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• When Do You Take Refuge? Decisionmaking During Mine Emergency Escape
  8/1/2011 - PC software, Reports of Investigations, Training materials
  This training exposes trainees to the types of decisions that they may need to make during a mine emergency escape and stimulate group discussion about when and why to use a refuge alternative.
• The Potential Impact of Light Emitting Diode Lighting on Reducing Mining Injuries During Operation and Maintenance of Lighting Systems
  12/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH research indicates that LEDs can enhance safety by improving a miner’s ability to see hazards and by reducing glare. This paper considers whether LEDs can also reduce miner exposure to hazards during maintenance and operation of LED lighting.
• Emergency Escape and Refuge Alternatives
  10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  Emergency escape and refuge alternatives was created by a multidisciplinary team at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to teach miners about emergency escape and using refuge alternatives. The training is a Microsoft Power...
• Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways
  5/1/2010 - Reports of Investigations
  This NIOSH report presents the results of extensive in-mine coal dust particle size surveys of dust samples collected from intake airways in 61 U.S. coal mines, representing all 10 MSHA bituminous Coal Mine Safety and Health Districts.
• A Review of NIOSH and U.S. Bureau of Mines Research to Improve Miners' Health and Safety Training
  1/1/2010 - Book chapters
  This paper describes how miners' safety and health training has improved since the beginning of the program in the late 1970's after the Federal Mine Safety legislation was passed, and identifies areas where further improvements are needed.
• Continuous Mining: A Pilot Study of the Role of Visual Attention Locations and Work Position in Underground Coal Mines
  8/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The purpose of this study was to perfect a method of gathering information on work positions and Visual Attention Locations needed by operators during the cutting phase and while the continuous miner trams to a new location.
• Working in the Classroom - A Vision of Miner Training in the 21st Century
  11/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This article discusses how narrative-based training has evolved and is likely to continue changing in the future using the Underground Coal Mine Map Reading Training (UCMMRT) developed by NIOSH.
• A Gas Pressure-Based Drift Round Blast Design Methodology
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  The paper provides: (a) a description of the gas pressure-based design approach to blasting, (b) a simple technique for estimating the damage radius of the buffer row of holes, and (c) a discussion of smoothwall design for the contour row of holes.
• Reducing Dust Exposure from Contaminated Work Clothing with a Stand-Alone Cleaning System
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  An alternative method to the original system developed by NIOSH and Unimin Corp to provide for a stand-alone clothes cleaning system.
• Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment
  6/1/2007 - Reports of Investigations
  NIOSH studied technology and methods that could reduce accidents involving surface mining equipment. These proximity warning systems included radar, sonar, GPS, radio transceiver tags, and combinations of radar and cameras.