Age Awareness Training for Miners

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2025-116, June 2008
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Designing jobs to accommodate the changing capabilities of older workers will not only reduce injury risk for older workers, it will have the added benefit of protecting younger employees as well. This training explains how to reduce the risk of injury among miners from age-related changes.

Image of two mining helmets that says Age awareness worker safety and health

Training materials

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  • Download and extract the ZIP file to a folder on your hard disk. Start by opening the file called "index.html" in the root directory.
  • If this fails to run you can still access all the necessary files using Windows Explorer. Just view the documents folder, which contains all the files in the various formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), PowerPoint (.ppt), Rich Text (.rtf), and PDF (.pdf).
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Suggested citation

NIOSH [2008]. Age awareness training for miners. By Porter WL, Mallett LG, Schwerha DJ, Gallagher S, Torma-Krajewski J, Steiner LJ. 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. 2008-133.

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health