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• CFD Modeling of Smoke Reversal
  6/1/2001 - Conference papers
  In the present study, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program is used as a design tool to model floor-level fires in a ventilated tunnel.
• Hidden Scars
  1/1/2001 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  Hidden Scars is an interview with a veteran hard rock miner who recounts the events surrounding a 1994 rock burst that buried him and his partner, killing his partner and severely injuring him.
• An Underground Coal Mine Fire Preparedness and Response Checklist: The Instrument
  8/1/2000 - Information Circulars
  Provides a detailed description of a data collection instrument used to profile the fire prevention and response capabilities of a mine site.
• Behavioral and Organizational Dimensions of Underground Mine Fires
  5/1/2000 - Information Circulars
  A scientific study of human behavior during an escape from a fire in an effort to understand and derive benefits for design, engineering and safety efforts.
• Computerized Accident Reconstruction and Training for Metal/Non-Metal Mines
  12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH is developing computer programs that will be used to educate mine workers on the hazards of mining, as well as train miners in evacuation routes and evacuation procedures.
• Decision Making During a Simulated Mine Fire Escape
  2/1/1998 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This exercise is a research tool that measures miners' proficiency in the information-gathering and decision-making skills related to escaping from a mine fire. It also helps miners to learn and practice these cognitive skills.
• Worker Responses To Realistic Evacuation Training
  1/1/1997 - Conference papers
  This 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.
• Leadership Characteristics in Escape from Three Underground Mine Fires
  5/1/1996 - Conference papers
  The characteristics of leaders under the duress of an emergency are important in the development of emergency planning, training, and in the management of an actual emergency. The U.S. Bureau of Mines analyzed the leadership behavior in three undergroun...
• Probability of Making a Successful Mine Escape While Wearing a Self-Contained Self-Rescuer
  12/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This Bureau of Mines report examines survival odds for a prototypical escape from a mine, and illustrates how these odds change when SCSR training is improved.
• How Smoke Hinders Escape from Coal Mine Fires
  1/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study predicts the level of smoke that miners might meet while trying to escape a coal mine fire and describes how smoke would impede their safe escape.