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• EVADE Software
  6/12/2023 - PC software, Reports of Investigations
  EVADE 2.4 has been updated with expanded video and data features to make it a more generalized and powerful tool.
• MFIRE
  7/24/2020 - PC software
  Try the newly rewritten version of the MFIRE software program to model fire and contaminant spread in underground mines.
• Improved LED Mine Lamp Designs
  5/4/2017 - Blueprints
  Download the latest NIOSH plans for LED mine lamps that dramatically improve visibility and offer better battery efficiency.
• Investigation of Temperature Rise in Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  3/27/2014 - Reports of Investigations
  This Report of Investigations details the results of a NIOSH investigation of temperature rise in mobile refuge alternatives.
• How to use the Coal Dust Explosibility Meter
  4/18/2013 - Training materials, Videos and multimedia
  This is a series of 5 videos explaining how to use the coal dust explosibility meter.
• What Does a Hearing Loss Sound Like?
  9/19/2012 - Training materials
  Loud noise can permanently damage your hearing. It especially affects the sounds that help you understand speech. To hear what this sounds like, try these computer-generated samples.
• 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.
• Technology News 549 - MFIRE 3.0 - NIOSH Brings MFIRE into 21st Century
  3/1/2012 - Technology News
  NIOSH completed a major redesign of MFIRE and replaced its outdated programming language with an object-oriented C++ approach. The program was split into a front-end with a simple graphical-user-interface (GUI), and the MFIRE “engine” back-end.
• DOSES - Determination of Sound Exposures
  2/4/2012 - PC software
  Software to simplify the record-keeping and analysis associated with time-motion studies and worker noise exposures, making it easier to identify and solve noise problems.