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10/16/2017 - PresentationsPlan to attend this webinar to hear about protecting workers in enclosed cabs from silica exposure.
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2/1/2017 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesA trade publication article describing a four-year partnership between NIOSH and personnel at two underground limestone mines that allowed researchers to better understand air quality in enclosed cabs.
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1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNine participants, six males and three females, participated in a study examining kinematic and electromyographic (EMG) responses to natural cadence stoopwalking, four-point crawling (all fours), and two-point crawling (knees only).
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9/1/2010 - Conference papersThis study assessed the difference between free cadence walking versus stoopwalking (under a 1.2-m ceiling), four-point crawling (hands and knees), and two-point crawling (knees only), both with and without kneepads.
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4/1/2009 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsNIOSH found that equipment operator exposure could be reduced by retrofitting air pressurization and filtration systems on existing cabs, using sweeping compounds on soiled floors, and implementing a dust control program.
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2/1/2003 - Conference papersReport on NIOSH studies using a 12-foot diameter sphere to identify key factors that may enhance the levels of CO associated with the detonation of several commercial trenching explosives.
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4/1/2002 - Conference papersThe first part of this paper is a review of several new techniques developed to facilitate the manipulation, noise reduction, storage and reuse of captured data, which have a potential to reduce the overall cost of motion simulation and improve its real...
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1/1/2001 - Conference papersThis paper presents a technique for representing and analyzing random motions and hazardous events in a computer simulated three-dimensional workplace, providing machine designers and safety analysts with a new technique to evaluate ways to reduce opera...
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3/1/1998 - Hazards IDsIn a recent incident, three cases of CO poisoning in a confined space, including one fatality, were caused by CO migrating through soil after nearby use of explosives during a municipal sewer project. This incident illustrates that CO from subsurface de...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program