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8/1/1998 - Technology NewsThe Roof Monitoring Safety System (RMSS) provides a safer, simple, and inexpensive means for measuring roof movement; its use in underground stone mines is described.
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1/1/1995 - Reports of InvestigationsMany mines rely on toxic gas sensors to help maintain a safe and healthy work environment. This report describes a prototype monitoring system developed by the USBM that uses light to power and communicate with remote toxic gas sensors.
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsReports on the U.S. Bureau of Mines development and testing of an instrinsically safe methane monitor based on differential absorption of infrared light.
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4/11/2024A partnership between the NIOSH Mining Program and its stakeholders to investigate the use of existing stability/subsidence monitoring technologies.
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1/16/2024 - Research projectsA pilot project to determine the geological variables linked to high methane concentrations and increased mining-induced seismicity in underground coal mines.
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6/26/2023 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsA summary of needs analysis NIOSH conducted based on the National Academy of Sciences' recommendations for advancing self-escape training.
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6/26/2023 - Information CircularsUse the Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners' Self-escape Competency document for planning and implementing self-escape training and assessement strategies at underground coal mines.
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1/18/2023 - Research projectsA project to design, validate, and promote the use of advancements in monitoring the exposure of miners to respirable dust, respirable crystalline silica, and diesel particulate matter.
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1/10/2023 - Research projectsA project to investigate the feasibility of using alternative measurement approaches to quantify both elemental carbon and organic carbon in filter samples of mine air.
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1/18/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to create a personal air monitor combining multiple sensing technologies.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program