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• Evidence that Reducing Knee Injuries in Underground Mining may have a Substantial Impact on Mine Company Finances
  12/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  To encourage mining companies to implement knee injury training programs and interventions, NIOSH performed an analysis of workers’ compensation data for one underground coal mine in Illinois and six in Pennsylvania.
• MultiFit4: An Improved System for Insert-Type
  9/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the results of initial testing of the NIOSH Multifit4 system that was designed to be used as a tool by qualified researchers to evaluate hearing protector training and fit interventions at worksites.
• An Analysis of Injuries to Haul Truck Operators in the U.S. Mining Industry
  9/1/2010 - Conference papers
  The objective of this work was to profile injuries sustained during haul truck operations, to identify priorities for further investigation, and to determine potential injury prevention strategies.
• Acoustic Assessment of Pneumatic and Electric Jackleg Drills used in the Mining Industry
  4/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper presents an acoustic assessment of pneumatic and electric jackleg drills involving Noise Source Identification (NSID), penetration rate measurements, operator’s cumulative noise dose measurements, and determination of sound power levels.
• Safety and Health Regulatory Changes and Technology Developments in U.S. Coal Mining
  9/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses changes that new legislation and regulations are making to the U.S. coal mining industry, and current research that is producing technologies to make mining safer.
• Field Evaluation of a Passive Diesel Particulate Filter at a Limestone Mine
  4/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In this study, the operators of a limestone mine retrofitted a loader used for clean-up operations with a passive DPF that was lightly catalyzed and used a fuel additive to initiate regeneration at low exhaust temperatures.
• Evaluation of Sequential Extraction Procedures for Soluble and Insoluble Hexavalent Chromium Compounds in Workplace Air Samples
  2/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The results of this study by NIOSH have served to provide performance data in support of the procedures described in the international standard methods, for which such results were previously unavailable in the peer-reviewed literature.
• Underground Coal Mining Disasters and Fatalities: United States, 1900-2006
  1/1/2009 - Historical information, Publications
  NIOSH researchers reviewed mining fatality surveillance data from the period 1900-2006, and using MSHA reports collected additional data on the deaths and circumstances associated with the Sago, Alma, and Darby incidents. They also reviewed published ma...
• The Application of Major Hazard Risk Assessment (MHRA) to Eliminate Multiple Fatality Occurrences in the U.S. Minerals Industry
  10/1/2008 - Information Circulars
  This NIOSH pilot project demonstrated that most US mines have the capability to successfully implement an MHRA. The basic requirement for a successful MHRA is the desire to become more proactive in reducing risks associated with catastrophic events.
• Use of Infrared Sensors for Monitoring Methane in Underground Mines
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This paper describes research conducted to compare the performance, including response time and accuracy, of selected instruments using infrared and catalytic sensors.