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• Durable Support for Western U.S. Underground Metal Mines
  10/27/2016 - Research projects
  A project to reduce injuries and fatalities in western U.S. underground metal mines by reducing the falls of ground taking place in these mines.
• Support Design Procedures for Difficult Ground Conditions
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop engineering guidelines for support design that will reduce groundfall fatalities under supported roof in underground coal mines.
• Mine Roof Simulator (MRS) Laboratory
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to utilize the capabilities of the Mine Roof Simulator (MRS) Laboratory to test underground roof support and ventilation structures and apply these results to engineer safer products and applications.
• Empirical Guidelines for Longwall Ground Control Design
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to update the database of case histories upon which the Analysis of Longwall Pillar Stability (ALPS) software bases its recommended stability factors.
• Development of Guidelines for the Design of Support Systems to Manage Coal Mine Rib Hazards
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop guidelines for determining the appropriate level of support and design methods for support systems to minimize the risk and severity of injuries to miners from rib falls in underground coal mines.
• Coal Mine Safety Applications of Seismic Monitoring
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to implement in-mine seismic monitoring techniques in coal mines to evaluate and demonstrate potential mine safety benefits of this technology.
• Calibration and Verification of Longwall Stress Models
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to address the paucity of guidance in available literature for assessing the design an underground longwall coal mine for safe ground response to mining with numerical stress analysis tools.
• Using NIOSH Ground Control Applications for Western Underground Metal Mines Supplemental Information
  9/19/2016
  This page lists a number of other resources pertaining to the ground control presentation at MINExpo 2016.
• Seismic Monitoring Strategies for Deep Longwall Coal Mines
  9/1/2016 - Reports of Investigations
  A Report of Investigations presenting five strategies for detecting and recording seismic activity associated with deep longwall coal mining.
• Deep Coal Mine Safety Studies to Promote Development of Recommendations for Deep Coal Mine Safety through Monitoring Seismic Events
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to investigate and report on the state-of-the-art in mine seismic monitoring systems and methodologies as applied to deep coal mining.