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Mining Publication: The ABCs of KSAs
Keywords: Education and training Emergency response Evacuation
Original creation date: January 2018
Authors: C Hoebbel, M Brnich, M Ryan
Non-Peer Reviewed Journal Article - January 2018
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20053101
Coal Age 2018 Jan-Feb; 123(1):30-34
What simple step can help to prevent a mine emergency from becoming a mine disaster? Preparation.
Mine emergencies can happen at any moment. Although all mines and mine emergencies are unique, being equipped with an easily adaptable set of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) can help underground coal miners prevent a dangerous situation from becoming a tragedy.
The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act) strengthened existing safety and health training regulations and introduced new measures aimed at improving emergency preparedness and response in underground coal mines. Although the MINER Act also required non-specified assessment of the self-escape KSAs of miners, there is no standard protocol dictating how to teach or evaluate these competencies.
Now more than 10 years later, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) expanded its research to answer these important questions:
What are the critical self-escape competencies that all miners need in order to be prepared to respond to an emergency?
In light of training regulations that are now a decade old, how confident are miners in their ability to self-escape in the event of an emergency?
First page of The ABCs of KSAsNon-Peer Reviewed Journal Article - January 2018
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20053101
Coal Age 2018 Jan-Feb; 123(1):30-34
See Also
Advancing Self-escape Training: A Needs Analysis Based on the National Academy of Sciences Report "Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines"
Emergency Decision-making: Underground Coal Mine Escape Scenarios - 1.0
Emerging Technologies: Aiding Responders in Mine Emergencies and During the Escape From Smoke-Filled Passageways
Knowledge Management and Transfer for Mine Emergency Response
Mine Rescue and Response
Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory - Compendium of Ideas to Improve US Coal Mine Rescue Training
Probability of Making a Successful Mine Escape While Wearing a Self-Contained Self-Rescuer
Self-escape Core Competency Profile: Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners' Self-escape Competency
Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines Training Initiative
Using Performance Management Strategies to Improve Mine Emergency Training and Preparedness
Page last reviewed: October 10, 2018
Page last updated: October 9, 2018
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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