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• Refuge Chamber Training Products and Guidance
  9/22/2012 - Training materials
  To help instructors teach miners about the use of refuge chambers, NIOSH has developed a suite of training modules covering operations, decision-making and expectations.
• National Survey of the Mining Population: Part I: Employees
  6/1/2012 - Information Circulars
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted the first comprehensive survey of the U.S. mining population in more than 20 years.
• National Survey of the Mining Population: Part II: Mines
  1/1/2012 - Information Circulars
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted the first comprehensive survey of the U.S. mining population in more than 20 years.
• Radio 101: Operating Two-Way Radios Every Day and in Emergencies
  8/1/2011 - Reports of Investigations, Training materials
  Radio 101 is a program to train miners in the use of two-way radio communication in the mines.
• Underground Mine Refuge Chamber Expectations Training: Program Development and Evaluation
  3/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a training program to prepare miners for what to expect psychologically and physiologically inside of a refuge chamber.
• Underground Coal Mining Injury: A Look at How Age and Experience Relate to Days Lost from Work Following an Injury
  4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study used the MSHA database on accidents, injury, and illness from the years 2003-2007 to examine how age and experience at the current mine, total years experience as a coal miner, and experience in the current job affects injury severity.
• Report on Early Strength Performance of Modern Day Weak Rock Mass Shotcrete Mixes
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  NIOSH is investigating the use of shotcrete in weak rock mass mines with the objective of reducing fatalities and injuries resulting from rock fall accidents.
• One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research
  2/1/2010 - Information Circulars
  This publication provides an historical overview of research undertaken by the U.S. federal government over the last 100 years to improve the health and safety of our nation's miners. Federal research efforts began with the establishment of the U.S. Bur...
• Pillar and Roof Span Design in Stone Mines
  1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Underground stone mines in the United States use the room and pillar method of mining in relatively flat laying deposits. Roof and rib falls account for 15% of all lost time incidents. This paper presents the result of a study to improve pillar and roof...
• Update on Refuge Alternatives: Research, Recommendations, and Underground Deployment
  12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This document highlights NIOSH's research and recommendations concerning refuge alternatives, survivability evaluations of refuge chambers, and presents a brief review of the current deployment of refuge chambers in underground coal mines in the U.S.