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The CONSOL Energy Mine Map Preservation Project is a project to preserve and digitize maps of underground coal mines in Southwestern Pennsylvania.. The project is a joint venture between the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the United States Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining, the University of Pittsburgh University Library System, and CONSOL Energy.
The Wilkes-Barre repository was closed in 2011, [9] and its collection transferred to the Pittsburgh office, [10] which is designated as the National Mine Map Repository. The mission of the repository has always been to obtain authoritative maps on past and current mining operations and preserve them on microfilm.
Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines is a landmark located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bruceton, Pennsylvania.In 1910, the newly created U.S. Bureau of Mines leased a 38-acre tract of land from the Pittsburgh Coal Company and opened the Experimental Mine.
The Pittsburgh site focuses on a larger scope of mine safety and health issues, including dust monitoring and control, mine ventilation, hearing loss prevention and engineering noise controls, diesel particulate monitoring and control, emergency response and rescue, firefighting and prevention, training research, ergonomics and machine safety ...
Mine Safety Appliances, or MSA Safety Incorporated, is an American manufacturer and supplier of safety equipment designed for use in a variety of hazardous conditions in industries such as construction, the military, fire service, and chemical, oil, and gas production. [1] [2] MSA is based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry. [3]
The Health and Safety Research Program at the Pittsburgh and Spokane Research Centers was assigned on an interim basis to DOE (Public Law 104-99). In fiscal year 1997, it was permanently transferred to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (Public Law 104-134).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ~ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Department of Health and Human Services. Tuchman, Robert J.; Brinkley, Ruth F. "A History of The Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ~ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ...
Bruceton is the home of the Experimental Mine of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which originally opened in 1910. [2] [3] It is also the home of the Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center. The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway connected to the B&O Railroad in Bruceton.