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• Technology News 507 - NIOSH Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication Triangle
  9/1/2004 - Technology News
  The "Emergency Communication Triangle" safety talk focuses on the content of emergency warning messages. It presents a procedure using mental cues that can be used by senders and receivers of emergency warnings.
• Toolbox Training For Construction Aggregate Miners
  8/1/2004 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Training materials
  This NIOSH Toolbox Training program contains 52 different modules designed to stimulate safety discussions among employees. Each module is intended to be completed in roughly 10 or 15 minutes, so a Toolbox Training session can be conducted once a week...
• Safety and Health Training for an Evolving Workforce: An Overview From the Mining Industry
  7/1/2004 - Information Circulars
  A major concern in the mining industry is how to provide training for an aging workforce as well as training for the less experienced miners.
• A Study of Heat Stress Exposures and Interventions for Mine Rescue Workers
  2/1/2004 - Conference papers
  A study of heat stress exposures among mine rescue workers in underground mines. Investigating several engineering controls, such as cooling the air inhaled by rescuers through an apparatus, wearing cooling vests, and supplying thru the CCBA.
• Clothes Cleaning Process
  1/1/2004 - Training materials, Videos and multimedia
  This clothes cleaning system is a quick, safe, and effective method to safely remove dust from a worker's clothing without exposing the worker, the work environment, or co-workers to respirable dust.
• Communicating Hearing Loss Information to Young Children: Effectiveness of Lecture and Printed Materials
  10/1/2003 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study evaluated two training techniques for educating young children about noise and hearing loss.
• Addressing the Safety of Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Lessons Learned
  10/1/2002 - Conference papers
  The functional safety of programmable electronic (PE) mining systems is an international issue and concern. From 1995 to 2001, 11 PE-related mining incidents in the U.S. were reported by the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
• Considerations in Training On-the-Job Trainers
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  On-the-job training (OJT) is a very common method of teaching job skills. Health, safety, and operational skills can be connected through training. Haul truck operator training is used to illustrate some of the concepts discussed in this paper.
• Developing Toolbox Training Materials for Mining
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  Toolbox training is short, informal training conducted at a worksite by technically competent persons for the benefit of a work team. The key feature of toolbox training is a focus on a work team and what is important to that group in its workplace.
• Releasing the Energy of Workers to Create a Safer Workplace: The Value of Using Mentors to Enhance Safety Training
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  The mentor/learner model is a time-honored approach to teaching. This paper highlights the unique advantages of using mentoring as a teaching method in the mining industry that can make the educational experience both interesting and effective.