Injury rates at Maxmore Mine (an underground coal mine) have increased to three times the national average in the last quarter. As education, training, and safety specialists who develop and approve training plans, the trainees in your class are asked to examine a summary of the accidents for Maxmore Mine. The task is to suggest corrective actions to lower the injury rate. Next, three case studies are presented. Each case study describes attempts by one director of health and safety to reduce injuries at Maxmore Mine. The trainees are asked to judge the strengths and limitations of each approach, to decide if the program would be effective, and whether or not it should be approved. Following discussion of these initial case studies and class members responses, the exercise principles are applied to another case study situation involving injuries to contract workers at surface mines. Finally, a homework assignment asks the trainees to apply the exercise principles to a real-world problem of their own choice where improved training and performance evaluation may be one means to reduce accident and injury rates.