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• A Case Study in Applied Social Marketing: Developing an Occupational Safety and Health Product
  12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This case study provides an example of how social marketing was applied to meet the needs of business customers in the mining industry.
• Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Long Term Field Evaluation Tenth Phase Results
  6/1/2008 - Reports of Investigations
  This report is the last of 10 report phases begun in 1982 and presents findings regarding laboratory-tested SCSRs in the tenth phase of testing, from July 2004 to March 2006.
• NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide
  3/1/2008 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This user manual explains objectives that can be addressed with the NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator and training scenarios applied to real-life, real worker scenarios. This guide explains the simulator's functions in detail.
• Ergonomics Interventions at Badger Mining Corporation
  3/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper presents details of the process integration, and several examples of task-specific interventions that reduced exposure to risk factors as a result of a partnership between NIOSH and the Badger Mining Corporation.
• Rapporteur's Report: Mining Sector
  2/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The general consensus from members of the mining sector established the need for several key endeavors including more and stronger mining collaborations and partnerships and a need to educate mining stakeholders and students about the benefits of the Pr...
• The Modern Evolution of Hearing Conservation Regulations
  12/1/2007 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This report compares components of hearing conservation regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the 1998 NIOSH "best practices" criteria.
• Inquiring Ears Want to Know: A Fact Sheet about Your Hearing Test
  11/1/2007 - Brochures/flyers/pamphlets
  This sheet explains your audiogram (hearing test) and gives some basic information about protecting your hearing.
• Safety Culture Assessment in Underground Coal Mining
  8/1/2007 - Contract reports
  This report describes the results of a pilot Safety Culture Assessment implemented at a small Appalachian underground coal mine.
• Factors Affecting the Development of Mine Face Ventilation Systems in the 20th Century
  2/1/2007 - Conference papers
  During the 20th century, the increased emphasis on worker health and safety and the advent of new mining equipment and methods led to many changes in mine face ventilation practices.
• Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation in US. Coal Mines - A Surveillance Report
  1/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study examines the patterns and trends in noise exposure documented in data collected by Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors at U.S. coal mines from 1987 through 2004.