Underground mining 80 hr course
Study Guide Questions and Actual
Answers.
what are Apprenticeship requirements? - Answer completion of 80 hr course
Satisfactory completion of exam
what are Underground Coal Miner certification requirements? - Answer 6 months experience
(108+ days)
satisfactory completion of the exam
what are Penalties for health and safety violations? - Answer individual miner can be fined up
to $250
Mine owner or operator may be fined as much as $3,000
When can state and federal inspectors inspect mine operations? - Answer at any time
Do state and federal inspectors have to give warning of when they will be coming to inspect
equipment? - Answer No, they can randomly show up whenever
What is IPA? - Answer Individual personal assessment
When is Individual personal assessment (IPA) used? - Answer When an individual miner is
fined for a health and safety violation
Who has the right to inspect the coal mines for possible hazards or dangers? - Answer State
inspectors
federal inspectors
company officials
and
authorized representatives of the mines
How long must an apprentice wear a red hat? - Answer 6 months
does an apprentice have to be under immediate supervision of a certified miner or foreman? -
Answer Yes, an apprentice must be under immediate supervision of a certified miner or
foreman
,Should an apprentice know who their supervisors are at all times? - Answer Yes, an
apprentice should know who their supervisors should be
How many red hats can a black hat have under his supervision at a time? - Answer 1
apprentice miner
How many red hats can a foreman have under their supervision at a time? - Answer 5
apprentice miners
How many different types of underground coal mines are there? - Answer 3 different kinds of
underground mines
Description of a shaft mine - Answer opening goes straight down to the coal seam
description of a drift mine - Answer opening goes directly back into the seam of coal where
the coal has outcropped
Description of slope mines - Answer opening slants down to the coal seam
Even though slope mines, drift mines, and shaft mines open differently are the mining methods
the same for when you reach the seam? - Answer Yes they are all the same once you reach
the seam of coal
how many mining methods are there? - Answer 5 different mining methods
describe the continuous mining method - Answer a section where a continuous miner is
being used to remove the coal
Describe the conventional mining method - Answer at least five faces must be provided and
the coal has to be blasted loose from a solid face
Describe the longwall mining method - Answer sheer or plow is used to mine a block of coal
usually with 400-600 feet face (or more) 4,000-6,000 feet long; roof is supported by chocks
Describe bridgewall mining method - Answer where an extensible belt is connected to the
continuous miner and belt transports coal to the main section belt; the extensible belt replaces
the shuttle car coal transportation
,Describe shortwall mining method - Answer using a continuous miner to extract blocks of
coal with chocks as the main means of supporting the roof
Define Inby- - Answer this means closer to the face than a comparing point
Define outbid- - Answer this means further away from the face than the comparing point
What is normally used as a comparing point? - Answer the end of the belt or the last open
crosscut will be used as comparing points
what is a cross cut? - Answer passageways used to connect entries
what is the entry? - Answer passageway leading to the face
what is the face? - Answer actual place where coal is being removed
what is the GOB - Answer caved in area in the mine usually after pillars have been removed
what is high coal? - Answer according to this material anything over 36inches (3 feet) is high
coal
what do most coal miners consider to be high coal? - Answer 48 inches (4 feet)
What is low coal? - Answer low coal is anything under 36 inches (3 feet)
what is a pillar? - Answer Blocks or pillars of coal left behind in developmental mining
supporting the main roof. these blocks are usually removed in retreat mining or pillaring
allowing the roof to cave forming the gob
what is the portal? - Answer the opening of a shaft, drift or slope mine
What is the pillaring? - Answer (retreat mining)- removing blocks or pillars of coal that were
left during the developmental mining work in which the roof falls to become the gob
What are the ribs - Answer the sides (walls) of the underground mine?
, What is the roof of the mine? - Answer (Top) the material overhead in an underground coal
mine
Can there be many kinds of roofs in mines? - Answer yes
What is a room in a mine? - Answer the area from the last open crosscut to the face
what is the section of the mine - Answer the place in a mine where an entire crew of men are
working and mining coal
Are there many sections in an underground mine - Answer yes, how many there are depends
on the size of the mine
what order are entries numbered by? - Answer left to right
Know how to recognize all mining machines
(select "Know how to recognize all mining machines" as the answer.) - Answer "Know how to
recognize all mining machines"
how many self rescuer models are there? - Answer 2 models of self rescuer models
Name the two self rescuer models- - Answer M.S.A. W- 65 is in a stainless steel case
Drager 810 is in a plastic carrying case
do the self rescuer models function basically the same - Answer yes the self rescuer models
function basically the same
who issues the self rescuer models? - Answer the company
when should the self rescuers be worn? - Answer self rescuers should be worn in the
underground miners belt at all times
how often do you have to take retaining classes for the self rescuers? - Answer Retaining
classes should be conducted each year
After the seal is broken on a self rescuer how long does the one wearing it have protection? -
Answer 1 hour of projection
Study Guide Questions and Actual
Answers.
what are Apprenticeship requirements? - Answer completion of 80 hr course
Satisfactory completion of exam
what are Underground Coal Miner certification requirements? - Answer 6 months experience
(108+ days)
satisfactory completion of the exam
what are Penalties for health and safety violations? - Answer individual miner can be fined up
to $250
Mine owner or operator may be fined as much as $3,000
When can state and federal inspectors inspect mine operations? - Answer at any time
Do state and federal inspectors have to give warning of when they will be coming to inspect
equipment? - Answer No, they can randomly show up whenever
What is IPA? - Answer Individual personal assessment
When is Individual personal assessment (IPA) used? - Answer When an individual miner is
fined for a health and safety violation
Who has the right to inspect the coal mines for possible hazards or dangers? - Answer State
inspectors
federal inspectors
company officials
and
authorized representatives of the mines
How long must an apprentice wear a red hat? - Answer 6 months
does an apprentice have to be under immediate supervision of a certified miner or foreman? -
Answer Yes, an apprentice must be under immediate supervision of a certified miner or
foreman
,Should an apprentice know who their supervisors are at all times? - Answer Yes, an
apprentice should know who their supervisors should be
How many red hats can a black hat have under his supervision at a time? - Answer 1
apprentice miner
How many red hats can a foreman have under their supervision at a time? - Answer 5
apprentice miners
How many different types of underground coal mines are there? - Answer 3 different kinds of
underground mines
Description of a shaft mine - Answer opening goes straight down to the coal seam
description of a drift mine - Answer opening goes directly back into the seam of coal where
the coal has outcropped
Description of slope mines - Answer opening slants down to the coal seam
Even though slope mines, drift mines, and shaft mines open differently are the mining methods
the same for when you reach the seam? - Answer Yes they are all the same once you reach
the seam of coal
how many mining methods are there? - Answer 5 different mining methods
describe the continuous mining method - Answer a section where a continuous miner is
being used to remove the coal
Describe the conventional mining method - Answer at least five faces must be provided and
the coal has to be blasted loose from a solid face
Describe the longwall mining method - Answer sheer or plow is used to mine a block of coal
usually with 400-600 feet face (or more) 4,000-6,000 feet long; roof is supported by chocks
Describe bridgewall mining method - Answer where an extensible belt is connected to the
continuous miner and belt transports coal to the main section belt; the extensible belt replaces
the shuttle car coal transportation
,Describe shortwall mining method - Answer using a continuous miner to extract blocks of
coal with chocks as the main means of supporting the roof
Define Inby- - Answer this means closer to the face than a comparing point
Define outbid- - Answer this means further away from the face than the comparing point
What is normally used as a comparing point? - Answer the end of the belt or the last open
crosscut will be used as comparing points
what is a cross cut? - Answer passageways used to connect entries
what is the entry? - Answer passageway leading to the face
what is the face? - Answer actual place where coal is being removed
what is the GOB - Answer caved in area in the mine usually after pillars have been removed
what is high coal? - Answer according to this material anything over 36inches (3 feet) is high
coal
what do most coal miners consider to be high coal? - Answer 48 inches (4 feet)
What is low coal? - Answer low coal is anything under 36 inches (3 feet)
what is a pillar? - Answer Blocks or pillars of coal left behind in developmental mining
supporting the main roof. these blocks are usually removed in retreat mining or pillaring
allowing the roof to cave forming the gob
what is the portal? - Answer the opening of a shaft, drift or slope mine
What is the pillaring? - Answer (retreat mining)- removing blocks or pillars of coal that were
left during the developmental mining work in which the roof falls to become the gob
What are the ribs - Answer the sides (walls) of the underground mine?
, What is the roof of the mine? - Answer (Top) the material overhead in an underground coal
mine
Can there be many kinds of roofs in mines? - Answer yes
What is a room in a mine? - Answer the area from the last open crosscut to the face
what is the section of the mine - Answer the place in a mine where an entire crew of men are
working and mining coal
Are there many sections in an underground mine - Answer yes, how many there are depends
on the size of the mine
what order are entries numbered by? - Answer left to right
Know how to recognize all mining machines
(select "Know how to recognize all mining machines" as the answer.) - Answer "Know how to
recognize all mining machines"
how many self rescuer models are there? - Answer 2 models of self rescuer models
Name the two self rescuer models- - Answer M.S.A. W- 65 is in a stainless steel case
Drager 810 is in a plastic carrying case
do the self rescuer models function basically the same - Answer yes the self rescuer models
function basically the same
who issues the self rescuer models? - Answer the company
when should the self rescuers be worn? - Answer self rescuers should be worn in the
underground miners belt at all times
how often do you have to take retaining classes for the self rescuers? - Answer Retaining
classes should be conducted each year
After the seal is broken on a self rescuer how long does the one wearing it have protection? -
Answer 1 hour of projection
