Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules

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BRIEFING - Session held before a team goes undergroundto inform team members of conditions underground andgive them their work assignment.BULKHEAD - A wall or partition constructed across apassageway to direct the ventilating air in its proper course.CAGE - A shaft conveyance used in hoisting personneland materials.CAVED - Ground which has fallen.CAVED IMPASSABLE - Incapable of being passed,traveled, crossed, or surmounted, but allows someventilation flow.CAVED TIGHT - Ground caved in to prevent access andallows no ventilation flow.CHOCKS - Wedge shaped blocks to put under vehiclewheels to prevent movement.CHUTE/ORE PASS - Vertical or inclined passageway fordownward movement of ore.CLEAR AIR - An atmosphere which is free of smoke andall dangerous and/or harmful concentrations offlammable, combustible, noxious, and/or toxiccontaminants.CONTINUOUS MINER - A mining machine designed toremove ore from the face and load it into cars orconveyors.CRIB BLOCKS - Blocks used for support.CROSSCUT - A horizontal opening driven across thedirection of the main workings; a connection betweenthe two drifts or tunnels.CURTAIN - Brattice cloth, canvas or plastic curtain usedto deflect or direct air into a working place. Constructedin a manner to allow the passage of miners andmachinery.CUTTING MACHINE - A power (electric) drivenmachine used to undercut ore.96
DEBRIEFING - Session held when teams return to thesurface after completing an assignment to review whatthey saw and did.DETONATING FUSE - A round, flexible cord containinga center core of high explosives. (Primacord)DETONATOR - A device used for detonating explosives.DISTRIBUTION BOX - An enclosure through whichelectric power is carried to one or more cables from asingle incoming feed line.DOWNCAST - An opening though which fresh ventilatingair is drawn or forced into the mine; the intake.DRIFT/ENTRY - A passage undergroundEXHAUST - The air course along which the air of themine is returned or conducted to the surface.FACE/RIB - Vertical surface of an underground opening.FEEDER - Small cracks in rock strata from which gasescapes.FILL - Any material that is put back in place of theextracted ore.FLOOR - That part of any underground opening uponwhich one walks.FOOTWALL - Lower side of a dipping ore body.FRESH AIR BASE - Base of operations from which therescue and recovery teams can advance into irrespirableatmospheres.FRONT-END LOADER - Self-propelled machine usedfor moving or loading muck.HANGING WALL - Upper side of a dipping ore body.HOLE CHARGED - A drilled hole that is charged withexplosives ready to be blasted.IMPASSABLE - Incapable of being passed, traveled,crossed, or surmounted.97
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Metal and NonmetalNational Mine Res
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Southern Mine Rescue AssociationHen
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The following organizations are rec
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PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSMINE RES
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2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSBENCHMAN’S
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PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSBENCHMAN
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2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSFIRST AID CO
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2006 NATIONAL MINE RESCUECOMBINATIO
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BRAD PEAY1100 Commerce Street, Room
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPageGeneral Rules
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En try forms may be ob tained by a
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their team’s scor ing cards for a
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Team MembersGUIDELINES AND PROCEDUR
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Team Preparation (Apparatus)Team me
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Only persons trained in the assembl
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or gas is cleared, or to a separati
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Any final adjustments to the equipm
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Team SafetyMINE LEVEL SIGNALSSurfac
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The cage door must be closed and th
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minimum so that as little irrespira
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MINE RESCUE DISCOUNTS AND INTERPRET
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proved com mu ni ca tion de vices a
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9. The team per form ing an act tha
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8. If a per son is found be hind a
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NATIONAL MINE RESCUE CONTESTMap Dis
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MULTI-GAS INSTRUMENT CONTESTGENERAL
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Page 88 and 89: TESTING PROCEDUREDRAEGER BG-174A BR
Page 90 and 91: TESTERSTEP SETTING PROCEDURE HINTS1
Page 92 and 93: BENCHMAN’S CONTESTBIOMARINE BIOPA
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Page 98 and 99: TESTING PROCEDUREBIOMARINE BIOPAK 2
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Page 118 and 119: GLOSSARY OF TERMSACCESSIBLE - Able
Page 122 and 123: INACCESSIBLE AREAS - All areas of t
Page 124 and 125: RETURN AIR - The air that has passe
Page 126 and 127: MINE MAP LEGENDThis leg end must be
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