NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Traumatic Head Injury

August 1987

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Underground coal miners
Length: 8 questions
Skills Reviewed: Accident prevention, Hazard recognition, First aid

You are a scoop operator. Your cousin, Bud, operates another scoop. While Bud is backing his scoop out of #1 entry, you hear his hat strike a low overhanging brow, followed by his cursing. He is 0.K. Later, you go up to the scoop which is stopped in the area of the overhang. The scoop is not running. You find Bud slumped over in the cab. Now you must decide what to do to help Bud.

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.
Page last updated: September 17, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division