Nonverbal Communication for Mine Emergencies

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2012-104, November 2011
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Nonverbal Communication for Mine Emergencies is a training program that teaches miners a series of nonverbal hand signals to use in the event of an emergency. These hand signals can be used by miners if they have donned an SCSR and are unable to communicate verbally.

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Content

The training program includes a Microsoft PowerPoint instructional presentation, several partner/group training activities, and a Microsoft PowerPoint retention test.

There are several components to NIOSH's "Nonverbal Communication for Mine Emergencies" training package:

  1. Activity cards
  2. PowerPoint presentations for instructional presentation and retention testing
  3. Report of Investigations 9688 (Instructor's guide and lesson plans)

RI 9688 contains an explanation of the purpose for the training, the target audience, computer system requirements for using the training module, and instructions and background information for the course instructor concerning how to prepare to conduct classes, lesson plans for conducting group and individual training sessions, and training evaluation form. It is suggested that instructors carefully review this IC before attempting to use this training module.

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  • Download the ZIP file to your computer
  • Extract it into a directory on your hard disk (e.g. c:\Nonverbal training)
  • The activity card PDF files, PowerPoint presentations and Instructor's Guide will then be accessible for use.
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Suggested citation

NIOSH [2012]. Nonverbal communication for mine emergencies. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2012-104 (RI 9688).

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health