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Celebrating 100 Years Mine Safety and Health Administration's
Mine Rescue Contest Home Page


The following excerpt is from an article found in
the Holmes Safety Association Bulletin for November 1992.


Mine rescue contests are designed to sharpen skills and test the knowledge of team members who would be called on to respond to a mine emergency. The contest requires team members to solve a hypothetical problem while being timed and observed by judges according to complex rules.


Current and Recent Contests

Metal and Nonmetal

  - For 2012
2012 Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Home Page

  - For 2010
The 2010 Metal/Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Homepage
A new competition was unveiled at the 2010 National Metal and Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest in Reno, Nevada. The Technician Team Contest will combine the Apparatus Bench and Multi-gas Instrument Competitions into an overall mine rescue team preparation exercise. - See More
2010 Metal/Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules


  Coal
  - For 2012
The 2012 Coal Mine Rescue Local Contest Schedule
Rules
Questions and Answers
The Coal Mine Rescue Contest Scorecards
Local Contest Results
  • KEMI Mine Safety and Training Competition
  • Harlan County Safety Days
  • NMRA Post 5
  • Southern WV Mine Rescue, First-Aid, Bench and Pre-Shift Contest
  • 2012 Price Utah Mine Rescue Contest
  • 2012 KMI Mine Rescue Contest    / Preshift Results    / MET Results

  •   - For 2011
    The 2011 Coal Mine Rescue Contest Home Page
    The 2011 Coal Mine Rescue Local Contest Schedule
    The 2011 Coal Mine Rescue Local Contest Results
    Contest Location Notification
    Interpretations of B-Card: Rule 48
      - For 2010
    The 2010 Coal Mine Rescue Local Contest Schedule
    The 2010 Coal Mine Rescue Contest Rules
    The 2010 Coal Mine Rescue Contest Rules (Red-Lined Versions)
    Questions about 2010 Mine Rescue, First Aid, Bench and Preshift Rules?
    The Coal Mine Rescue Contest Scorecards