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2/1/1997 - Conference papersReport on a series of diesel fuel fire experiments were conducted in the Pittsburgh Research Center's Safety Research Coal mine (SRCM) to determine products-of-combustion (POC) spread rates along a single entry under zero imposed airflow conditions.
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2/1/1997 - Conference papersResearch was conducted to investigate how ventilation of a mining face is affected when scrubber flow is greater or less than intake flow.
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2/1/1997 - Conference papersNIOSH conducted dust surveys at 13 longwalls operating throughout the U.S. and collected information to: identify current operating practices on these longwalls, identify the types of dust controls in use, etc.
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2/1/1997 - Conference papersNIOSH initiated the development of a fixed-site machine-mounted continuous respirable dust monitor. The technology chosen for monitor development is the Rupprecht and Patashnick Co., Inc. tapered element oscillating microbalance. Laboratory and in-mine ...
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2/1/1997 - Conference papersNIOSH has conducted research to improve electrical fault detection on coal mine direct current (dc) trolley systems. Tests were conducted at cooperating mines to assist in developing a neural-network-based detection algorithm for distinguishing between ...
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1/1/1997 - Conference papersTraditional techniques to experimentally determine toxic fumes produced by detonating high explosives are not applicable to blasting agents. To detonate properly, blasting agents require confinement, a significant booster, and other parameters.
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1/1/1997 - Conference papersRock masses in deep-level mines are subject to high stresses, which can result in unexpected failure of rock into mined-out openings. Personnel from two research centers of the former U.S. Bureau of Mines, Spokane and Twin Cities, investigated a rock b...
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1/1/1997 - Conference papersThis paper discusses the data collected during an emergency evacuation training exercise at an underground mine in the United States. The focus of this paper is on the human reaction to smoke and the use of personal protective equipment.
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11/1/1996 - Conference papersThe U.S. Bureau of Mines and others have conducted a number of occupational exposure surveys since the publication of the International Agency for Research on Cancer report of 1989, which labeled diesel exhaust as a probable human carcinogen. This repor...
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10/1/1996 - Conference papersReports on the application of near infrared sensor technology for the automatic guidance of a continuous haulage system
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program