... performance standard precarious balance performance indicator benchmarking risk system mining industry Abstract HSE professionals and caring leaders, we all work hard on the safety and risk systems to do the best for our employees and companies. However, no matter how strong the system...

.... , to develop a two-day training course entitled "PPE for Leaders: Leadership Development for Frontline Supervisors" that would begin the process of training supervisors to become leaders. While the grant specifically targets supervisors working in the Western mining industry, the course is applicable to any...

... the determination and commitment of U.S. mining leaders to remain a model for the world. regulation safety program knowledge management health management new direction company culture safety metals & mining mining industry national mining association injury operation coresafety mining...

... and experiences in working with high risk industries to create effective training, information on work cultures and why they are important, and lessons learned in working inside occupational cultures to develop training that works. trainer occupational culture information mining industry work culture...

... history of the role women have played in the U.S. workplace over the past one hundred years, including a personal history of the author s experiences in the mining industry. The emphasis on mining is not meant to ignore the experience of women working in other industries, but is used to illustrate...

... Introduction This paper will present a case study of the development of new training videos for high-risk, blue-collar workers in the oil and gas extraction industry under a research program funded by NIOSH. While the author has over 35 years experience in the mining industry, including...

... and international media attention once again spurred Congress to act. The MINER Act has ushered in a dramatic set of changes federal mine safety and health law and it has heralded a new attitude at MSHA toward the coal and the metal/nonmetal sectors of the mining industry. 1 Many provisions of the MINER Act pertain...

... industry. In the late 1990s, mine safety trainers participating in NIOSH stakeholder meetings in the West divulged that lack of modern, relevant or interesting training materials was a major concern for them. The law, specifically 30 CFR that pertains to the mining industry, requires health and safety...

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