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• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: CT System Safety
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 5 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless commnication and elctronic tracking covering CT system safety.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Communication System Performance
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 2 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking covering communication system performance.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Appendix B
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Appendix B of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking covering basic equations.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Acronyms and Abbreviations
  5/9/2019 - Dictionaries and glossaries, Training materials
  List of acronyms and abbreviations used in the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking.
• Develop Mining Fatigue Model and Management System
  4/2/2019 - Research projects
  A project to define workplace fatigue for the mining industry by developing a preliminary fatigue model and management system using a human factors systems approach, which accounts for the predictors causing fatigue.
• Mineworker Fatigue: A Review of What We Know and Future Decisions
  3/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that aims to concisely review what is and is not known about worker fatigue in mining.
• Intrinsically Safe Systems: Equivalency of International Standards Compared to U.S. Mining Approval Criteria
  12/3/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article demonstrating that international equipment evaluation standards for electrical/electronic equipment will provide at least the same level of protection for miners as the MSHA requirements.
• Using Performance Management Strategies to Improve Mine Emergency Training and Preparedness
  11/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A report on one company’s efforts to improve its mineworkers’ self-escape competencies using competency-based performance management strategies, including assessment and remediation processes.
• Human Factors Considerations in Addressing Mining Occupational Illnesses, Injuries, and Fatalities
  4/13/2018 - Internal Reports
  This white paper offers a holistic overview of the NIOSH Mining Program's 40-year history of studying human factors in the industry and some of the critical knowledge gathered about safety and human behavior.
• Ideas from the Field: Training Responsible Persons to Lead and Succeed
  4/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article that focuses on the need for coal miners to designate an on-site responsible person (RP) during a mine emergency.