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5 Progress in Targeting New Research Areas
Pages 68-72

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From page 68...
... An informed assessment of future health and safety issues is required to ensure current research remains relevant in the immediate future and that near-future research priorities target anticipated longer-term concerns. The committee assessed the potential evolution of current technologies and considered how the Mining Program prepares itself for the future.
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From page 69...
... Although, to a large extent, the Mining Program does research relevant to the present and future mining industry, the program does not have the annual discretionary funds required to start large or risky projects necessary to address the needs of the future. The program may receive additional funding for specific research such as a recent congressional appropriation of $10 million for critical disaster response technologies in oxygen supply, refuge chambers, and communication and tracking (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006, P.L.
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From page 70...
... Such evolutionary responses are driven by workplace incidents, new legislation, response to specific requests by stakeholders, or other circumstances. Given the NIOSH mission and resource limitations, this goal selection process in understandable, although the result is a research portfolio with a major focus on coal mining and large operations (NIOSH, 2005a)
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From page 71...
... Better and more focused methods to deliver outputs and to document resulting intermediate outcomes are needed. Technology transfer activities should be sharpened with new programs and additional resources.
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From page 72...
... By initiating research on a number of new fronts (e.g., chemical hazards, improved communication and training research) and by targeting more research in areas such as noise prevention, surveillance, and musculoskeletal disorders, the Mining Program has attempted, albeit in a limited manner, to address the needs of the future.
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