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4/1/2022 - Data and statisticsMining Fact Sheets covering a variety of topics of general interest relating to mining operations, employees, fatalities, and nonfatal lost-time injuries.
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4/1/2022 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA review of U.S. haul-truck-related fatal accidents from 2005 to 2018 that focuses on the initiating event, event outcome, hazards present, and possible preventative and mitigative controls.
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3/25/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Virginia Tech University to research respirable crystalline silica characteristics in coal mine dust samples and in samples representative of major dust sources.
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1/1/2022 - Information CircularsThis report details how to implement field-based monitoring for respirable crystalline silica using portable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
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9/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing a method for quantifying airborne organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) within aerosolized diesel particulate matter (DPM).
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8/16/2021 - Information CircularsRead about the latest best practices for dust control in coal mining.
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4/9/2021 - Data and statistics, News and announcementsA feature describing data from 1911 that was misreported as a mine disaster.
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4/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study assessing the strength characteristics of coal under high confinement to gain insights for pillar stability and design.
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3/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study evaluating a novel cassette designed to facilitate field-based, direct-on-filter analysis of RCS using transmission FTIR spectroscopy.
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2/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study comparing chronic illnesses in retired miners and oil and gas workers with all other retirees.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program