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5/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article by NIOSH describing a study evaluating the physical demands involved with two bag closing methods and several sealing tools in order to provide recommendations to reduce exposure to risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
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3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe objective of this study was to determine low-seam mine worker exposure to various postures as they pertain to job classifications and job tasks.
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10/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles(NIOSH) researchers worked with powder crew members from the Bridger Coal Company to identify and rank routine work tasks based on perceived exposure to WMSD risk factors.
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3/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper presents details of the process integration, and several examples of task-specific interventions that reduced exposure to risk factors as a result of a partnership between NIOSH and the Badger Mining Corporation.
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1/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes a study to evaluate the prevalence of cumulative injuries before and after the implementation of technological advances in underground coal mining and to make a general cost estimate for these injuries.
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11/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesMany mining companies apply ergonomic principles, but it is done either informally and/or reactively. This paper discusses how Vulcan Materials Company applied ergonomic principles and the interventions implemented to reduce risk factor exposures.
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2/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesIn 2000, NIOSH initiated a long-term project to demonstrate how to implement an ergonomics process to identify and reduce exposures to ergonomic risk factors found in mining. This paper discusses how a coal mine implemented an ergonomics program.
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9/1/2006 - Information CircularsThis document describes how Bridger Coal Company implemented an ergonomics process at its Jim Bridger Mine from 2001 through 2004. The process, the promotion of the process to management and employees, and the impacts of the process are reviewed.
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6/1/2006 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsHandling of heavy vehicles such as tractors, trucks and buses require a large roll stiffness which causes large high accelerations at the seat level during impacts; a pneumatic active seat suspension is proposed.
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2/1/2006 - Book chaptersExperience has shown that many ergonomic techniques used to analyze or design standing or sitting work stations often do not adapt well to situations where a restricted posture is adopted. However, recent years have seen an increase in research examinin...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program