Developing Toolbox Training Materials for Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Boldt, Christine M. K. ; Varley, Floyd D.
• Description:
  Toolbox training is often described as short, informal training conducted at a worksite by technically competent persons for the benefit of a work team. This paper describes a process for developing effective toolbox training modules. The first step in creating toolbox training materials is to identify a subject relevant to the work group. After selecting the subject to develop into a toolbox talk, make a list of the hazardous characteristics of the subject. Developing a sense of empathy toward the victims in a story of a real accident or incident is one to the best ways to convey the circumstances and consequences of a hazardous condition. After telling the story, the next step in the process is to make user the injury result of the story is not repeated at the mine. A miner's active participation in the training is probably the most important and beneficial aspect of narrative-style toolbox training. In conclusion, toolbox training can be a valuable part of a training program. It can be used to share safety information and provide a structured, but informal, forum for improving safety at a mine. Toolbox training requires preparation, active participation, and follow-up, but it can stimulate attention to everyone's health and safety on the job. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Mine-workers Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Occupational-safety-programs Training Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  39-44
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022100
• Citation:
  NIOSH 2002 Sep; :39-44
• Editor(s):
  Peters RH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220535/cdc_220535_DS1.pdf
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