- Hazard prevention and control:
- Hazardous materials management
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- Emergency planning
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- Preparedness checklists
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- Work design
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- Proper work techniques
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- Acclimatization
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- Exposure tracking
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- Health and safety management
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- Safety culture
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- Safety incentives
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- Employee management
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- Worker participation
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- Hazard recording
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- Health and safety programs
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- Hearing conservation programs
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- Behavior safety programs
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- Materials storage
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- Policies
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- Standards
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- Inspections
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- Work pace control
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- Communications, location tracking, and signalling
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- Signalling
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- Hand signalling
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA 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.
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7/18/2016A 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.
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7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA 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.
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7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article contributing to the general understanding of mental practice by investigating the utility of and participant reaction to a virtual reality maintenance training among underground coal mine first responders.
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7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article by NIOSH discusses a study that evaluated the time required to move three types of stretchers into two commercially available refuge alternatives.
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3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing a study to empirically explore common methods to measure health and safety management system (HSMS) performance in mining organizations.
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2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article on the formative data collection and analysis that informed the development of a multilevel intervention to bridge health communication between workers and management to reduce mine worker overexposure to respirable silica dust.
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1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA 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.
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9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesThis trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses how MSHA standards for rations, supplies, and sanitation facilities are addressed by various refuge alternative manufacturers.
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9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesThis trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses testing of the Helmet-CAM system. NIOSH partnered with Vulcan Materials Co. to test and evaluate the setup for noise assessment at the company's mining operation near Baltimore.