Training – Highlighted “Versus Degraded” Technique

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• Personal Author:
  Kowalski, Kathleen M.
• Description:
  What do fighter pilots and miners have in common? They are learning to recognize hazards using the "degraded" technique developed by the U.S. military. Traditionally, fighter pilots learned to recognize targets by studying photos taken under the best of conditions (a "highlighted" training approach). However, research showed that the pilots did better when trained with less than ideal ("degraded") pictures of the targets. "Degraded" refers to pictures where cloud cover, rain, poor weather conditions, natural barriers, buildings, or other obstructions partially hide the object - conditions that pilots would likely encounter in real life. We are currently working with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Easter Community College to develop a "degraded" hazard recognition training package for the mining industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Miners Mining-industry Training Underground-miners Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0271-3888
• Publisher:
  Holmes Safety Association Bulletin
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025404
• Citation:
  Holmes Saf Assn Bull 1997 Nov; :19
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Holmes Safety Association Bulletin
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:206ea33822248d96ebc47c286e94348a3bb1cbf1376498b8744e86cf222d0aef9cc31ef9da30f8de993aebd39dc3f03eda215cfa9fa252fa068af8cffb854a25
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220932/cdc_220932_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 175.60 KB ]