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Investigating Mining Practices and Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures in Underground Coal Mines12/28/2023 - Research projectsA project to examine past and current coal mining practices and to identify potential trends, gaps in effective respirable crystalline silica exposure sampling and monitoring, and/or associations with geographic regions of high lung disease rates.
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6/5/2017 - Research projectsA project to maintain a Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) designed to identify the incidence and progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in all coal miners.
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3/15/2017 - Research projectsA project to develop and evaluate control technologies to reduce respirable dust exposures for operators of roof bolters and continuous mining machines.
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2/22/2017 - Research projectsA project to identify and develop improved respirable dust controls for coal mines and facilitate their implementation to reduce the dust exposures of mine workers.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to reduce respirable silica dust exposure in surface mines through improved understanding of dust generation and transport, improvement of current control technologies, and development of new control technologies.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to test an intervention to help miners use personal dust monitor feedback more effectively to reduce their exposure to respirable coal mine dust.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program