Overview of Research on Mine Emergency Skills

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• Personal Author:
  Brnich MJ Jr. ; Cole, Henry P. ; Vaught C ; Wiehagen, William J.
• Description:
  The Bureau's research in human resource development combines social science and instructional theory and design. Part of this effort is concerned with how miners generally behave under life-threatening conditions. The present paper summarizes work intended to enhance individuals' responses to underground mine emergencies by developing innovative strategies to teach and measure "soft skill" competency at the mining site. The way in which workers respond to emergencies is placed within the practical confines of two key areas: 1) studies of how to teach and assess mine emergency skills; and; 2) investigations into how best to provide effective training for procedural tasks such as self-contained self-rescuer (scsr) donning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Emergency-response Mine-disasters Mine-workers Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  175-186
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10011556
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 24-26, 1992. Tinney G, Bacho A, Karmis M, eds., Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992 Aug; :175-186
• Editor(s):
  Tinney G; Bacho A; Karmis M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 24-26, 1992
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220178/cdc_220178_DS1.pdf
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