Information Circular 9534: Self-Escape Core Competency Profile: Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners' Self-Escape Competency

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Ryan, Margaret E. ; Brnich, Michael J. Jr. ; Hoebbel, Cassandra L.
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. This Information Circular (IC) presents a self-escape competency framework for rank-and-file miners. This includes nine core competency areas and related training topics. Also, for use by trainers, individual competency assessment checklists for each of the competency areas are provided. This IC is based on the results of a four-year research project carried out by NIOSH in response to recommendations made by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to advance self-escape training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Underground miners; Underground mines; Coal mines; Escape systems; Training; Mine escapes
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-133, IC 9534, 2023 May; :1-94
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023133
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  104 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067686
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f715ef56c8a444f615edfcd2a4114c7a935ad2ef521caed82e31f850c5db2025255fd1705f1cdee695484a760433f4b1c598281e5c56ee13cd15541bbd6a5068
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129428/cdc_129428_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.51 MB ]