Journal
SAFETY SCIENCE
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 522-530Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.12.008
Keywords
Mining; Safety; Training; Psychological health; Physiological health
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Refuge chambers are new devices for underground coal mines that provide approximately 96 h of breathable air, water, food, and supplies in the event of an emergency where miners are unable to escape. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a training program to prepare miners for what to expect psychologically and physiologically inside of a refuge chamber. The field tests of this training revealed that it was received very positively by miners and helped impart realistic views about the physical discomforts and psychological stresses of being inside a refuge chamber. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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