Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules

En try forms may be ob tained by a writ ten re quest or by e-mailto:Metal and Non metal Mine Safety and HealthAd min is tra tion1100 Wil son Bou le vardArlington, Vir ginia 22209Telephone Number: (202) 693-9609E-mail ad dress: Mayhugh.Chris tine@dol.govEn try forms will also be avail able on MSHA’shomepage un der the “Mine Res cue” head ing atwww.msha.gov.En tries should then be sub mit ted to the above ad dress atleast sixty (60) days prior to the date of the con test. Theen try forms will re quire in for ma tion re gard ing the type ofequip ment (breath ing ap pa ra tus) each team will be wear -ing and the type and model of all gas test ing equip mentthe team will use dur ing the field com pe ti tion. Anyneeded equip ment changes re quire sub mis sion of a mod i -fied list to the Con test Di rec tor for con sid er ation of ap -proval. (Note: Each judge will be given a list of yourequip ment prior to work ing of the prob lem to as sist themin de ter min ing if the equip ment was uti lized prop erly andwas func tional.)6. Prior to the con test, con test equip ment will be ac cepted atan ad dress and dur ing a time frame to be spec i fied. Thecost of all ship ments must be pre paid, and all boxes, car -tons, etc. should be clearly la beled “Hold for Na tionalMine Res cue Con test.”7. On the day be fore the con test be gins, team reg is tra tionwill be con ducted be tween 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. at ades ig nated lo ca tion. Pro grams and ban quet tick ets will bedis trib uted to the teams. Team equip ment shall be se curedin iso la tion no ear lier than 9:00 a.m. and no later than4:00 p.m.8. The team draw ings for the first two days’ pre lim i naryfield com pe ti tions will be con ducted at the time of teamreg is tra tion. A separate draw ing (by team cap tains) willbe held in iso la tion to de ter mine run ning or der for the fi -2