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• The Role of Risk Avoidance and Locus of Control in Workers' Near Miss Experiences: Implications for Improving Safety Management Systems
  5/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A survey conducted to understand how mineworkers’ risk avoidance could impact their near miss incidents on the job.
• Job Autonomy and Safety Climate: Examining Associations in the Mining Industry
  4/17/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining what role job autonomy may have in forming workers’ perceptions and subsequent occupational safety and health performance on the job.
• Develop Mining Fatigue Model and Management System
  4/2/2019 - Research projects
  A project to define workplace fatigue for the mining industry by developing a preliminary fatigue model and management system using a human factors systems approach, which accounts for the predictors causing fatigue.
• Mineworker Fatigue: A Review of What We Know and Future Decisions
  3/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that aims to concisely review what is and is not known about worker fatigue in mining.
• Intrinsically Safe Systems: Equivalency of International Standards Compared to U.S. Mining Approval Criteria
  12/3/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article demonstrating that international equipment evaluation standards for electrical/electronic equipment will provide at least the same level of protection for miners as the MSHA requirements.
• Development of Ergonomics Audits for Bagging, Haul Truck and Maintenance and Repair Operations in Mining
  12/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing the development and testing of ergonomics and safety audits for small and bulk bag filling, haul truck and maintenance and repair operations in coal preparation and mineral processing plants found at surface mine sites.
• Using Performance Management Strategies to Improve Mine Emergency Training and Preparedness
  11/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A report on one company’s efforts to improve its mineworkers’ self-escape competencies using competency-based performance management strategies, including assessment and remediation processes.
• NIOSH Researchers Win Ergonomics Award
  9/24/2018 - Awards and recognition
  An interdisciplinary group of NIOSH researchers recently won a prestigious award from the International Ergonomics Association.
• Applying the Precaution Adoption Process Model to the Acceptance of Mine Safety and Health Technologies
  5/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study exploring management and worker perspectives toward three technologies to forecast adoption and behavioral intention on the job.
• Human Factors Considerations in Addressing Mining Occupational Illnesses, Injuries, and Fatalities
  4/13/2018 - Internal Reports
  This white paper offers a holistic overview of the NIOSH Mining Program's 40-year history of studying human factors in the industry and some of the critical knowledge gathered about safety and human behavior.