Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules

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INACCESSIBLE AREAS - All areas of the mine whereteam travel is blocked by one of the following conditions:seals, unsafe roof (rib-to-rib) that cannot be supported orscaled, inextinguishable fires, water over knee deep,caved impassable falls, or the top of an overcast.INCLINE/SLOPE - A non-vertical shaft, usually on thedip of a vein.INTAKE - The passage through which fresh air is drawnor forced into a mine.INTENSE HEAT - Air heated to the extent that it cannotbe entered.INTERSECTION - For contest work, any area driven 3feet or more off a drift.LAGGING - Materials used for flooring or shoring.LEAD WIRE - Wire used to fire electric detonators.LIFELINE - Rope, line, or cable that links the team to thefresh air base.LINE BRATTICE - Fire-resistant fabric or plastic partitionused in a mine passage to direct the air into the workingplace. Also termed “Line Canvas or Line Curtain.”LOADING MACHINE - A machine to load broken ore orrock.LONG HOLE DRILL - A drill using sectional steel todrill holes to greater depths.LOOSE BACK - Unstable overhead surface which mustbe controlled before entry.LOOSE RIB - Unsupported loose ground on the side ofthe drift.MAGAZINE - A storage place for explosives or fordetonators.MANDOOR - Door installed in a permanent stopping(bulkhead) to allow persons to travel from one drift toanother.98
MANHOLE - A refuge hole constructed in the side of adrift.MANTRIP - A trip on which personnel are transported toand from a work area.MINE DOOR - A large, hinged door used to close off amine entry.MISFIRE - The complete or partial failure of a blastingcharge to explode as planned.MOTOR - Machine usually on a track used for trammingore or supplies.MULTI-GAS INSTRUMENT - Gas detector capable ofcontinuously and simultaneously measuring atmosphericconcentrations of oxygen (O 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), carbonmonoxide (CO) and at least one other toxic gas (e.g.nitrogen dioxide - NO 2 ).ORE PASS - A vertical or inclined passage for thedownward transfer of ore.OVERCAST - Enclosed airway built at an intersection ofmine passages that permits one air current to pass overanother air current without mixing.PERMISSIBLE - A machine, material, apparatus ordevice which has been investigated, tested and approvedby MSHA for use in gassy mines.PILLAR - A column of ore or rock left in place.POST - A mine timber.RAISE - A vertical or inclined opening driven upward.RAISE CLIMBER - Equipment used in an opening (raise)that is mined upward.REFUGE CHAMBER - An airtight, fire-resistant room ina mine used as a method of refuge in emergencies byminers unable to reach the surface.REGULATOR - An adjustable door or opening in astopping, used to control and adjust the quantity ofairflow.99
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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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PageWritten Test ..................
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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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3. Con tes tants may re turn to cor
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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 120 and 121: BRIEFING - Session held before a te
Page 124 and 125: RETURN AIR - The air that has passe
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