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Mining Publication: Cognitive Task Analysis of Miner Preparedness to Self-Escape from Mine Emergencies
Keywords: Decision making Evacuation Task analysis
Original creation date: November 2018
Authors: MJ Keeney, S Wiggins, KD Reynolds, JL Berger, C Hoebbel
Peer Reviewed Journal Article - February 2019
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20056001
J Organ Psychol 2018 Oct-Dec; 18(4):57-77
In 2013, the National Research Council (NRC) issued the consensus study report, Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines (National Research Council, 2013; available at https://www.nap.edu/login.php?record_id=18300). The NRC report (p. 2) defined self-escape in the event of a mine emergency as “the ability of an individual or group of miners to remove themselves from the mine using available resources,” and called for detailed task analysis of self-escape to describe self-escape behaviors and required capabilities, knowledge, and skills.
In response to this report’s recommendation, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) funded work to accomplish a detailed task analysis. The scope of this project was bounded between (a) miners making the decision on their own or based on notification by coworkers or mine management of the need to evacuate due to a hazardous situation, and (b) completed self-escape at exit from the underground mine. The goals of this effort were two-fold: (1) to produce a set of specific recommendations to facilitate self-escape that would reduce task demands to operate within individual cognitive capabilities; (2) to facilitate and optimize human performance in meeting task demands, and increase the likelihood of success through eliminating tasks, redesigning tasks to reduce differences between task demands and individual capability, or improving human performance through better training and/or assistive tools and technology.
The project consisted of four phases, and the current paper focuses on the cognitive task analysis (CTA) work done in Phase 4. During Phase 1, we developed data collection protocol and materials and secured NIOSH Institutional Review Board approval and clearance from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is required to collect data from persons outside the government. In Phase 2, we identified self-escape tasks, organized them into categories, and identified which tasks are critical to successful escape. In Phase 3, we performed hierarchical task analysis recommendations development. Finally, in Phase 4, we performed a CTA to describe thought-based components of escape, particularly information sharing, goal setting, planning, and decision-making, and developed results-based recommendations.
First page of Cognitive Task Analysis of Miner Preparedness to Self-Escape from Mine EmergenciesPeer Reviewed Journal Article - February 2019
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20056001
J Organ Psychol 2018 Oct-Dec; 18(4):57-77
See Also
Behavioral and Organizational Dimensions of Underground Mine Fires
Decision Making During a Simulated Mine Fire Escape
Emergency Escape and Refuge Alternatives
An Examination of Antecedents to Coal Miners' Hearing Protection Behaviors: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Harry's Hard Choices: Mine Refuge Chamber Training
Job Design: An Effective Strategy for Reducing Back Injuries
Job Training Analysis: A Process for Quickly Developing a Roadmap for Teaching and Evaluating Job Skills
Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines Training Initiative
Task Analysis
When Do You Take Refuge? Decisionmaking During Mine Emergency Escape
Page last reviewed: July 5, 2019
Page last updated: July 5, 2019
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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