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  • NIOSH
    IC 9473 - Drill Rig Incident

    By Edward A. Barrett, Roberta A. Calhoun

    Introduction This Instructor’s Copy contains most of the materials trainers will need in order to use Drill Rig Incident (DRI). It includes suggestions for using the exercise, performance objec

    Jan 2, 2005

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    Computer-Implemented Coalbed Methane Data Base ? Objective

    Provide a coalbed methane data source for industry use in mine planning. Approach Coalbed methane data have keen collected and formatted into a computer implemented data base with software develop

    Jan 1, 1982

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    RI 8693 Magnetic Properties of Alloys Containing Lanthanum, Cobalt, Copper, and Magnesium

    By J. W. Walkiewicz

    One of the objectives of the Bureau of Mines is to develop substitution technology for scarce materials. In accordance with this goal, alloys containing lanthanum, cobalt, copper, and magnesium were i

    Jan 1, 1982

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    Overview Of Mine Fire Detection

    By John C. Edwards

    Several experimental programs were conducted at the Pittsburgh Research Center to investigate the level of mine fire detection and alarm capability possible using state-of-the-art technology. These pr

  • NIOSH
    RI 7276 Operating Characteristics Of A High-Temperature Electrostatic Precipitator

    By C. C. Shale

    A semicommercia1, high-temperature electrostatic precipitator and adjunct equipment are described, and operating characteristics at 1,470° F and 80 psig are presented for both positive and negative po

    Jan 1, 1969

  • NIOSH
    IC 9319 - Risk Profile Of Cumulative Trauma Disorders Of The Arm And Hand In The U.S. Mining Industry

    By S. D. Hudock, C. M. Keran

    A review of all upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder (UECTD) injuries was conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines for 1985 through 1989. This review was performed by analyzing each injury, as repo

    Jan 1, 1992

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    IC 8694 - Mine Power Distribution - Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar, Pittsburgh, Pa ., March 19, 1975

    By Staff

    The papers contained herein summarize results of various recent Bureau of Mines investigations in the area of mine power distribution systems. They are based on information from Bureau personnel, cont

    Jan 1, 1975

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    Building successful teams: an important part of a behavior-based safety process - What is a team?

    By Travis Rhoden

    Merriam Webster?s Collegiate Dictio­nary (1996) defines team as ?a number of persons associated together in work or activity? and teamwork as ?work done by several associates with each doing a part, b

    Nov 1, 1998

  • NIOSH
    OFR-66-73 Analysis Of Williams Brothers Engineering Company Coal Slurry Pipeline Tests

    The head loss data for coal slurries over a range of concentrations and velocities and the laboratory screen analysis were selected as areas for investigation in the data analysis performed. The analy

    Jan 1, 1972

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    Appendix C - Scaling Relationships

    By David A. Monaghan, Kenneth R. Maser, Adi R. Gurdar, D. Randolph Berry

    APPENDIX C SCALING RELATIONSHIPS 1. Scaling Law for Fly Ash Crater Formation The scaling law derived for predicting crater diameters at different scales is developed below by considering the equa

    Jan 1, 1973

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    IC 7335 Destruction Of Damaged, Deteriorated, Or Unwanted Commercial Explosives - Introduction

    By R. D. Leitch

    From time to time the Bureau of Mines has received requests from persons who wish to destroy unwanted explosives, and although the information that follows has been accumulated from sources considered

    Jan 1, 1945

  • NIOSH
    Trailing Cable Splicing--Acceptance Testing And Training

    By Robert King

    Splicing portable trailing cables used in underground coal mines is usually less expensive in terms of capital outlay and production time lost than replacing them. However, handling trailing cables ma

    Jan 1, 1975

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    RI 7166 Purification And Concentration Of A Cyclic Manganese Leach Solution By Elevated Pressure-Temperature Methods

    By F. E. Brantley

    Optimum autoclaving conditions were determined for separation of iron and manganese values from pregnant leach liquor produced in extracting manganese from low-grade umber are. The umber was leached w

    Jan 1, 1968

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    RI 7524 Differential Extraction Of Rare-Earth Elements In Quaternary Ammonium Compound-Chelating Agent Systems

    By D. J. Bauer

    Solvent extraction separation of light group rare-earth elements in a quaternary ammonium compound-chelating agent system was demonstrated in single-stage studies, Typical separation factor values obt

    Jan 1, 1971

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    A Hydrogen Powered Mine Vehicle - Objective

    Develop a safe, nonpolluting power source for underground mining equipment. Approach The Bureau of Mines and EIM-CO Mining Machinery International entered into a cost-shared project to develop

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Mine Closure Guidelines ? Objective

    Provide the National Park Service (NPS) with guidelines for closing abandoned mine openings such as shafts and adits. Approach The NPS needed alternative methods of closing a variety of abandone

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Value And Trends In World Mineral Trade

    By Charles L. Kimbell

    For 1991, the aggregate value of world international export trade in mineral commodities was roughly estimated at $685 billion in current 1991 dollars. The estimated level was about 6 % higher than th

    Jan 1, 1993

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    RI 9088 - Indices of Mine Safety Resulting From the Application of the Poisson Distribution to Mine Accident Data

    By J. C. Kerkering

    The Bureau of Mines used mathematical reliability theory to define, for use in the mining industry, the concepts of risk, safety, reliability, hazard, and mean time between accidents. In this report,

    Jan 1, 1987

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    The Aging Workforce: An Emerging Issue in the Mining Industry

    By Barbara Fotta

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), workforce estimates of median age suggest that the median age of the mining workforce, which has been experiencing overall declines in numbers of emp

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Data Files

    By Rudolf E. Greuer, Linneas W. Laage, Xinton Chang

    Data or input files are used to describe the mine's ventilation system and physical characteristics necessary for ventilation calculations as well as the physical or mechanical disturbance to be

    Jan 1, 1990