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11 Review of Traumatic Injury Prevention Research
11 Review of Traumatic Injury Prevention Research
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• Attention is needed in the areas of automatic and remote control technologies. STRATEgIC gOALS AND OBjECTIvES Reducing injuries and hazards that cause traumatic injuries are important elements of the ideal mining health and safety research program discussed in Chapter 3.
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and identified equipment accidents, automation, and training effectiveness as priorities -- areas already included in the intermediate goals for traumatic injury prevention research within the Mining Program. Ground failure control research is a separate research area within the Mining Program.
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become most successful stories of the Mining Program recognition, risk factor awareness, and adopted by mine safety and health trainers emergency response and (2) are referenced and advocated by mine training and safety professionals aSOURCE: NIOSH, 2005a.
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REvIEW OF RESEARCH OUTPUTS Table 11-3 provides a comparison by type of traumatic injury prevention re search outputs and total Mining Program outputs between 1996 and 2005 (NIOSH, 2005a)
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The frequency of orange blasting product clouds has decreased by about 90 percent since the Mining Program began working with Powder River Basin mines. • Two manufacturers have added, or plan to add, undercarriage power line contact alarms as both add-on and stand-alone products as a result of Mining Program research on overhead power line hazard and contact alarms.
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Lockout 1 Develop a warning device for miners, High Industry-wide or Tagout, especially maintenance workers, to application when Jammed lockout and tagout equipment in developed and Moving hazardous areas Machinery Controls 3. Mobile Mining 2, 3 Reduce accidents to miners working with Moderate Technology already Equipment lift trucks available and needs to Warning be implemented Systems 4.
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Safety 2 Develop and test interventions to Moderate Manufacturers improve Enhancements prevent accidents when dump trucks are truck safety options for Off-Road used in surface mines, and disseminate Haulage Trucks this information to the mining community 8. Safety Solutions 2 Reduce accidents in handling materials Low Mine specific to Prevent in surface and underground metal and Mining nonmetal mines Materials Handling Accidents 9.
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• The Mining Program provided MSHA with technical information used to write 30 CFR 18 and 75, Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories and High-Voltage Longwall Equipment Standards for Underground Coal Mines (Federal Register, 2002) , establishing new mandatory electrical standards for the installation, use, and maintenance of high-voltage longwall mining systems in underground coal mines.
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• Mining Program collaborative research developed documents relating to the safety life cycle for programmable electronic mining systems based on International Electrotechnical Commission standards. Various manufactures have integrated Mining Program research into best practices and business plans, and MSHA and state agencies have incorporated research results into permitting approval processes.
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The Mining Program often uses surveillance data, stakeholder input, and risk and loss control requirements to define research priorities and its overall goals (NIOSH, 2005a) , but these are not adequate for identifying research needed in traumatic injury prevention.
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RevIew t R au m at I c I n j u Ry p R e v e n t I o n R e s e a R c H of 4 Signature Accomplishments: Injury Prevention The interactive training program "3-D Hazard Recognition Training: A New Approach to Preventing Injuries Associated with Construction, Main tenance and Repair Activities" (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/products/ view-masterreeltrainingexercises.htm) was developed in cooperation with aggre gates mining companies and Pennsylvania State University, authenticated by mine safety experts, extensively field-tested with miners, and distributed through the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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