The Center for Mine Health and Safety includes the NIOSH-funded Western Mine Safety and Health Training Resource Center which focuses on mine safety training.
The Center's activities focus around: exposures, risk management, and training.
Key Personnel:
- Jeff Burgess, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Research, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
- Eric Lutz, Ph.D., CMSP, Assistant Professor Public Health, Center Director
- Mary Poulton, Ph.D., Director, Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources
- Brenda Granillo, MS, Director Mountain West PIRL
- Stephanie Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Public Health
- Rustin Reed, Research Coordinator Public Health
- Vivien Lee, Coordinator for Mining Institute for Supervisor Leadership
- Steve Gravley, CMSP, Director San Xavier Mine, Safety Trainer
- Laurie Wilson, MA, Research Coordinator and Trainer
- Leonard Brown, MSc, Software Designer for Safety Training Games
- Michael Peltier, Programmer for Safety Training Games
- Carl Herring, Graphic Artist for Safety Training Games
- Brittany Hart, Marketing Specialist
Current and Recent Projects:
Exposures -
- Biodiesel Emission Exposure in Underground Mining
- Thermal Stress in Hot Underground Mines
- Evaluation of In-ear Noise Dosimetry in Underground Mining
- Mine Community Arsenic Exposure
Risk Management -
- Impact of Formal Risk Management System on Lost Time Injuries
- Health/ Safety Economics
- Age, Injuries, and Costs in the Mining Industry
- Fatalities and Disasters in Coal Mining
Training -
- High Performing Trainer Clinic
- Active Learning Strategies for Trainers
- Serious gaming simulations for training (English-Spanish)
- Translated training materials into Spanish
- Mining Institute for Supervisor Leadership
- Professional Miner and Leadership Training