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• Assessing the Effects of Virtual Emergency Training on Mine Rescue Team Efficacy
  11/1/2015 - Conference papers
  A conference paper describing a study that represents the first documented empirical attempt at evaluating the effectiveness of virtual reality training for mine rescue teams in the United States.
• Technology News 553 - Interactive BG 4 Training Software Reinforces Skills for Benching Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus
  8/1/2015 - Technology News
  The BG 4 Benching Trainer software helps to reinforce the critical skills that mine rescue team members must possess to accurately bench closed-circuit breathing apparatus and keep mine rescue team members safe during mine emergencies.
• 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.
• BG 4 Breathing Apparatus Training Software Released
  12/29/2014 - News articles
  The BG 4 Benching Trainer Software is an interactive software program developed by NIOSH and targeted as reinforcement training of benching competencies for mine rescue personnel.
• Education and Training
  10/7/2014 - Research areas
  Education and Training Topic Page
• An Analysis of Trainers' Perspectives within an Ecological Framework: Factors that Influence Mine Safety Training Processes
  9/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article about an analysis of interviews with nine mine safety trainers using a social ecological model to examine factors that could be addressed both during and after mine safety training.
• 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.
• Modernization and Further Development of the NIOSH Mine Emergency Response Training System (MERITS), Phase 1
  9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a modernized and improved version of the NIOSH Mine Emergency Response Interactive Training Simulation (MERITS), making it compatible with modern computer systems.
• Radio 101: Operating Two-Way Radios Every Day and in Emergencies
  8/1/2011 - Reports of Investigations, Training materials
  Radio 101 is a program to train miners in the use of two-way radio communication in the mines.
• Underground Mine Refuge Chamber Expectations Training: Program Development and Evaluation
  3/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a training program to prepare miners for what to expect psychologically and physiologically inside of a refuge chamber.