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• Engineering Noise Controls for Haul Trucks and Load Haul Dumps (LHDs)
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop, evaluate, and implement engineering controls to reduce noise over-exposures among haul truck and LHD operators.
• Develop and Evaluate Engineering Noise Controls for Air Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop and evaluate noise controls and alternatives toward reducing sound pressure levels and personal noise exposures from air carbon arcing applications in the mining industry to below permissible exposure limit.
• 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.
• Through-the-Earth (TTE) Communications: Range Reliability Improvements
  11/20/2015 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop and test an enhanced magnetics-based communications waveform with increased ability to provide communications in the presence of ambient noise and interference in order to extend existing magnetics-based technologies.
• Assessing Noise and Dust: NIOSH and Vulcan Materials Co. Team Up to Test How Well Helmet-CAM Technology Measures Miner Exposure Levels
  9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses testing of the Helmet-CAM system. NIOSH partnered with Vulcan Materials Co. to test and evaluate the setup for noise assessment at the company's mining operation near Baltimore.
• How Can I Test My Hearing Protection?
  12/3/2012 - Training materials, Unpublished documents and reports, Web software
  Use the sound player on this page to perform a quick test of whether you are getting at least a minimal 15 decibel (dB) level of protection.
• Development of the NIOSH Determination of Sound Exposures (DOSES) Mining Noise Exposure Management Software
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  To help manage noise exposures, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed the Determination of Sound Exposures (DOSES) software and implementation guide for use by mine management and safety personnel.
• The Evolution of Drill Bit and Chuck Isolators to Reduce Roof Bolting Machine Drilling Noise
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper documents the evolution of the bit isolator and chuck isolator. Laboratory testing confirms that production bit and chuck isolators reduce the A-weighted sound level generated during drilling by 3.7 to 6.6 dB.
• Analysis of a Mechanism Suspension to Reduce Noise from Horizontal Vibrating Screens
  11/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is developing noise controls to reduce noise generated by horizontal vibrating screens.
• Modified Tail Section Reduces Noise on a Continuous Mining Machine
  7/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Overexposure to noise remains a widespread, serious health hazard in the U.S. mining industries. Most other categories of illnesses and injuries associated with mining have improved, with the exception of hearing loss.