Western Mining Safety and Health Training Resource Center

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• Personal Author:
  Burgess J ; Poulton MM
• Description:
  The University of Arizona (UA) has created the Western Mining Safety and Health Training Resource Center in Tucson, AZ. The project has changed the way mine safety training is conducted with safety leadership training, active learning, and gaming strategies. We have increased the safety-focused, total-health aware, leadership competency of front-line supervisors, superintendents, and managers representing operations throughout the U.S., spanning all major commodity sectors in surface and underground mining, as well as contractors. The Center has implemented health and safety-focused leadership competencies that respond in near real-time to changing workforce needs and environments of Western U.S operations. Further, we continue increasing the capacity, tools, and methods to reduce miner exposure risks associated with heat, noise, and aerosol particulates. The 4 aims of the project are: 1) Offer a wide range of regularly scheduled safety training courses, including mine rescue. 2) Deliver courses for trainers and supervisors for adult learners, English language learners, low literacy, and education disadvantaged learners including best practice translation of existing training materials. 3) Incorporate current knowledge of occupational health and industrial hygiene into training courses and materials for miners, trainers, and supervisors with a focus on exposures, noise, ergonomics, heat stress, wellness, and behavior risk management; provide leadership training for supervisors 4) Create flexible and realistic scenarios for serious gaming software for use in mine safety training. Key accomplishments of the project include: a) training more than 9,000 miners and supervisors; b) Translated training materials into Spanish; c) Created teaching strategies training program for mining trainers; d) Created Mining Institute for Supervisor Leadership (MISL) training focused on safe production; e) Created the first computer simulated fatalgrams; f) Built the only mine training facility in the SW US for mine rescue teams; g) Provided constant professional evaluation and improvement of training material and related instruction approaches; h) Created the most active engagement of western mine safety professionals through the Technical Advisory Committee (meets monthly) with 35 members representing 28 mining companies and other organizations (e.g. medical and law practices); i) built a large and exceptionally strong team of researchers for mine health and safety at the University of Arizona and have improved the training of mining engineers and industrial hygienist in mine health and safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Computer Software Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Mining Industry Occupational Health Programs Partnership Safety Culture Safety Education Safety Programs Training Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-37
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054310
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100555
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-010014, 2015 Feb; :1-37
• Contact Point Address:
  Director, Sponsored Projects Services, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 3308, Tucson, AZ 85722-3308
• Email:
  sponsor@email.arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona, Tucson
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77ba594997a3667ac994fe2bc784d16f22dfbc18f25bfea994a4b863a3652ac64253d794a6e62c2f5e6c5e44b91f47134d93fb6889bac007a5fe39ac4d75a69c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218807/cdc_218807_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.96 MB ]