Enhanced fire escape training for mine workers using virtual reality simulation

Mining Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 41-44

  Ora, T J ^a   Mallet, L G ^a   Margolis, K A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVACUATION ROUTES; FIRE ESCAPES; FIRE EVACUATION; MINE WORKERS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; PITTSBURGH RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SAFETY TRAINING COURSE; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS; VIRTUAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; MINING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FIRE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MINE; MINING INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 73049113779     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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