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• Protecting Miners from Electrical Arcing Injury
  1/1/2007 - Conference papers
  NFPA 70E is a generally accepted industry guideline document and can be applied to mining workplaces after an analysis of the mine power system electrical arcing hazards has been completed (and Hazard/Risk Categories determined).
• An Alarm to Warn of Overhead Power Line Contact by Mobile Equipment
  9/1/2001 - Conference papers
  A report on research to develop a device that alerts workers when a power line has been contacted by equipment. The approach being investigated is based on measuring electric current flow to ground through a machine during a line contact.
• Electric Shock Prevention
  10/1/1978 - Conference papers
  Electric shocks are a serious problem in the mining environment. Electrical accidents, resulting in personal injury, due to improper or complete lack of grounding of electrically operated mining machines, form a significant percentage of the overall ele...