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• Improved Seat Reduces Jarring/Jolting for Operators of Low-Coal Shuttle Cars
  12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  With input from underground shuttle-car operators, this study addressed a component of WBV that is germane to underground mining: high-energy impacts or shocks.
• Technology News 473 - The Explosion Hazard From Hydrogen Gas Generation Inside Sealed Frames
  6/1/1998 - Technology News
  Discusses one type of explosion hazard that was discovered lurking inside sealed and filled plow frame sections when NIOSH investigated ignition incidents resulting from drilling into plow frames.
• USBM Health and Safety Legacy Continues Under NIOSH
  5/1/1998 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  The transition of mining health and safety research from the former USBM into NIOSH creates a novel approach and partnership for improving the health and reducing the risks of injury and fatality for all mine workers. The strengths of the public health ...
• Program of Research - A Summary of Research in Progress during Fiscal Years 98
  4/1/1998 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  The program of research for NIOSH in fiscal year 1998.
• Technology News 469 - Sensors Warn of Hazards During Mine Hoisting
  2/1/1998 - Technology News
  Studies of hoist safety features and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident statistics suggests a need to measure wire rope tension, conveyance speed and position, and shaft guide misalignment.
• Technology News 470 - Analysis of Hangups and Structural Failure in Underground Mine Ore Passes
  2/1/1998 - Technology News
  Recent ore pass failures have underlined the lack of ore pass design methods and standards available to both MSHA and mine engineers.
• The Calculated Risk of Experiencing a Lightning Caused Unplanned Detonation
  2/1/1998 - Conference papers
  This paper presents data and theorem to calculate the risk of experiencing undesirable lightning related events while blasting or while engaged in other lightning sensitive activities. The paper provides an overview of lightning hazards in blasting oper...
• NIOSH Hazard ID 4 - Ignition Hazard from Drilling into Sealed Frames of Agricultural Equipment
  1/1/1998 - Hazards IDs
  Recently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), through its Community Partners for Healthy Farming program in New York, received two separate reports of farm workers who were injured while attempting to drill holes into seal...
• NIOSH Mining Update - New Publications 1995-96
  9/1/1997 - Catalogs and indexes
  In September 1995, the U.S. Congress directed the closure of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). This listing summarizes mining health and safety publications and articles published by the Pittsburgh and Spokane Research Centers during 1995-96 and how to ...
• Update on the Continuing Functions of the Former US Bureau of Mines
  1/1/1997 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In fiscal 1996, the US Congress directed that the US Bureau of Mines (USBM) be closed. This article provides a summary of the continuing functions, the agencies involved and the points of contact for each continuing function.