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• BG 4 Benching Trainer Software
  6/12/2015 - PC software, Training materials
  3D virtual reality-based software to teach the benching process for the BG 4 self-contained breathing apparatus used in mine rescue.
• Technology News 537 - NIOSH Develops New Mine Refuge Chamber Training
  11/1/2009 - Technology News
  NIOSH has been performing research to provide effective training on refuge chambers for underground coal miners.
• Ergonomics and Risk Factor Awareness Training for Miners
  7/1/2008 - Information Circulars, PC software, Training materials
  This training will increase awareness of risk factors and encourage miners to take action to report and reduce their exposures to risk factors.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Information Dissemination during Mine Emergencies
  11/28/2023 - Research projects
  A project to develop an eLearning module to share with potential command center leaders and mine rescue team members to help them successfully mitigate the risks to endangered workers and responders during mine emergencies.
• Establishing and Using Safety Committees at Work
  1/1/2020 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining how workplace safety committees can improve employee engagement.
• Hazard Recognition Challenge
  10/3/2017 - Web software
  Are you up to the challenge? Try your hand at our new web application that challenges users to find the hazards in four locations at a surface stone operation.
• Refuge Chambers
  3/15/2017 - Research areas
  Refuge Chambers Training Materials and Recommendations developed by NIOSH.