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  • NIOSH
    1 Introduction - 1.1 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

    By Efrem R. Reeves

    Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most common occupational illness in the United States, with 30 million workers exposed to excessive noise levels [NIOSH 1996] every day. Of particular concern

    Dec 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    1.0 - Mine Drainage Pollution In The United States

    In the United States water pollution resulting from mining activities has long been recognized as a major environmental problem Mine drainage pollution results from many types of mining activities and

    Jan 1, 1975

  • NIOSH
    1.1 Method Discussion

    Water pollution has been an integral part of most mining operations in the past. Most mine planners had designed their mining operations with little or no regard for prevention of water pollution. The

    Jan 1, 1973

  • NIOSH
    1977 Mineral Production Summarized

    For the sixth year in a row, the value of nonfuel mineral raw materials produced in the United States set a new record, reaching almost $17 billion in 1977. Data provided by the Bureau of Mines show t

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    1978 Raw Nonfuel Mineral Production

    The value of raw nonfuel mineral materials production totaled an estimated $19.7 billion in 1978. The record 1978 value exceeded by 13 percent the 1977 value of $17.5 billion. This raw mineral output

    Jan 1, 1979

  • NIOSH
    25th International Conference On Ground Control In Mining - Field Verification Of The Roof Fall Risk Index: A Method To Assess Strata Conditions

    By Gabriel Esterhuizen, Tom Goodwin, Scott Schilling, Anthony T. Iannacchione

    The Roof Fall Risk Index (RFRI) is a new method introduced by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to assist the underground stone mine operator in 1) assessing defects th

  • NIOSH
    A Case Study Examination of Two Blast Rounds at a Nevada Gold Mine

    By Ed Mchugh

    NIOSH researchers collected basic data from two blast rounds at the SSX-Steer Mine as a component of a larger study on controlled blasting, the goal of which is to reduce injuries from falling rocks i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    A Case Study in Applied Social Marketing: Developing an Occupational Safety and Health Product

    By Douglas F. Scott

    This case study provides an example of how social marketing was applied to meet the needs of business customers. Federal regulations require that all companies develop a written program to track hazar

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    A Computer Simulation Model For Surface Mine Reclamation Planning - Volume I: Ore Reserve Estimation

    By R. V. Ramani

    This volume is the first of a four-volume final report on research carried out under a contract from the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development of a computer simulation model for surface mine reclama

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    A Computer Simulation Model For Surface Mine Reclamation Planning - Volume II: Dragline Model

    By R. V. Ramani

    This volume is the second of a four-volume final report on research carried out under a contract from the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development of a computer simulation model for surface mine reclam

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    A Computer Simulation Model For Surface Mine Reclamation Planning - Volume IV: User's Manual For OPMHS/2

    By R. V. Ramani

    This volume is the fourth of a four-volume final report on research carried out under a contract from the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development of a computer simulation model for surface mine reclam

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    A Cost Comparison Of Selected Coal Mines From Australia, Canada, Colombia, South Africa, And The United States

    This report presents production and delivered costs for coal exports from the five major Western coal-exporting countries: Australia, Canada. Colombia, South Africa, and the United States. Cost data w

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    A Cost Comparison Of Selected U.S. And Indonesian Coal Mines - Executive Summary

    By Erik Sherer

    Indonesia is poised to become a major player in the Pacific Rim thermal coal markets. Although the colonial Dutch developed numerous coal mines in the late 1800's for steamship bunkers and domest

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    A Cost Comparison Of Selected U.S. And Venezuelan Coal Mines - Executive Summary - Introduction

    This report on the Venezuelan coal industry is the seventh in a series of studies on coal exporting countries requested by the House Appropriations Committee, The committee asked that the basic differ

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    A Dictionary Of Mining, Mineral, And Related Terms - Preface

    This dictionary is published by the Bureau of Mines as a contribution to the mining and mineral literature in the belief that it will fill a recognized need. Several attempts have been made over the

    Jan 1, 1968

  • NIOSH
    A dual sprocket chain as a noise control for a continuous mining machine

    By Adam K. Smith

    Over-exposure to noise remains a widespread, serious health hazard in the U.S. mining industry despite 25 years of regulation. Most other categories of illnesses and injuries associated with mining ha

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    A Field Test Of Electromagnetic Geophysical Techniques For Locating Underground Conductive Solutions - Problem

    Locating subsurface conductive solutions is important for many applications, including in situ mining and environmental protection. Drilling boreholes for sampling is expensive and can increase contam

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    A Fundamental Study of Respirable Dust Generation in Coal

    By Z. T. Bieniawski, R. K. Zipf

    "Zipf Jr., R.K. and Bieniawski; Z.T., 1989. A fundamental study of respirable dust generation in coal. Min. Sci. Technol., 9: 87-99Black lung disease in coal miners induced by the formation of fine fr

    Jan 1, 1989

  • NIOSH
    A Glossary Of The Diamond-Drilling Industry - Introduction

    By Albert E. Long

    THIS GLOSSARY is published lay the Bureau of Mines as a contribution too the mining literature to fill a long-felt need for a compilation of the terms used by the diamond-drilling industry. The first

    Jan 1, 1960

  • NIOSH
    A Glossary Of The Mining And Mineral Industry. - Introduction.

    By Albert H. Fay

    This glossary is published by the Bureau of Mines as a contribution to the mining literature in the belief that it will fill a long-felt need. It contains about 20,000 terms; these include both techni

    Jan 1, 1920