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• Technology Upgrade of the Sarcos Snake Robot
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a technology upgrade to the Sarcos snake robot that was built to assist in mine emergencies.
• Interface and Job Design
  10/25/2016 - Research areas
  Interface and Job Design topic page.
• NIOSH Workshops at MINExpo 2016
  10/25/2016 - News articles
  See the latest mining safety and health solutions from NIOSH at two workshops going on now at MINExpo 2016.
• Fatigue Management for Haul Truck Drivers: A Low-Tech Solution for a Small Mine
  10/22/2016 - News articles
  A feature story of how a small mine implemented a fatigue management program for its haul truck drivers.
• Evaluation and Development of Hearing Loss Interventions
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to improve the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions through development, refinement, promotion, and long-term evaluation.
• Enhanced Utilization of Personal Dust Monitor Feedback
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to test an intervention to help miners use personal dust monitor feedback more effectively to reduce their exposure to respirable coal mine dust.
• Assessing the Safety Culture of Coal Mining
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to work with a consultant, Human Performance Analysis, to assess the safety culture at U.S. coal mines.
• An Analysis of Health and Safety Management Systems in Mining
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A pilot project to identify leading indicators in health and safety management practices unique to the mining industry and compare them against the leading indicators of mature occupational health and safety programs.
• Mobile Adaptable RF/IT Infrastructure - Experimental (MATRIX)
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to test the efficacy of deploying a vehicular satellite communication system, augmented with rapidly deployable mesh networking nodes and other emerging telecommunications technologies, during mine rescue and other emergency events.
• Magnetic Communication System (MCS)
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to enhance key features of the through-the-earth prototype previously developed to improve its usability, investigate design changes to comply with mine safety standards, ruggedize the hardware, and demonstrate performance at coal mine sites.