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• Mine Emergency Response Command Center Training Using Computer Simulation
  8/1/2002 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses the Mine Emergency Response Interactive Training Simulation (MERITS), a computerized simulation for providing mine emergency command center training.
• Issues for Training an Evolving Emergency Management Workforce: A View from the U.S. Mining Community
  5/1/2002 - Conference papers
  This paper reviews research from the U.S. mining community to define issues relevant to an evolving national and international workforce and relate them to the emergency response population.
• Technology News 494 - Expert Miner Training Video Released by NIOSH
  3/1/2002 - Technology News
  This video showcases Jim Mortensen, a "gypo" miner for nearly 40 years in a deep, underground silver mine in the west.
• Zen and the Art of Rockbolting
  1/1/2002 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  The main theme of this video is how to work safely AND efficiently.
• Use of Simulation Exercises for Safety Training in the U.S. Mining Industry
  9/1/2001 - Information Circulars
  Organizations that used problem-solving simulation exercises to support mine health and safety training were surveyed. Recommendations are made for the expansion of simulation exercises as a method for occupational health and safety training.
• Technology News 491 - NIOSH Releases Two New Safety Training Videos
  6/1/2001 - Technology News
  Two new videos are now being released. Both of these videos were shot completely in operating underground hard-rock mines and used expert miners to tell the story.
• Development of NIOSH Hard-Rock Safety Training Materials
  2/1/2001 - Conference papers
  A description of the development process and results of safety training projects.
• Development and Evaluation of a Training Exercise for Construction, Maintenance and Repair Work Activities
  8/1/2000 - Conference papers
  Recent studies have shown that miners performing construction, maintenance, and repair (CMR) work activities in the conduct of their jobs incur from 39 to 65 percent of all reported injuries in the mining industry. To address this issue, an interactive...
• Miner Mike Saves the Day! or Ground Support... It's Important!
  1/1/2000 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, Videos and multimedia
  This video teaches the necessity and use of ground supports.
• I Can't Get Enough Air! Proper Self-contained Self-rescuer Usage
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This is the Instructor's Copy of the document. This document contains most of the materials needed to use the exercises on proper self-contained self-rescuer usage.