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6/1/2012 - Information CircularsThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted the first comprehensive survey of the U.S. mining population in more than 20 years.
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1/1/2012 - Information CircularsThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted the first comprehensive survey of the U.S. mining population in more than 20 years.
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2/1/2008 - Information CircularsThis report summarizes a field study by NIOSH that documented the reactions of 30 miners at 4 underground coal mines concerning the use of personal dust monitors (PDMs) and how they make use of the information it provides.
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9/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis NIOSH paper documents coal miners’ reactions to the new Personal Dust Monitor (PDM), and how they make use of the information th PDM provides.
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8/1/2007 - Contract reportsThis report describes the results of a pilot Safety Culture Assessment implemented at a small Appalachian underground coal mine.
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8/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH completed a survey of equipment sound levels and worker noise exposures in the mining industry. The findings identify the equipment and machinery likely to cause worker overexposures and the workers found to be experiencing overexposures.
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6/1/2007 - Conference papersResults from underground dust surveys to identify current operating practices and the types of controls being used at longwall operations are presented as an update on longwall dust control technology and operating practices.
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1/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNoise surveys were conducted in eight coal preparation plants. Results indicate that only workers who routinely spend a significant portion of their shift in the plants (away from the control rooms) are susceptible to overexposure from noise.
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8/1/2006 - Conference papersA survey of pillar conditions was carried out at 21 operating limestone mines that use the room-and-pillar method. Pillar instability is most likely caused by unfavorable geological structures in pillars with width to height ratios of less than 1.5.
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6/1/2006 - Conference papers, NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsThe purpose of this study was to assess the adequacy of the cab design and to determine the percentage of musculoskeletal symptoms among operators of mobile equipment used in mining and construction.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program