- Hazard prevention and control:
- Administrative controls
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- Hazardous materials management
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- Emergency planning
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- Preparedness checklists
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- Work design
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- Acclimatization
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- Health screening
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- Health and safety management
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- Safety culture
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- Employee management
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- Worker participation
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- Hazard recording
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- Health and safety programs
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- Policies
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- Standards
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- Inspections
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- Work scheduling
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- Work breaks
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- Task rotation
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- Clothes cleaning
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- Communications
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- Signalling
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- Hand signalling
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- Personnel tracking
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6/5/2017 - Research projectsA project to maintain a Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) designed to identify the incidence and progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in all coal miners.
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6/1/2017 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesAn article discussing what workers think about health and safety, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
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3/29/2017 - News articlesNIOSH Mining researchers shared their technical expertise in Washington with colleagues developing their own virtual reality space.
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3/13/2017 - Research projectsA project to enhance the understanding of underground mining communication and tracking system performance through the development and validation of radio signal propagation models.
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10/25/2016 - News articlesSee the latest mining safety and health solutions from NIOSH at two workshops going on now at MINExpo 2016.
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10/22/2016 - News articlesA feature story of how a small mine implemented a fatigue management program for its haul truck drivers.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to work with a consultant, Human Performance Analysis, to assess the safety culture at U.S. coal mines.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA pilot project to identify leading indicators in health and safety management practices unique to the mining industry and compare them against the leading indicators of mature occupational health and safety programs.
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8/23/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to explore early detection of rock movement signaling imminent underground space or pit wall collapse in mines, which has the potential to prevent loss of life and serious injuries from mine disasters.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to test the efficacy of deploying a vehicular satellite communication system, augmented with rapidly deployable mesh networking nodes and other emerging telecommunications technologies, during mine rescue and other emergency events.