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• BG 4 Benching Trainer Software
  6/12/2015 - PC software, Training materials
  3D virtual reality-based software to teach the benching process for the BG 4 self-contained breathing apparatus used in mine rescue.
• Emergency Escape and Refuge Alternatives
  10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  Emergency escape and refuge alternatives was created by a multidisciplinary team at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to teach miners about emergency escape and using refuge alternatives. The training is a Microsoft Power...
• How to Operate a Refuge Chamber: A Quick Start Guide
  10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  How to Operate a Refuge Chamber: A Quick Start Guide was created by researchers at NIOSH to be used as a template for mine instructors to modify based on the refuge chambers used at their mine.
• Ergonomics and Risk Factor Awareness Training for Miners
  7/1/2008 - Information Circulars, PC software, Training materials
  This training will increase awareness of risk factors and encourage miners to take action to report and reduce their exposures to risk factors.
• Age Awareness Training for Miners
  6/1/2008 - Information Circulars, PC software, Training materials
  The purpose of this training is to provide the information necessary to develop an appreciation of the changes that occur with age and an understanding of methods that can be used to reduce the injury risk that may result.
• Toolbox Training on Flyrock Awareness
  12/1/2005 - Training materials
  A training product to improve blast safety by providing information about blasting to those who work around blast sites
• Refuge Chamber Training Products and Guidance
  12/28/2023 - Training materials
  To help instructors teach miners about the use of refuge chambers, NIOSH has developed a suite of training modules covering operations, decision-making and expectations.
• Keeping Cool: Training to Reduce Heat Stress Incidents
  3/17/2023 - Training materials, Web software
  Use Keeping Cool to teach workers how to recognize heat-related illness and provide first aid.
• Emergency Decision-making: Underground Coal Mine Escape Scenarios
  3/1/2023 - Training materials, Web software
  Use this training to practice making difficult decisions when escaping a mine during an emergency.
• Haul Trucks Can Kill!
  10/18/2016 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles, Training materials
  Short article with infographic about the hazards involved in working with haul trucks.