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## Training & Education

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# Mine Rescue Contests

*Mine rescue contests are designed to sharpen skills and test the knowledge of team members who would be called on to respond to a mine emergency. The contest requires team members to solve a hypothetical problem while being timed and observed by judges according to complex rules.*

## Enforcement Mine Rescue Contest

### For 2022

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## Metal/Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contests

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Contest Problems

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## Coal Mine Rescue Contests

### For 2021

                                  - Local Contest Listing

### For 2020

                                  - Local Contest Listing
                                  -  The 2020 Coal Mine Rescue Rules training and the meeting in regards to the “future format” of mine rescue competitions that were scheduled to be conducted on April 1 & 2 at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy in Beckley, WV are cancelled due to the continuing precautions being taken regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.  Although there are minimal changes to the rules this year, please review them and if you have any questions or concerns, email Ron Burns at Burns.Ronald@dol.gov by April 15, 2020.  

Contest Rules
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Bench Resources
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### For 2019

                                  - Local Contest Listing

Contest Rules
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Contest Results 
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Bench Resources
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                                  - BG4 Statement/Problem Design

#### Scorecards:

Mine Rescue:
                                  - A Card - Time
                                  - A Card Written Exam
                                  - A Card – Map
                                  - B Card

​First Aid:
                                  - A Card 
                                  - B Card

Bench:
                                  - Bench 240-R
                                  - Bench BG-4

Preshift:
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Mine Rescue Skills:
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