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1/13/2023 - Research projectsA project to build the framework for expanding pillar design criteria into challenging environments by undertaking pillar response investigations in representative conditions at case study mine sites.
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9/21/2020 - Research projectsA project to develop practical and economic engineering controls, guidelines, and translational solutions for improving the quality and quantity of airflow in large-opening stone mines.
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12/30/2019 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesA discussion of data gathered from on-site assessments and an analysis of MSHA nonfatal injury narratives to identify common slip, trip, and fall hazards in surface stone, sand and gravel mining.
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12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA analysis documenting the burden associated with nonfatal slip, trip, and fall incidents at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines from 2008 through 2017.
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10/16/2019 - News and announcementsSee NIOSH at the 24th Annual Underground Stone Safety Seminar, Dec. 10-11, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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9/26/2018 - News and announcementsSee NIOSH at the 2018 Underground Stone Safety Seminar, Nov. 13 and 14 in Louisville, KY.
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10/18/2017 - News and announcementsSee NIOSH at the 2017 Underground Stone Safety Seminar, Dec. 5 and 6 in Louisville, KY.
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10/3/2017 - Web softwareAre you up to the challenge? Try your hand at our new web application that challenges users to find the hazards in four locations at a surface stone operation.
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10/27/2016 - News articlesSee NIOSH at the 2016 Underground Stone Seminar in Louisville, KY, on December 6-7.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesUnderground stone mines in the United States use the room and pillar method of mining in relatively flat laying deposits. Roof and rib falls account for 15% of all lost time incidents. This paper presents the result of a study to improve pillar and roof...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program