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• Recommendations for Refuge Chamber Operations Training
  6/1/2011 - Guides and manuals, Reports of Investigations
  Refuge alternatives are airtight, reinforced shelters that underground coal miners can enter during a mine emergency. This publication provides recommendations for training miners in how to operate a refuge chamber.
• Enhancing Mine Workers' Self-escape by Integrating Competency Assessment into Training
  6/1/2015 - Reports of Investigations
  NIOSH researchers completed in-depth interviews with nine coal mine safety trainers about teaching and assessing Self-escape competencies (SEC). Based on the results recommendations are provided to improve training, assessment, and maintenance of SEC.
• Incorporating Judgment and Decisionmaking into Quarterly Mine Escape Training Based on a Mine Fire Scenario
  11/5/2013 - Reports of Investigations
  This report discusses previous research on judgment and decisionmaking in self-rescue and escape, presents findings from interviews with trainers, and offers guidance on building judgment and decisionmaking into mandatory quarterly training drills.
• Tell Me a Story: Why Stories are Essential to Effective Safety Training
  8/1/2005 - Reports of Investigations
  Adult learning theories, social learning theories, mentoring, and storytelling were all employed in the development of a series of safety training videos that have become very popular in the mining industry. This Report of Investigations describes the t...
• Effective Hazard Recognition Training using a Latent-Image, Three-Dimensional Slide Simulation Exercise
  1/1/1995 - Reports of Investigations
  Experiments were conducted to determine if training using a latent-image, 3-D slide simulation exercise improved miners' ability to recognize roof and rib hazards. The training did significantly improve each miner's ability to recognize the hazards.