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• MFIRE
  7/24/2020 - PC software
  Try the newly rewritten version of the MFIRE software program to model fire and contaminant spread in underground mines.
• How to use the Coal Dust Explosibility Meter
  4/18/2013 - Training materials, Videos and multimedia
  This is a series of 5 videos explaining how to use the coal dust explosibility meter.
• Reduced Workers’ Compensation Costs With Roof Screening
  9/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper quantifies potential savings in WC premiums due to a reduction in rock fall injuries after roof screening in Pennsylvania’s underground coal mines. Two hypothetical mines with realistic injury and WC premium estimates were used.
• The Effect of Cap Lamp Lighting on Postural Control and Stability
  7/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Researchers at NIOSH are conducting mine illumination research with the objective of improving miner safety. Proper illumination may improve miner safety by improving their STF hazard recognition and balance.
• Technology News 549 - MFIRE 3.0 - NIOSH Brings MFIRE into 21st Century
  3/1/2012 - Technology News
  NIOSH completed a major redesign of MFIRE and replaced its outdated programming language with an object-oriented C++ approach. The program was split into a front-end with a simple graphical-user-interface (GUI), and the MFIRE “engine” back-end.
• Technology News 546 - Medium Frequency Mine Emergency Communications - An Emerging Technology
  2/1/2012 - Technology News
  Medium frequency communications systems do not require a powered underground infrastructure to be installed for operation, and may therefore provide a higher degree of survivability after a mine disaster than other types of systems.
• Flammability of Wider Conveyor Belts Using Large-scale Fire Tests
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the results of recent experiments comparing results from using the BELT and the large-scale tests for six different belts.
• NIOSH Hazard ID 16 - Non-Conforming Rock Dust
  10/1/2011 - Hazards IDs
  In September 2011, as part of an ongoing investigation, NIOSH determined that rock dust not conforming to the requirements in 30 CFR Part 75.2 for particle size and caking properties is being used in U.S. underground coal mines.
• Recommendations for Refuge Chamber Operations Training
  6/1/2011 - Guides and manuals, Reports of Investigations
  Refuge alternatives are airtight, reinforced shelters that underground coal miners can enter during a mine emergency. This publication provides recommendations for training miners in how to operate a refuge chamber.
• Impact of Air Velocity on the Detection of Fires in Conveyor Belt Haulageways
  5/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper discusses the impact of ventilation airflow on alarm times of the smoke detectors and video cameras, CO levels, smoke optical densities and smoke obscuration, total smoke mass concentrations, and fire heat release rates.