Category: LW – 2017 – Session II

By Sampurna Arya, University of Kentucky; William Chad Wedding, University of Kentucky; Thomas Novak, University of Kentucky; and James P. Rider, NIOSH A full-scale physical model of a Joy 7LS longwall shearer, modified with an...

By Vasu Gangrade, mining engineer, NIOSH; Samuel Harteis, lead mining engineer, NIOSH; and J.D. Addis, research scientist, NIOSH Researchers with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Mining...

By Joe Defibaugh, engineer-dust and ventilation, Komatsu Mining Corp.; Hugo E. Camargo, principal engineer, NOISH; and Lynn A. Alcorn, engineering technician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NIOSH conducted research...

By Adam Zamora , automation specialist, Westmoreland Coal, and Jack D. Trackemas, branch chief, ground control branch, NIOSH The need to provide enhanced safety and working environments for miners, as well as improved efficiency...

By Emily J. Haas, Ph.D., research behavior scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) NIOSH designed an intervention to increase coal miners’ knowledge and use of the dust data cards that are...