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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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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesWhat happens in the first crucial moments of a mine emergency? The study showed the importance of mine emergency planning and training, communication providing information for decision-making, leadership and trust, plus individual personal issues.
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11/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper discusses a limited number of control technologies to reduce or eliminate harmful respirable dust.
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6/1/2009 - Information CircularsNIOSH organized the International Workshop to improve understanding of the rock response obtained from modeling. The papers address various numerical modeling approaches, rock mass modeling, and applications in coal and metal mines.
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4/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis report describes experiments, their results, and how these results apply to early-warning fire sensors capable of rapid and reliable detection of fires in atmospheres that could be contaminated by either airborne dust or diesel engine products.
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2/1/2009 - Conference papersNIOSH has initiated a seals research program with collaborators from Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (SIMTARS) in Australia, West Virginia University (WVU), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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2/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper describes the fire tests, provides insight into characteristics of flame spread, and presents the CFD modeling work results of tests to help determine the characteristics for deep-seated fires.
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1/1/2009 - Historical information, PublicationsNIOSH researchers reviewed mining fatality surveillance data from the period 1900-2006, and using MSHA reports collected additional data on the deaths and circumstances associated with the Sago, Alma, and Darby incidents. They also reviewed published ma...
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1/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper introduces two position adjustment methods for mine tracking systems which use a coplanar node-path network mine model as the foundation for their development.
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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes how occupational ethnographic techniques provided insights needed for "new product development."
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program