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• Validation of Temperature and Humidity Thermal Model of 23-person Tent-type Refuge Alternative
  9/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A journal article describing a thermal model of a 23-person tent-type refuge alternative (RA). Testing using this model showed increases in temperature and relative humidity over the 96-hour test period.
• Injury Surveillance and Safety Considerations for Large-Format Lead-Acid Batteries Used in Mining Applications
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article investigates the design and implementation of large-format lead-acid batteries to identify safety interventions that can mitigate these inherent hazards.
• A Case Study of Multi-Seam Coal Mine Entry Stability Analysis with Strength Reduction Method
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH describes the advantage of using numerical models with the strength reduction method to evaluate entry stability in complex multiple-seam conditions.
• Air Cleaning Performance of a New Environmentally Controlled Primary Crusher Operator Booth
  2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article about the design and testing of a new environmentally controlled primary crusher operator booth at a granite quarry near Wausau, WI.
• Characterization of Ambient and Extracted PM2.5 Collected on Filters for Toxicology Applications
  10/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article about a novel method for characterizing the differences, in metallic and organic species, between the ambient samples and the corresponding extracted solutions through characterization of extracted PM2.5 suspended on filters.
• Particle Size and Surface Area Effects on Explosibility Using a 20-L Chamber
  6/25/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A paper examining the particle size distributions, specific surface areas (SSA), and the explosion suppression effectiveness of various rock dusts.
• The Relationship between Elemental Carbon and Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Metal/Nonmetal Mines in the United States and Coal Mines in Australia
  3/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing an investigation of the relationship between total carbon and elemental carbon from diesel particulate matter samples to determine if a single conversion factor can be used for all metal/nonmetal mines.
• Current Knowledge of U.S. Metal and Nonmetal Miner Health: Current and Potential Data Sources for Analysis of Miner Health Status
  2/6/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report that discusses current knowledge and potential data sources of MNM miner health.
• Health and Safety Management Systems Through a Multilevel and Strategic Management Perspective: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
  2/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Multilevel and strategic management theory and research methods are presented and applied to current issues in occupational health and safety, the goal to better understand health and safety management systems from a theoretical and empirical perspective.
• Evaluation of a Wearable Monitor for Measuring Real-time Diesel Particulate Matter Concentrations in Several Underground Mines
  12/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting a performance evaluation of a wearable, real-time DPM monitor, the Airtec, in several underground metal/nonmetal mines by comparing it to the standard method for determining DPM exposures (NIOSH method 5040).