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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Coal Miners"”.
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Planned communities for coal miners
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1952.
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Food patterns of southern West Virginia coal miners
Fifty-one male coal miners between 18 and 65 years old (78% underground and 22% surface miners) completed a self-administered questionnaire. Population and food pattern characteristics were described. Food frequencies were used to obtain a food score which was a weighted average of the frequency of …
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Appalachian Coal Miners At Greater Risk For Silica Exposure than Rocky Mountains
… estimates the effect of regional location on coal mine employee exposure to crystalline silica, and the odds of a coal workers pneumoconiosis diagnosis. </p> <p>Study Design </p> <p>The MSHA datasets cover all enforcement cases from 1970 to present, and include employee personal sampling …
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Fighting For Survival: Coal Miners And The Struggle Over Health And Safety In The United States, 1968-1988
<p>My dissertation focuses on coal mining and occupational health and safety in the United States from 1968 to 1985. In the late 1960s, coal miners faced the constant risk of injury, occupational disease, and death. The dangerous conditions in the coal industry resulted in a massive explosion at …
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Applications of Thermal and Laser-Based Methods for Monitoring Airborne Particulates in Coal Mines
… to monitor airborne particulates in underground coal mines. Specifically, coal and mixed mineral mine dust, as well as, diesel particulate matter (DPM). These particulates have historically, and continue to have, significant health impacts on underground miners. Chapters 1 and 2 of this thesis …
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The Ku Klux Klan Movement in Williamson County, Illinois, 1923--1926
… to help enforce Prohibition. In this coal miners' country, the hooded order took over a citizens' movement that sought to remove the shameful sobriquet ""Bloody Williamson"" through a moral cleanup of the community. Though not completely absent, the national Klan's bigoted ideology, …
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Qualität anamnestischer und lungenfunktionsanalytischer Daten zur Prüfung des Risikos der chronischen obstruktiven Bronchitis und/oder des Lungenemphysems bei Bergleuten im Uranerzbergbau
… is a recognised occupational disease among black coal miners. This survey conducts whether the requirements for the criteria are met to recognise this occupational disease for uranium-ore-miners as well. The former workers of theWismut AG have been under examination since the early nineties. On …
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Toying with Americanization: The Impact of Corporate Paternalism on Immigrant Children in Early 20th Century Colorado Coal Mining Communities
<p>During the early 20<sup>th</sup> century coal miners' lives in Southern Colorado were fraught with violence and hardships. Many immigrant men brought their families to remote areas to live in company towns and work in coal mines. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attempted to assimilate …
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Development of enclosed life support system for underground rescue employing a photocatalytic metal oxide thin film to generate oxygen from water and reduce carbon dioxide
… in technology and safety regulations, coal mining continues to be a hazardous industry. Catastrophic accidents, related largely to underground explosions and generation of toxic gases, commonly result in the trapping of miners without oxygen for an extended period of time. As an …
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Investigating the Effects of Particle Loading and Agglomeration on Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particle Classification by SEM-EDX
Respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) still poses serious occupational health hazards to coal miners and can lead to incurable lung diseases such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP, also referred to as "black lung"). Further, CWP can develop into a more severe form known as progressive massive …
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Risky business: A pentadic analysis of two West Virginia coal mining disasters
… was rocked with two devastating disasters in the coal mining industry. Despite the disasters, West Virginians could not just walk away from the mines, as they depended on the coal industry for jobs and tax revenue. West Virginia had built a purpose-driven orientation towards the coal industry …
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The Integration of a Coal Mine Emergency Communication Network into Pre-Mine Planning and Development
… to assure that contact can be established with coal miners who may become trapped underground as a result of an event such as a fire, explosion, or inundation. For half a century, the orientation towards underground communications has been that more complex systems better serve the coal miner. …
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Wild & Wonderful: a Collection of Stories
… lobsterman who works alone on his boat, coal miners working underground, office workers stuck in cubicles—and others are emotionally removed from love, meaningful relationships, or a sense of belonging. These characters are disengaged from their communities, on the fringes of society, but …
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Business model innovation towards energy transition in emerging markets: the case of South African coal industry
… energy sector, presenting a profound dilemma for coal-dependent firms regarding business survival and the execution of fundamental resources reconfiguration and business model innovation (BMI). This exploratory cross-sectional qualitative study addresses the critical gap by empirically detailing …
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Evaluation and Design of Atmospheric Monitoring Interfaces and Approaches for Improved Health and Safety in Underground Coal Mines
A majority of underground coal mine disasters in the United States are due to explosions. Current atmospheric monitoring system (AMS) practices in the US could be enhanced to facilitate data sharing and learning of the entire work force. With the inclusion of additional atmospheric monitoring and …
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How to Go Greene: The Complex Dynamics of the Ongoing Transition in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Coal mining is a huge part of the culture and identity in Greene County. Unprompted, when asked about their personal histories and backgrounds, people will mention family and ancestors who were coal miners, as a way of demonstrating their deep ties to the region. Now, the tax structure is such that …
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Investigation of Coal Dust Remediation using a Surfactant in an Aqueous Solution
… of combating respirable dust in an underground coal mine. Due to a noticeable increase in black lung among coal miners and new dust regulations, surfactants or wetting agents have been used to aid in dust suppression. The surfactant facilitates the wetting process by lowering the surface tension …
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Toward Rapid Silica Analysis of CPDM Samples using Portable Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry
… (CPDMs) are widely used to monitor respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) to reduce miners' exposures, but they are unable to directly assess respirable crystalline silica (RCS) concentrations, which are linked to the recent rise of respiratory diseases among coal miners. This incompatibility is due …
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