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1/1/2000 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAssessment of exposure to occupational dusts is a first step in reducing exposures to harmful dust concentrations. A new type of respirable dust sampler was developed and compared side-by-side to personal gravimetric samplers in the laboratory.
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1/1/2000 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH has devised a passive means to detect overheating insulators on direct current systems.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesMining has one of the highest annual average fatality rates among major US industries. The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh Research Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA is addressing the safety of this new technology.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH is developing computer programs that will be used to educate mine workers on the hazards of mining, as well as train miners in evacuation routes and evacuation procedures.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAs underground stone mining expands to deeper cover and more efficient methods are used, effective stone pillar design methods become more important. In this paper, 72 stone mine pillar designs are examined for factors affecting stability.
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12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesWith input from underground shuttle-car operators, this study addressed a component of WBV that is germane to underground mining: high-energy impacts or shocks.
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9/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA mine shaft is the lifeline to underground mines. Mine operators depend on safe, uninterrupted, and efficient movement of workers and materials. The shaft and hoisting system provides access to the network of openings used to recover the underground ...
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9/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH studies have focused on off-the-shelf technologies that would enable mine haulage truck drivers to "see" objects and people behind and to the side of a moving vehicle. This paper discusses two types of systems currently available: proximity warni...
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9/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAirborne respirable dust surveys were conducted at six surface coal mines to investigate the effectiveness of dust control methods used on rotary rock drills and bulldozers.
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7/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesDescribes a NIOSH study of how much ventilation air reaches the end of a 40 foot box cut. Tests were run to determine how much ventilation air reaches the end of the box cut with the continuous miner at three locations in the 40-ft two-pass extended cut...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program