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• Responders to Underground Mine Fires
  8/1/2001 - Conference papers
  Fire is a major concern for those who work in underground mines. This paper focuses on responders' preparedness for fire.
• Rock Damage Characterisation from Microseismic Monitoring
  7/1/2001 - Conference papers
  Outlines the concepts used to correlate rock failure with microseismic events and presents examples of microseismic monitoring together with associated computer modeling of the rock failure from several mine sites.
• Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts): Part 2: 2.1 System Safety
  4/1/2001 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is the second in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment.
• Toward Pillar Design To Prevent Collapse of Room-and-Pillar Mines
  2/1/2001 - Conference papers
  Three alternative approaches to reduce the risk of catastrophic collapse are described: containment, prevention, and full-extraction. Without good data available on post-failure pillar behavior, containment and full-extraction are the safest.
• Optimizing Secondary Roof Support with the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP)
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers
  The 1990s saw an unprecedented increase in technologies for more effective, easier to install roof support in underground mines. To facilitate application and improve mine safety, NIOSH developed the Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP).
• Application of the Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) to Extended Cuts
  4/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) has been widely accepted as a tool for geologic characterization and mine planning. The application of the CMRR to extended cuts (cuts greater that 6 m (20 ft) in length) is discussed.
• Horizontal Stress and Longwall Headgate Ground Control
  1/1/1998 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Horizontal stresses are caused by global plate-tectonic forces. This paper presents six case histories of mines that encountered roof falls or difficult ground conditions at the headgate caused by horizontal-stress concentrations.
• Proceedings: New Technology for Ground Control in Retreat Mining
  3/1/1997 - Information Circulars
  This proceedings volume contains papers presented at technology transfer seminars sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on New Technology for Ground Control in Retreat Mining.
• Methane Control for Underground Coal Mines
  1/1/1994 - Information Circulars
  This paper describes the history and technology of methane drainage in the US and other countries.
• DRIFT Software
  1/3/2024 - PC software
  DRIFT is a program to design perimeter control blast rounds for typical underground drifting applications.