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• EVADE Software
  6/12/2023 - PC software, Reports of Investigations
  EVADE 2.4 has been updated with expanded video and data features to make it a more generalized and powerful tool.
• MFIRE
  7/24/2020 - PC software
  Try the newly rewritten version of the MFIRE software program to model fire and contaminant spread in underground mines.
• Investigation of Temperature Rise in Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  3/27/2014 - Reports of Investigations
  This Report of Investigations details the results of a NIOSH investigation of temperature rise in mobile refuge alternatives.
• Investigation of Purging and Airlock Contamination of Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  3/11/2014 - Reports of Investigations
  The Report of Investigations details the results of a NIOSH investigation of purging in mobile refuge alternatives.
• ARMPS-HWM - Analysis of Retreat Mining Pillar Stability - Highwall Mining
  8/20/2013 - PC software
  A software program for designing web and barrier pillars for Highwall Mining.
• CMRR - Coal Mine Roof Rating
  8/20/2013 - PC software
  Software for estimating the relative inherent strength of coal mine roof.
• Reduced Workers’ Compensation Costs With Roof Screening
  9/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper quantifies potential savings in WC premiums due to a reduction in rock fall injuries after roof screening in Pennsylvania’s underground coal mines. Two hypothetical mines with realistic injury and WC premium estimates were used.
• Technology News 549 - MFIRE 3.0 - NIOSH Brings MFIRE into 21st Century
  3/1/2012 - Technology News
  NIOSH completed a major redesign of MFIRE and replaced its outdated programming language with an object-oriented C++ approach. The program was split into a front-end with a simple graphical-user-interface (GUI), and the MFIRE “engine” back-end.
• A CART Technique to Adjust Production from Longwall Coal Operations under Ventilation Constraints
  3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The CART-based model that is given in this paper can be used to predict methane emission rates and to adjust operation parameters under ventilation constrains in longwall mining.
• Evaluating Portable Infrared Spectrometers for Measuring the Silica Content of Coal Dust
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Miners face a variety of respiratory hazards while on the job, including exposure to silica dust which can lead to silicosis, a potentially fatal lung disease.