Purpose
The NIOSH Mining Program encourages interested parties to help it achieve impact through partnerships that address pressing health and safety issues.
Our partnerships
Active
Addresses concerns and shares solutions regarding automation and emerging technologies.
A partnership with MSHA, unions, academia, and labor and trade groups to share info on miner health.
Overview of NIOSH Mine Slope and Subsidence Monitoring partnership.
Inactive (previous)
- Breathing Air Supply Partnership: Addressed issues about improving breathing air supply technology for mine escape and rescue.
- Respirable Mine Dust Partnership: MSHA/NIOSH partnership that addressed issues concerning exposures to a broad range of respirable hazards, including respirable crystalline silica (quartz).
- Diesel Exhaust Health Effects Partnership: MSHA/NIOSH partnership that shared information about solutions to the health effects of exposure to diesel exhaust gases.
- Rock Dust Partnership: Addressed issues about using rock dust to prevent coal dust explosions.
- Proximity Detection Partnership: Addressed issues about proximity warning and collision prevention systems in underground coal mines.
- Refuge Alternative Partnership: Addressed issues about refuge alternatives in underground coal mines.
Content Source
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Mining Program
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Published: October 6, 2024
Updated: October 28, 2026
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