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• An Underground Coal Mine Fire Preparedness and Response Checklist: The Instrument
  8/1/2000 - Information Circulars
  Provides a detailed description of a data collection instrument used to profile the fire prevention and response capabilities of a mine site.
• Experimental Mine and Laboratory Dust Explosion Research at NIOSH
  5/1/2000 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Explosion characteristics such as the minimum explosible concentration and the rock dust inerting requirements were measured for various combustible dusts. The explosion resistance characteristics of seals was also evaluated.
• Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire Risk Assessment
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Training materials
  The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. Although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once.
• Innovative Strategies for Mine Fire Preparedness
  6/1/1998 - Conference papers
  There has been some improvement in overall mine fire preparedness. However, little data has been gathered on a site-by-site basis to determine what improvements might be made on a local level.
• Detection of Downed Trolley Lines Using Arc Signature Analysis
  5/1/1997 - Reports of Investigations
  The article discusses the applicability of computerized signal analysis techniques to identify fault currents existing on coal mine direct-current trolley systems
• Ignition Tests With a Fiber-Optic Powered Instrument
  9/1/1996 - Conference papers
  New types of industrial instruments use fiber-coupled laser energy to power remote sensors. The U.S. Bureau of Mines began an investigation of laser-powered fiber-optic instruments in explosive atmospheres in support of the standard-making process.
• A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane Pipeline
  1/1/1980 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has designed and put into operation a fail-safe control system for use in underground coal mines equipped with methane drainage pipelines. This control system can detect certain unsafe conditions and respond by automatically shutting...
• The Explosibility of Coal Dust
  1/1/1911 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This bulletin traces the growth in the belief in the explosibility of coal dust, summarizes the experiments and mine investigations that have established this belief, and gives the present (1911) status of preventive measures.