Anvarsinh M Makawana , Lignite Project Tadkeshwar, Gujarat
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Previous Question Papers (Written) Examination for Mine Foreman Certificate of Competency (Restricted to Mines Having Opencast workings only)
Foreman 20 11
2000 tld Limestone assume your own condition method of workings
Sources of dust generation, dangers and prevention
What is code practice? Write down Standard code of practice for transportation
Explain
What is dump & Dump management
Pre splitting
Working near mine boundary
Duties of mate
Serious bodily injury
Employment of women
Drinking water
Sources of inundation and precautions
2010
1 Write down statutory provisions
Hours of working
Duties of blaster
Working near mine boundary
Fencing in old mines
2 Short note on any two of the following
Pre splitting
Safety Committee
First aid station
3 1000 t/d production men and machine required
4 what is Danger zone and precaution for increase of activity
5 Two persons died while reversing of dumper. Investigate causes and circumstances leading to such accident and methods of prevention to avoid future such accident
6 Sources of inundation in old mine and precautions
2009
Statutory provision in regard to following
Working near Boundary
Inspection after Shot firing
Precautions for approaching near machinery in operation
Sources of dust generation, dangers and prevention
Duties of the following
Mate
Magazine in charge
Blaster
Statutary provisions
Initial and periodical Medical Examination
First aid station
Safety comitte functions
Sources of inundation in olc mine and precautions
Working close to village .Dangers and precautions to be taken
2008
Statutary Provisions
Above ground
Initial and periodical Medical Examination
Working near boundary - provision
Duties of workman inspector
Permissible standards of dust, respirable limit ,methods of measurement. How to reduce dust generation
Explain what Danger zone is. Method of blasting within 100 m precaution and procedure in detail
Explain
Series connection and parallel connection and why series connection is
generally adopted "
b. Why stemming of charged holes is done
c. Why is primary blasting done
Types of first aid to be done for the following
Spinal cord
Fracture of finger which is bleeding
Burn due to electric shock
2006
Provision for working near boundaries
Fatal accident, two people while charging cause and prevention
Statutary provisions
Fencing in Opencast working
Appointmet and duties of work mens inspector
4 Sources of dust generation, dangers and prevention 5 Short notes
Gradient of haul roads
Peak particle velocity
Portable fire extinguisher
6 4000 /day limestoner below ob 20 m Machine required
Foreman Questions
a 15 m ob, 10m depth Production 3000 t Lst /day , extent 2x2 km Method of working
b Plans and section provisions.
2. Size of Forman District
3. Accident due to secondary blasting Describe your report as workman's
inspector and your suggestion to avoid such accidents in future
4. Precautions to be taken for deep hole blasting within 500 m
5. Use of tractor trailer for transportation of ore
6 Short note
[Rl Pressure gauges [Rl First aid station
[Rl VT center and training as per schedule
State the statutory provisions regarding working near mine boundaries
A fatal accident took place in an opencast mine killing two persons while they were charging explosive and connecting detonators. What may be the cause of the accident and what precautions should be taken to prevent recurrence?
Write statutory provisions regarding
Fencing in opencast regarding
Appointment and duties of ‘Workmen’s Inspector in mines
What are the sources of dust in mechanized opencast mines? Explain the measures to prevent generation of dust. What measures would you take for dust suppression in mines?
Write short notes on any two of the followings
Gradient of haul roads
Peak particle velocity
Portable fire extinguishers
Describe a suitable method for producing 4000 tonnes per day from a limestone deposit, which occurs below an overburden cover of 20 m. Give details of machineries to be deployed. Assume your own conditions
¤Manual/mechanised/rail haulage/tipper haulage ¤
General definitions/Meanings
1)Adolescent
Adult
Child
What are the areas of working included in mines
Serious bodily injury
Reportable injury
Difference between opencast working and above ground
Hours and limitations of employment
What do is meant by weekly day of rest
What is Section 22 under mines act, under what conditions work can be done in such area, who imposes , why is it imposed ,
When can a foreman certificate holder work as Manager
What are the provisions governing drinking water(Act) Quantity of drinking water(rules)
What are the conditions when notice of accidents is to be given
What is meant by compensatory day of rest
What the provisions for leave with wages
What are the standards of construction for latrines and urinals
What are conditions for rest shelter (Size, distance, provisions etc)
All forms and Purpose (A, B,D,E,F,G -----------etc)
What is difference between basic and refresher training under VT Rules
What is crèche and when it should be provided
What are provisions under Maternity benefit rules
What is a fold?
What is a fault?
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
What is dip &strike
What is a contact? And how is mines safety affected
What is stretcher drill and how will you conduct it?
What should be the distance kept between rest shelter, canteen and urinals?
What are the provisions for drinking water and urinals in mines
In manual mines where will you provide rest shelter and what are the things to be kept?
Duties and responsibilities of workmen, competent persons and officials (excluding managers, assistant managers);
Foreman general duties as per MMR
Duties of foreman in case of fatal accident
Writing of reports required to be made by mine foreman under the regulations.
How will you allocate duties for mates in your shift?
Duties of register keeper/attendance clerks
Duties of mining Mate in mechanised mine
Duties of mining Mate in manual mine
Size of mate district
What is the difference between duties of mate and foreman
Duties Magazine in charge
What are duties of magazine in charge while receiving return of explosives?
What are duties of magazine in charge while receiving explosives from suppliers?
You have observed a dangerous overhang in one of the benches-what are your duties as foreman
Blaster
Duties of blaster at end of shift
Duties of blaster in case of misfire
Duties of Blasting foreman
We can include Excavator/dumper /loader operators
Discipline amongst workers and control of staff.
As a foreman how will you control absenteeism
As a foreman how will you ensure workmen reporting for work in drunken state
As a foreman how will you control ensure that persons working under you use the requisite PPE
As a foreman how will you ensure housekeeping to maintain safety of workmen against fire ,dust
Sanitation and health; miners’ diseases, their symptoms and prevention
Provisions of the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 relating to mine workings; explosives and blasting; haulage
In case of candidates from rope haulage sector
Duties of haulage attendant,
Code of signals
Draw bar?
Runaway switch
Stop block with respect to rope haulage
Inspection of haulage rope, clamping, coupling pins
Safety in tramming (Sprags, side tipping tubs, Track laying safety)
Weekly inspection of tubs
Difference between Direct/gravity/endless/main &tail their braking system and safe
What are specifications for travelling roadways(MMR 96)
Drilling &Blasting
A limestone bench 60 meter long and 7 meters high having two rows of holes is to be blasted calculate total explosive and accessory required. Assume your own conditions?
A manual mine with jack hammer drilling and blasting is required to produce 200 (t) limestone per day what are machines and manpower required? In mine big boulders result after blasting what will you do?
In a mine many stones go beyond 500 meters what are the reasons and how will you ensure safety?
How will you inspect a site in preparation to drilling?
What should be the minimum difference in dia of the hole and cartridge , why?
What is the procedure for preparing ANFO?
How will you calculate explosives requirement for blasting?
What will you do to eliminate toe problems?
What are qualifications required for blaster in opencast mechanized mines?
What is delay detonator, where and how it is used?
What are safety factors to be considered while conducting deep hole drilling and blasting?
What are the causes for Misfire in deep hole blasting and how will you deal them?
In a mechanized mine after blasting large boulders are created, what could be cause and how will you overcome them?
What are advantages between each type of initiation systems?
What is deck charging, where and why it is done?
What are the following things and explain how they are used?
a) ignition cord b) kai piece c) detonating fuse.
What is a primed cartridge? Describe how it is prepared with
i) ordinary detonator ii) electric detonator iii) cordtex detonating fuse.
What are slurry explosives?
What are the safety precautions to be observed in or about a “Mixing Shed”?
What are the safety precautions and rules to be observed in transporting and carrying explosives manually?
What are the special features of an explosives van?
What are the safety precautions and rules to be observed while loading and blasting of holes?
How are the unserviceable explosives destroyed?
Explosives rules Magazine license is issued in which form and for how many years
Ammonium nitrate rules do we need to have license for possessing
Who gives permission for preparing ANFo
What are the requirements for ANFo mixing shed
What is meant by cap sensity
Why ANFo should not be cap sensitive
What are specifications for shot firing cable
How will assess good fragmentation
What is the difference between instantaneous-delay and nonel
Is detonating cord cap sensitive
Controlled blasting Types where used
What is pre splitting
What is muffle blasting, where &why it is done
What is the difference between socket and misfire
What is meant by Deep hole
How to deal a deep hole that has misfired
What should be the minimum clearance between the drill hole and Explosive cartridge?
Sources of accident in haul road
What precautions are to be taken in waste dump and how will you inspect ?
What should be the height of embankment in a dump?
Precautions in waste dump
How will you monitor the stability of an active dump?
What are the proactive measures to be taken in an in active dump?
controlled blasting technique?
Causes of fly rock in blasting
What precautions you will take in area to be drilled?
What are the duties of foreman at the end of shift?
How will you calculate quantity of material to be blasted
What are the dangers associated with fly rock and how to control them?
Method of working
What precautions are to be taken for manually loading of trucks?
What protective equipments are to be used and explain how they avoid injuries?
What are the safety precautions to be taken near geological features?
As a foreman you are to form a road connecting your mine to screen plant 60 meters below write the procedure?
What is
Excavator
Ripper dozer
surface miner
bucket wheel excavator
What are the factors to be considered for making a bench?
What is slope stability
How is stability of slope affected and what will you do
What are the requirements for haul road embankments
What is meant by Stripping ratio
Relation between stripping ratio and ultimate pit limit
Cut off grade
Factors controlling quarriable limit
What is motor grader ?
What is tyre handler?
When should we take exemption under MMR 106(2) (b)?
What is the permitted noise level?
What is meant by Pit slope?
What are the actions you will take after an accident near an excavator while loading?
How will you regulate traffic in a bench where three excavators are working?
Inundation
Sources of inundation and precautions
Due to sudden heavy rains work has stopped , What are the actions as a forema to be taken by you (Ans-Pulling out machine, parking safe-not below high walls, examination of drains for breaches , checking dump, again after rains check before redeployment)
Mine situated at a distance of nearly 50 meters from a seasonal nallah. What are precautions to be taken
What are the sources of accident in opencast mechanised mines in monsoon
How will fence an old working In a mine regular undercuts result after blasting write how will you proceed to avoid such danger?
What are the causes of accidents in loading areas?
What is regulation 106(2)(b)
What are the heights and widths of benches and slope of sides in your mine?
What are gang planks?
What should be the width and slope of benches or roads for dumper traffic?
What are the road signs you expect to find when there is a right hand turn and a stee Slope? At what distance are the signs fixed.
Under what circumstances a separate road for up traffic and another road for down is arranged?
What are the general requirements of the plan of an open-cast mine?
What are the types of plans and sections to be made and maintained in an opencast mine?
MMR 60 General requirements about mine plans and sections
What are conventions shown in second schedule, which are required to be used in preparing mine plans?
Provisions governing Employment of women
Hauling
Which are the safety features you will inspect in a haul road
What steps will you take to control dust?
Your mine is close to a river what precautions you will take against inundation?
What precautions should taken to avoid collapse of benches?
A truck went out of control, toppled resulting in serious injuries to driver and three passengers. What could be the cause
What are the safety features to be provided in dumper
What are the precautions against fire(automatic fire extinguisher, fire retardant cable and hoses, muffling of turbo charger, fire extinguisher, training of personnel, checking for leaks, house keeping, emergency cut off switches)
What are the types of fire in open cast mines and how will you handle them?
Name types of fire extinguishers and where they will be used
What is code practice? Write down Standard code of practice for transportation
What are the precautions for reversing in a dump
Dumping
Which are the safety features you will inspect in a waste dump in monsoon?
how will you ensure that water flowing out of mine is clear
What are the points to be inspected in a waste dump
Dangerous occurrences in mines and dealing with the same; accidents, their causes and prevention; accident reports; not disturbing the place of accident.
What precautions will you take while removing a seriously injured person from accident site?
Fencing various scenario
Writing accident report
When a place of accident can be disturbed benefits of accident investigation
Explain some steps currently being taken to motivate workers in your mine.
What are the common causes of accidents in haul roads?
What are the legal requirements regarding place of accident
What is the purpose of investigating an accident and how will you conduct
DUST
What is silicosis and what are its symptoms?
What are occupational diseases
What are the effects of dust on health
How is dust level measured
How will you control dust in
Drilling
Loading
Hauling
Dumping
Mines Rules 1956
Conditions governing Initial and periodical medical examinations
Who is workmen’s inspector
What are the qualifications for workman’s inspector
What are the duties of workmen’s’ inspector
Safety committee Functions etc
What is meant by manager’s Permit, what are the qualifications and limitations
What are the functions of safety committee
What are precautions against danger from fire,
What are precautions against water inundation in the mine
First Aid.
What is the qualification required for a first aid station in charge
What is difference between first aid station &first aid room
What should be the distance
Difference between fractures
How do you transport a person with spinal injury
What is meant by Shock
Requirements in FA room
Requirements in FA station
Artificial respiration and methods
What are splints, where used and length of each ,why should they be used, what to do when splints are not readily available
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