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• U.S. Bureau of Mines/NIOSH Mining Electrical Safety Research: A Legacy of Protection Against Shock, Fires, and Explosions
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper reviews the 100-year history of federal electrical safety research in the U.S mining industry, originally by the US Bureau of Mines, and as carried on today by NIOSH.
• Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry: The Evolution of NIOSH and Bureau of Mines Hearing Loss Research
  1/1/2010 - Book chapters
  The NIOSH strategy expands on decades of research by its U.S. Bureau of Mines predecessors that identified some of the key issues with underground and surface noise sources.
• Noise Control in Underground Metal Mining
  12/1/2009 - Information Circulars
  This document describes principles of noise control to operators, safety personnel, and mechanics in the mining industry so that they can evaluate the extent of a noise problem, determine the best approach, and apply the most appropriate solution.
• Ergonomics Processes: Implementation Guide and Tools for the Mining Industry
  2/1/2009 - Guides and manuals, Information Circulars
  This paper describes how three mining companies partnered with the MSD Prevention Team at NIOSH to demonstrate that an ergonomics process could be systematically implemented and effectively integrated with existing safety and health programs.
• Investigation into Dust Exposures and Mining Practices in Mines in the Southern Appalachian Region
  2/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper presents the results to date of a NIOSH investigation into the possible causes that would account for the observed higher trends in CWP disease progression through review, data analysis, and in-mine surveying.
• Ergonomic Interventions at Unimin
  12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper discusses ergonomic interventions that were successfully implemented at the Unimin Gleason, Tennessee operation using a participatory approach to reducing the risk of injury.
• A Performance Evaluation of Two Overhead Power Line Proximity Warning Devices
  11/1/2008 - Information Circulars
  The results of NIOSH's test of two commercially available proximity warning devices (PWDs) are presented. PWDs warn personnel if mobile equipment moves within some preselected minimum distance of an energized overhead electrical power line.
• Reducing Low Back Pain and Disability in Mining
  9/1/2008 - Information Circulars
  This report provides managers, supervisors, and safety and health professionals with information on low back pain (LBP) and low back disability. It also provides the latest LBP research and describes methods to address the problem.
• Ergonomics and Risk Factor Awareness Training for Miners
  7/1/2008 - Information Circulars, PC software, Training materials
  This training will increase awareness of risk factors and encourage miners to take action to report and reduce their exposures to risk factors.
• Trends in Electrical Injury in the U.S., 1992-2002
  7/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper updates an earlier report by the authors that studied electrical injuries from 1992 to 1998. The previous information is expanded and supplemented with fatal and nonfatal injury rates and trends through 2002.