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• 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.
• 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  6/5/2013 - Unpublished documents and reports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.
• 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.
• Hearing Loss Prevention in Mining - 2006
  9/27/2012 - Conferences, workshops, and seminars
  NIOSH Workshop on Hearing Loss Prevention in Mining - 2006
• Refuge Chamber Training Products and Guidance
  9/22/2012 - Training materials
  To help instructors teach miners about the use of refuge chambers, NIOSH has developed a suite of training modules covering operations, decision-making and expectations.
• Emergency Management
  9/21/2012 - Research areas
  Emergency Management Topic Page
• Ultra-Low Frequency Through-the-Earth Communication Technology
  9/18/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to analyze, adapt, and test an existing ultra-low frequency (ULF), through-the-earth system for communication and tracking of underground mine personnel.
• Through-The-Earth Wireless Real-Time Two-Way Voice Communications
  9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design, build, and demonstrate a battery-powered, through-the-earth wireless voice communication system for overburdens of up to 600 feet.
• Mine Communications and Tracking Glossary
  9/17/2012 - Dictionaries and glossaries
  Mine Communications and Tracking Glossary