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• Advancement of Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
  5/9/2019 - Research projects
  A project to minimize the risk of heat illness for miners entering an RA, ensure the availability of air delivery and purging systems for RAs, facilitate the use of BIP RAs, and develop a reliable communications system for RAs.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: References
  5/9/2019 - Catalogs and indexes, Training materials
  Summary of references for the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Mine Operations Center (MOC)
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 6 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless commumnication and electronic tracking covering the mine operations center.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: CT System Survivability, Reliability, And Availability
  5/9/2019 - Training materials
  Section 4 of the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and tracking covering CT system survivability, reliability and availability.
• Advanced Tutorial on Wireless Communication and Electronic Tracking: Acronyms and Abbreviations
  5/9/2019 - Dictionaries and glossaries, Training materials
  List of acronyms and abbreviations used in the OMSHR advanced tutorial on wireless communication and electronic tracking.
• The Role of Risk Avoidance and Locus of Control in Workers' Near Miss Experiences: Implications for Improving Safety Management Systems
  5/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A survey conducted to understand how mineworkers’ risk avoidance could impact their near miss incidents on the job.
• Job Autonomy and Safety Climate: Examining Associations in the Mining Industry
  4/17/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining what role job autonomy may have in forming workers’ perceptions and subsequent occupational safety and health performance on the job.
• Develop Mining Fatigue Model and Management System
  4/2/2019 - Research projects
  A project to define workplace fatigue for the mining industry by developing a preliminary fatigue model and management system using a human factors systems approach, which accounts for the predictors causing fatigue.
• Intrinsically Safe Systems: Equivalency of International Standards Compared to U.S. Mining Approval Criteria
  12/3/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article demonstrating that international equipment evaluation standards for electrical/electronic equipment will provide at least the same level of protection for miners as the MSHA requirements.
• Applying the Precaution Adoption Process Model to the Acceptance of Mine Safety and Health Technologies
  5/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study exploring management and worker perspectives toward three technologies to forecast adoption and behavioral intention on the job.