[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 30, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 30CFR46.11] [Page 217] TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 46_TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS ENGAGED IN SHELL DREDGING OR EMPLOYED AT SAND, GRAVEL, SURFACE STONE, SURFACE CLAY, COLLOIDAL PHOSPHATE, OR SURFACE LIMESTONE MINES.--Table of Contents Sec. 46.11 Site-specific hazard awareness training. (a) You must provide site-specific hazard awareness training before any person specified under this section is exposed to mine hazards. (b) You must provide site-specific hazard awareness training, as appropriate, to any person who is not a miner as defined by Sec. 46.2 of this part but is present at a mine site, including: (1) Office or staff personnel; (2) Scientific workers; (3) Delivery workers; (4) Customers, including commercial over-the-road truck drivers; (5) Construction workers or employees of independent contractors who are not miners under Sec. 46.2 of this part; (6) Maintenance or service workers who do not work at the mine site for frequent or extended periods; and (7) Vendors or visitors. (c) You must provide miners, such as drillers or blasters, who move from one mine to another mine while remaining employed by the same production-operator or independent contractor with site-specific hazard awareness training for each mine. (d) Site-specific hazard awareness training is information or instructions on the hazards a person could be exposed to while at the mine, as well as applicable emergency procedures. The training must address site-specific health and safety risks, such as unique geologic or environmental conditions, recognition and avoidance of hazards such as electrical and powered-haulage hazards, traffic patterns and control, and restricted areas; and warning and evacuation signals, evacuation and emergency procedures, or other special safety procedures. (e) You may provide site-specific hazard awareness training through the use of written hazard warnings, oral instruction, signs and posted warnings, walkaround training, or other appropriate means that alert persons to site-specific hazards at the mine. (f) Site-specific hazard awareness training is not required for any person who is accompanied at all times by an experienced miner who is familiar with hazards specific to the mine site.