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6/12/2015 - PC software, Training materials3D virtual reality-based software to teach the benching process for the BG 4 self-contained breathing apparatus used in mine rescue.
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10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materialsEmergency 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...
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10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materialsHow 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.
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1/1/2010 - Book chaptersThis paper describes how miners' safety and health training has improved since the beginning of the program in the late 1970's after the Federal Mine Safety legislation was passed, and identifies areas where further improvements are needed.
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NIOSH has created this document with suggestions for developing manuals and educational materials concerning refuge chambers for miners.
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5/1/2009 - Technology NewsResearchers with NIOSH have developed a training module to educate both new, inexperienced miners as well as veterans on important issues related to self-rescue and escape procedures.
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9/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesUS 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.
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9/1/2000 - Conference papersThis paper describes technology and training that has been identified for underground emergency responders.
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11/14/2023 - Research projectsA project to evaluate NIOSH’s recently developed VR Mine Rescue Training platform as a supplemental training tool.
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6/26/2023 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsA summary of needs analysis NIOSH conducted based on the National Academy of Sciences' recommendations for advancing self-escape training.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program