Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory – Compendium of Ideas to Improve US 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 Emergencies Emergency Responders Explosions Fires Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mine Rescue Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Coal Mining Emergency-responders Emergency-response Explosive-hazards Fire-hazards Health And Safety Injury-prevention Medical-rescue-services Mine-disasters Mine-escapes Mine-rescue Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Training Underground-mining Work-environment Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038051
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor TP-09-035, 2011 Jan; 328:517-524
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:306616d0870807c18c3d6deea163cf5dc63f2b120444cae5599f194eb0d9ab39a48e00a32bd51514f24c4c24371805b56636a13a94d083ce94c99bc762edf687
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227293/cdc_227293_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB ]