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12/17/2021 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to extend canopy air curtain technology to shuttle car operators by developing a canopy air curtain system for shuttle cars that will reduce the operators’ respirable dust exposure.
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8/16/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing a field investigation completed to determine air velocities as well as operator dust exposure during shuttle car operation.
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11/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article investigating the potential use of canopy air curtain systems in protecting shuttle car operators from respirable dust.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study gathered data to support earlier NIOSH findings that specialized padded seats are improved designs for coal mine shuttle cars. Study results have potential application to vehicles used in surface mining, construction, and agriculture.
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12/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper analyzes narrative text fields accompanying injury reports associated with continuous miners, shuttle cars, load-haul-dump vehicles, and personnel transport equipment types in New South Wales underground coal mines.
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11/1/2006 - Information CircularsNIOSH researchers conducted a study to gather additional data to support earlier findings that NIOSH seats, with unique viscoelastic foam padding, are improved designs for coal mine shuttle cars.
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6/1/2006 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsThis study compared NIOSH and existing seat designs on low- and mid-coal seam shuttle cars.
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8/1/2003 - Conference papersA field study was conducted to evaluate four seat designs on shuttle cars, including two NIOSH-designed seats.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesWith input from underground shuttle-car operators, this study addressed a component of WBV that is germane to underground mining: high-energy impacts or shocks.
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1/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA method is described to measure the conductor temperature of mine trailing cables during normal operation. The temperature is measured using an optical fiber located in the center of the metallic conductors.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program