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• 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.
• The Evolving Mining Workforce: Training Issues
  8/1/2001 - Conference papers
  A major concern in the mining industry today is how to train the present aging workforce plus the expected influx of new and less experienced miners and mine operators as the cohort of older workers retire.
• 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 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...
• A Performance Approach to Training Research
  1/1/2000 - Conference papers
  A summary of (a) training techniques to act competently in emergencies; (b) simulations that enhance the perceptual, judgment and decision making skills of workers and (c) the linkages between financial investments and skills training.
• 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.
• Hazard Recognition Training Program for Construction, Maintenance and Repair Activities
  10/1/1999 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  Many miners are involved in tasks at the mine site that are similar to those subtasks performed in general construction, maintenance and repair (CMR) type work activities.
• 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.