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• Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire Risk Assessment
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Training materials
  The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. Although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once.
• The Challenge of Enforcing Safety Rules in Remote Hazardous Work Areas
  3/1/1999 - Conference papers
  This conference paper presents some findings obtained from interviews with coal miners about why supervisors sometimes fail to enforce an important mine safety rule.
• Innovative Strategies for Mine Fire Preparedness
  6/1/1998 - Conference papers
  There has been some improvement in overall mine fire preparedness. However, little data has been gathered on a site-by-site basis to determine what improvements might be made on a local level.
• Program of Research - A Summary of Research in Progress during Fiscal Years 98
  4/1/1998 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  The program of research for NIOSH in fiscal year 1998.
• NIOSH Mining Update - New Publications 1995-96
  9/1/1997 - Catalogs and indexes
  In September 1995, the U.S. Congress directed the closure of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). This listing summarizes mining health and safety publications and articles published by the Pittsburgh and Spokane Research Centers during 1995-96 and how to ...
• Geotechnical Factors Influencing Violent Failure in U.S. Mines
  3/1/1997 - Conference papers
  Sudden, violent failures of rock around mine openings influence access, ventilation, and safety in both hard-rock and coal mines. The authors initiated a comprehensive study to develop predictive tools for assessing potential rock failure.
• Update on the Continuing Functions of the Former US Bureau of Mines
  1/1/1997 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In fiscal 1996, the US Congress directed that the US Bureau of Mines (USBM) be closed. This article provides a summary of the continuing functions, the agencies involved and the points of contact for each continuing function.
• Update on Mining Health and Safety Research
  1/1/1996 - Conference papers
  This address covers the areas of assessing the current status of the Mining Health and Safety Research Program and outlining the need and direction for continued research.
• A Profile of Workers' Experiences and Preparedness in Responding to Underground Mine Fires
  1/1/1996 - Reports of Investigations
  214 underground coal miners were interviewed to determine mine workers' state of fire-fighting preparedness and the technology being used to detect and respond to underground mine fires. Several important changes are suggested to deal with fires.
• A Missing Component in Your Emergency Management Plans: The Critical Incident Stress Factor
  4/1/1994 - Conference papers
  In emergency management, the effects of stress on the performance of emergency personnel, typically have been ignored or regarded as too enigmatic to quantify. This paper discusses the concept of Critical Incident Stress in responders to emergencies. It...