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• Coal Dust Explosibility Meter Evaluation and Recommendations for Application
  8/15/2012 - Information Circulars
  This IC details a NIOSH investigation on the CDEM’s ability to accurately predict the explosibility of coal and rock dust mixtures. The conclusions support the field use of the CDEM to measure the explosibility of coal and rock dust mixtures.
• Controlling Dust Exposures in Longwall Mining Utilizing A Simple Barrier
  12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This investigation tested the feasibility of enhancing existing engineering dust controls by mounting a simple barrier on a longwall shearer that separated the operators from the cutting drums.
• Evaluation of the Bagged Stone Dust Barrier Effectiveness in a Bord and Pillar Mine
  6/1/2001 - Conference papers
  A project to evaluate the South African bagged stone dust explosion barrier was successfully completed at the NIOSH Lake Lynn Experimental Mine.