NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Hazard Recognition Training Program for CMR Activities

October 1999

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: View-Master® Reel
Audience: Surface non-coal employees
Duration: 2 hours (single session, three 40-minute sessions, or as desired)
Skills Reviewed: Confined space, Electrical, Ergonomics, Excavation/trenching, Falling materials, Fire safety, General housekeeping, Hand tools, Hazard communication, Health hazards, Lockout/tagout, Machine equipment guarding, Material handling, Mobile equipment, PPE, Welding and cutting

This training program provides miners with information for increasing their knowledge and awareness of the many hazards that exist in conducting Construction, Maintenance and Repair (CMR) tasks at the workplace of surface non-coal operations. The program coordinates specific instructional materials with 3-D scenes that depict a variety of CMR hazards to enhance the perceptual skills of the trainees. Together, the trainee and instructor identify the hazards and discuss appropriate safe work practices and steps to correct them. The instructional methodology that this program uses has been successfully tested in the past for improving job safety performance of miners.

Materials needed:
Instructor Copy
Student Handout 1 for each trainee. May be duplicated from the Instructor's Copy.
True/False Quiz 1 for each trainee. May be duplicated from the Instructor's Copy.
3-D ReelsĀ  1 for each trainee. Purchase from MSHA (http://www.msha.gov/Education&Training.htm, MSHAdistributioncenter@dol.gov).
View-Master® 1 for each trainee. Purchase from your local toy store or directly from the manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc., View-Master Custom Sales, Customer Service, 636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052, phone 716-687-3899.
Page last updated: September 17, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division