University of California Berkeley study finds that failure to consider the healthy worker survivor bias can lead to highly misleading conclusions when analyzing the health impacts of hazardous exposures. View Final Report
Connecting Dust Characteristics and Worker Health in Underground Coal Mining 1st Solicitation for Single Investigator Research Grants (AFC113) University of Pittsburgh (Grant number AFC113-11)
Management with Bag Barriers of Dust Explosion Risks in Underground Coal Mines 2nd Solicitation for Single Investigator Research Grants Missouri University of Science and Technology (Grant AFC215-41)
Numerical Tools for Mitigation of Methane Explosions in Coal Mines 2nd Solicitation for Single Investigator Research Grants University of Maryland (Grant AFC215-20) Computational videos relevant to Final Report: 1) Interconnected channels, 2) 0.5-1.5 half channel, 3) 300 m reflected channel.
A Holistic Approach to Reducing Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP) using Integrated Monitoring and Response Systems for Respirable Dust in Surface Mines and Facilities Penn State University (Grant Number AFC417-39)
Autonomous Underground Mining Systems To Improve Safety – Intelligent Coal Mining University of Kentucky (Grant number AFC417-21)
Characteristics of Dust and Risk Factors Associated with the Development of Rapidly Progressive Pneumoconiosis and Progressive Massive Fibrosis University of Illinois (Grant Number AFC417-1)
A New Generation of Web-Based Applications for Mine Design Published in Proceedings 36th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, 2017 Newman, C. Agioutantis, Z. and Schaefer, N.
Current Progress in the Development Of The WebGroundControl Application Published as Preprint 17-032 at SME Annual Meeting 2017, Denver, CO Newman, C. Agioutantis, Z. and Schaefer, N.
The Development of a Web-Based Platform for Ground Control Applications Published as Preprint 16-121 at SME Annual Meeting 2016, Phoenix, AZ Agioutantis, Z. and Newman, C.
Whole Body Vibration Exposure and Injury Prevention of Heavy Equipment Operators in Open Pit Coal Mines Published in Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 61(6); 669–680, 2017. Marín, L. S., Rodríguez, A. C., Rey-Becerra, E., Piedrahita, H., Barrero, L. H., Dennerlein, J., Johnson, P.
Using Wearable IMUs to Evaluate Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk in Underground Mining Activities South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Grant Number: AFC618-13)
Evaluating the Effects of Multi-axial Whole Body Vibration Exposure on Postural Stability in Mining Heavy Equipment Vehicle Operators Oregon State University (Grant Number: AFC618-68)
Effects of Whole Body Vibration Exposure on Physiological Stresses in Mining Heavy Equipment Vehicle Operators Oregon State University (Grant Number: AFC618-38)
Coal Mining Risk of Arthritis, Including Auto-Immune Rheumatologic Disease University of California, San Francisco (Grant Number: AFC618-04)
The Effect Of Dust Particles On Airway Mucus Viscosity And Mucociliary Transport University of California, Merced (Grant Number: AFC618-01)
A Smart Device for Mine Dust Characterization and Coal Workers’ Health Improvement: Combining Non-Destructive, Element-Specific X-ray CT with Big Data Analytics & Machine Learning Virginia Tech (Grant Number AFC518-40)
Collecting Mine Dust Particles with Liquid-Coated Vibrating Meshes Virginia Tech and Michigan Tech (Grant Number AFC518-25)
Intrinsically Safe Underground Aerial Reconnaissance Platform Development United Mine Workers of America Career Centers, Inc. (Grant Number AFC518-23)
Simple and Accurate Positioning to Enable Vehicle Autonomy in Underground Mines Oregon State University (Grant Number AFC518-17)
Miniaturized and Real Time Gas Sensors for Mine Safety and Health Oakland University (Grant Number AFC518-02)
Development of an Advanced Real-Time Personal Coal Dust Monitoring Instrument Based on Photo-acoustic Spectroscopy University of Nevada, Reno (Grant Number AFC518-54)
Demonstration of a UAV-based Digital Photogrammetry System for Geological Mapping and Geotechnical Characterization of Fractured Rock Masses at Hazardous Underground Sites Montana Tech (Grant Number AFC518-67)
Improving Communication in Noise for Miners Wearing Hearing Protection University of Connecticut Health Center (Grant Number AFC518-10)
Development of Direct Sensing Sampler for Submicron Mining Particles Including Coal, Silica and Nano-Sized Diesel Particulates Colorado State University (Grant Number AFC518-16)
