History of the Mining Program

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The Mining Program's mission is to eliminate occupational diseases, injuries, and fatalities among workers in the mining industry. This snapshot shows recent accomplishments and upcoming work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Introduction -- The Birth of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (1910) -- The Early Years: Focus on Explosives and Disaster Research -- The Central Experiment Station (1917) -- Expansion of USBM Mission: Flames, Explosions, and Detonations (1936) -- Mining Research Begins in Spokane, Washington (1951) -- Developing Safer Explosives (1950s and 1960s) -- Significant USBM Contributions to Other Industries -- The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969: USBM Mission Extended to Other Mining Safety and Health Issues -- Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 -- Transfer of USBM Functions to MESA and ERDA (1970s) -- Acquisition of Lake Lynn Laboratory (1982).
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollutants, Occupational Anniversaries And Special Events CDC--history Dust History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Mining NIOSH--history Occupational Health Safety United States Government Agencies

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• Keywords:
  Mining industry; Miners; Mine workers; Airborne dusts; Aerosols; Mineral dusts
• Source:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2021 Sep; :1
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OPPE - Office of Program Planning and Evaluation ; OD - Office of the Director ; PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division ; SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064348
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b0e45cbdf0f84b742e6b3d62e217b2b7e9708055f93fdb6d16945fecead8d1423a3c6c27bab613b6d773ff73e6355c3d3ca374813c7bbf01393b4419588864e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103829/cdc_103829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 580.61 KB ]