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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to design a pilot program for strategic mine safety and health improvements through the use of surveillance data to guide targeted inspection activities.
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2/6/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA report that discusses current knowledge and potential data sources of MNM miner health.
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3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article concerning the findings of a study of mining industry electrical injuries reported to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the years 2000 to 2009.
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11/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) undertook a comprehensive analysis of the safety record of the contractor segment of the mining industry using the MSHA database.
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12/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesTo encourage mining companies to implement knee injury training programs and interventions, NIOSH performed an analysis of workers’ compensation data for one underground coal mine in Illinois and six in Pennsylvania.
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4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis NIOSH study determined if new LED-based cap lamp technology has an impact on visual performance in the context of detecting trip hazards for the visual environment of an underground coal mine.
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4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study used the MSHA database on accidents, injury, and illness from the years 2003-2007 to examine how age and experience at the current mine, total years experience as a coal miner, and experience in the current job affects injury severity.
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Characteristics of the Top Five Most Frequent Injuries in United States Mining Operations, 2003-20071/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis report describes an alternative method of analyzing and presenting MSHA data for the purpose of identifying high-cost, high-severity injuries and illnesses.
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3/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article provides an analysis of injury claims for eight mining companies operating low-seam coal mines during calendar years 1996-2008.
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12/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper analyzes narrative text fields accompanying injury reports associated with continuous miners, shuttle cars, load-haul-dump vehicles, and personnel transport equipment types in New South Wales underground coal mines.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program