Partnerships

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

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.