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9/1/2011 - Technology NewsPossible benefits of the use of reverse RFID for personnel tracking are: improvements in accuracy, the ability to interface to a variety of mine communications infrastructures, better system survivability, and easier installation and maintenance.
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9/1/2011 - PC softwareSoftware to aid mining operators, regulatory bodies, and consultants in the assessment of the spontaneous combustion risk of an underground mining operation.
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6/1/2011 - Technology NewsTo develop a portable field-use testing system for conducting ASTM-1550-05 round determinate panel tests.
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6/1/2011 - Technology NewsTo develop a practical method of measuring shotcrete adhesion strength in underground mines.
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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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6/1/2010 - Conference papersIn this paper instrumentation and sampling strategies for accurate monitoring of airflow in an entry using two-axis and three-axis ultrasonic anemometers are evaluated.
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4/1/2010 - Conference papersThe paper documents NIOSH research to date of a damped drill steel on a roof bolting machine.
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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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2/1/2010 - Conference papersNIOSH is investigating the use of shotcrete in weak rock mass mines with the objective of reducing fatalities and injuries resulting from rock fall accidents.
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1/1/2010 - Conference papersThis paper discusses several milestone events that show the progress of methane control research in underground coal mines.
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