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• 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.
• Ergonomics Processes: Implementation Guide and Tools for the Mining Industry
  2/1/2009 - Guides and manuals, Information Circulars
  This paper describes how three mining companies partnered with the MSD Prevention Team at NIOSH to demonstrate that an ergonomics process could be systematically implemented and effectively integrated with existing safety and health programs.
• 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.
• Ergonomics and Risk Factor Awareness Training for Miners
  7/1/2008 - Information Circulars, PC software, Training materials
  This training will increase awareness of risk factors and encourage miners to take action to report and reduce their exposures to risk factors.
• 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.
• Preventing Equipment Related Injuries in Underground U.S. Coal Mines
  10/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The top five priority hazards associated with underground coal mining equipment have been identified and information about potential contributing factors and controls collated.
• 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.
• Ergonomics: Beyond Compliance
  2/1/2007 - Conference papers
  Many mines are realizing that the only way to tackle cumulative injuries is to better understand those injuries and their root causes. The benefits of a formalized approach to reducing these injuries along with examples is presented.