- Hazards and exposures:
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- Electricity
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- Sparks
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- Electrical arcs
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- Diesel exhaust
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- Visibility hazards
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- Glare
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- Smoke obscurations
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- Inadequate illumination
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- Inhaling harmful substances
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- Biomechanical hazards
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- Torque reaction
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- Overexertion
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- Excessive vibration
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- Hand-arm vibration
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- Whole-body vibration
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- Shock
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- Bodily motions
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- Standing
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- Fixed or awkward postures
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- Repetitive motions
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- Stooping
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- Squatting
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- Lifting or lowering
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- Kneeling
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- Crawling
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- Oxygen deficiency
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- Clothing contamination
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- Accidents and emergencies
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- Electrical accidents
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- Explosions
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- Bursts
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- Ignitions
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- Storms (electrical)
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- Fires
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- Spontaneous combustion
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- Entrapment
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- Flyrock
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- Avalanches
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- Inundations
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- Emergencies
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- Disasters
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- Ground falls
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- Roof falls
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- Rib falls
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- Rib sloughage
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- Highwall falls
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- Falling objects
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- Equipment accidents
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- Loss of vehicle control
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- HAZMAT transport accidents
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- Rollovers
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- Collisions
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- Falls
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- Falls from heights
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- Slips and trips
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- Bumps
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- Confined spaces
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- Smoke
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- Noise
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- Fumes
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- Welding fumes
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- Blasting fumes
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- Moving objects
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- Emotional stress
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- Air pollution
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- Nonionizing radiation
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- Heat
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4/7/2023 - PC software, Reports of InvestigationsEVADE 2.4 has been updated with expanded video and data features to make it a more generalized and powerful tool.
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7/24/2020 - PC softwareTry the newly rewritten version of the MFIRE software program to model fire and contaminant spread in underground mines.
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5/4/2017 - BlueprintsDownload the latest NIOSH plans for LED mine lamps that dramatically improve visibility and offer better battery efficiency.
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3/27/2014 - Reports of InvestigationsThis Report of Investigations details the results of a NIOSH investigation of temperature rise in mobile refuge alternatives.
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4/18/2013 - Training materials, Videos and multimediaThis is a series of 5 videos explaining how to use the coal dust explosibility meter.
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9/19/2012 - Training materialsLoud noise can permanently damage your hearing. It especially affects the sounds that help you understand speech. To hear what this sounds like, try these computer-generated samples.
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9/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis 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.
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7/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesResearchers 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.
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3/1/2012 - Technology NewsNIOSH 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.
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2/4/2012 - PC softwareSoftware to simplify the record-keeping and analysis associated with time-motion studies and worker noise exposures, making it easier to identify and solve noise problems.