Abstract
This paper presents the results of three studies investigating alternative designs for personal equipment carried by low seam coal miners. The first part reports on an evaluation of a coiled cap-lamp cord designed to reduce the incidence and severity of snagging and catching accidents. The second part reports on the effect of battery pack size and weight on speed of human locomotion. The last part describes a study designed to assess the effect of various configurations of retroreflective material affixed to miner's outer garments on detection in a simulated mine environment.
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