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• Proximity Warning Systems for Mining Equipment
  9/27/2012 - Conferences, workshops, and seminars
  NIOSH OMSHR sponsored a free, one-day workshop to discuss proximity warning and detection systems for mining equipment.
• A Performance Evaluation of Two Overhead Power Line Proximity Warning Devices
  11/1/2008 - Information Circulars
  The results of NIOSH's test of two commercially available proximity warning devices (PWDs) are presented. PWDs warn personnel if mobile equipment moves within some preselected minimum distance of an energized overhead electrical power line.
• Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment
  6/1/2007 - Reports of Investigations
  NIOSH studied technology and methods that could reduce accidents involving surface mining equipment. These proximity warning systems included radar, sonar, GPS, radio transceiver tags, and combinations of radar and cameras.
• Automated Systems and Trust: Mineworkers' Trust in Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines
  12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study exploring the effect that mine, age, experience, system type, and training have on workers' trust in proximity dectection systems for mobile machines.
• Mineworkers' Perceptions of Mobile Proximity Detection Systems
  8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH researchers interviewed mineworkers to understand the affects mobile proximity detection systems can have on mineworkers and the mining process, as well as the risks they may present. 
• A Method for Estimating the Low Frequency Coupling Characteristics of a Ferrite-Cored Rod Antenna to a Long Conductor
  12/28/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article introducing a NIOSH-developed method to measure coupling characteristics for a ferrite-cored antenna to a straight wire.
• Proximity Detection Research at SME 2017
  2/13/2017 - News and announcements
  Learn about NIOSH proximity detection research at SME 2017.
• Proximity Detection Partnership
  1/1/2017
  A partnership between the NIOSH Mining Program and its stakeholders to share proximity detection solutions.
• Determining Underground Mining Work Postures Using Motion Capture and Digital Human Modeling
  12/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In this article by NIOSH, researchers collected and analyzed motion capture data and calculated body joint angles in order to enhance intelligent proximity detection systems used with continuous mining machines.
• Applicability of Proximity Detection to Mobile Underground Coal Equipment
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to determine whether the proximity detection systems currently available to the underground coal mining industry provide protection to miners working near mobile haulage equipment such as shuttle cars and scoops.