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• A Gas Pressure-Based Drift Round Blast Design Methodology
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  The paper provides: (a) a description of the gas pressure-based design approach to blasting, (b) a simple technique for estimating the damage radius of the buffer row of holes, and (c) a discussion of smoothwall design for the contour row of holes.
• Blast Area Security
  1/1/2007 - Videos and multimedia
  This video provides information about blast area security to those working around blast sites.
• Technology News 522 - Blast Area Security: Flyrock Safety
  12/1/2006 - Technology News
  NIOSH has released communication products about flyrock safety via information brochures, flashcards, and toolbox talk materials. These products target the mining and construction industries, and can be used for employee and visitor training.
• Toolbox Training on Flyrock Awareness
  12/1/2005 - Training materials
  A training product to improve blast safety by providing information about blasting to those who work around blast sites
• Blasting Safety - Revisiting Site Security
  2/1/2005 - Conference papers
  This paper examines the factors related to injuries due to inadequate blasting shelters and blast area security, and identifies mitigation techniques.
• Field Studies of CO Migration from Blasting
  2/1/2005 - Conference papers
  Describes a small-scale field study to identify key factors that may contribute to the migration of CO through the ground.
• Fatal Accidents Due to Flyrock and Lack of Blast Area Security and Working Practices in Mining
  11/1/2003 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes six representative fatalities due to flyrock and lack of blast area security in coal and nonmetal mines. Several mines were visited to collect information relative to working practices aimed at mitigating blasting hazards.
• DRIFT Software
  1/3/2024 - PC software
  DRIFT is a program to design perimeter control blast rounds for typical underground drifting applications.
• Remote Blast Hole Location Detection for Powder Loader Automation
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with J.H. Fletcher & Co. to explore the possibility of remote technology and automated blasting operations.
• Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries from Ground Falls in Underground Western U.S. Hard Rock Mines
  2/15/2018 - Research projects
  A project to make available blast damage models and an easy-to-use software tool for mining engineers to use in developing improved blast designs.