Innovative Method of Forecasting the Manifestation of Dangerous Properties of Coal Seams

One of the main directions for reducing accidents is the reliability of the forecast for the manifestation of hazardous properties of coal seams. The results of the conducted studies revealed the predominant occurrence of accidents due to the manifestation of the hazardous properties of coal seams. Improvement of normative documents for the safe conduct of mining operations in terms of the formation of hazardous properties of coal seams during geological processes, their reliable forecast, and the development of preventive measures are very relevant for all coal-mining countries of the world. Based on the results of the research, the existing problems of establishing a critical combination of the parameters of the influencing factors of the three blocks for the occurrence of an emergency are reflected. The formation and manifestation of hazardous properties of coal seams according to the requirements of current regulatory documents are due only to the degree of metamorphic transformations of the organic (combustible) mass, and other stages of coal formation (sedimentation, peat, and brown coal) are not taken into account. As a result, the content of mineral impurities and some fluids are not considered as factors influencing the manifestation of hazardous properties of coal seams.