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• Application of Extreme Power Line Communication Methods to Mine Environments
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to assess the suitability of current power line communication methods (used in nonmining applications) for underground coal mine communication, using mine electrical power distribution conductors as a system backbone.
• Exploring Virtual Mental Practice in Maintenance Task Training
  7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article contributing to the general understanding of mental practice by investigating the utility of and participant reaction to a virtual reality maintenance training among underground coal mine first responders.
• Evaluating the Use of Stretchers in Two Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a study that evaluated the time required to move three types of stretchers into two commercially available refuge alternatives.
• NIOSH Refuge Alternative Webinar
  6/16/2016 - Calls for participation
  Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar on refuge alternatives June 23.
• Formative Research to Reduce Mine Worker Respirable Silica Dust Exposure: A Feasibility Study to Integrate Technology into Behavioral Interventions
  2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article on the formative data collection and analysis that informed the development of a multilevel intervention to bridge health communication between workers and management to reduce mine worker overexposure to respirable silica dust.
• Using Dust Assessment Technology to Leverage Mine Site Manager-Worker Communication and Health Behavior: A Longitudinal Case Study
  1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study looking at how a dust assessment technology, the Helmet-CAM, was used to identify and encourage communication about potential problem areas and tasks on site that contributed to elevated exposures.
• Through-the-Earth (TTE) Communications: Range Reliability Improvements
  11/20/2015 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop and test an enhanced magnetics-based communications waveform with increased ability to provide communications in the presence of ambient noise and interference in order to extend existing magnetics-based technologies.
• Underground Mine Refuge Alternatives: A Look at Food, Water and Sanitation Requirements
  9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses how MSHA standards for rations, supplies, and sanitation facilities are addressed by various refuge alternative manufacturers.
• Assessing Noise and Dust: NIOSH and Vulcan Materials Co. Team Up to Test How Well Helmet-CAM Technology Measures Miner Exposure Levels
  9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses testing of the Helmet-CAM system. NIOSH partnered with Vulcan Materials Co. to test and evaluate the setup for noise assessment at the company's mining operation near Baltimore.
• New Equipment and Protocol for Drilling Large-Diameter Rescue Boreholes
  7/21/2015 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A feature story about new equipment and protocol for drilling large-diameter rescue boreholes.