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• Health Conditions in Retired Manual Labor Miners and Oil and Gas Extraction Workers: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2017
  2/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study comparing chronic illnesses in retired miners and oil and gas workers with all other retirees.
• Application of a Convolutional Neural Network for Seismic Phase Picking of Mining-induced Seismicity
  1/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A comparison of a convolutional neural network originally trained to pick arrival times on the Southern California Seismic Network to that of human analysts on coal-mine-related mining-induced seismicity.
• Field Comparison of a Roof Bolter Dry Dust Collection System with an Original Designed Wet Collection System for Dust Control
  12/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study comparing dry dust collection with a wet dust collection at one coal mine location.
• The Impact of Black Lung and a Methodology for Controlling Respirable Dust
  12/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article discussing the impact of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung, and a general methodology for controlling respirable dust in underground coal mines.
• Identify the Influence of Risk Attitude, Work Experience, and Safety Training on Hazard Recognition in Mining
  12/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study examining the effect individual mineworker factors—including risk attitude, work experience, and safety training—have on hazard recognition accuracy.
• Transport Model for Shale Gas Well Leakage Through the Surrounding Fractured Zones of a Longwall Mine
  9/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting an analytical model of gas transport through fractures in a low permeable stratum.
• Health Risk Factors Among Miners, Oil and Gas Extraction Workers, Other Manual Labor Workers, and Non-manual Labor Workers, BRFSS 2013-2017, 32 States
  8/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study compares the prevalence of health risk factors of miners, oil and gas extraction workers, other manual labor, and non-manual labor workers.
• Evaluation of Engineering Controls at Bagging Operations to Reduce Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust
  8/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that reviews available dust control technologies for bagging operations and discusses the findings of a recent case study of the current types of bagging and palletizing technologies in use.
• Effects of Metatarsal Work Boots on Gait During Level and Inclined Walking
  7/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study discussing the effects of metatarsal work boots on gait when walking in different conditions.
• Diesel and Welding Aerosols in an Underground Mine
  7/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article discussing aerosols generated by a diesel-powered vehicle and manual metal arc welding in an underground mine.