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• 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.
• 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.
• Noise Assessment of Stone/Aggregate Mines: Six Case Studies
  8/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH completed a survey of equipment sound levels and worker noise exposures in the mining industry. The findings identify the equipment and machinery likely to cause worker overexposures and the workers found to be experiencing overexposures.
• Recent Developments in Coal Mining Safety in the United States
  6/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper briefly describes the progress in mine safety in the United States, with emphasis on recent events that have followed since the explosion at the Sago Mine in January 2006. Legislation following the mine accidents in 2006 and areas of work car...
• Improving Silica Dust Controls for Metal/Nonmetal Mining Operations in the United States
  4/1/2007 - Conference papers
  NIOSH researchers are improving protection provided by enclosed cabs on mining equipment, reducing dust generation from surface drills, reducing dust levels in iron ore operations, and developing a new method to clean dust from soiled clothes.
• Reducing Respirable Dust Exposure of Workers Using an Improved Clothes Cleaning Process
  4/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A quick, safe, and effective method has been developed that allows workers to clean their dust laden work clothing periodically throughout the day.