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• Rock and Minerals Make up Your World: Rock and Mineral 10-Specimen Kit Companion Book
  9/1/2011 - Brochures/flyers/pamphlets
  The effect rocks and minerals have on our daily lives is not always obvious, but this book will help explain how essential they really are.
• 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.
• Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory - Compendium of Ideas to Improve US Coal Mine Rescue Training
  1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper presents a summary of domestic and international coal mine rescue training facilities and identifies those that provide unique, real-life and/or state-of-the-art training. Research findings from this report will be used in further NIOSH inves...
• Underground Coal Mine Map Reading Training
  11/5/2010 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications, PC software, Training materials
  This training includes three components for teaching and testing mine map reading skills.
• New Simulated Gas Detector Offers Realistic Training for Mine Rescue Teams
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  A multi-gas simulated gas monitor system (GMS) is a wireless simulation tool. It is designed to assist mine rescue team members learn about gas detection, gas concentrations, and encourage subsequent decision-making actions by team members.
• Expectations Training for Miners using Self-Contained Self-Rescuers in Escape from Underground Coal Mines
  10/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study investigated human response issues related to wearing a self-contained self-rescuer(SCSR). The goal was to develop training to educate miners on what they could expect from their units during an escape.
• Tell Me a Story: Using Stories to Improve Occupational Safety Training
  7/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article discusses the social and cultural power of stories, and how they have been used to develop training for skilled blue-collar workers.
• NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide
  3/1/2008 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This user manual explains objectives that can be addressed with the NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator and training scenarios applied to real-life, real worker scenarios. This guide explains the simulator's functions in detail.
• Rapporteur's Report: Mining Sector
  2/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The general consensus from members of the mining sector established the need for several key endeavors including more and stronger mining collaborations and partnerships and a need to educate mining stakeholders and students about the benefits of the Pr...