An Overview of Underground Coal Miner Electronic Tracking System Technologies

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• Personal Author:
  Sunderman, Carl ; Waynert J
• Description:
  Since the passage of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER Act) of 2006, several electronic tracking systems that inform personnel on the surface of a coal mine about the location of miners underground have become commercially available. These systems can be broadly categorized into technology groups that are described in this paper. In addition, several other technologies have been identified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) that show promise to increase location accuracy, reduce installed infrastructure, or otherwise improve the performance of existing systems. This paper will describe tracking system technologies currently installed in US coal mines and discuss some emerging technologies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Miner Tracking Systems Coal-mining Electromagnetic-wave-transmission Electronic-devices Electronic-equipment Mining-industry Radio Frequency Identification Real Time Locating Systems Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0197-2618
• Publisher:
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Nevada ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041665
• Citation:
  2012 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting: Forty-seventh IAS Annual Meeting, October 7-11, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012 Oct; :1-5
• Email:
  cps5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2012 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting: Forty-seventh IAS Annual Meeting, October 7-11, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227470/cdc_227470_DS1.pdf
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