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• Investigation of Temperature Rise in Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  3/27/2014 - Reports of Investigations
  This Report of Investigations details the results of a NIOSH investigation of temperature rise in mobile refuge alternatives.
• Keeping Cool: Training to Reduce Heat Stress Incidents
  3/17/2023 - Training materials, Web software
  Use Keeping Cool to teach workers how to recognize heat-related illness and provide first aid.
• Innovative Solutions for Heat Management in Hot Underground Mines: Ventilation Research and Capacity Building
  10/9/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract focused on state-of-the-art ventilation engineering related to the management of heat in hot underground mines.
• Underground Mine Refuge Alternatives Heat Mitigation
  4/22/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article detailing NIOSH tests on an air-conditioned borehole air supply (BAS) and a cryogenic air supply for refuge alternatives.
• Assessing, Modeling, and Cooling Underground Workings in Deep and Hot Mines
  2/6/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to understand, analyze, and engineer the thermal and psychometric working conditions in deep and hot underground mines.
• RA Heat Mitigation System Utilizing Advanced Liquid Air Technologies
  4/8/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a heat and humidity mitigation system for refuge alternatives.
• Portable Refuge Alternatives Temperature and Humidity Tests
  1/24/2019 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing investigations into heat and humidity buildup in refuge alternatives.
• Estimation of Metabolic Heat Input for Refuge Alternative Thermal Testing and Simulation
  8/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A paper describing a study where miner size and activity level were used to determine the metabolic heat rate, oxygen requirements and carbon dioxide generation that are representative of miners in a refuge situation.
• Development of Heat Mitigation Systems for Refuge Alternatives used in Underground Coal Mines
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a heat mitigation system for refuge alternatives.
• Knowing the Facts about Heat Stress in Mining
  6/29/2017 - Safety alerts
  Learn about the risks associated with heat stress in mining and what you can do to keep yourself safe.