Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules

MINE RESCUE DISCOUNTS AND INTERPRETATIONSJudge #3Underground Interpretation1. Sur vi vor shall be se cured to stretcher by at least twoban dages or straps, one around trunk of body and onearound legs, cov ered with blan ket, and placed so as notto crimp air hoses. (Hands of un con scious per son mustbe se cured.)2. This will be based on the Brady First Re sponder, Sev -enth Edi tion, Chap ters: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, andIG 6, Mod ule 6, Res cue of Sur vi vors and Re cov ery ofBodies. (This book may be or dered from the Na tionalMine Health and Safety Acad emy. See page 8.) A teammust deal with a vic tim(s), if there is ei ther vi sual orver bal con tact, if the res cue can be done with out vi o lat -ing pro ce dures. Vi sual con tact re quires the cap tain’spres ence in the area. Ver bal con tact is any voice com -mu ni ca tion from the vic tim that can rea son ably be ex -pected to be heard by the team.3. Self-explanatory.4. Self-explanatory.5. Self-explanatory.6. Among other things, us ing an aux il iary self-containedbreath ing ap pa ra tus or self-rescuer on a live per son in -stead of an ap proved 2-hour, 3-hour, or 4-hourself-contained breath ing ap pa ra tus is a fail ure to prop -erly pro tect that sur vi vor.7. Ap plies to per son sit ting up un as sisted or mov ing armsso as to help in putt ing on ap pa ra tus. (Only ap plies ifper son is mem ber of the team and not an MSHA em -ployee.)39