NIOSH Mining Training Exercise


Electrical Shock Victim

April 1988

See also: NIOSH mining products
Type: Invisible Ink Exercise
Audience: Phosphate ore, sand and gravel, crushed rock and other ore processing plant workers
Length: 10 questions
Skills Reviewed: Safe work practices, First aid, Removing a victim from a live electrical circuit, Administering CPR

You and Lynwood are maintenance mechanics repairing a piece of equipment in the float plant. It is night shift. You are on the fifth level. It is dark and wet. No one else is around. You decide to use an electric impact wrench to break a coupling on an acid mixer. A nearby wall mounted 110V receptacle is dripping water. Because it is dark, Lynwood does not see the water dripping from the receptacle. You try to warn him, but he approaches the receptacle and plugs the wrench in. Then he convulses. You must decide what to do to help Lynwood and not get electrocuted yourself.

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