 Morning class. I'm your instructor Don Caprelli. I'm the safety instructor here at Lucky Friday Mine This training is such a waste of time. I wish we just get on with it We need to go over first aid minus scape ways Those big trucks he's showing us look pretty cool. That's what I want to do drive one of those These girls would be really impressed with that. I'd be irresistible Besides I don't need to listen to this. I've been driving trucks out on the ranch for years Why is he wasting our time with this stuff now tomorrow? We'll be going underground to see how the mine works, and you'll need to go over these hazard sheets so you can recognize dangers Of course unless you have Your own guardian angel. Yeah, right. I've got better things to do than that We'll meet here tomorrow at 6 30 sharp, and we'll take the 7 o'clock skip underground Have a good night. You can count on it I'll be seeing you later Why? Man what a night those chicks were really rude Just wait until I'm a miner on one of those big rigs. That'll get their attention Maybe I'd better look these things over before tomorrow nah Now this here ahead of us is the headframe. It's the main way we get people and materials into the mine We have to hurry so we can make the 7 o'clock man run. Oh Man, I can't believe I slept through my alarm. I sure hope I didn't forget anything Keep your pants on I'm coming Well, I think I have everything Let's see. How's this light work? There's got to be a switch on your somewhere. Whoa, that was bright I'll just put this on later Okay, let's try on these safety glasses Man, these are so ugly. I'm not gonna need them Welcome to the rock Okay, folks. Let's move off the skip to the site of the station here Come on, man. Well, we're here and pay attention This is our shop area where we work on machines and what have you We're gonna go ahead and go out this way Follow me Sure. Follow you and spend my day looking at shop areas. No, thanks. I'm gonna go find something more my style Yeah, now this is what I'm talking about This stuff is great. Let's see lights Steering Brakes no keys. How do you start one of these things? This is gonna be fun Forget all that training and start this thing up Ben, this is a very large and dangerous piece of equipment Have you been checked out on the hazards of this truck? What are you my guardian angel? Yeah, you could call me that You're responsible for your own personal safety. You could get hurt worse. You could hurt someone else Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it can't be all that tough. I mean, all you got to do is just start it up If I could just find the keys Ben, even an experienced miner wouldn't operate a piece of equipment like this without first doing the safety checks You need to get down and go over the safety checks with me. I don't see what the big deal is I mean, it's just a truck No, then Ben, let's go over some of the safety checks on the truck Each vehicle has a checklist you need to go over before you start it up You need to check the lights both front and back tires for proper inflation The brakes to make sure that they work The fire extinguisher to see that it hasn't been used or is out of date The tire chocks so you can leave the vehicle safely if you have to stop on a slope Fluid levels for both transmission and engine oil Gages that will tell you if any of the systems are not working There's all types of rubber tire equipment in a modern mine The haul truck you just got off was just one of them. There's also jumbos and tractors and lhd's which we use for hauling muck This is one here. Let's come over and take a look at it Ben, this is an lhd stands for lowered haul dump and they're commonly used in the in the mines here And if you've been operating this loader and the motor is running when you go to get off You need to be very careful of pinch points because your light cord or anything can catch the controls and actually pinch Rod, would you show ben here what i'm talking about? There are a couple other things you need to know about lhd's You never ride in the bucket. It could tip unexpectedly and dump you out You'd be run over before the operator could stop If you are driving one down a ramp make sure you drive with the bucket ahead of you That way if the brakes give out you can put the bucket down and dig it in to stop the vehicle If you are operating the lhd watch out for pedestrians They usually have the right of way when they are walking by you should stop until they are clear If the machine jerks it could pin them against the rib And it goes without saying that you need to operate vehicles at a safe speed You need to be trained on this You need to start in the training room Then come underground with an experienced operator like mitch What can these guys teach me that i don't already know Ben you're not going to last down here very long if you don't listen to the older miners He's been around a long time because he works safe and knows how to operate the vehicle Well, they have bars of soap that are going to last longer than you Operating a truck like this with no training is just not smart You know something? You worry too much. See ya This is cool Or what am i going to do with this guy Ben even i can't keep you safe if you're going to do things that's stupid This is not a farm truck without the proper training you're going to hurt someone Yeah, i uh i think i better go find my group I wonder where everyone could be This could be a long walk Man i'm getting tired. I didn't know these tunnels could be so long Hey, there's some transportation. It doesn't look much different than a four-wheeler I'll just borrow it for a bit. I can't cause any trouble on this thing Okay, save my safety glasses safety first Whoa, someone's coming. I don't want to get caught driving this thing. I'll just hide in here Hey, wait a minute. I know that guy He's the one who's given me such a hard time in the pool tournament last night I'll just give him a little scare. What are you crazy? That's right. What are you trying to do? Hey man, what's the matter? I'm just playing around can't you take a joke a joke? A joke about horseplay? No, let's just joking around. Come on. You're fine. Get down. Come on. Get down here. I want to tell you a story People get hurt in the mines due to horseplay. I was hurt 20 some years ago due to horseplay Let me tell you the story buddy. I was working in the main haulage I was a new fresh hand like you. We were working down the drift. I was in the side of the ribs standing Two tractors collided horse playing I got caught in a pinch point. I nearly lost my life Don't you know what horseplay is? Horseplay is this buddy right here. This is horseplay I live with this all my life You got to learn horseplay and work don't mix It could be your life Or the life of somebody else next time Life and limb can't be replaced buddy Ben, you're making my job very difficult. Do you know what you're doing here? What are you doing? I'm just joking around. There's no room for joking around. You could have hurt this man very serious Or you got to hurt yourself. Didn't you learn anything? Well, I guess I've learned it's still got a lot to learn so I better go find my group Where could my group be? You'd think I'd have run into them by now Have they already come this way? It's all looking the same to me Maybe they went down that direction. I think I better stay off the equipment until I get trained I don't want to be the cause of an accident. What is that? Doesn't he see me here? Come on, man. Are you flashing those lights at me? What do you want me to do? Why are you shaking your head at me? What's your problem newbie? Didn't you get my signal? I didn't understand your signal. I didn't know what you were doing Didn't you go over that in training? I think we might have but I don't really think I was paying attention Listen pal, this means stop. It doesn't matter where you go It's a universal signal for all the mines anywhere. This is stop This means backup and this means come on ahead Ben, in most mines pedestrians have the right-of-way But rather they do or not you have to keep yourself safe. You need to know the signals It's not easy to communicate underground but there are a couple of basic systems we use There are the three lamp signals that Kenny just showed you And some mines use signal lights to keep vehicles from colliding You ignored Kenny's stop signal and nearly got run over Wow, this is a really dangerous place. I didn't realize that. I need to go find my group because that trainer is going to keep me safe Where could they be? Maybe they went up here Now I know I heard something up here. I bet this is the way they went Maybe this will lead me back up to the surface I've never seen wood like this before I wonder where everyone went. It looks like this place has a huge ceiling Well, I don't see anyone here now, but I bet this tunnel leads somewhere Are you crazy? What? What do I do now? You see that cable? If that operator starts that slusher that cable cut you right in half Man, you'll be seeing some prano the rest of your life Ben, that shoot 200 feet down there. If you fall down that shoot or get slushed down that shoot Even I can't save you What in the world are you doing in here? You always check in with the guy that's in charge back here coming into a heading If I'd started up this slusher, I could have thrown you to the back or run you over with that bucket You would have been hamburger and then what am I going to deal with? I got some guy that's dead and it's not my fault, but you always check in when you come into a workheading Ben, you've been wandering around the mine for hours. You don't even know where you're at. You're lost You need to be with your group Here's a map I believe your group is right in this area and you need to stay in the designated areas Okay Well, at least I know where I'm going now I never should have left the group. That was stupid I wish I knew more about this stuff. This track doesn't look too dangerous But I bet there's all sorts of things I should be watching out for I wish that guardian angel were here to fill me in Well, Ben, since you ask Track haulage can be a very efficient way to move people and things around But it can also be dangerous There are a few things you need to remember if you are assigned to work around rail cars or if you're just in the area Rail crossings are usually marked with signals Pay attention to them and don't cross if the train is coming Trains are great for hauling tools or equipment, but don't ever put stuff on the locomotive itself That's what the cars are for You can use man trips to help carry your hand tools or other small equipment But if you have a lot of supplies, they need to go on a separate train not the man trip Trains will have warning devices on them to let you know they are near If you hear a warning signal, it means one of three things The train is getting ready to start up It's nearing a crossing another train or people working in the area Or the operator can't see what's ahead and is warning everyone to watch out Trains will also have trip lights on the last car if it's pulling Or the first car if it's pushing These let you know what's going on Also, if you are parking cars for any reason remember to block the wheels That protects everyone in the area from runaway cars These are just some of the safety tips for working around trains. Let's see what some of the experts have to say Ben there's someone here. I want you to meet it's larry. He's been here 25 years. He has a lot of good safety tips for you How you doing ben? When you're running the motors you want to take a little slower than usual Watch out for obstacles Cars will come off the track on you once in a while. That's why you want to move a little bit slower Don't get in between the cars You don't want to ride there. You're going to ride and ride on the train. It's usually the next the last car Climb inside of it while we're at the full stop Never get out of the car or off the motor while it's moving When you're riding on the motor or in the cars you want to keep your hands inside keep your body parts tucked in Always watch the direction you're going and look around for obstacles Possible fall of ground And a few other tips is you don't want to haul anything on the motor Hand tools you can haul in the cockpit or on the back cockpit Bigger tools you want to put them on timber trucks Or in the cars Ben these are a few things you want to remember to keep you safe underground If you are working on the locomotive crew Remember that you need to check the whole system for safety at the beginning of each shift Let's see what larry can tell us about that And ben we do a pre shift inspection. We have a slip of paper here to show you what you want to check You check your fire extinguishers, which is one up front here and one back here You go ahead Check it out Usually you want to flip it like that make sure everything's movable in it and usable They come up Check your father fire extinguisher Which is down in the compartment here And check the gauge Do the same thing with it Go ahead and put it back Then you come on around here climbing your cockpit Check your safety lights It's the front one The rear one and both work Set your brake Check your controller first Go ahead you have a dead man down here put your foot on the dead man Go ahead and check your brake by going to the third point it holds so it's in good shape And another thing you want to check is your horn your safety horn The system here works good And those just a few tips so it'll give you on the motor Well ben let's see if larry's partner has anything to add Ben my name is fred i understand your new underground And this is how we uncouple cars and coupling cars The main thing is you keep your hands out of the way not in here not down here Out of the way from everything else you might lose a finger if you don't okay He couples them up by himself and we have to help him uncouple them Ben these are some tips to help keep you safe, and I hope you follow them right down to the T Ben the last thing I want to tell you about is pinch points Ben you're now coming into a restricted area If the train comes there's not enough room for you and the train here you'll get pinched So you need to get back in that area where there's a cutout There's room for you to get get out of the way there when the train comes by okay. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea Ben this is something else I need to show you in the mind these are air doors They're operated remotely There's someone back there that'll pull the cord and they'll open the doors So you need to be staying clear of air doors when you come up to them You need to get out of the way because the door is going to open and pinch you And also there could be someone on the other side coming through with a loader And if you go through air doors you need to make sure and close them after you go through them Because if you don't it could mess up the ventilation Ben this mine uses fifth wheel dump cars And if that wheel happens to run over your foot while you're standing next to the car when it goes by Man, you're going to scream and holler and you're probably going to have a broken foot So you need to be on the other side of the train when it comes Get over on the other opposite side where there isn't a fifth wheel Also when you get over on this side you need to make sure that there's not something in a trip hazard that you're going to trip on Make sure and move things out of the way And make sure you have plenty of clearance So when the train comes by you don't accidentally step on something stumble and fall into the train Very important. All right, make sure you've got plenty of room for yourself Ben we're coming into the area where we dump the cars and this is called the grizzly And this is called the camel's hump Remember the wheel that I told you about would run over your foot. Yeah Well that wheel automatically catches here and it comes up here And it automatically dumps the cars So when you're in this area ben you need to stay clear Because they'll motor will come through here and the cars are going to be dumping. All right So we need to get clear. We'll get in behind and get out of the way so the motor crew can dump the cars There's a lot to remember here ben think you've got it There is a lot to remember. I think I've got it though and thanks for taking care of me down here Okay, let's see According to the map the grizzly was on the 3700 level and my group got off the skip at 4 000 So there has to be a way to get back down there. All right. There is a ramp that goes down there I just have to follow these tracks to 12 shaft Oh, hey, there's one of those elevators I bet this leads up to the surface Let's see There's no buttons to push but I think you pull on this thing Whoa ben You're not trained to use the shaft signals If you pull on that cord that signals the hoistman up above See the cage is down below someone else has the cage They could be loading or unloading equipment. You would bell the cage right away from them You're not trained to use any of this stuff in the first place You're supposed to be 10 feet from the shaft if they're pulling rock or any debris or anything comes down the shaft You could get hit so always stay 10 feet from the shaft Ben if you need to call a cage you need to use the squawk or to call a cage and it's over here Ben, this is the buzzer to call a cage. This is a designated number for calling the cage Each level has a different number, but not all mines have the same numbers So each mine has its own set of signals and you're not trained to to use the buzzer ben So come on over here and I'll show you how to get out of the mine Ben, Ben's you're not trained on any of the shaft signals If you need to get a hold of someone on the surface you can always use the telephone This is a telephone directory here at the mine. It's just like a telephone book It gives you the numbers for all the designated areas So if you need to get the hold of someone on the surface You'd want to call the hoistman and the number's right here You just pick the telephone up dial the three digit numbers and you can get a hold of the hoistman Very simple The cage is here ben There's some things I need to explain to you about getting on and off the cage and writing and writing the cage First of all, you always make sure the cage is here before you open the shaft gate All right Okay, the next thing you need to do is you need to put on your safety glasses before you get in the cage There's dust and debris and water in the shaft, so you need to make sure you have your glasses on Okay, get on You always close the shaft gate And you get on the cage make sure the shaft gates closed The cage moves at a pretty good rate of speed, so you need to make sure you have footing in the cage Make sure you got your balanced And the next thing you need to do is close the cage door There are two latches on these doors ben. There's an upper latch And a lower latch Make sure both latches are closed and in position and secure Always keep your hands and body parts inside the cage Never ride like this always inside the cage Okay, then when you get ready to go then you can reach over and bell the cage to the level you want it to go to Wow, that's a lot to remember just for writing an elevator, but thanks. That's good information Sure Okay, ben there's also a sequence for getting off the cage when the cage comes into the station You always reach out get a hold of the bell cord and give the hoistman one bell That means stop and he stopped the cage the cage is now stopped Then you open your Door the cage and always secure the door If you don't secure the door it can flop out on the shaft So you make sure and always secure secure the door to the cage Then open the shaft gate And get off Then come out You need to close the shaft gate and give the hoistman a release on the bell cord Ben you've got a good trainer If you just pay attention to him, you're going to make a good hand There's a lot of older hands that work in the mine And you can get a lot of information from the older people So uh as you're working down here don't be afraid to ask questions All right. Well speaking of trainers. Have you seen my group? Ben I believe they're back this way. Okay. Thanks Hey, what's that noise? Yikes Oh man, I'm I'm I'm okay Oh, man. It was just a dream. I'm okay. What time is it anyway? Oh, I got to go underground in less than two hours. I'm not ready for this I need to look over those hazard sheets again. What do I need to know? Okay, here we go Don't operate anything you aren't trained on Do a safety check before you start any piece of equipment Make sure the brakes and lights and all the other stuff works before you start Don't fool around underground horseplay can really hurt people Pay attention to signals and signs, especially around moving equipment If pedestrians don't have the right of way get out of the way If they do make sure the operator knows you're there Always let other people know if you're in their work area Don't wander around in the mine by yourself, especially if you don't know where you're going Trains can be dangerous pay attention to crossing signs lights and warning horns Don't ride between cars or use the locomotive to carry your tools Follow all the established safety rules when operating trains like doing pre-shift inspection and blocking parked cars Be careful when coupling and uncoupling cars. Stay out of the places where you could get pinched between the cars Lhds operate much differently than most surface vehicles So they have some specific safety points to keep in mind Never ride in the bucket of an lhd if it tips you could be run over before the operator even knows what happened When operating an lhd drive with the bucket facing down the slope so you can dig it in and stop if the brakes fail Always make sure the vehicle is stopped and turned off before getting off the vehicle This will keep you from accidentally pinching yourself in the machine if you get caught on the controls Whenever you operate an lhd or any other vehicle Watch out for pedestrians and always stay at a complete stop until they are clear of the vehicle When working in or around the shaft, you should never try calling for a skip unless you've been properly trained Make sure you stay 10 feet back from the shaft until the skip arrives When riding in the skip always wear your safety glasses And just as with the trains you should always keep your body parts tucked in when riding on the skip Not even a guardian angel can keep you safe if you don't follow the rules and pay attention to your own safety Wow, that's a lot to remember But that trip underground today is going to be great and i'm going to be the safest guy down there Ben, I see you're here early this morning. Yeah, I really wasn't paying attention in class yesterday So I decided to come in early and go over these hazard sheets one more times. That's great I'm glad to see that you're studying up and paying attention. That's great. Well, I just really wanted to thank you for all your help I really appreciate it. Yeah, good. I can see my work here is done