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• NIOSH Researcher Receives Two Government Engineering Awards
  2/25/2016 - News and announcements
  NIOSH researcher John Sammarco has won two government engineering awards.
• Shale Failure Mechanics and Intervention Measures in Underground Coal Mines: Results from 50 Years of Ground Control Safety Research
  2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report presenting a historical narrative on the research the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has conducted in relation to rock mechanics and shale.
• Volumetric Measurement of Rock Movement Using Photogrammetry
  1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing two ways photogrammetric techniques are being used for rock mass and support monitoring.
• Roof Support
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Roof Support Topic Page
• Task-Specific Postures in Low-Seam Underground Coal Mining
  3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The objective of this study was to determine low-seam mine worker exposure to various postures as they pertain to job classifications and job tasks.
• Report on Early Strength Performance of Modern Day Weak Rock Mass Shotcrete Mixes
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  NIOSH is investigating the use of shotcrete in weak rock mass mines with the objective of reducing fatalities and injuries resulting from rock fall accidents.
• Elastic and Shear Moduli of Coal Measure Rocks Derived from Basic Well Logs Using Fractal Statistics and Radial Basis Functions
  12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A new approach was tested and it was demonstrated that it could be used for prediction of elastic and shear moduli of coal-measure rocks with reasonable accuracy.
• Reservoir Engineering Considerations for Coal Seam Degasification and Methane Control in Underground Mines
  11/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper demonstrates the applications of coal bed reservoir engineering and modeling techniques for optimizing and controlling methane emissions in longwall and continuous miner sections.
• Using Ergonomics To Enhance Safe Production At a Surface Coal Mine - A Case Study With Powder Crews
  10/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  (NIOSH) researchers worked with powder crew members from the Bridger Coal Company to identify and rank routine work tasks based on perceived exposure to WMSD risk factors.
• Reservoir Rock Properties of Coal Measure Strata of the Lower Monongahela Group, Greene County (Southwestern Pennsylvania), from Methane Control and Production Perspectives
  3/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study presents reservoir and elastic properties of coal measure rocks in the Lower Monongahela Group in Greene County, southwestern Pennsylvania, with results that can be used as data sources for reservoir studies related to methane control.