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• Evaluation of Devices to Prevent Construction Equipment Backing Incidents
  10/1/2004 - Conference papers
  Blind areas around construction equipment are a major contributing factor in incidents involving a piece of equipment striking a worker. This paper evaluates several systems for allowing equipment operators to monitor blind areas around equipment.
• Systematic Comparison of Different Seats on Shuttle Cars Used in Underground Coal Mines
  8/1/2003 - Conference papers
  A field study was conducted to evaluate four seat designs on shuttle cars, including two NIOSH-designed seats.
• Recommendations for Testing Radar-Based Collision Warning Systems on Heavy Equipment
  5/1/2002 - Reports of Investigations
  This report discusses several different test procedures and test targets and recommends methods to determine how effective a radar system will be in detecting a person near heavy equipment.
• Monitoring Blind Spots: A Major Concern for Haul Trucks
  12/1/2001 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Discusses off-the-shelf technologies for monitoring areas that an equipment operator cannot see from the cab, incl. radar, video, and radio signal detection systems, and their effectiveness in detecting objects near an off-highway dump truck.
• Haulage Truck Dump Site Safety: An Examination of Reported Injuries
  3/1/2001 - Information Circulars
  Working in elevated areas near an edge is a common hazard for operators of off-highway mobile mining equipment. Serious injuries involving haulage trucks working at dump sites are examined for the period 1988 to 1997.
• Test Results of Collision Warning Systems on Off-Highway Dump Trucks: Phase 2
  2/1/2001 - Reports of Investigations
  This report summarizes ongoing research aimed at evaluating collision warning systems for surface mining dump trucks.
• Acceleration and GPS Data Monitor Truck-Haulage Jolts
  8/1/2000 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper discusses the application of global positioning system (GPS) data, accelerometers, and pressure transducers to provide feedback about equipment operations and identify the cause of truck jolts.
• Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks
  5/1/2000 - Reports of Investigations
  Researchers at NIOSH tested a number of commercially available and experimental sensors that monitor obstacles in a vehicle's blind spots.
• Improved Seat Reduces Jarring/Jolting for Operators of Low-Coal Shuttle Cars
  12/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  With input from underground shuttle-car operators, this study addressed a component of WBV that is germane to underground mining: high-energy impacts or shocks.
• Characterization of Jolting and Jarring on Operators of Surface Mine Haulage Trucks
  11/1/1999 - Conference papers
  A system that ties acceleration data with Global Positioning System (GPS) data was developed, assembled, and tested to track the frequency and causes of jolting and jarring of heavy equipment operators.