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• Enhancing Mine Workers' Abilities to Identify Hazards at Sand, Stone, and Gravel Mines
  3/10/2020 - Research projects
  A project to characterize sand, stone, and gravel mine workers’ ability to recognize worksite hazards and to understand how this ability relates to perceived and measured risk as well as to other factors internal and external.
• Environmental Susceptibility of Mine Utility Vehicle and Rubber-Tired Mantrip Lithium-ion Batteries
  11/21/2023 - Research projects
  A project to collect and analyze field data and develop lab testing procedures to study lithium-ion battery isolation system design.
• Escape, Rescue, and Training
  9/22/2020 - Research projects
  A project to provide support for the planning, development, and dissemination of training products and methodologies for the planning and implementation of escape and rescue activities for the NIOSH Mining Program.
• Evaluating and Developing Emerging Technologies to Improve Conveyor System Safety
  7/11/2023 - Research projects
  A project to develop interventions to reduce traumatic injuries and fatalities that occur during operation and maintenance activities on conveyors.
• Evaluation and Development of Hearing Loss Interventions
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to improve the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions through development, refinement, promotion, and long-term evaluation.
• Evaluation of LIDAR as a Novel Remote Dust Sensing Technology
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to evaluate the feasibility of using Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR), a remote sensing technology based on laser reflection, as a dust monitoring tool in the mining industry.
• Evaluation of Methods to Inform Development of a Near Real-time Monitor for Measuring and Reducing RCS Exposures in Non-coal Mines
  9/18/2020 - Research projects
  A project to develop novel and improved monitoring solutions for respirable crystalline silica that can be commercialized and subsequently provided to mine operators for the assessment of hazardous conditions in the field.
• Evaluation of Mobile Applications for Digital Contact Tracing
  3/27/2023 - Research projects
  A project to develop guidelines for the design, implementation, and evaluation of digital contact tracing tools through laboratory and field testing under occupational settings and to investigate human factor considerations for adopting such tools.
• Evaluation of VR Mine Rescue Training Platform
  11/14/2023 - Research projects
  A project to evaluate NIOSH’s recently developed VR Mine Rescue Training platform as a supplemental training tool.
• Exploration of Cross-Sectional Configuration Benefits of an Explosion Apparatus
  6/29/2023 - Research projects
  A pilot project to determine which cross-sectional area configuration would be best to evaluate explosion propagations and new prevention technologies.