Ventilation control devices | Business Queensland
21/05/2005#0183;#32;Coal mine underground. Incident. A longwall tailgate ventilation control device (goaf seal) located approximately 1300m from the working face, collapsed probably as a result of a windblast caused by a relatively small fall of roof behind the retreating face line. Equipment. Ventilation control devices (VCDs). Hazard. Explosion: oxygen ingress into the previous longwall goaf could cause an