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1/1/1994 - Reports of InvestigationsA joint effort by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers (SCRS's), deployed in accordance with Federal regulations (30 CFR 75.1714), hel...
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsA joint effort by the Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers, deployed in accordance with Federal regulations survived the underground environment with regard ...
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3/1/2002 - Reports of InvestigationsThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, has undertaken a study to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs), deployed in accordance with Federal regulations (30 CFR 75....
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6/1/2008 - Reports of InvestigationsThis report is the last of 10 report phases begun in 1982 and presents findings regarding laboratory-tested SCSRs in the tenth phase of testing, from July 2004 to March 2006.
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10/1/2006 - Reports of InvestigationsNIOSH and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are conducting a Long Term Field Evaluation (LTFE) program to evaluate deployed self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs). The objective of the program is to evaluate how well SCSRs endure the underg...
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1/1/1984 - Reports of InvestigationsA short-range locator system capable of locating trapped miners has been devised. The system consists of a light-weight, low-power radio transmitter incorporated into a miners cap lamp battery and a directional receiver carried by rescuers.
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4/1/2015 - Reports of InvestigationsA report on a research study to document and develop safe practices for the use of shotcrete as ground support in underground mines, particularly in underground metal mines operating in weak host rock.
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1/1/1984 - Reports of InvestigationsThe Bureau of Mines has successfully tested a method to simulate methane (CH4) flows from face areas through the returns of noncoal mines. This technique involves releasing a small quantity of tracer gas at a working area and sampling for that gas downs...
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1/1/1995 - Reports of InvestigationsDisplacement and stress changes in cemented backfill and ore pillars at the Buick Mine, near Boss, MO, were monitored by engineers from the U.S. Bureau of Mines and The Doe Run Co., St Louis, MO. Objectives of this research were to evaluate the effect ...
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1/1/1993 - Reports of InvestigationsDuring the normal course of underground coal mining, it sometimes becomes necessary to seal off abandoned areas to eliminate the need to ventilate them. Seals also are used to isolate fire zones or areas susceptible to spontaneous combustion. The object...
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