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• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 5: 4.0 Independent Functional Safety Assessment
  5/1/2003 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the fifth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 4: 3.0 Safety File
  5/1/2002 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the fourth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 3: 2.2 Software Safety
  9/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the third in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 2: 2.1 System Safety
  4/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the second in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 1: 1.0 Introduction
  4/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report addresses the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment. It is part of a risk-based system safety process encompassing hardware, software, humans, and the operating environment for the equipment's life cycle.
• Optimizing Secondary Roof Support with the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP)
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers
  The 1990s saw an unprecedented increase in technologies for more effective, easier to install roof support in underground mines. To facilitate application and improve mine safety, NIOSH developed the Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP).
• Predicting System Interactions in the Design Process
  9/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Almost every process has a predecessor, and studying the predecessor helps to define needs and shortcomings to be addressed. This paper illustrates how such an approach was used to assess remote machine operation in underground coal mines.
• MSHA Data File Downloads
  9/30/2022 - Catalogs and indexes, Data and statistics
  Looking for data? Download the 2016 data files on employment, production, injuries, and fatalities collected by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
• NIOSH Mine Safety and Health Technology Innovations Award
  6/23/2022 - Awards and recognition
  Submit your entry for our 2022 award series today. Deadline for submissions in all sectors is August 1!
• NIOSH Mining Employment Opportunities
  4/5/2022 - Employment opportunities
  Join our research and support teams solving mining health and safety problems.