Postaccident Mine Communications and Tracking Systems

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• Personal Author:
  Kohler, Jeffrey L. ; Novak T ; Snyder, David P.
• Description:
  Recent mine disasters in the U.S. exposed various inadequacies and gaps in mine-safety technology. Congress responded to these tragedies by enacting the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act), which resulted in the most significant change to mine-safety laws in 30 years. To help meet the requirements of the MINER Act and to help eliminate future tragedies, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health initiated aggressive research programs for developing new, and enhancing existing, mine-safety technologies. A major research emphasis addressed the lack of postaccident communications, which surfaced as a critical deficiency in some disasters. As a result, three communications approaches emerged as viable technologies-enhanced leaky-feeder, wireless-mesh, and medium-frequency systems. This paper describes the operation, application, advantages, and disadvantages of each system, as well as the challenges associated with underground wireless communications. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Leaky Feeder Medium Frequency MF Mine-disasters Mine-fires Mine-rescue Mine Communications And Tracking Mine Disasters Mining-industry Underground-mining Wireless Mesh
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0093-9994
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036689
• Citation:
  IEEE Trans Ind Appl 2010 Mar/Apr; 46(2):712-719
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c3b41fead833a88e45e3b607ddf6e61af564dac83d390237e7e4e67a5e779c5aad081f5753ebda07f1c3b87d0abaa77bb8c83acfd810358df8f4af5ea0999993
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227196/cdc_227196_DS1.pdf
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