A Field Evaluation of the Physiological Demands of Miners in Canada's Deep Mechanized Mines

@article{Kenny2012AFE,
  title={A Field Evaluation of the Physiological Demands of Miners in Canada's Deep Mechanized Mines},
  author={Glen P. Kenny and Matthieu Vierula and Joseph Mat{\'e} and François G. D. Beaulieu and Stephen Hardcastle and Francis D. Reardon},
  journal={Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene},
  year={2012},
  volume={9},
  pages={491 - 501}
}
This study was conducted to evaluate the physical/mechanical characteristics of typical selected mining tasks and the energy expenditure required for their performance. The study comprised two phases designed to monitor and record the typical activities that miners perform and to measure the metabolic energy expenditure and thermal responses during the performance of these activities under a non-heat stress environmental condition (ambient air temperature of 25.8°C and 61% relative humidity… 
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