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• Hazard Recognition Challenge
  10/3/2017 - Web software
  Are you up to the challenge? Try your hand at our new web application that challenges users to find the hazards in four locations at a surface stone operation.
• Defining Hazard from the Mine Worker's Perspective
  11/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article by NIOSH that examines how miners at stone, sand & gravel mines think, understand, and perceive hazards at their workplaces, as learned through interviews.
• Slip, Trip and Fall Hazard Identification and Remediation In Surface Mining Facilities
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A pilot project to complete a preliminary characterization of slip and fall risk factors at surface mine facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a taxonomy of risk factors and to inform the development of a more detailed study.
• Defining Risk Perception and Tolerance Within a Decision Science Framework
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to identify and define the theoretical constructs for risk perception and tolerance from the perspective of the sand, stone, and gravel mine worker and determine how these perspectives influence their decisionmaking processes.
• Safety and Health Toolbox Talks
  8/31/2016 - Mobile software, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists, Web software
  Try our new app offering a series of directed safety talks to promote discussion and awareness of issues such as slips and falls, ground control, lockout tagout, seatbelts, and more.
• Technology News 552 - A New Visual Warning System to Reduce Struck-by and Pinning Accidents
  8/26/2013 - Technology News
  This Technology News describes a new visual warning system that reduces the risk of underground mine workers being struck-by or pinned by mobile mining equipment such as the continuous mining machine (CMM).
• Visual Performance for Incandescent and Solid-State Cap Lamps in an Underground Mining Environment
  9/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The objective was to determine if there were visual performance improvements in an underground mining environment when using solid-state cap lamps with LEDs as compared to incandescent light bulbs commonly used in miner cap lamps.
• Major Hazard Risk Assessment Applied to Pillar Recovery Operations
  7/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper documents the MHRA process and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the technique as it applies to pillar recovery operations.
• Visual Performance for Incandescent and Solid-State Cap Lamps in an Underground Mining Environment
  9/1/2007 - Conference papers
  The objective of this research was to determine if there were visual performance improvements in an underground mining environment when using solid-state cap lamps with light emitting diodes (LEDs) as compared to incandescent light bulbs commonly used i...
• Using Major Hazard Risk Assessment to Appraise and Manage Escapeway Instability Issues: A Case Study
  7/1/2007 - Conference papers
  Major Hazard Risk Assessment is a process that identifies the characteristics of major hazards, ranks their risk, and evaluates controls to mitigate them. This approach was used at an underground mine with fire hazard and strata instability issues.