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  • ISEE
    A Blaster’s Tool To Measure Fragmentation

    By Larry Mirabelli, David Lilly

    In 1777, the French naturalist, Georges Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon developed a statistical technique to estimate the width between two parallel lines by randomly throwing a needle at the two line

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Journal: History of ISEE – Timeline / 35 Years

    1974 The Society of Explosives Engineers officially formed to “advance the art and science of explosives engineering” on August 20, 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Instruments and Available Internet-Based Data for Documenting Weather Conditions

    By Donna Kliche, Charles Kliche

    It has been previously documented that various weather conditions such as wind direction and speed, cloud cover and, especially, temperature inversions can significantly affect the overpressure genera

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Blasting Topologies for Electronic Initiation Systems

    By D. Lansburg

    Electronic detonators are increasingly being used in today’s blasting in quarries, seismic, surface and underground mines. Electronic detonators offer several distinctive features over electric and no

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Wall Control Blasting Practices at Kisladag Gold Mine

    By Ekin Güngor, Berkant Ozdemir, Erkan Bayrak, Serdar Ergün, Sedat Esen

    "This paper presents the final wall blasting practices at Eldorado Kisladag Gold Mine in Turkey. Benchmark and improved wall control designs were explained in detail. Kisladag Mine has been implementi

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Magnitude 2.8 Earthquake Caused by 90 Pounds (41 kg) Per Delay! Not So Fast

    By D. Rudenko, C. T. Aimone-Martin, J. K. Ratliff, I. G. Wong, J. Aiken, R. E. Burnham, T. A. Davidsavor

    A small quarry blast was conducted with a maximum of 90 pounds per delay and shortly afterwards, area residents sensed ground motion and building shaking indicative of an earthquake. In addition, seis

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Initial Selection of Explosive Materials for the Explosives Terrorism Risk Assessment

    By Rachel E. Gooding, George C. Emmett, David R. Bradley

    The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is using a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) approach to evaluate the risks from terrorist

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Report on the 11th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting

    By A T. Spathis

    The 11th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting (FRAGBLAST 11) was held in Sydney, Australia, between 24-26 August, 2015. The 93 papers, including six keynote presentations, covered

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    The Fragblast History FB 1- FB 10

    By Agne Rustan

    This paper is intended to give a summary of the first ten Symposia on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting where the symposia activities were governed by a Steering Committee replaced at Fragblast 2 by an I

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Close-In Blasting at the Tri-Met Light Rail Tunnels in Portland, Oregon

    By Don Z. Painter, Gordon F. Revey

    Frontier/Traylor Joint Venture is presently constructing a section of the Tri-County Metropolitan Transit District of Oregon's (TRI-MET) Westside Light Rail system. This new section will extend Portla

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Journal: Safety Talk / MSHA Winter Alert Beat Winter Hazards, Win with Winter Alert

    By MSHA website

    “Conditions at underground and surface coal mines can change dramatically during the winter months,” said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. “We must be ever mind

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Monitoring of Dynamic Borehole Pressures

    By B. Papilon

    Dynamic pressures during blasting can affect performances of both electronic and non-electronic detonators. Boreholes can develop tremendous amount of pressures during blasting. The effect of such ele

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Blasting Near Communities: A review of new techniques and technologies to minimize the impact generated by blasting

    By L. Muñoz, L. Steffen, J. Alarcón, W. Vilas

    Today, mining operations close to communities face increasing challenges, especially in their drilling and blasting operations. Proper management of environmental impacts is important to guarantee the

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Controlling high risk blasting in an urban environment The Airport Link Story

    By Rob Domotor

    This paper tells the story of using controlled surface and underground blasting methods to excavate hard rock in three areas on Australia’s largest road infrastructure project; the Airportlink Project

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Quake, Quarry, or Quack

    By Dominic C, Gregory B. Poole

    On December 12, 2018 at 4:14 AM EST, an earthquake registering a 4.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale occurred in central Tennessee. According to a survey posted on the USGS website, this earthquake was

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Journal: Haz Mat 101, PART 1 - Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers and Emergency Response Information for Public Highway Transportation

    By Tom Snyder, John Brulia

    Part I is the first of a series of articles by the authors on hazardous materials (HM) transportation safety and compliance for shippers and carriers who offer and transport commercial explosives in c

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Quality Control of Bulk Explosive Products to Minimize the Risk of Fumes

    By Alastair Torrance, Mitchell Nipperess, Andrew Olsson, Italo Onederra, Gary Cavanough

    Components of bulk explosive products include ammonium nitrate, water, fuel, stabilizers, and calcium nitrate. The physical attributes include prill/emulsion ratio, density, and viscosity and in the c

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Immediate Internet distribution of vibration data from the historic Byward Market, Ottawa, Canada

    By Robert Lee, Jeff Corace, Rob Cyr

    Blasting in the heart of the historic Byward Market District of Canada’s capital, Ottawa, presents a unique set of challenges. The obvious difficulties arising on projects requiring blasting within 3

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Christmas Day 2020 VBIED Blast Investigation Findings and Damage Assessment of Nearby Historic Buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    By J. Mikhael Erekson, Connie Campbell Brashear, Brent Meins

    Christmas morning 2020, an IED in an RV was detonated along an evacuated section of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The blast damaged over 40 buildings, including AT&T’s Main Central Office and caused

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Six Pillars, Inventory Management & ATF Record-keeping

    By Ron Ketterling

    We will discuss electronic and paper record keeping, what works and what doesn’t. We’ll review record keeping in light of those five sub-committees: Audit, Awards, Constitution, Ethics and Planning. Y

    Feb 1, 2020