Getting Through to Greenhorns: Do Old Training Styles Work with New Miners?

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Mallett, Launa G. ; Reinke, Dana C. ; Brnich, Michael J. Jr.
• Description:
  Some segments of the mining industry, especially underground coal, have seen a large influx of inexperienced miners in recent years. It is anticipated that this trend will reach other mining segments over the next 10 years. This paper discussed the training needs of the younger generation of inexperienced workers who have just entered or are soon to enter the mines. Currently, many trainers are of the so-called Baby Boom generation. Can these different age groups learn to communicate across the generation gap? Even trainers who have been highly effective in the past should reassess their training styles and their classroom materials to determine if they are prepared to meet the needs of these new trainees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Mine-workers; Miners; Mining-industry; Training; Age-groups; Age-factors; Underground-miners; Underground-mining; Coal-miners; Coal-mining; Coal-workers; Mining-equipment; Occupational-safety-programs
• Source:
  NIOSH 2002 Sep; :9-12
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022095
• Editor(s):
  Peters RH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d1af3658b262b5b37ca02c921ff6e684e2330527a4ebdec5dab07223b837a2a51a3e282f746a160a98e52bf53a5c2421689f7d89193bc4cf8c9722f3e052fc6e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8973/cdc_8973_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 105.24 KB ]