Underground Mine Disaster Survival and Rescue An Evaluation of Research Accomplishments and Needs (1981) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix I: Interagency Memoranda of Understanding Between USBM, MSHA, and NIOSH
Appendix I: Interagency Memoranda of Understanding Between USBM, MSHA, and NIOSH
Pages 97-106
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Coordination, and Conduct of Research BOM shall manage and conduct the mine safety and health research programs described in this Memorandum of Understanding and shall provide overall coordination tor the mine safety and health research programs including the assessment and priontization of all research needs and the formulation of a balanced overall program at projected budgetary levels in a standard format. This activity shall be approved by the Director.
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(j) BOM shall advise MSHA of determinations made pursuant to a written request by any operator or authorized representative of miners as to whether any physical agent or equipment found or used in a mine has potentially hazardous safety effects at the same time and in the same manner as submitted to the operators and miners.
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NIOSH shall conduct occupational health research designed to prevent occupational diseases originating in the mining industry. NIOSH shall conduct such research as requires expertise in medicine, industrial hygiene, toxicology, epidemiology, engineering, physical sciences and other health fields.
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to study the relationship between mine environments, recommended changes in work practices and occupational diseases of miners: (h) to determine upon the written request by an operator or authorized representative of miners, specifying with reasonable particularity the ground upon which such request is made, whether any substance normally found in a mine has potentially toxic effects in the concentrations normally found in the mine, or whether any physical agent found or used in mines has potentially hazardous health effects, and shall submit such determinations to both the operators and miners as soon as possible: and (i)
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2. MSHA shall make available to NIOSH any MSHA reliable data on concentrations or levels of toxic materials and harmful physical agents used or found in mines for use with other information NIOSH may obtain or evolve during its identification program described in (1)
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3. NIOSH shall provide, where possible, expert technical witnesses in support of MSHA in public meetings, administrative hearings, court litigations and other legal actions involving toxic materials and harmful physical agents.
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Requests shall be made in writing in all cases, except oral requests in an emergency shall immediately be acted upon by NIOSH and followed up by a written request from MSHA. Each request shall contain sufficient information for NIOSH to develop a study protocol which includes the basis for the request; the details and results of the MSHA investigation the request is based on; the specific nature and extent of assistance requested; the purpose of the assistance; any constraints imposed by pending or contemplated legal or quasi-legal actions; any other information which might aid NIOSH in developing its response to the request.
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of the Act. The Director of NIOSH or his designee will attend and participate in all meetings of mine health advisory committees established under Section 102(c)
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