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Mining Publication: Self-escape Core Competency Profile: Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners' Self-escape Competency
Keywords: Education and training Emergency response Evacuation Training and curriculum measurement
Original creation date: June 2023
Authors: M Ryan, MJ Brnich, C Hoebbel
Information Circular - June 2023
Download PDF Document (8.10 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20067902
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-133 (Revised 06/2023), IC 9534, 2023 Jun; :1-94
This Information Circular (IC) is intended as a framework (or “competency profile”) for self-escape training for underground rank-and-file coal miners. NIOSH researchers define rank-and-file miners as hourly workers with no formal self-escape leadership training or expectation to serve in a leadership role during the initial stages of emergency response but who, nonetheless, must be able to self-escape in the event of a mine emergency.
The framework includes a set of nine core self-escape competency areas and related performance criteria. Mine safety personnel may use this document as a blueprint for planning and implementing competency-based training and assessment strategies at their mine sites. To help integrate this framework into current self-escape training practices, this document also includes guidance on how to introduce competency-based strategies into already required training activities (e.g., new miner training, annual refresher training, and quarterly escapeway training).
The self-escape competency profile for underground coal miners is based on the results of a four-year research project carried out by NIOSH in response to recommendations made by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to advance self-escape training. An in-depth description of the purpose and scope of this research, including stakeholder consensus building and validation exercises, is provided in this IC’s companion publication, Advancing Self-escape Training: A Needs Analysis Based on the National Academy of Sciences Report, “Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines."
Cover of Self-escape Core Competency Profile: Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners' Self-escape CompetencyInformation Circular - June 2023
Download PDF Document (8.10 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20067902
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-133 (Revised 06/2023), IC 9534, 2023 Jun; :1-94
See Also
The ABCs of KSAs
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 from Underground Coal Mines Training Initiative
Using Performance Management Strategies to Improve Mine Emergency Training and Preparedness
Virtual Reality to Train and Assess Emergency Responders
Page last reviewed: September 1, 2023
Page last updated: August 4, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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