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• Brody Mine Accident Highlights Need for Retreat Mining Safety
  10/22/2016 - News articles
  A short feature story describing NIOSH products on retreat mining.
• Building Capacity and Enhancing Ground Control Safety through Improvement and Extension of the LaModel Program
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to enhance ground control safety and produce qualified MS and PhD graduates with ground control expertise through improving and extending the LaModel program.
• Shale Failure Mechanics and Intervention Measures in Underground Coal Mines: Results from 50 Years of Ground Control Safety Research
  2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report presenting a historical narrative on the research the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has conducted in relation to rock mechanics and shale.
• Rock Falls
  9/22/2015 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areas
  NIOSH Mining topic page on rock falls.
• Horizontal Stress
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Horizontal Stress Topic Page
• Roof Instability: What Reportable Noninjury Roof Falls in Underground Coal Mines Can Tell Us
  3/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining the large body of noninjury roof fall reports in order to gain insight into the characteristics of roof falls in coal mines.
• Roof and Rib Fall Incident Trends: a 10-Year Profile
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A comprehensive analysis of these events was conducted to better understand where and why these incidents occurred.
• Technology News 540 - Field-Expedient Shotcrete Adhesion Test System
  6/1/2011 - Technology News
  To develop a practical method of measuring shotcrete adhesion strength in underground mines.
• Current trends in Reducing Ground Fall Accidents in US Coal Mines
  1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In recent years, the number of some annual ground fall fatalities has approached zero, indicating that significant progress has been made. However, more progress is needed to reduce injuries caused by rock falling between supports and by rib falls.
• Report on Early Strength Performance of Modern Day Weak Rock Mass Shotcrete Mixes
  2/1/2010 - Conference papers
  NIOSH is investigating the use of shotcrete in weak rock mass mines with the objective of reducing fatalities and injuries resulting from rock fall accidents.