- Hazard prevention and control:
- Administrative controls
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- Hazardous materials management
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- Preparedness checklists
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- Site security
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- Work design
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- Proper work techniques
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- Exposure tracking
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- Health screening
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- Employee management
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- Hazard recording
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- Hearing conservation programs
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- Behavior safety programs
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- Materials storage
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- Policies
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- Standards
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- Inspections
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- Work scheduling
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- Work pace control
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- Work breaks
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- Task rotation
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- Clothes cleaning
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- Communications, location tracking, and signalling
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- Hand signalling
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- Personnel tracking
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9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to develop and demonstrate a modified, fiber optic-based perimeter security system to track personnel in an underground coal mine.
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9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to design, adapt, construct, install, and evaluate a wireless mesh communication network in an underground coal mine.
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9/17/2012 - Dictionaries and glossariesMine Communications and Tracking Glossary
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9/7/2012 - Conferences, workshops, and seminarsWorkshop on Hearing Loss Prevention in Mining - 2005
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NIOSH sponsored two workshops designed to familiarize attendees with communications and tracking technologies.
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11/1/2011 - Reports of Investigations, Training materialsNonverbal Communication for Mine Emergencies is a training program that teaches miners a series of nonverbal hand signals to use in the event of an emergency. These hand signals can be used by miners if they are unable to communicate verbally.
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10/1/2011 - Technology NewsThis technology is used to map communications and tracking coverage in underground mines. It is important to know coverage of these systems during a mine emergency.
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9/1/2011 - Technology NewsPossible benefits of the use of reverse RFID for personnel tracking are: improvements in accuracy, the ability to interface to a variety of mine communications infrastructures, better system survivability, and easier installation and maintenance.
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9/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes the results of initial testing of the NIOSH Multifit4 system that was designed to be used as a tool by qualified researchers to evaluate hearing protector training and fit interventions at worksites.
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4/1/2010 - Conference papersThis paper presents an acoustic assessment of pneumatic and electric jackleg drills involving Noise Source Identification (NSID), penetration rate measurements, operator’s cumulative noise dose measurements, and determination of sound power levels.