Modify Selection
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3/1/2012 - Technology NewsThis paper describes an engineering noise control that reduces roof bolting machine (RBM) operators’ exposure to noise in underground coal mines, thereby decreasing the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in RBM operators and nearby workers.
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8/15/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to identify equipment needs, available contractors, and the development and demonstration process for a rapid response drilling system for mine rescue operations.
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7/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe aims of this research were to determine the effectiveness of arbitrary shape coding in reducing selection error rates in a virtual analogy of roof-bolting and whether any advantages exist for mirror or place layouts for dual control situations.
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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis work presents the findings from NIOSH field and laboratory studies comparing respirable dust levels on mist drilling roof bolter machines to dust levels measured on machines using a conventional vacuum drilling system.
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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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1/1/1998 - Hazards IDsRecently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), through its Community Partners for Healthy Farming program in New York, received two separate reports of farm workers who were injured while attempting to drill holes into seal...
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1/1/1997 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsThis pamphlet provided information on what rock drillers can do to protect themselves from silica dust, which may cause silicosis. The role of exposure to silica dust in the development silicosis was discussed.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program