A Global Inventory of Mine Rescue Training Facilities – Compendium of Ideas to Improve U.S. Coal Mine Rescue Training

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander, Danrick W. ; Bealko, Susan B. ; Chasko, Linda L. ; Grayson, R. Larry
• Description:
  In response to recent mining disasters and new mine rescue team legislation, NIOSH researchers conducted meetings across the United States with mine emergency response experts to investigate current needs and issues. Some of the issues include emergency response preparedness, mine rescue contests, real-life training capabilities, and training facilities. Many new teams are being formed that must be trained for mine rescue team competitions as well as be ready to respond to a variety of mine emergencies including a fire or explosion, a massive roof collapse, mine inundations, or vertical shaft rescue situations. Therefore, it is important that these teams are adequately prepared and trained. This paper presents a summary of domestic and international coal mine rescue training facilities and identifies those that provide unique, real-life, and/or state-of-the-art training. Research findings from this report will be used in further NIOSH investigations to improve coal mine rescue training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Mortality Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Mine-disasters Mine-escapes Mine-rescue Mining-industry Training Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035107
• Citation:
  2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, Preprint 09-101. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2009 Feb; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, Preprint 09-101
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227074/cdc_227074_DS1.pdf
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