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• 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.
• Discomfort Glare Comparison for Various LED Cap Lamps
  5/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are investigating different lighting technologies with the objective of improving mine safety.
• Illumination
  10/7/2022 - Research areas
  Illumination Topic Page
• LED Area Lighting to Reduce Glare for Roof Bolter Operators
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report on the NIOSH-developed Saturn LED area light's ability to reduce glare that has typically been an issue for roof bolter operators.
• NIOSH Saturn Area Light
  5/9/2019 - Blueprints
  NIOSH developed the Saturn light for roof bolting machines. The design maximizes floor illumination while reducing glare.
• NIOSH Jupiter II Wide Area Light
  5/9/2019 - Blueprints
  NIOSH developed the Jupiter II Wide Area Light to mount on mining machines or illuminate a working area.
• Underground Coal, Metal, and Nonmetal Mine Illumination Systems for Improving Miner Visual Performance
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to improve mine illumination such that a mine worker's visual performance improves to better recognize slip/trip/fall hazards and pinning/striking hazards from moving machinery.
• NIOSH Illumination Research Addresses Visual Performance Needs with LED Technology
  4/9/2013 - Unpublished documents and reports
  This feature article describes NIOSH efforts to develop improved illumination technologies for the mining environment.