NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Belt Fire Injury

May 1996

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Underground coal miners and section foremen
Length | Duration: 13 questions | 40-45 minutes
Skills Reviewed: First aid, Emergency evacuation

You are the section foreman. After you complete your methane check at the face of #2 entry, you think you hear someone yelling "Fire!" You run down #2 entry and through the last open crosscut to entry #3. You see Louie, the section mechanic, running up #3 entry. Louie informs you that there is a fire along the belt, 2 crosscuts outby the tailpiece. He also tells you that he has found Ollie lying injured along the belt just outby the fire. You examine the situation and determine that Ollie suffered a spinal injury when he fell while trying to fight the fire. As the section foreman and only EMT, you must treat Ollie's injuries plus direct fire fighting efforts.

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
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division