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3/1/2004 - Reports of InvestigationsHighly stressed rock in stopes continues to be a primary safety risk for miners in underground mines because this condition can result in failures of ground that lead to both injuries and death.
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5/2/2023 - Research projectsA project to elucidate effective ground control management strategies and develop tools that help to forecast time-dependent processes in relation to rate or possible outcome.
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3/30/2023 - Research projectsA project investigating massive ground collapses and ways to reduce the potential for collapse events.
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2/23/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Alaska to study ground hazard mitigation.
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9/16/2020 - Research projectsA project to reduce injuries and fatalities caused by rockburst-related ground failures in underground mines by developing an integrated, systematic approach for monitoring mining-induced seismic events.
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2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to adapt and use existing pattern-detection technology to identify minute changes in the mine environment.
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1/16/2018 - Research areasGround Monitoring Topic Page
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1/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA paper addressing the geotechnical considerations for concurrent pillar recovery in two coal seams with 21 m of interburden under about 305 m of depth of cover.
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11/5/2016 - Research projectsA project to establish a new standard for ground control safety in deep vein mines.
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10/27/2016 - Research projectsA project to reduce injuries and fatalities in western U.S. underground metal mines by reducing the falls of ground taking place in these mines.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program