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• Structural Analysis and Design of Seals for Coal Mine Safety
  5/28/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to transfer protective structure design technology from the defense establishment to the design and construction of seals in the coal industry.
• 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.
• Evidence that Reducing Knee Injuries in Underground Mining may have a Substantial Impact on Mine Company Finances
  12/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  To encourage mining companies to implement knee injury training programs and interventions, NIOSH performed an analysis of workers’ compensation data for one underground coal mine in Illinois and six in Pennsylvania.
• Innovative Safety Interventions: Feasibility of Using Intelligent Video for Machinery Applications
  5/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH studied methods to prevent workers from being entangled in machinery at mining operations. A description of intelligent video, the technology, test procedures and results, implementation challenges, and future research needs are discussed.
• Improvements in Seismic Event Locations in a Deep Western U.S. Coal Mine Using Tomographic Velocity Models and an Evolutionary Search Algorithm
  9/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Methods of improving seismic event locations were investigated as part of a research study aimed at reducing ground control safety hazards. Results obtained using different velocity models are compared.
• A Hydrodynamics-Based Approach for Predicting the Blast Damage Zone in Drifting as Demonstrated Using Concrete Block Data
  8/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper presents a blast design technique based on a hydrodynamic method and introduces modifications to account for different explosives from those used in a calibration test.
• Technology News 536 - NIOSH Develops New Software to Analyze and Reduce Noise Exposure
  7/1/2009 - Technology News
  NIOSH has been performing research to analyze and reduce hazardous noise exposure in mines.
• Determination of Sound Exposures (DOSES): Software Manual and Implementation Guide
  5/1/2009 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This manual describes the Determination of Sound Exposures (DOSES) software developed by NIOSH for use by mine management and safety personnel to simplify record keeping and analysis associated with time-motion studies and worker noise exposures.
• An Analysis of Injury Claims From Low-Seam Coal Mines
  3/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article provides an analysis of injury claims for eight mining companies operating low-seam coal mines during calendar years 1996-2008.
• Global Trends in Coal Mine Horizontal Stress Measurements
  7/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This paper explores the relationships between deep-seated and shallow in situ stresses in several of the world’s coalfields, using a data base of more than 350 stress measurements from underground coal mines.