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• Cap Lamp Particulate Monitoring System
  2/16/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Strata Safety Products, LLC, to examine a cap lamp particulate monitoring system.
• Illumination
  10/7/2022 - Research areas
  Illumination Topic Page
• Infographic: Shine More Light on Hazards
  3/22/2022 - Publications
  Learn how LED area lighting can enhance equipment lighting.
• What is Human-centric Lighting?
  9/1/2021 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An overview of human-centric lighting (HCL) with a description of NIOSH's current HCL research and why it is important to miner safety and health.
• LED Area Lighting to Reduce Glare for Roof Bolter Operators
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report on the NIOSH-developed Saturn LED area light's ability to reduce glare that has typically been an issue for roof bolter operators.
• Improving Situational Awareness through Visual Interventions
  3/10/2020 - Research projects
  A project to reduce the risk of fatalities and serious injuries by using human visual performance data to develop specifications for visual cues and technologies that will improve situational awareness and decisionmaking during self-escape.
• Effects of Light Spectrum on Luminance Measurements in Underground Coal Mines
  11/25/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper quantifies luminance photometer measurement errors when measuring light sources commonly used in U.S. underground coal mines.
• Human-centric Lighting for Mitigating Mineworker Circadian Disruption and Improving Well-being
  10/5/2019 - Research projects
  To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of human-centric lighting (HCL) interventions to reduce mineworker circadian disruption (CD) and improve well-being for underground metal and coal miners.
• LED Lighting for Improving Trip Object Detection for a Walk-thru Roof Bolter
  8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study focuses on the visibility of trip hazards within the interior working areas of the roof bolting machine for various lighting conditions that include the NIOSH-developed Saturn LED area luminaire.
• NIOSH Saturn Area Light
  5/9/2019 - Blueprints
  NIOSH developed the Saturn light for roof bolting machines. The design maximizes floor illumination while reducing glare.