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4/20/2020 - PublicationsUse the infographic to help mine workers identify three essential components of a fall arrest system: (A) anchor, (B) body harness, and (C) connecting device.
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4/20/2020 - PublicationsUse this infographic to help mine workers identify three essential steps to take when using a personal fall arrest system: (1) select and inspect, (2) put on, and (3) tie off.
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4/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn analysis of the events and contributing factors leading up to fall-related injuries in the metal/nonmetal mining sector.
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2/20/2020 - Research projectsA project that adopts a multifaceted approach to investigate slips, trips, and falls (STF), develops tools to identify, report, and remediate STF hazards, and provides recommendations on ingress/egress systems on mobile mining equipment and footwear.
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12/30/2019 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesA discussion of data gathered from on-site assessments and an analysis of MSHA nonfatal injury narratives to identify common slip, trip, and fall hazards in surface stone, sand and gravel mining.
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12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA analysis documenting the burden associated with nonfatal slip, trip, and fall incidents at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines from 2008 through 2017.
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10/5/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article that introduces a new method for the quantifying boot outsole wear.
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8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study focuses on the visibility of trip hazards within the interior working areas of the roof bolting machine for various lighting conditions that include the NIOSH-developed Saturn LED area luminaire.
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7/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study was performed to determine mobile equipment operators’ views of slip, trip, and fall risks from mobile equipment, and to ascertain what factors, tasks, and conditions they perceive as contributing to these risks.
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5/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article examining slips, trips, and falls sustained during ingress or egress from front-end loaders to determine the frequencies of factors that may contribute to injuries.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program