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• A Case Study of Roof Bolting Tasks to Identify Cumulative Trauma Exposure
  3/1/2001 - Conference papers
  An analysis of roof bolting tasks was conducted at a mine to identify early warning signs of cumulative trauma. Health and safety risk factors were identified and recommendations to reduce cumulative trauma exposure were provided.
• Characterization of Haul Truck Health and Safety Issues
  5/4/2023 - Research projects
  A project to inform future health and safety research related to powered haulage by identifying health and safety issues related to haul trucks through a systematic evaluation of accidents, operators’ needs, and technology maturity.
• Cognitive Task Analysis of Miner Preparedness to Self-Escape from Mine Emergencies
  2/26/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing a cognitive task analysis performed to understand thought-based components of miner self-escape.
• Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines Training Initiative
  2/21/2019 - Research projects
  A project to characterize the essential components of the mine emergency escape system and develop interventions designed to improve system preparedness and self-escape training of underground coal mining personnel.
• Directional Control-Response Compatibility Relationships Assessed by Physical Simulation of an Underground Bolting Machine
  3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study conducted to examine the pattern of direction errors made during the manipulation of a physical simulation of an underground coal mine bolting machine to assess directional control-response compatibility relationships.
• Systems Approach to Design
  2/28/2013 - Unpublished documents and reports
  An overview of one notion to the systems approach to design and how human factors engineering fits into it.
• Task Analysis
  9/20/2012 - Catalogs and indexes
  Task analysis is one of the basic tools that an ergonomist has to design and evaluate systems.
• Task-Specific Postures in Low-Seam Underground Coal Mining
  3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The objective of this study was to determine low-seam mine worker exposure to various postures as they pertain to job classifications and job tasks.
• Repeatability of a Checklist for Evaluation Cab Design Characteristics of Heavy Mobile Equipment
  12/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes a study that assessed the repeatability of a cab design checklist developed to evaluate various design characteristics that can influence exposure to risk factors for musculoskeletal discomfort.
• Job Training Analysis: A Process for Quickly Developing a Roadmap for Teaching and Evaluating Job Skills
  8/1/2006 - Information Circulars
  This report describes a process called job training analysis (JTA). Its main use is to structure skills training at the jobsite by identifying duties, tasks, and steps and the reasons why those job components are important.