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11/1/2017 - Technology NewsRead the latest Technology News describing the NIOSH-developed Saturn LED area light, which significantly improves illumination for roof bolting machines.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA 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.
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3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article detailing a study that compared different lighting types and ceiling tag colors to differentiate what works best in a smoke-filled environment.
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4/9/2013 - Unpublished documents and reportsThis feature article describes NIOSH efforts to develop improved illumination technologies for the mining environment.
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9/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe objective was to determine if there were visual performance improvements in an underground mining environment when using solid-state cap lamps with LEDs as compared to incandescent light bulbs commonly used in miner cap lamps.
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11/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe main objective was to determine if there were visual performance improvements for the detection of moving objects in the peripheral field of view when using cool-white LED cap lamps as compared to incandescent cap lamps.
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10/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe objective of the research described in this paper was to determine if light-emitting diodes (LEDs) improve visual performance as compared to traditional incandescent (INC) cap lamps.
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10/1/2008 - Conference papersThis paper describes the performance of LED and incandescent sources in cap lamps in terms of correlated color temperature, color rendering, light output, electric power, ambient temperature and airflow, and light source aging.
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9/1/2007 - Conference papersThe objective of this research was to determine if there were visual performance improvements in an underground mining environment when using solid-state cap lamps with light emitting diodes (LEDs) as compared to incandescent light bulbs commonly used i...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program