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• Refuge Chamber Deployment and Occupancy Status During Mine Emergency Situations
  8/14/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to incorporate a wireless base station into the MagneLink Magnetic Communication System (MCS) and to develop a mechanism that automatically activates a portable wireless text messaging device when a refuge chamber is opened or deployed.
• Snake Robot for Mine Rescue
  7/18/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to leverage the on-going development of the new generation Tandem Track (TT) snake robot, by modifying this new system in a way that makes it suitable for operations in underground mines.
• Assessment of Whole-body Vibration Exposures and Influencing Factors for Quarry Haul Truck Drivers and Loader Operators
  7/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article detailing a follow-up investigation to assess vibration exposure on haul trucks and front-end wheel loaders.
• Application of Fatigue Management Systems: Small Mines and Low Technology Solutions
  4/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that presents a case study of a small surface mining organization to highlight the fatigue risk management system implemented at the studied mine site.
• Assessing the Safety Culture of Underground Coal Mining: Results and Recommendations
  2/23/2014 - Conference papers
  This manuscript details the process undertaken by researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of Mine Safety and Health Research to assess the safety culture at five underground coal mines across the United States.
• Post-Accident AMS System
  1/6/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a robust, intrinsically safe system that will incorporate atmospheric monitoring, two-way communications and miner tracking, all in a single network.
• Emergency Communications and Tracking
  7/24/2013 - Research areas
  Emergency Communications and Tracking Topic Page
• Helmet Video Recorder Helps to Identify High Dust Exposure
  6/5/2013 - Unpublished documents and reports
  Mine operators have a new tool for identifying specific work tasks that cause high respirable dust exposure for workers.
• Visual feedback system to reduce errors while operating roof bolting machines
  2/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An experiment was conducted to explore coding and directional compatibility on roof bolting equipment and to determine the feasibility of a visual feedback system to alert operators of critical movements and workers in close proximity to the equipment.
• Technology News 551 - Through-the-Earth, Post-Accident Communications - an Emerging Technology
  12/1/2012 - Technology News
  A technology to provide a two-way communications system to improve miners' ability to communicate from underground to surface.