NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research Training Exercise


Continuous Miner Accident (invisible ink)

August 1987

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Underground coal miners
Length: 6 questions
Skills Reviewed: Treating a crushed chest injury and shock, Primary/secondary survey, First aid

You are the continuous miner operator. You hear your helper cry out. When you stop the machine, you find Harry lying on the floor near the miner tail boom. A shuttle car operator says he saw Harry get pinned to the mine roof by the tail boom. You and the other miners on the section must figure out how to care for Harry and take him out of the mine or he may die.

This exercise is similar to the "Haul Truck Repair Accident" exercise. The companion role play exercise "Continuous Miner Accident (role play)" provides hands-on practice of the first aid skills required in this exercise.

Materials needed:
Instructor Copy
Problem Booklet 1 for each trainee. May be downloaded separately or duplicated from the Instructor's Copy.
Answer Sheet 1 for each group of 3 or 4 working the exercise. Purchased from MSHA (http://www.msha.gov/Education&Training.htm, MSHAdistributioncenter@dol.gov). You may also duplicate them locally if you or a local print shop have the ability to print invisible ink.
PENIB Developing Pens 1 for each answer sheet. Order from SICPA, Customer Service, 8000 Research Way, Springfield, VA 22153, Phone 1-888-SICPAUS or 1-888-742-7287, pen # "PENIB", a broad tipped developing pen.
Optional Overhead projector and overheads of the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key found in the Instructor's Copy.
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Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division