Using Ergonomics to Enhance Safe Production at a Surface Coal Mine: A Case Study with Powder Crews

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• Personal Author:
  Torma-Krajewski, Janet
• Description:
  Mining is fundamental to the economy of every nation and is consistently one of the most hazardous industries worldwide. Traditionally health and safety efforts have focused on dust and noise. This roundtable brings together leading experts to address a much broader range of critical health and safety problems and solutions in mining. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Coal Coal Mining Ergonomics Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Case-studies Coal-miners Coal-mining Hazards Mining-industry Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Safety-measures Safety-research Surface-mining Work-environment Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027167
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 21-26, 2005, Anaheim, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2005 May; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 21-26, 2005, Anaheim, California
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221017/cdc_221017_DS1.pdf
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