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• 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.
• Guidelines for the Development of a New Miner Training Curriculum
  1/1/2008 - Information Circulars, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This report is intended to help mine safety trainers better prepare to teach new underground coal miners. It identifies 2 different approaches to instruction, i.e. using a syllabus or using a curriculum, and discusses their pros and cons.
• Arc Flash Awareness
  1/1/2007 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video focuses on individual and organizational behavior related to arc flash events over an 11-year period in the mining industry.
• Blast Area Security
  1/1/2007 - Videos and multimedia
  This video provides information about blast area security to those working around blast sites.
• Technology News 522 - Blast Area Security: Flyrock Safety
  12/1/2006 - Technology News
  NIOSH has released communication products about flyrock safety via information brochures, flashcards, and toolbox talk materials. These products target the mining and construction industries, and can be used for employee and visitor training.
• Knowledge Management and Transfer for Mine Emergency Response
  9/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  US coal mining organizations are losing the knowledge they need to be able to respond to emergencies. Knowledge management provides a useful perspective from which to view the problem. Knowledge can be managed by cultivating it through narratives.
• 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
• Strategies for Improving Miners' Training
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  This NIOSH Information Circular presents basic principles for teaching adults and provides examples of how these principles can be used to develop and implement effective training for miners.
• Mine Rescue and Response
  9/1/2000 - Conference papers
  This paper describes technology and training that has been identified for underground emergency responders.
• 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.