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• Reduced Workers’ Compensation Costs With Roof Screening
  9/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper quantifies potential savings in WC premiums due to a reduction in rock fall injuries after roof screening in Pennsylvania’s underground coal mines. Two hypothetical mines with realistic injury and WC premium estimates were used.
• The Effect of Cap Lamp Lighting on Postural Control and Stability
  7/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Researchers at NIOSH are conducting mine illumination research with the objective of improving miner safety. Proper illumination may improve miner safety by improving their STF hazard recognition and balance.
• Flammability of Wider Conveyor Belts Using Large-scale Fire Tests
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the results of recent experiments comparing results from using the BELT and the large-scale tests for six different belts.
• Impact of Air Velocity on the Detection of Fires in Conveyor Belt Haulageways
  5/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper discusses the impact of ventilation airflow on alarm times of the smoke detectors and video cameras, CO levels, smoke optical densities and smoke obscuration, total smoke mass concentrations, and fire heat release rates.
• In-Mine Study of High-Expansion Firefighting Foam
  1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the production of high-expansion firefighting foam and discusses the in-mine experimental tests and results.
• The Effect of Ventilation on Spontaneous Heating of Coal
  1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Study results of the role of various ventilation rates in the spontaneous heating of coal in underground mines found that there is an optimum ventilation flow to produce the maximum rate of temperature rise at the critical ambient temperature.
• Potential of Roof Screening to Reduce Workers' Compensation Cost
  12/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Many rock fall injuries can be prevented with roof screen, but many coal mines are reluctant to use it due to added cost. This study looked at potential savings in workers' compensation premiums due reduced rock fall injuries after roof screening.
• Reducing the Fire and Explosion Hazards of Flame-Cutting and Welding in Underground Coal Mines
  6/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper provides a summary of work done in a study on fires and explosions in underground U.S. coal mines that were caused by flame cutting and welding operations to determine the root causes of these types of fires and explosions.
• Machine-Related Injuries in the US Mining Industry and Priorities for Safety Research
  5/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Current research is addressing many machine safety issues in both underground and surface mining. This study identified some specific miner activities and machine types that may need further attention.
• Effect of Longwall Face Advance on Spontaneous Heating in Longwall Gob Areas
  3/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In this paper, Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling of the effect of longwall face advance on the spontaneous heating of coals in a two-panel gob area using a bleeder ventilation system is presented.