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• Advancement of Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
  5/9/2019 - Research projects
  A project to minimize the risk of heat illness for miners entering an RA, ensure the availability of air delivery and purging systems for RAs, facilitate the use of BIP RAs, and develop a reliable communications system for RAs.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: References
  5/9/2019 - Catalogs and indexes, Training materials
  Summary of references for the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Mine Operations Center (MOC)
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 6 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless commumnication and electronic tracking covering the mine operations center.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: CT System Survivability, Reliability, And Availability
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 4 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and tracking covering CT system survivability, reliability and availability.
• 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.