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• Tell Me A Story... Using Stories to Improve Occupational Safety Training
  6/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses the social and cultural power of stories, and how they have been used to develop training for skilled blue-collar workers.
• Technique to Assess Hazards in Underground Stone Mines: the Roof Fall Risk Index (RFRI)
  1/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A roof-fall hazard-assessment technique was developed based on engineering judgment acquired from extensive underground stone mine experience and on examination of the literature. The technique uses observational processes to assess roof fall hazard.
• The Effects of Scaling Height and Scaling Bar Design on Applied Forces and Bilateral Muscle Activity of the Back and Shoulders
  10/1/2006 - Conference papers
  Hand scaling is a physically demanding job responsible for overexertion injuries in mining. This experiment studied rib scaling from an elevated bucket to examine force generation capabilities and electromyographic responses to a prying subtask.
• Getting to Zero ... The Human Side of Mining
  3/1/2006 - Information Circulars
  This material was presented at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) open-industry briefing held during the 2004 Northwest Mining Association conference in Spokane, WA.
• Technology News 512 - Improve Drill Dust Collector Capture Through Better Shroud and Inlet Configurations
  10/1/2005 - Technology News
  This research showed that a tight shroud is very beneficial for the drill dust collection system, while improvements for a leaky shroud could be achieved with collector-to-bailing airflow ratios >= 3:1 and/or by relocating the inlet.
• Tell Me a Story: Why Stories are Essential to Effective Safety Training
  8/1/2005 - Reports of Investigations
  Adult learning theories, social learning theories, mentoring, and storytelling were all employed in the development of a series of safety training videos that have become very popular in the mining industry. This Report of Investigations describes the t...
• Using Persuasive Messages to Encourage Voluntary Hearing Protection Among Coal Miners
  1/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This field study encouraged coal miners in WV and PA to engage in hearing protection behaviors. Responses from 307 coal miners showed that positive or neutral messages generated more self-reported hearing protection behaviors than negative messages.
• Disease and Illness in U.S. Mining, 1983-2001
  12/1/2004 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Describes inconsistencies in disease and illness reporting in U.S. mining, identifies under-reporting of disease and illness in U.S. mining, and summarizes selected disease and illness in U.S. mining from 1983 through 2001.
• A Study of Heat Stress Exposures and Interventions for Mine Rescue Workers
  2/1/2004 - Conference papers
  A study of heat stress exposures among mine rescue workers in underground mines. Investigating several engineering controls, such as cooling the air inhaled by rescuers through an apparatus, wearing cooling vests, and supplying thru the CCBA.
• Teaching Miners: Breaking the Barriers to Learning
  10/1/2003 - Conference papers
  Miners, like many skilled blue-collar workers, are not traditional learners. They have not always been successful in classroom-type settings, preferring to learn on the job in a hands-on environment.