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2/1/2010 - Conference papersThis paper reviews the 100-year history of federal electrical safety research in the U.S mining industry, originally by the US Bureau of Mines, and as carried on today by NIOSH.
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11/1/2008 - Information CircularsThe results of NIOSH's test of two commercially available proximity warning devices (PWDs) are presented. PWDs warn personnel if mobile equipment moves within some preselected minimum distance of an energized overhead electrical power line.
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7/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper updates an earlier report by the authors that studied electrical injuries from 1992 to 1998. The previous information is expanded and supplemented with fatal and nonfatal injury rates and trends through 2002.
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11/1/2003 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis NIOSH study was conducted to focus future research on the most significant electrical problems in the mining industry. Data from 1,926 mine electrical accidents (including 75 fatalities) that occurred between 1990 and 1999 were studied.
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3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article concerning the findings of a study of mining industry electrical injuries reported to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the years 2000 to 2009.
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9/21/2012 - Research areasElectrical Safety Topic Page
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9/1/2004 - Brochures/flyers/pamphletsA brochure about power line safety.
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8/1/2003 - Peer reviewed journal articlesData show that 2,287 U.S. workers died and 32,807 workers sustained days away from work due to electrical shock or electrical burn injuries between 1992 and 1998. A primary causal factor was identified for each fatality.
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9/1/2001 - Conference papersA report on research to develop a device that alerts workers when a power line has been contacted by equipment. The approach being investigated is based on measuring electric current flow to ground through a machine during a line contact.
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10/1/1978 - Conference papersElectric shocks are a serious problem in the mining environment. Electrical accidents, resulting in personal injury, due to improper or complete lack of grounding of electrically operated mining machines, form a significant percentage of the overall ele...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program