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This report summarizes a needs analysis and actions taken by NIOSH based on the National Academy of Sciences recommendations specific to advancing self-escape training, with an emphasis on preparing rank-and-file mineworkers for self-escape.
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This report also provides the foundation for the practical guidance offered in its sister publication, the NIOSH Information Circular (IC) “Self-escape Core Competency Profile: Guidance for Improving Underground Coal Miners’ Self-escape Competency”, which offers an evidence-based self-escape competency framework derived from the results of this work.
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NIOSH [2023]. Advancing self-escape training: a needs analysis based on the National Academy of Sciences report, “Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines.” By Hoebbel CL, Bellanca JL, Ryan ME, Brnich MJ. Pittsburgh PA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH Publication No. 2023-134 (revised 10/2026).
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Revisions | Citation of Revision |
| May, 2023 (Original) | NIOSH [2023]. Advancing self-escape training: a needs analysis based on the National Academy of Sciences report, “Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines.” By Hoebbel CL, Bellanca JL, Ryan ME, Brnich MJ. 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. 2023-134, https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023134. | |
| June, 2023 | The publication month was changed from May 2023 to June 2023. References to Orr et al. 2019 were corrected to Orr et al. 2020. Minor errors in wording and grammar were corrected for clarity. | NIOSH [2023]. Advancing self-escape training: a needs analysis based on the National Academy of Sciences report, “Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines.” By Hoebbel CL, Bellanca JL, Ryan ME, Brnich MJ. 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. 2023-134 (revised 06/2023), https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023134revised062023. |
| October, 2026 | Spelled out “gOE” in references to “The Group for Organizational Effectiveness,” updated branding, and fixed broken links. | NIOSH [2023]. Advancing self-escape training: a needs analysis based on the National Academy of Sciences report, “Improving Self-escape from Underground Coal Mines.” By Hoebbel CL, Bellanca JL, Ryan ME, Brnich MJ. Pittsburgh PA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH Publication No. 2023-134 (revised 10/2026). |
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