One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research

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BOSH CDEM CDSE CFR CMRR CPDM CRS CWP CWXSP DOE DOI DPM DRDS DSR EC ERDA GMTC HASARD HEW HHS JAHSA MESA METC METF MFIRE MHRAC MPPCF MRS MSHA MSHRAC NASA NIOSH NPPTL NRC OC OMB OSHA OSM PDM PEL PETC PHS PIB PMF PRL R&D Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health Coal Dust Explosibility Meter Collapsible Drill Steel Enclosure Code of Federal Regulations Coal Mine Roof Rating continuous personal dust monitor Congressional Research Service coal workers’ pneumoconiosis Coal Workers’ X-ray Surveillance Program Department of Energy Department of the Interior diesel particulate matter Division of Respiratory Disease Studies Division of Safety Research elemental carbon Energy Research and Development Administration Generic Mineral Technology Center Hazardous Area Signaling and Ranging Device Department of Health, Education and Welfare Department of Health and Human Services Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration Morgantown Energy Technology Center Mining Equipment Test Facility mine fire simulation computer program Mine Health Research Advisory Committee million particles per cubic foot of air mobile roof supports Mine Safety and Health Administration Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory National Research Council organic carbon Office of Management and Budget Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement Personal Dust Monitor permissible exposure limit Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center Public Health Service Program Information Bulletin progressive massive fibrosis Pittsburgh Research Laboratory research and development vii
2p REL SCSR SMCRA SRL STOP TC U.S. USBM USGS WL WW I WW II research to practice recommended exposure limit self-contained self-rescuer Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Spokane Research Laboratory Support Technology Optimization Program total carbon United States U.S. Bureau of Mines U.S. Geological Survey Working Level World War I World War II SHORTENED FORMS USED IN THIS REPORT 1969 Coal Act Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 1977 Mine Act Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 Bureau of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines MINER Act Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 OSH Act Occupational Safety and Health Act S-MINER Act Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007 The Bureau U.S. Bureau of Mines viii
Page 1 and 2: Department of Health and Human Serv
Page 3 and 4: This document is in the public doma
Page 5 and 6: 4.3.7 Spokane Mining Research Labor
Page 7: Figure 26. Joy loading machine in 1
Page 11 and 12: The origins of the USBM were in the
Page 13 and 14: Figure 3. Headline from the 1907 Mo
Page 15 and 16: Figure 6. Plaque commemorating the
Page 17 and 18: Figure 8. Official seal of the Unit
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Page 21 and 22: Seven hundred twenty miners were gi
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Page 29 and 30: observing the effects of temperatur
Page 31 and 32: (permissible) type, whereas by 1929
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Page 35 and 36: Dr. Coward eventually became the Di
Page 37 and 38: Figure 26. Joy loading machine in 1
Page 39 and 40: Figure 30. The results of conventio
Page 41 and 42: 4. Public Health Service Mining Stu
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Page 45 and 46: at the schools, establishing mutual
Page 47 and 48: The Bureau’s annual progress repo
Page 49 and 50: The 1969 Coal Act was the first fed
Page 51 and 52: private organizations. NIOSH was gi
Page 53 and 54: Note that at this time a great deal
Page 55 and 56: • Energy-related minerals informa
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Over the years, the federal presenc
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for efficient processing of radium,
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Figure 36. Air currents when using
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Figure 37. Testing of the mine roof
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developed several new illumination
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which disturbs and exploits the lan
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1996 Appropriations Bill stated in
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Novel approaches undertaken by NIOS
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esearchers reanalyzed data from the
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other applications. The Libby mine
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6.2.8 Ground Control Ground falls i
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To facilitate the application of th
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on refuge alternatives [NIOSH, 2007
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6. Reduce ground failure fatalities
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7. Conclusion: Lessons Learned The
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8. References Amandus HE, Piacitell
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National Research Council and Insti
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Appendix A: Joseph A. Holmes Biogra
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Table 1. U.S. Bureau of Mines appro
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Table 3. Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities,
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