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This web page details the original development by the NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research of a novel electromagnetic-based proximity warning (PW) system to warn underground coal miners whenever they get too close to continuous mining machines.
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3/27/2014 - News and announcements, Unpublished documents and reportsAnnouncing Two New Sister Publications on Refuge Alternatives
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9/19/2012 - Unpublished documents and reportsA Proximity Warning System (PWS) marker on each worker that is activated as he or she approaches a dangerous area could alert the operator and prevent a potential injury or fatality.
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Concerns about the present derating factors used for reeled trailing cables prompted researchers at the NIOSH to determine new derating factors for reeled coal mining trailing cables.
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2/1/2010 - Unpublished documents and reportsIn the FY 2008 Appropriation (Public Law 110-161), Congress directed NIOSH to conduct "a study of the recovery of coal pillars through retreat room-and-pillar mining practices in underground coal mines at depths greater than 1,500 ft." This report inclu...
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12/1/2007 - Unpublished documents and reportsThis final report was prepared by the Technical Study Panel on the Utilization of Belt Air and the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in Underground Coal Mining. It provides a review and recommendations concerning the utilizatio...
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4/26/2019 - About us, Unpublished documents and reportsNIOSH Mining researchers conduct the majority of their work at two sites located near Pittsburgh, PA, and Spokane, WA. These sites house numerous unique facilities and laboratories for addressing mining safety and health problems.
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8/23/2016 - Unpublished documents and reportsA summary of the methodology that NIOSH Mining uses to analyze the MSHA Accident/Injury/Illness database.
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11/3/2015 - Unpublished documents and reportsA description of two Ground Control Program projects that aim to enhance mine safety through improved longwall pillar designs that consider a mine’s local geology.
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7/21/2015 - Unpublished documents and reportsA feature story about new equipment and protocol for drilling large-diameter rescue boreholes.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program