Underground Mine Refuge Chamber Expectations Training: Program Development and Evaluation

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• Personal Author:
  Kingsley Westerman CY ; Kowalski-Trakofler, Kathleen M. ; Margolis, Katherine A.
• Description:
  Refuge chambers are new devices for underground coal mines that provide approximately 96 h of breathable air, water, food, and supplies in the event of an emergency where miners are unable to escape. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a training program to prepare miners for what to expect psychologically and physiologically inside of a refuge chamber. The field tests of this training revealed that it was received very positively by miners and helped impart realistic views about the physical discomforts and psychological stresses of being inside a refuge chamber. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mining Coal-miners Coal-mining Injury-prevention Mine-disasters Mine-rescue Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Physiological-response Physiological Health Psychological-adaptation Psychological-responses Psychological Health Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Underground-mining Work-environment Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0925-7535
• 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
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038352
• Citation:
  Saf Sci 2011 Mar; 49(3):522-530
• Contact Point Address:
  Catherine Y. Kingsley Westerman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, OMSHR, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA
• Email:
  ckq7@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Safety Science
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227304/cdc_227304_DS1.pdf
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