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12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis investigation tested the feasibility of enhancing existing engineering dust controls by mounting a simple barrier on a longwall shearer that separated the operators from the cutting drums.
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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH has been actively gathering ground control information in the Illinois Basin in an effort to understand and control difficult mining conditions and has documented best practices for screen installation.
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12/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes research designed to develop guidelines and test procedures for identifying all noise sources that are major contributors to the underground noise exposure of longwall coal mining system workers.
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9/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study investigates different horizontal methane drainage borehole patterns, borehole lengths, and degasification times prior to and during panel extraction to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing methane emissions using a dynamic 3D reservoir m...
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7/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper presents the development and results of a comprehensive, "dynamic," three-dimensional reservoir model of a typical multi-panel Pittsburgh coalbed longwall mine. Results presented in this paper include a simulation of gas flow patterns from th...
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11/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis report summarizes the results of noise surveys, consisting of full-shift worker noise exposure, time-motion studies, and equipment noise profiling for longwall and continuous miner sections in six underground coal mines.
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1/1/2001 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper summarizes case studies where unusual circumstances required that a longwall retreat into or through previously driven rooms. Two types of roof failure are identified and discussed.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program