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• International Noise Awareness Day
  4/26/2016 - News and announcements
  Celebrate International Noise Awareness Day and learn about resources to reduce noise exposure and prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
• Using Software to Predict Occupational Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a software program that estimates the loss of hearing ability caused by occupational noise exposures.
• Silica Adds to Respirable Dust Concerns: What If You Could Know the Silica Dust Levels in a Coal Mine After Every Shift?
  1/1/2016 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication by NIOSH discusses how respirable silica dust complicates the already complex issue of keeping dust levels low in underground coal mines, and how knowing silica dust levels quickly would help mines keep workers safer.
• The Effects of Operator Position, Pallet Orientation, and Palletizing Condition on Low Back Loads in Manual Bag Palletizing Operations
  5/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing the biomechanical demands of different work layouts when performing manual palletizing of small bags, and evaluates the biomechanical stresses associated with different stacking techniques.
• Debilitating Lung Disease Among Surface Coal Miners with No Underground Mining Tenure
  1/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report characterizing exposure histories and respiratory disease among surface coal miners identified with progressive massive fibrosis from a 2010 to 2011 pneumoconiosis survey.
• Analysis of the Silica Percent in Airborne Respirable Mine Dust Samples from U.S. Operations
  2/1/2014 - Book chapters, Peer reviewed journal articles
  A journal article presenting an analysis of the % of silica in dust samples for the U.S. mining industry collected from 1997 to 2011.
• New Drill Bit Isolator Reduces Noise
  12/17/2013
  NIOSH-developed technology reduces drilling noise for coal mine roof bolting machines by 3-5 decibels. A drill bit isolator using this technology is now commercially available.
• Deposition Uniformity of Coal Dust on Filters and its Effect on the Accuracy of FTIR Analyses for Silica
  7/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study investigating a FTIR method for end-of-shift silica measurement on filter samples that assesses the influence of radial deposition uniformity on the accuracy of the method.
• A noise control package for vibrating screens
  3/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH researchers have developed a suite of noise controls for vibrating screens consisting of constrained layer damping (CLD) treatments, a tuned mechanism suspension, an acoustic enclosure, and spring inserts.
• Examining the Interaction of Force and Repetition on Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk: a Systematic Literature Review
  2/1/2013
  This publication by NIOSH is a systematic literature review of epidemiological studies that examines the interaction of force and repetition with respect to musculoskeletal disorder risk.