Today, the cancellation of night shift production in coal mines has been widely promoted in major coal mine provinces and cities nationwide.

In Shanxi, the Shanxi Datong Coal Supervision Sub-branch promoted the implementation of the "cancel night shift" approach in April this year, gradually changing the traditional operation mode of "three shifts a day and 24-hour continuous rotation" of underground coal mine workers;

In Shandong, starting from February 1, 2017, the 11 mines of the Headquarters of Zao Mining Group have all canceled coal mining night shift production. Since last year, Wanglou Coal Mine of Shandong Energy Linjiang Group and Liangjia Mine of Shandong Energy Long Mine Group have successively cancelled night shifts since last year, and some mines have also realized "cancel night shifts + Sunday rest"

In Huaibei, on July 1, 2018, Anhui Huaibei Mining Group's Yuandian No. 1 Mine Fully Mechanized Mining Area 1 and Comprehensive Mechanized Mining 2 District officially cancelled night shift production. From September 2018, Huaibei Mining Group Shuoshi Mining Company canceled night shift production, vigorously promoted the reform of coal production methods, and changed the operation mode of “three shifts and continuous service”;

In Hebei, Ji'an Energy Fengfeng Group's Xin'an Mine's innovative four-six working model has become a model.

Cancel night shift production

There are many hidden dangers to the night shift production of coal mines, and the negative impact is great. Therefore, coal miners have been calling for the cancellation of night shift production for many years.

The representative of the National People's Congress and the deputy team leader of the Duerping Mine Excavation Team of Shanxi Coking Coal Group Xishan Coal and Electricity Company, Dong Lin, proposed on more than one occasion that the coal mines cancel the night shift from 06:00 to 6:00.

He said that coal miners often work shifts. However, in the middle of the night, people are affected by the biological clock and are prone to snoring and wandering. This has nothing to do with the rest of the time, but a natural law. From a security perspective, this scheduling system has hidden dangers.

Dong Lin believes that, on the one hand, the coal industry is affected by policies such as capacity reduction and industrial upgrading and transformation. At present, coal mine production conditions are mature and there is no production pressure for starting at night. On the other hand, coal mine workers have increasingly demanding quality of life. There are demands for adequate rest and family support, and I also hope to reduce the physical harm caused by night work.

Not only that, the voices of front-line workers in the coal mines and related industry personnel on "cancellation of night shifts" have also become higher and higher. The cancellation of night shifts has become the common expectation of most people in the industry.

Intelligent mining gives confidence to foot coal mines to cancel night shifts

Since last year, these calls have finally been gradually responded. The major coal mines across the country have cancelled the night shift and successively tested the water. So, what is the opportunity to change the long-term traditional operation mode of coal mines? Gives enough confidence to cancel night shifts in coal mines?

The intelligent mining of coal mines provides a powerful attention to the "cancellation of night shifts" in coal mines.

Coal mine intelligence refers to the basic capabilities of self-perception, self-learning, self-decision, and self-implementation in major systems such as development design, geological survey, mining, transportation, washing, security, and production management.

At present, the intelligent development of coal mines not only realizes unmanned mining on mines, but also helps to cancel night shifts. The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" for the development of the coal industry issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration requires that in the future it will also achieve an intensive, safe, efficient and green modern coal industry system by 2020.

New progress has been made in informatization and intelligent construction of coal mines, and it is imperative to build a group of advanced and efficient smart coal mines.

With the continuous improvement of the profitability and financial status of coal enterprises, coal machine equipment is expected to enter a new round of procurement peaks with the coal industry's fixed asset investment bottoming out and the market demand for comprehensive mining equipment in 2019 is expected to exceed 75 billion yuan.