NORA Symposium 2006 Sector Workshops
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Mining
The NORA Mining Sector workshop was held at the NORA Symposium on April 20, 2006. Five individuals from three countries joined the discussion and helped identify the following priorities:
- Legislation Models
- Risk assessment/Safety case
- Australia based mine safety regulation system compared to U.S. system, comparisons with other regional systems
- Equipment related injury
- Interaction of people and equipment
- New technology for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
- Rescue teams
- 2-4 hour duration backpack
- Aerodynamic modeling of mining equipment
- Greater utilization of surveillance database (MSHA)
- Establishing a surv. core (SRL/PRL)
- Work with MSHA
- Epidemiologist on team
- Health evaluation of retired miners
- Health effects of mixed exposures
- Heat stress
- International collaboration
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diesel exposure
- Ambient fine particulates
- Fatigue management
- Deep mining (rock falls, bursts)
- Automation
- Diesel control technology
- New measurement metrics and health effects for diesel
- Improve equip. design process (industry & manufacturers)
- Ventilation –hard rock mining
- Training effectiveness –Info dissemination
- Cultural change –improving the safety culture
- Risk acceptability @ industry level
- Page last reviewed: October 21, 2008 (archived document)
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of the Director