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• Inquiring Ears Want to Know: A Fact Sheet about Your Hearing Test
  11/1/2007 - Brochures/flyers/pamphlets
  This sheet explains your audiogram (hearing test) and gives some basic information about protecting your hearing.
• Safety Culture Assessment in Underground Coal Mining
  8/1/2007 - Contract reports
  This report describes the results of a pilot Safety Culture Assessment implemented at a small Appalachian underground coal mine.
• Noise Assessment of Stone/Aggregate Mines: Six Case Studies
  8/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH completed a survey of equipment sound levels and worker noise exposures in the mining industry. The findings identify the equipment and machinery likely to cause worker overexposures and the workers found to be experiencing overexposures.
• Recent Developments in Coal Mining Safety in the United States
  6/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper briefly describes the progress in mine safety in the United States, with emphasis on recent events that have followed since the explosion at the Sago Mine in January 2006. Legislation following the mine accidents in 2006 and areas of work car...
• Improving Silica Dust Controls for Metal/Nonmetal Mining Operations in the United States
  4/1/2007 - Conference papers
  NIOSH researchers are improving protection provided by enclosed cabs on mining equipment, reducing dust generation from surface drills, reducing dust levels in iron ore operations, and developing a new method to clean dust from soiled clothes.
• Reducing Respirable Dust Exposure of Workers Using an Improved Clothes Cleaning Process
  4/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A quick, safe, and effective method has been developed that allows workers to clean their dust laden work clothing periodically throughout the day.
• Factors Affecting the Development of Mine Face Ventilation Systems in the 20th Century
  2/1/2007 - Conference papers
  During the 20th century, the increased emphasis on worker health and safety and the advent of new mining equipment and methods led to many changes in mine face ventilation practices.
• Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation in US. Coal Mines - A Surveillance Report
  1/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study examines the patterns and trends in noise exposure documented in data collected by Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors at U.S. coal mines from 1987 through 2004.
• Coal Mine Safety Achievements in the USA and the Contribution of NIOSH Research
  9/1/2006 - Conference papers
  Discusses past NIOSH research that has helped to reduce hazards, accidents, and health issues in mining, as well as current NIOSH research priorities and the impact of the MINER Act of 2006.
• A New Method to Clean Dust from Soiled Work Clothes
  6/1/2006 - Conference papers
  Dust from worker's clothes has been shown to be a problematic source of personal dust exposure. A recently completed effort between NIOSH and Unimin Corp. has resulted in a quick and effective way to clean worker clothing. Field testing indicated that t...