NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Cleo's Longwall Accident (invisible ink)

November 1987

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Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Underground coal
Length: 6 questions
Skills Reviewed: First aid, Treating a crushed hand injury

You are pulling timbers off the chain conveyor of a longwall section and handing them to Cleo. Cleo is putting the timbers on top of the lowered shield to give the shield contact with the roof in a faulted area. Cleo's hand is crushed by a roof fall. You and one other miner are the only ones available to help Cleo. As you help him he passes out. Now you must decide what to do.

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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Page last updated: September 17, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division