MINER Act Technology: Past, Present and the Future

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• Personal Author:
  Burr JF ; Fernando R ; Moore SM ; Snyder, David P.
• Description:
  The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act Public Law 109-236) was passed by Congress in response to three major underground coal mine accidents in the United States that claimed the lives of 19 miners. The Act resulted in substantial changes in the underground coal industry relative to the use of technology for mine escape, rescue, disaster response and other areas where the lack of these technologies contributed to the fatalities caused by these tragedies. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the MINER Act, which makes it an opportune time to reflect on the events that led to its passage, the changes that have been made since then, and the work that remains to be done. As discussed below, the last decade has demonstrated tremendous cooperative efforts among mining operators, technology innovators, labor, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and state regulators, resulting in substantial improvement of the technologies used for escape and rescue and noteworthy progress toward meeting many of the goals of the MINER Act. While the MINER Act and this article pertain primarily to coal mining, many of the technologies are equally applicable to any underground mining and have already found some acceptance outside of coal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accidents Coal Industry Coal Mines Coal Mining Communications Equipment Communication Systems Disaster Recovery Disaster Response Emergency Response Escape Systems Rescue Measures Rescue Technology Underground Mines Underground Mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050065
• Citation:
  2017 SME Annual Meeting, February 19-22, 2017, Denver, Colorado, preprint 17-085. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2017 Feb; :1-6
• Email:
  kbraunegg@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2017 SME Annual Meeting, February 19-22, 2017, Denver, Colorado, preprint 17-085
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228450/cdc_228450_DS1.pdf
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