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• Engineering Considerations and Selection Criteria for Proximity Warning Systems for Mining Operations
  9/19/2012 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A Proximity Warning System (PWS) marker on each worker that is activated as he or she approaches a dangerous area could alert the operator and prevent a potential injury or fatality.
• Guidelines for the Control and Monitoring of Methane Gas on Continuous Mining Operations
  4/1/2010 - Reports of Investigations, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This NIOSH publication demonstrates how existing and new engineering controls can be used to reduce face methane levels.
• Evaluation of the Wet Head Continuous Miner to Reduce Respirable Dust
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper describes field tests conducted by NIOSH to evaluate the effectiveness of a wet head continuous mining machine for reducing dust exposure for continuous miner operators.
• Continuous Miner Spray Considerations for Optimizing Scrubber Performance in Exhaust Ventilation Systems
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper describes lab experiments to examine the effect of spray type, pressure, machine body blocking sprays, and scrubber airflow on dust and gas levels while using a 12.2 m (40 ft) exhaust ventilation curtain setback from the face.
• Respirable Dust Control Methods on Continuous Mining Operations
  3/15/2017 - Research projects
  A project to develop and evaluate control technologies to reduce respirable dust exposures for operators of roof bolters and continuous mining machines.
• Intelligent Proximity Detection to Improve Miner Safety
  9/28/2012 - News articles
  NIOSH is developing a prototype intelligent system that provides enhanced protection by continuously monitoring miners’ positions in relation to the machine and established safety zones.
• Evaluation of an advanced proximity detection system for continuous mining machines
  3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In this paper, the authors review existing proximity warning technologies, describe ongoing NIOSH research on an intelligent proximity warning system, and summarize current test results.
• Reservoir Engineering Considerations for Coal Seam Degasification and Methane Control in Underground Mines
  11/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper demonstrates the applications of coal bed reservoir engineering and modeling techniques for optimizing and controlling methane emissions in longwall and continuous miner sections.
• Application of Phased Array Technology for Identification of Low Frequency Noise Sources
  10/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This paper describes research to control dominant noise sources in continuous miners. This work ranks noise radiated by different conveyor sections and determines the effect of a urethane-coated tail roller on the noise radiated by the tail section.
• Noise Source Identification on a Continuous Mining Machine
  7/1/2008 - Conference papers
  In the Hemi-anechoic chamber of the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory noise source identification on a continuous miner was performed using phased array measurements and a frequency domain beamforming algorithm with Diagonal Removal.