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• Reducing Low Back Pain and Disability in Mining
  9/1/2008 - Information Circulars
  This report provides managers, supervisors, and safety and health professionals with information on low back pain (LBP) and low back disability. It also provides the latest LBP research and describes methods to address the problem.
• Keeping Knees Healthy in Restricted Work Spaces: Applications in Low-Seam Mining
  5/1/2008 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  This training package educates the mining community about possible interventions beyond kneepads that may be used to help decrease knee injury rates.
• An Oral History Analysis of Mine Emergency Response
  4/1/2004 - Information Circulars
  A compilation of accounts by 30 veteran mine emergency response experts. These veterans related stories and observations from events experienced during as many as 47 years of response activities. These provide an overview of lessons learned on-site.
• Strategies for Improving Miners' Training
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  This NIOSH Information Circular presents basic principles for teaching adults and provides examples of how these principles can be used to develop and implement effective training for miners.
• Mine Rescue and Response
  9/1/2000 - Conference papers
  This paper describes technology and training that has been identified for underground emergency responders.
• A Human Component to Consider in Your Emergency Management Plans: The Critical Incident Stress Factor
  7/1/1995 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In recent years the issue of human stress response in emergency workers has begun to receive attention. This paper presents a rationale for considering human stress as a significant factor in the management of emergencies. It discusses the concept of st...
• MSHA Data File Downloads
  8/19/2020 - Catalogs and indexes, Data and statistics
  Looking for data? Download the 2016 data files on employment, production, injuries, and fatalities collected by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
• Clinical and Field Data Analysis of Miner Health
  4/13/2020 - Research projects
  A project to compile, manage, and analyze available secondary data sources related to miner health and exposure across mining, but with an initial emphasis on metal and industrial mineral sectors.
• Validating H&S Leading Indicators to Identify and Mitigate Risks in the Mining Industry
  10/5/2019 - Research projects
  To use health and safety leading indicator data to identify trends and predict outcomes that subsequently can be operationalized and addressed within risk management interventions to prevent fatalities, injuries, and disease among miners.
• Infographic: Do Your Workers Show Signs of Fatigue?
  8/30/2019 - Publications
  Use this infographic to learn more about the effects of fatigue on workers and what you can do to lower your risk.