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• Working in Noise with a Hearing Loss: Perceptions from Workers, Supervisors, and Hearing Conservation Program Managers
  12/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study outlines potential challenges regarding job safety and hearing conservation practices for noise-exposed, hearing-impaired workers.
• Administrative Controls for Reducing Worker Noise Exposures
  12/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This publication describes worker noise exposure surveys in coal mines and coal preparation plants, revealing that worker dosimetry, time-motion studies, and equipment noise profiling are important for effective use of administrative controls.
• Technology News 511 - NIOSH Develops Improved Mining Safety and Health Web Topic Page
  11/1/2005 - Technology News
  The NIOSH Office of Mining and Construction Safety and Health Research has redesigned its Mining Safety and Health Web topic page. The updated page incorporates a significant amount of new safety and health information, plus an improved layout to better...
• Coaching Skills for On-the-Job Trainers
  8/1/2005 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  This training package describes how to develop or manage an on-the-job training program so that information is passed on from trainer/coach to trainee efficiently and effectively.
• Securing the Blast Site to Prevent Blasting Related Injuries: Blasting Safety - Revisiting Site Security
  7/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article examines the factors related to injuries due to inadequate blasting shelters and blast area security, and identifies mitigation techniques.
• Technology News 509 - A New Method to Clean Dust From Soiled Work Clothes
  5/1/2005 - Technology News
  A new clothes-cleaning process was developed that uses a compressed air nozzle manifold to blow dust from the worker's clothes in an enclosed booth. The process cleans work clothes 10 times faster and removes up to 50% more dust than the single air hose...
• Reducing Enclosed Cab Drill Operator's Respirable Dust Exposure with Effective Filtration and Pressurization Techniques
  1/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Discusses a cooperative research effort to lower respirable dust levels in an enclosed cab on an older surface drill at a silica sand operation. A number of modifications were incorporated into the drill's filtration and pressurization system, as well a...
• Noranda Inc. - Brunswick Mine Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Field Study
  10/1/2004 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A summary of the investigation and findings of nearly three years of field and laboratory work looking at diesel particulate filter (DPF) systems.
• Technology News 507 - NIOSH Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication Triangle
  9/1/2004 - Technology News
  The "Emergency Communication Triangle" safety talk focuses on the content of emergency warning messages. It presents a procedure using mental cues that can be used by senders and receivers of emergency warnings.
• Safety and Health Training for an Evolving Workforce: An Overview From the Mining Industry
  7/1/2004 - Information Circulars
  A major concern in the mining industry is how to provide training for an aging workforce as well as training for the less experienced miners.