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2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to reduce the noise generated by the scrubber fan system present on continuous mining machines.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to improve the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions through development, refinement, promotion, and long-term evaluation.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to develop durable noise controls that reduce the noise exposure of longwall mining system crews and facilitate the commercialization of the controls to make them available for all miners.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to develop, evaluate, and implement engineering controls to reduce noise over-exposures among haul truck and LHD operators.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to develop and evaluate noise controls and alternatives toward reducing sound pressure levels and personal noise exposures from air carbon arcing applications in the mining industry to below permissible exposure limit.
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3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article by NIOSH discusses a software program that estimates the loss of hearing ability caused by occupational noise exposures.
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12/1/2012 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper reports results of field tests of the device conducted at five underground coal mines. Noise reduction was assessed by comparing the operator’s noise exposure during drilling with and without the drill bit isolator.
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1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper documents the evolution of the bit isolator and chuck isolator. Laboratory testing confirms that production bit and chuck isolators reduce the A-weighted sound level generated during drilling by 3.7 to 6.6 dB.
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11/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is developing noise controls to reduce noise generated by horizontal vibrating screens.
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7/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesOverexposure to noise remains a widespread, serious health hazard in the U.S. mining industries. Most other categories of illnesses and injuries associated with mining have improved, with the exception of hearing loss.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program