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• EVADE Software
  6/12/2023 - PC software, Reports of Investigations
  EVADE 2.4 has been updated with expanded video and data features to make it a more generalized and powerful tool.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Introduction
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  This tutorial provides an advanced discussion of the available CT technologies, operating characteristics and general system performance considerations with descriptions of specific uses for primary and secondary communications.
• Technology News 546 - Medium Frequency Mine Emergency Communications - An Emerging Technology
  2/1/2012 - Technology News
  Medium frequency communications systems do not require a powered underground infrastructure to be installed for operation, and may therefore provide a higher degree of survivability after a mine disaster than other types of systems.
• Diesel Aerosols and Gases in Underground Mines: Guide to Exposure Assessment and Control
  10/1/2011 - Guides and manuals, Reports of Investigations
  A comprehensive guide to establish a program to curtail diesel particulate matter emissions, control pollutants after release in an underground mine environment and reduce exposures using administrative controls.
• A Review of NIOSH and U.S. Bureau of Mines Research to Improve Miners' Health and Safety Training
  1/1/2010 - Book chapters
  This paper describes how miners' safety and health training has improved since the beginning of the program in the late 1970's after the Federal Mine Safety legislation was passed, and identifies areas where further improvements are needed.
• Working in the Classroom - A Vision of Miner Training in the 21st Century
  11/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This article discusses how narrative-based training has evolved and is likely to continue changing in the future using the Underground Coal Mine Map Reading Training (UCMMRT) developed by NIOSH.
• Reducing Dust Exposure from Contaminated Work Clothing with a Stand-Alone Cleaning System
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  An alternative method to the original system developed by NIOSH and Unimin Corp to provide for a stand-alone clothes cleaning system.
• Preventing Equipment Related Injuries in Underground U.S. Coal Mines
  10/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The top five priority hazards associated with underground coal mining equipment have been identified and information about potential contributing factors and controls collated.
• Arc Flash Awareness
  1/1/2007 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video focuses on individual and organizational behavior related to arc flash events over an 11-year period in the mining industry.
• Blast Area Security
  1/1/2007 - Videos and multimedia
  This video provides information about blast area security to those working around blast sites.