Results 91 - 100 of 312

• Education and Training
  10/7/2014 - Research areas
  Education and Training Topic Page
• Here Comes The Helmet-CAM: A Recent Advance In Technology Can Improve How Mine Operators Investigate and Assess Respirable Dust.
  10/1/2014 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing the latest advancements in technology to improve how mine operators can investigate and assess the respirable dust exposure of their workers.
• Snake Robot for Mine Rescue
  7/18/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to leverage the on-going development of the new generation Tandem Track (TT) snake robot, by modifying this new system in a way that makes it suitable for operations in underground mines.
• Analysis of the Silica Percent in Airborne Respirable Mine Dust Samples from U.S. Operations
  2/1/2014 - Book chapters, Peer reviewed journal articles
  A journal article presenting an analysis of the % of silica in dust samples for the U.S. mining industry collected from 1997 to 2011.
• Attenuation and duration of seismic signals generated from controlled methane and coal dust explosions in an underground mine
  12/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Seismic monitoring provides a useful means for detection and evaluation of events resulting from mining activity.
• Field Assessment of Enclosed Cab Filtration System Performance Using Particle Counting Measurements
  9/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article describes a study where a two-instrument particle counting method was used to examine a new cab filtration system design for underground industrial minerals equipment.
• Real-time Diesel Particulate Monitor for Underground Mines
  6/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article evaluating a commercial instrument developed based on NIOSH research for measuring EC concentrations in real time.
• New National Survey of the U.S. Mining Population Published
  12/14/2012 - News and announcements
  The most comprehensive survey of our nation’s mining population.
• System Reliability and Environmental Survivability
  9/22/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a practical methodology with appropriate technical guidelines that enables mine operators and enforcement agencies to evaluate the reliability of underground communications, tracking, and atmospheric monitoring systems.
• Task Analysis
  9/20/2012 - Catalogs and indexes
  Task analysis is one of the basic tools that an ergonomist has to design and evaluate systems.