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6/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article evaluating a commercial instrument developed based on NIOSH research for measuring EC concentrations in real time.
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3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes the research conducted to quantify a relationship between measured values of radiated seismic energy and peak explosive pressure generated.
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1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA comprehensive analysis of these events was conducted to better understand where and why these incidents occurred.
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7/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesDuring longwall mining, fracturing and relaxation in the gob creates new and highly permeable flow paths. The production rate-pressure behavior of a gob gas venthole (GGV) drilled over a longwall panel was analyzed by using multi-rate drawdown and decl...
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4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study used the MSHA database on accidents, injury, and illness from the years 2003-2007 to examine how age and experience at the current mine, total years experience as a coal miner, and experience in the current job affects injury severity.
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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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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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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes how occupational ethnographic techniques provided insights needed for "new product development."
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1/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes a study to evaluate the prevalence of cumulative injuries before and after the implementation of technological advances in underground coal mining and to make a general cost estimate for these injuries.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program