and door prize giveaways! (Must be present to win.)