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8/1/2015 - Technology NewsThe BG 4 Benching Trainer software helps to reinforce the critical skills that mine rescue team members must possess to accurately bench closed-circuit breathing apparatus and keep mine rescue team members safe during mine emergencies.
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1/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA report on the development of linear regression models that can be used to determine peak and average oxygen consumption rates as well as total oxygen consumption.
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12/29/2014 - News articlesThe BG 4 Benching Trainer Software is an interactive software program developed by NIOSH and targeted as reinforcement training of benching competencies for mine rescue personnel.
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10/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study investigated human response issues related to wearing a self-contained self-rescuer(SCSR). The goal was to develop training to educate miners on what they could expect from their units during an escape.
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8/1/1999 - Information CircularsIn this report, recommendations are made to (1) replace the present regulations for certification of closed-circuit breathing apparatus with quantitative tests specifying metabolic work rate rather than activity, (2) continuously monitor relevant physio...
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4/1/1994 - Conference papersTo address communicating while wearing an SCSR, two-way, FM radios were built in and improved mouthpieces were added to the SCSR to improve the ability to communicate. Prototypes we built and tested. Leaky feeder systems are also described.
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsThe purpose of this U.S. Bureau of Mines study was to assess the ability of trainees to don an unfamiliar self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) after having become familiar with how to put on a different type of apparatus.
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1/1/1991 - Reports of InvestigationsThis report presents the procedures used and findings from a U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluation of the self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) donning proficiency of 243 miners at eight Eastern underground coal mines.
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1/1/1989 - Information CircularsThis report addresses issues involved in using a limited number of training apparatus to give hands-on self- contained self-rescuer (SCSR) training to a succession of miners, and provides guidance regarding methods for minimizing the spread of infectiou...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program