Fully mechanized mining equipment is gradually becoming larger, more complex and more intelligent. The traditional equipment management methods of regular maintenance and post maintenance are no longer able to meet the high reliability requirements of equipment operation in coal mine intelligent construction. Therefore, studying the relevant theories and technologies of fully mechanized equipment health status assessment has great practical significance for coal mine intelligent mining. This paper proposes the scope definition of fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment and the fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment process. This paper summarizes the research status and development trends of comprehensive mining equipment health status assessment methods from four aspects: signal acquisition, feature extraction and fusion, health status level classification, and health status assessment model establishment. The current challenges faced by fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment related technologies are analyzed from aspects such as signal acquisition and sensor optimization layout, data processing and feature extraction, establishment of health status assessment models, and application of fully mechanized mining equipment status assessment. In response to the current research status and challenges mentioned above, the development trend of fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment technology is discussed from the aspects of improving data collection schemes and fault mechanism research methods, building high-performance big data computing platforms, establishing deep learning assessment models, researching dynamic evaluation models for fully mechanized mining equipment health status, and developing fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment systems. It is pointed out that in the process of coal mine intelligence, it is necessary to ensure that the theoretical research, algorithm development, and engineering application of fully mechanized mining equipment health status assessment go hand in hand.