NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Trailing Cable Repair

July 1987

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Underground coal
Length: 6 questions
Skills Reviewed: Electrical safety procedures, First aid for electrical accident victims

You are the roof bolter operator. You report damage to the bolter's trailing cable and are waiting for it to be repaired and spliced. Fix-It, the electrician, and his helper come to repair the cable. Their procedures worry you. The mine floor is wet. There is an accident. You are the only one around to help.

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