The global situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced employers to find an adequate way to conduct training in order to ensure work safety. The underground mining industry is one of the industries which, due to its nature, was not able to switch to remote work. Conducting traditional training risked spreading the virus among workers. For this purpose, it was necessary to start a search for a form of training that would be safe and would not cause additional stress for employees. Research on the development of an active employee training method and testing of the method itself was conducted online. In order to develop a method of active training, one of the most important workstations was selected, which is the operation of the conveyor belt. The training method comprises four training modules. The modules cover questions related to the operation of the conveyor belt, emergencies, its assembly and disassembly, repair and maintenance. The developed issues also take into account questions concerning natural hazards and work safety. The entire training course lasts 10 days. Every day, an employee receives a set of eight questions sent to their email address, which they must answer before starting work. The article describes the methodology and implementation of the training.

Center of Hydraulics DOH Ltd 41 906 Bytom Poland

Department of Open Pit Mining T F Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University 28 Vesennya st 650000 Kemerovo Russia

Department of Trade and Marketing Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny av 660041 Krasnoyarsk Russia

Faculty of Geoengineering Mining and Geology Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Na Grobli 15 50 421Wroclaw Poland

Faculty of Mining Ecology Process Technologies and Geotechnology Institute of Earth Sources Technical University of Košice Letná 9 042 00 Košice Slovakia

Faculty of Safety Engineering VSB Technical University of Ostrava Lumírova 13 630 700 30 Ostrava Výškovice Czech Republic

Polska Grupa Górnicza S A ul Powstańców 30 40 039 Katowice Poland

School of Core Engineering Education National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University 30 Lenina st 634050 Tomsk Russia

School of Mines China University of Mining and Technology 1 Daxue Road Tongshan District Xuzhou 221116 China

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Westhoffstraβe 15 44791 Bochum Germany

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