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• Using the Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) to Assess Roof Stability in U.S. Coal Mines
  8/1/2001 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The CMRR quantifies defects in the rock mass and compiles a strength value used for engineering design. The CMRR has been applied to a number of ground stability problems. The CMRR procedure and some of these applications are described in this paper.
• Responders to Underground Mine Fires
  8/1/2001 - Conference papers
  Fire is a major concern for those who work in underground mines. This paper focuses on responders' preparedness for fire.
• Rock Damage Characterisation from Microseismic Monitoring
  7/1/2001 - Conference papers
  Outlines the concepts used to correlate rock failure with microseismic events and presents examples of microseismic monitoring together with associated computer modeling of the rock failure from several mine sites.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 2: 2.1 System Safety
  4/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the second in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Optimizing Secondary Roof Support with the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP)
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers
  The 1990s saw an unprecedented increase in technologies for more effective, easier to install roof support in underground mines. To facilitate application and improve mine safety, NIOSH developed the Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP).
• Methane Control for Underground Coal Mines
  1/1/1994 - Information Circulars
  This paper describes the history and technology of methane drainage in the US and other countries.
• Spontaneous Combustion
  4/7/2017 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areas
  OMSHR topic page on spontaneous combustion.
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Applications in Underground Coal Mines
  12/17/2016 - Research projects
  A project to investigate the feasibility potential to develop and implement IIoT concepts into the mining industry.
• Investigation of Enhanced Refuge Alternatives
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to provide the underlying scientific evidence that addresses, minimizes, and, where possible, eliminates the concerns miners have about using a refuge alternative after a mine disaster.
• Battery Safety Enhancements for Underground Coal Mines
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to make recommendations and guide policy or program decisions regarding the safety of batteries used in underground coal mines.