Underground mine fire preparedness - Part 3 of 4: underground fire-fighting experiences and workers perceptions of training and readiness for fire-fighting; The Holmes Safety Association August 1997

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• Personal Author:
  Wiehagen, William J. ; Conti, Ronald S. ; Vaught, Charles ; Fowkes, Richard S. ; Brnich, Michael J., Jr.
• Description:
  This is the third in a series of four articles that discuss underground fire-fighting preparedness. As with the first two articles, it is based on interviews with 214 miners conducted at 7 underground coal mines (referred to as Mines A through G ) by researchers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Center [Vaught et al. 1996]. In the first article, the authors presented an overview of the study conducted by NIOSH on mine fire response preparedness and provided a general perspective on underground mine fires. The second article discussed miners preparedness to evacuate a fire and their experience with incipient fires. In this article, we describe miners experience in fighting underground mine fires and present their perceptions of training and readiness for fire-fighting.
• Subjects:
  NIOSH
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:f0a826ed6c0381dd497eb231d87c23a27967fcc61b91cabe2aa8248f72a78856832f0b065645499877c736a768d6e831ace8fbc3ad0ba343be8fd0801c461dc9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9757/cdc_9757_DS1.pdf
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