Abstract: Aiming at the current reality that the traditional training method is difficult to meet the need of coal mine safety training, the new media technology is proposed as the complement of traditional training method, and the application value of new media technology in coal mine safety training is investigated. The necessity and feasibility of the introduction of new media technology is analyzed to in coal mine safety training, the learning features of several common new media technology are summarized in coal mine safety training, for example virtual reality technology, online education games, micro-blog and micro-channel, micro-video. Six characteristics of new media education are taken as measurable indicators, including the integration of education media, the openness of teaching organization, the diversity of education forms, the instantaneity of educational interactive, the richness of information channels, the knowledge accumulation and skills upgrading, the analytic hierarchy process is used to carry out quantitative analysis and comparison for the training effect of new media technology, the application of new media technology is prospected in the field of coalmine safety training.