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• Pillar and Roof Span Design Guidelines for Underground Stone Mines
  5/1/2011 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This document presents the results of research conducted by NIOSH in cooperation with participating underground stone mines to develop generally applicable guidelines for designing stable pillars and roof spans in stone mines.
• Best Practices and Bolting Machine Innovations for Roof Screening
  2/1/2003 - Conference papers, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  Injury data show a dramatic reduction in roof skin injuries when screening is used. Five case studies in which roof screen was used are presented along with the costs of materials, impact on bolting advance rates, and potential ergonomic risks.
• Roof Screening: Best Practices and Roof Bolting Machines
  8/1/2002 - Conference papers, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  Roof screening has been found to be very effective in controlling the fall of small rocks from the immediate roof surface. Data is presented from two mines that show a dramatic reduction in roof skin injuries when screening is used.
• Best Practices to Mitigate Injuries and Fatalities from Rock Falls
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This paper presents an overview of the most significant ground control hazards facing today's mineworkers, as well as best practices to reduce these risks.
• Miner Mike Saves the Day! or Ground Support... It's Important!
  1/1/2000 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video teaches the necessity and use of ground supports.
• Rock Falls - Preventing Rock Fall Injuries in Underground Mines
  1/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video teaches the importance of proper roof scaling in underground mining to avoid injury and improve work conditions.