The NIOSH LED Cap Lamp Provides Improved Illumination for Greater Safety in Underground Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Sammarco, John J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have developed an LED cap lamp that significantly improves illumination in underground mines, thereby enhancing safety by reducing injuries to miners. Providing better illumination underground improves a miner's ability to see and avoid potential hazards in the mine. Results from NIOSH's scientific testing confirm that the NIOSH LED cap lamp demonstrates major improvements in trip hazard detection, peripheral motion detection of moving hazards, and reduced glare when compared to existing LED cap lamps. The NIOSH LED cap lamp design is now freely available for commercialization by cap lamp manufacturers.
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20049137
  
  
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2017119
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049137
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e66a5ca69f7b05620aca0a71c8be96ac27c2318480b8e9b12be0ae9269dfb0e5641a2f3360188b319a3fd027baa3cb8f0428d8812f3322c95dd7262d59f4aa3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44764/cdc_44764_DS1.pdf
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