NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Bob's Loader Accident

October 1988

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Surface miners who are trained in CPR
Length: 7 questions
Skills Reviewed: First aid, Removing victim from a live electrical circuit, CPR

Your friend, Bob Woods, leans against the electric track of the electric loading shovel. The shovel lights go out and Bob convulses. The ground is wet. You want to help Bob, but you need to protect yourself, too. You must decide what to do and how to do it.

This exercise is similar to the "Bob's Electrical Shock" 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