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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to deliver working prototypes of docking/switch-over valves and hoods/masks with passive communication elements that will be used in the next generation of escape breathing apparatus.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to deliver working prototypes of docking and switch-over valves that will be used in the next generation of escape breathing apparatus.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to help develop and evaluate Person Wearable Dockable and Hybrid SCSRs that will meet the requirements of 42 CFR Part 84, Federal Mining Regulations, as well as any that will result from the MINER Act.
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5/23/2016 - Interagency agreementsAn interagency agreement to investigate efficiency improvements for pure oxygen breathing apparatuses used by miners in emergencies, namely SCSRs, and to develop an improved ergonomically designed SCSR.
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3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study conducted to examine the pattern of direction errors made during the manipulation of a physical simulation of an underground coal mine bolting machine to assess directional control-response compatibility relationships.
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This page provides design guidelines to follow for proper workstation design for underground mining equipment.
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9/20/2012 - Catalogs and indexesTask analysis is one of the basic tools that an ergonomist has to design and evaluate systems.
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12/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes a study that assessed the repeatability of a cab design checklist developed to evaluate various design characteristics that can influence exposure to risk factors for musculoskeletal discomfort.
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12/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper discusses the results of a collaboration with a local drilling company to design and install a partial cab between the operator and the drill steel in an effort to reduce the sound level at the operator station of a surface drill rig.
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8/1/2007 - Technology NewsNIOSH, in partnership with stakeholders in the mining and surface drilling industries, conducted research to develop engineering controls to reduce workplace noise exposure. The result of this partnership is the development of a partial cab.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program