Underground mine fire preparedness - Part 4 of 4: Suggested improvements and implications for training miners in fire-fighting preparedness; The Holmes Safety Association Bulletin September 1997

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• Personal Author:
  Conti, Ronald S. ; Wiehagen, William J. ; Fowkes, Richard S. ; Vaught, Charles ; Brnich, Michael J., Jr.
• Description:
  This is the fourth and final article in a series that discusses underground fire-fighting preparedness. As with the previous three articles, it is based on interviews with 214 miners at 7 underground coal mines (referred to as Mines A through G ) conducted by researchers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health s(NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Center[Vaught et al. 1996]. The first article 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. The third article described miners experiences in fighting underground mine fires and presented their perceptions of training and readiness for fire-fighting. This final article in the series offers suggestions to improve mine fire-fighting preparedness.
• Subjects:
  NIOSH
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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