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10/19/2023 - Fact Sheets, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklistsThis series of fact sheets covers heat stress topics from acclimitization and hydration to first aid for heat illness and risk factors, and also includes a discussion about work and rest schedules.
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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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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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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.
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This NIOSH publication demonstrates how existing and new engineering controls can be used to reduce face methane levels.
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NIOSH has created this document with suggestions for developing manuals and educational materials concerning refuge chambers for miners.
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In this report, several practical guidelines are recommended for controlling longwall coalbed methane. All predictions are based on determinations made for the Pittsburgh Coalbed in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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This report is intended to help mine safety trainers better prepare to teach new underground coal miners. It identifies 2 different approaches to instruction, i.e. using a syllabus or using a curriculum, and discusses their pros and cons.
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This report is the eighth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
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This report is the ninth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program