Keeping Knees Healthy in Restricted Work Spaces: Applications in Low-Seam Mining

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2008-130, May 2008
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This training package educates the mining community about some possible interventions beyond kneepads that may be used to help decrease knee injury rates.

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Installation

This training package is a downloadable ZIP file containing the following items:

  • An Instructor's Guide that explains how to use all of these items.
  • "Information Circular 9504 - Keeping Knees Healthy in Restricted Work Spaces: Applications in Low-Seam Mining" (an overview of how this training was developed, including a glossary of terms)
  • Six (8.5" x 11") bulletins to be posted in mine facilities
  • Two (2' x 2') posters to be posted in mine facilities
  • Two types of reflective stickers to be distributed to mine workers
  • Four (8.5" x 11") safety talks to be given to mine workers preshift
  • One bifold flyer to be given to the mine workers
  • Three training modules, which may be given individually or combined int one presentation

Download the training package

  • Download and extract the ZIP file (NIOSH/USBM Numbered Publication) below to a folder on your hard disk.
  • Start by opening the files called "READ Me.txt" and "Instructor's Guide.pdf" in the root directory.
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Suggested citation

NIOSH [2008]. Keeping knees healthy in restricted work spaces: Applications in low-seam mining. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-130.

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Content Source:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health