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6/12/2015 - PC software, Training materials3D virtual reality-based software to teach the benching process for the BG 4 self-contained breathing apparatus used in mine rescue.
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6/1/2011 - Guides and manuals, Reports of InvestigationsRefuge alternatives are airtight, reinforced shelters that underground coal miners can enter during a mine emergency. This publication provides recommendations for training miners in how to operate a refuge chamber.
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10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materialsHow to Operate a Refuge Chamber: A Quick Start Guide was created by researchers at NIOSH to be used as a template for mine instructors to modify based on the refuge chambers used at their mine.
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4/8/2021 - NoticesSubmit input by 6/30/2021 in response to a request for information (RFI) from industry and manufacturers about mine escape respirators
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9/26/2017A partnership between the NIOSH Mining Program and its stakeholders to share refuge alternative solutions.
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3/30/2017 - Research projectsA project to improve breathing air supplies by conducting a development program; exploring and identifying technologies in other fields that may be adapted; and designing, developing, and producing technology demonstrators.
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12/1/2016 - Technology NewsThis Technology News describes the new, very high-pressue oxygen cylinders for use in SCSRs.
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7/19/2016 - Interagency agreementsAn interagency agreement to extend and monitor the scrubber performance in escape and rescue mining rebreathers.
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7/19/2016 - Interagency agreementsAn interagency agreement to investigate alternative system designs or current system modifications for mine rescue breathing apparatus, to determine the extent of potential efficiency improvements.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to deliver working prototypes of docking/ switch-over valves and hoods/masks with passive communication elements that will be used in the next generation of escape breathing apparatus.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program