Training for Safety Emergencies: Inoculating for Underground Coal Mine Emergencies

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• Personal Author:
  Kingsley Westerman CY ; Kowalski-Trakofler, Kathleen M. ; Margolis, Katherine A.
• Description:
  Emergency training for underground coal miners can be developed using inoculation theory, which has been used to explain how people may resist unwanted persuasion attempts by preparing counterarguments in advance. This theory is relevant in an emergency training context when used to help people react quickly and effectively to emergencies by preparing their responses in advance. The researchers used a NIOSH training module as an example of how the theory may be applied in a training context to prepare workers psychologically for emergencies in underground coal mines, but the concepts can be applied in other industries that require emergency safety training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Emergencies Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Emergency-response Psychological-responses Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Training Underground-miners Underground-mining Work-environment Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  42-46
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040048
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 2011 Nov; 56(11):42-46
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:afe10cb63a4d851d70f157eb086a038f5c5fa0749b5db265b38af8210fe87db8afb2c366493c5ae8802014c5607b250f61382c234a71860b7058d62572629cb1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227394/cdc_227394_DS1.pdf
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