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• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 3: 2.2 Software Safety
  9/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the third in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Optimizing Secondary Roof Support with the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP)
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers
  The 1990s saw an unprecedented increase in technologies for more effective, easier to install roof support in underground mines. To facilitate application and improve mine safety, NIOSH developed the Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP).
• Predicting System Interactions in the Design Process
  9/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Almost every process has a predecessor, and studying the predecessor helps to define needs and shortcomings to be addressed. This paper illustrates how such an approach was used to assess remote machine operation in underground coal mines.
• A Method for Evaluating System Interactions in a Dynamic Work Environment
  1/1/1997 - Conference papers
  Discusses a methodology to evaluate the causes of mishaps to develop recommendations to enhance safety. A specific case involves implementation of remotely controlled equipment in extended cut mining.
• Tailoring Opioid Awareness Training Resources for the Mining Industry
  11/29/2023 - Research projects
  A pilot project to engage the mining industry through a participatory evaluation approach to facilitate the tailoring of opioid awareness training resources and guidance for mine operators and other interested parties.
• Exploring Integrated Approaches for Mine Worker Well-being
  11/21/2023 - Research projects
  A project to identify where and how fatigue, substance use/misuse, and health hazard recognition and risk management intersect. 
• Developing a Framework to Identify and Address Hazards Unique to Women in Mining
  11/21/2023 - Research projects
  A project to better understand the specific needs of women mine workers and develop a framework to guide the design and redesign of work systems to more equitably address the needs of diverse workers. 
• Safety Pays in Mining: User's Guide
  10/20/2023 - Guides and manuals
  User's guide for Safety Pays in Mining.
• NIOSH Mining Employment Opportunities
  5/22/2023 - Employment opportunities
  Join our research and support teams solving mining health and safety problems.
• Increasing the Effectiveness of Targeted Mining Hearing Conservation Program Elements
  3/1/2023 - Research projects
  A project to identify and remediate actual and perceived barriers to full implementation of hearing conservation programs at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines.