Underground and surface mines can be hazardous places, so when it comes to safety training in the mining profession, the old saying “practice makes perfect” holds true. To improve hazard safety instruction, a team at South Dakota Mines has spent the past year developing a virtual reality (VR) training module that mimics a mining environment.
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A New Approach to Conducting Required Training
An Interactive Case Example In The Aggregates Industry. By Joe McGuire, PhD, Emily Haas, PhD and Lucas Simpson, GSP
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By Joseph P. McGuire and Bill Snead A majority of companies in the aggregates industry have a genuine concern about the safety of their employees. In their efforts to ensure employee accidents and injuries are kept to a minimum, safety professionals continually look for that one program, new initiative or “silver bullet” to eliminate unwanted events on company sites or…
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A Study Of OMG Midwest Employees Shows They Prefer Face-To-Face Communication and Safety Training Where Small Group Discussion Can Take Place. By Joe McGuire
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Nov. 25, 2014 – Training is an essential part of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) mission to keep miners safe and healthy. In order to do a more effective job of delivering its training resources, MSHA has rearranged its web-based presentation of training materials on workplace safety and health. The agency’s website says, “Our goal is to help the mining…
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In the wake of two mine stakeholder safety summits held in less than four weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it is stepping up efforts even further to counteract the recent spike in mining deaths.
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Responsibilities for Protecting Temporary Workers and Independent Contractors. By Linda Otaigbe
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