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• Ergonomics and Mining: Charting a Path to a Safer Workplace
  9/1/2006 - Information Circulars
  This document describes how Bridger Coal Company implemented an ergonomics process at its Jim Bridger Mine from 2001 through 2004. The process, the promotion of the process to management and employees, and the impacts of the process are reviewed.
• A New Method to Clean Dust from Soiled Work Clothes
  6/1/2006 - Conference papers
  Dust from worker's clothes has been shown to be a problematic source of personal dust exposure. A recently completed effort between NIOSH and Unimin Corp. has resulted in a quick and effective way to clean worker clothing. Field testing indicated that t...
• Technology News 513 - Coaching Workshop for On-the-Job Trainers
  2/1/2006 - Technology News
  Describes a guide for developing an effective formalized on-the-job (OJT) program. The guide contains materials and suggestions for conducting a 1-day workshop for teaching OJT trainers how to be better coaches to less experienced workers. It incorporat...
• Working in Noise with a Hearing Loss: Perceptions from Workers, Supervisors, and Hearing Conservation Program Managers
  12/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study outlines potential challenges regarding job safety and hearing conservation practices for noise-exposed, hearing-impaired workers.
• Administrative Controls for Reducing Worker Noise Exposures
  12/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This publication describes worker noise exposure surveys in coal mines and coal preparation plants, revealing that worker dosimetry, time-motion studies, and equipment noise profiling are important for effective use of administrative controls.
• Technology News 511 - NIOSH Develops Improved Mining Safety and Health Web Topic Page
  11/1/2005 - Technology News
  The NIOSH Office of Mining and Construction Safety and Health Research has redesigned its Mining Safety and Health Web topic page. The updated page incorporates a significant amount of new safety and health information, plus an improved layout to better...
• Coaching Skills for On-the-Job Trainers
  8/1/2005 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  This training package describes how to develop or manage an on-the-job training program so that information is passed on from trainer/coach to trainee efficiently and effectively.
• Securing the Blast Site to Prevent Blasting Related Injuries: Blasting Safety - Revisiting Site Security
  7/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article examines the factors related to injuries due to inadequate blasting shelters and blast area security, and identifies mitigation techniques.
• Technology News 509 - A New Method to Clean Dust From Soiled Work Clothes
  5/1/2005 - Technology News
  A new clothes-cleaning process was developed that uses a compressed air nozzle manifold to blow dust from the worker's clothes in an enclosed booth. The process cleans work clothes 10 times faster and removes up to 50% more dust than the single air hose...
• Reducing Enclosed Cab Drill Operator's Respirable Dust Exposure with Effective Filtration and Pressurization Techniques
  1/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Discusses a cooperative research effort to lower respirable dust levels in an enclosed cab on an older surface drill at a silica sand operation. A number of modifications were incorporated into the drill's filtration and pressurization system, as well a...