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This handbook was developed to identify available engineering controls that can help the industry reduce worker exposure to respirable coal and silica dust.
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8/16/2021 - Information CircularsRead about the latest best practices for dust control in coal mining.
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This handbook was developed to identify available engineering controls that can assist underground and surface metal/nonmetal mining operations in reducing worker exposure to respirable silica dust.
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1/1/1994 - Information CircularsThe U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a worldwide literature review of bleederless ventilation practices to evaluate their use as a spontaneous combustion control measure in U.S. coal mines. This report describes the types of ventilation systems used throu...
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11/1/1988 - Information CircularsBased on a comprehensive data base of mining accidents, a computerized catastrophe model has been developed by the Bureau of Mines which systematically links individual psychological, group behavioral, and mine environmental variables with other acciden...
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1/1/1988 - Data and statistics, Information CircularsA 1986 probability sample survey, mining industry population survey, to measure such employee characteristics as occupation; principal equipment operated; work location at the mine; present job, present company, and total mining experience.
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1/1/1989 - Information CircularsThis report addresses issues involved in using a limited number of training apparatus to give hands-on self- contained self-rescuer (SCSR) training to a succession of miners, and provides guidance regarding methods for minimizing the spread of infectiou...
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8/1/2005 - Information Circulars, Training materialsThis training package describes how to develop or manage an on-the-job training program so that information is passed on from trainer/coach to trainee efficiently and effectively.
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8/15/2012 - Information CircularsThis IC details a NIOSH investigation on the CDEM’s ability to accurately predict the explosibility of coal and rock dust mixtures. The conclusions support the field use of the CDEM to measure the explosibility of coal and rock dust mixtures.
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1/1/1987 - Information CircularsInformation was collected at 5 bump-prone mines. Among the findings, two geologic conditions have been found to cause bumps in the eastern U.S.: relatively thick overburden and extremely rigid strata immediately above and below the mine coalbed.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program