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• Coaching Skills for On-the-Job Trainers
  8/1/2005 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  This training package describes how to develop or manage an on-the-job training program so that information is passed on from trainer/coach to trainee efficiently and effectively.
• Securing the Blast Site to Prevent Blasting Related Injuries: Blasting Safety - Revisiting Site Security
  7/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article examines the factors related to injuries due to inadequate blasting shelters and blast area security, and identifies mitigation techniques.
• Technology News 509 - A New Method to Clean Dust From Soiled Work Clothes
  5/1/2005 - Technology News
  A new clothes-cleaning process was developed that uses a compressed air nozzle manifold to blow dust from the worker's clothes in an enclosed booth. The process cleans work clothes 10 times faster and removes up to 50% more dust than the single air hose...
• Reducing Enclosed Cab Drill Operator's Respirable Dust Exposure with Effective Filtration and Pressurization Techniques
  1/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Discusses a cooperative research effort to lower respirable dust levels in an enclosed cab on an older surface drill at a silica sand operation. A number of modifications were incorporated into the drill's filtration and pressurization system, as well a...
• Noranda Inc. - Brunswick Mine Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Field Study
  10/1/2004 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A summary of the investigation and findings of nearly three years of field and laboratory work looking at diesel particulate filter (DPF) systems.
• 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.
• 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.