Mining Publication: Optimizing Secondary Roof Support with the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP)
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Original creation date: August 2000
Authors: TM Barczak
Conference Paper - August 2000
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Peng SS, Mark C, eds., Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, August 8-10, 2000 Aug; :74-83
The decade of the 90's brought an unprecedented increase in the development of innovative technologies to provide more effective and easier to install roof support in underground mines. To facilitate the application of these technologies to improve mine safety, NIOSH developed the Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP).
Conference Paper - August 2000
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Peng SS, Mark C, eds., Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, August 8-10, 2000 Aug; :74-83
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