Impact Spotlights

Providing research results for all to use

Overview

A priority for the Foundation is to make the results of the research efforts broadly available so that the solutions derived from the studies can be implemented by the mining industry or used by other researchers and practitioners to further advance these research agendas.

In this section, we highlight example projects that have the potential to significantly impact mining safety and health. A complete listing of project outputs by topic is available in an accompanying section.

Impact Spotlights

Northeastern University researchers find that heavy surface mine equipment operators are likely to exceed ISO daily vibration limits when operating equipment for a full (8-hr shift).

Colorado School of Mines Demonstrates that Squat Coal Pillars can Fail Violently Resulting in Coal Bumps

Colorado School of Mines constructs test facility and studies flame propagation through rock rubble to investigate explosive behavior in longwall gobs.

Virginia Tech researchers find that rail and roof mesh can significantly extend transmission range of Magnetic Communication Systems (MCS).

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.