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• Development of a Seismic System for Locating Trapped Miners
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate SureWave Technology's seismic system for locating trapped miners by conducting tests at depths of 2,000 ft or more and under various challenging but common conditions.
• Develop a Means to Model Network Performance Using Network Simulation Tools
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to develop modeling and simulation tools to evaluate the performance of underground mine wireless communications networks.
• Designing a Statistical Algorithm for Strategic Identification and Development of New Mine Safety Technologies and Technological Applications
  7/18/2016
  A contract to survey the landscape of mine hazards through a lens wide enough to capture all mine operations, fine-grained enough to pinpoint hazards for each specific type of operation, and responsive enough to detect new hazards as they emerge.
• Design and Demonstration of a Location Tracking System for Underground Coal Mines (Award 2)
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design and demonstrate a location tracking system for underground coal mines using ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology.
• Design and Demonstration of a Location Tracking System for Underground Coal Mines (Award 1)
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a miner tracking system based on inertial navigation technology.
• Design and Construction Considerations for a Protected Compressed Air Line to a Refuge Alternative
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to explore the need for ensuring compressed air line integrity in a practical way through laboratory tests and design and construction considerations for compressed air lines to a refuge alternative.
• Best Practice Review of Atmospheric Monitoring Practices for Fire and Explosion Prevention Using Tube Bundle Systems
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to assess the benefits of implementing tube bundle technology into the US mining industry and identifying the logistical barriers and operational aspects considered for deployment.
• NIOSH Refuge Alternative Webinar
  6/16/2016 - Calls for participation
  Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar on refuge alternatives June 23.
• Exploring the State of Health and Safety Management System Performance Measurement in Mining Organizations
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing a study to empirically explore common methods to measure health and safety management system (HSMS) performance in mining organizations.
• Using Dust Assessment Technology to Leverage Mine Site Manager-Worker Communication and Health Behavior: A Longitudinal Case Study
  1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study looking at how a dust assessment technology, the Helmet-CAM, was used to identify and encourage communication about potential problem areas and tasks on site that contributed to elevated exposures.