A Workflow for Mine Safety Training Using Serious Games: Design and Evaluation

Details

• Personal Author:
  Brown L ; Poulton M
• Description:
  New approaches are needed to improve worker competencies in mine safety training. Following a detailed needs assessment and field studies of current training methodologies, we will develop and validate a new approach to safety training that uses advances in "serious games" to improve training workflows. Five specific enhancements will be proposed. Through serious games, the training content, practices, and outcomes may be illustrated using non-linear stories with consequence- driven game play in a realistic, "sandbox" world. Practical gaming examples will be presented, including our experiences with "Harry's Hard Choices Interactive." We will also discuss usability studies that were conducted to evaluate the serious games approach. Our studies suggest a high level of user acceptance among mine workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Computerized Simulation Computer Software Information Dissemination Mine Safety Mine Workers Mining Industry Safety Education Training Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  31
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053225
• Citation:
  2017 SME Annual Meeting Technical Program, February 19-22, 2018, Denver, Colorado. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2017 Feb; :31
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona, Tucson
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  2017 SME Annual Meeting Technical Program, February 19-22, 2018, Denver, Colorado
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1743e57379947c2145c74c55706107a55359dd9229e6eb9c2cac104aa12f0e2a0b2cda10d7dae604fc9f7a01a4163902801101910b303a9fabaee9a92e7fd769
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216025/cdc_216025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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