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12/1/2006 - Technology NewsNIOSH has released communication products about flyrock safety via information brochures, flashcards, and toolbox talk materials. These products target the mining and construction industries, and can be used for employee and visitor training.
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12/1/2012 - Technology NewsA technology to provide a two-way communications system to improve miners' ability to communicate from underground to surface.
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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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2/1/2006 - Technology NewsDescribes 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...
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11/1/2005 - Technology NewsThe 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...
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5/1/2005 - Technology NewsA 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...
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3/1/2002 - Technology NewsThis video showcases Jim Mortensen, a "gypo" miner for nearly 40 years in a deep, underground silver mine in the west.
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1/1/2001 - Technology NewsCDC/NIOSH Technology News brief on several technologies available to monitor the blind spots of large haulage equipment.
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8/1/1999 - Technology NewsFor mining, programmable electronics (PE) is an emerging technology that enables new capabilities and flexibility. It also can create new hazards and/or worsen existing hazards.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program