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• Progress Toward a Reduced Exposure Mining System
  2/1/1997 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In 1986 the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) embarked on a major research effort to develop technology that can substantially reduce worker exposure to face hazards simply by relocating the equipment operators to an area of relative safety. This paper repor...
• SPONCOM - A Computer Program for the Prediction of the Spontaneous Combustion Potential of an Underground Coal Mine
  1/1/1996 - Conference papers
  The United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) developed sponcom to aid in the assessment of the spontaneous combustion risk of an underground mining operation.
• Pillar Mechanics of Coal Mine Bursts: A Control Strategy
  9/1/1995 - Conference papers
  In this study, data available for a range of U.S. bursts were considered in an effort to evaluate both common and distinctive features of coal mine bursts.
• This Is Mining...
  7/1/1995 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  Mining is the branch of industry involving the exploration and removal of minerals from the earth. Mining is one of the oldest and most important endeavors of humankind, because it provides the raw ingredients for most of the material world around us an...
• Analysis of Underground Coal Mine Fire Incidents in the United States from 1978 through 1992
  1/1/1995 - Information Circulars
  An analysis of 164 underground coal mine fire incidents occurring in the United States during the 15 years from 1978 through 1992.
• Technology News 434 - An 'Insulating' Shotcrete for Heat Abatement in Deep Mines
  5/1/1994 - Technology News
  The objective was to develop and demonstrate a lightweight material that has low thermal conductivity and that would be suitable for placement using shotcrete methods. This material could be applied in deep, hot mines where mine drifts must be insulate...
• U.S. Bureau of Mines Technology Applicable to Disaster Response, Urban Search And Rescue
  4/1/1994 - Conference papers
  Since 1910, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has investigated practical ways of dealing with the consequences of major fires and explosions in underground mines.
• Safety Breakthrough -- Reduced Exposure Mining System (REMS)
  1/1/1994 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  A U.S. Bureau of Mines research program developed a Reduced-Exposure Mining System (REMS) that relocates personnel operating the mining machinery at the face away from the hazards to a nearby haven of relative safety.
• Effect of Pressure on Leakage of Automatic Sprinklers
  1/1/1993 - Reports of Investigations
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a study to determine if commercially available automatic sprinklers could withstand the high static pressures in deep underground coal mines without leaking and if exposure to the mine environment affected their leak p...
• Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Hydrogen Chloride Production from the Pyrolysis of Conveyor Belting and Brattice Cloth
  1/1/1992 - Information Circulars
  An investigation of the combustion products of typical materials found in underground mines. The results are combined with previous analyses to estimate relative toxicities, product levels and detectability of smoldering mine combustibles.