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5/12/2016 - Awards and recognitionCongratulations to Pittsburgh Mining Research Division’s Jacob Carr, a recipient of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
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2/19/2016 - News and announcementsLearn about NIOSH's proximity detection research at SME 2016
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2/15/2016 - Conference proceedingsThis article discusses the development of an intelligent proximity detection (iPD) system which continually tracks the location of miners near a continuous mining machine and disables only those machine that might cause a pinning accident.
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9/22/2015 - Research areasProximity Detection Topic Page
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12/3/2012 - Unpublished documents and reportsDecember 3, 2012 feature on proximity detection research
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9/28/2012 - News articlesNIOSH is developing a prototype intelligent system that provides enhanced protection by continuously monitoring miners’ positions in relation to the machine and established safety zones.
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3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesIn this paper, the authors review existing proximity warning technologies, describe ongoing NIOSH research on an intelligent proximity warning system, and summarize current test results.
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5/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH studied methods to prevent workers from being entangled in machinery at mining operations. A description of intelligent video, the technology, test procedures and results, implementation challenges, and future research needs are discussed.
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10/1/2007 - Conference papersThis investigation analyzes factors influencing struck-by accidents during tramming of a continuous mining machine using digital human model simulations with a variety of subjects, postures, environmental constraints, and machine characteristics.
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5/1/2004 - Conference papersTechnology is available to assist off-road dump truck drivers in monitoring blind spots near their equipment. NIOSH is evaluating systems based on radar, GPS, RF tags, and cameras.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program