Crowndale mine practise on the 6th October 2007 was attended
by 9 of the DCRO team. The sessions led by Dave Warne focused
on vertical hauling in the 50ft overhanging and awkward shaft.
The rigging of the shaft required ground steaks and tree
anchors. The team opted to vertical hoist the React Stretcher
with a dummy, the team used a releasable deviation and had
a jockey (Ruppert) shadowing the stretcher in its ascent.
The hauling exercise worked very efficiently as result of
good communication safety awareness and team work.
After the dummy was recovered to surface, Rick Stewart
gave a brief historical and safety presentation in Crowndale
Mine which was well received.
In the team de-brief the following points were considered:
Releasable deviations
Keeping the area under the shaft clear
Use of tail ropes for guiding the REACT stretcher whilst being hauled
Small knot at the top REACT Stretcher
Knowing the Jargon is important' e.g ..stope, rise, dip, deads etc...
Report supplied by Jon Evans
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