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• The Emergency Communication Triangle
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Training materials
  This training material focuses on the content of emergency warning messages. A procedure, using mental cues that can be used by senders and receivers of emergency warnings, is presented.
• Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire Risk Assessment
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Training materials
  The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. Although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once.
• An Ounce of Prevention: Training Workers to Prevent a Crisis
  4/1/1999 - Conference papers
  This paper introduces a technique for incorporating employee participation into the prevention component of a contingency plan.
• Rock Falls - Preventing Rock Fall Injuries in Underground Mines
  1/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video teaches the importance of proper roof scaling in underground mining to avoid injury and improve work conditions.
• Evaluation of Mining Activities Using a Scenario Interview Approach
  10/1/1998 - Conference papers
  NIOSH researchers assert that the use of a realistic scenario interview will result in frank and detailed responses from face crew members. This approach provides an effective means of acquiring worker perceptions of the types of hazards that exist, the...
• Training to Improve Emergency Communication Skills
  5/1/1998 - Conference papers
  This paper introduces a method for teaching workers to communicate necessary information when giving or receiving emergency warning messages.
• 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.
• Shiftwork: A Guide for Schedule Design
  1/1/1994 - Guides and manuals, NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This guide discusses what mining companies can do if they are considering changes in their shiftwork practices.
• Roof Fall Entrapment: Eyewitness Account by Dave Garry
  1/1/1992 - Training materials, Videos and multimedia
  A videotaped interview with a miner helper who witnessed a roof fall that convered the continuous mining machine. An instructor's guide is included to help you use this video as part of an effective training session.
• Development of a Supervisory and Management Training Program for the Underground Coal Mining Industry
  5/1/1983 - Contract reports
  This report describes a project in which Development of a Supervisory and Management Training Program for the Underground Coal mining Industry was developed and evaluated.