30 CFR § 48.6
Experienced miner training.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), this section applies to
experienced miners who are--
(1) Newly employed by the operator;
(2) Transferred to the mine;
(3) Experienced underground miners transferred from surface to
underground; or
(4) Returning to the mine after an absence of more than 12 months.
(b) Experienced miners must complete the training prescribed in
this section before beginning work duties. Each experienced miner
returning to mining following an absence of 5 years or more, must
receive at least 8 hours of training. The training must include the
following instruction:
(1) Introduction to work environment. The course shall
include a visit and tour of the mine. The methods of mining utilized at the
mine shall be observed and explained.
(2) Mandatory health and safety standards. The course
shall include the mandatory health and safety standards pertinent to the
tasks to be assigned.
(3) Authority and responsibility of supervisors and
miners' representatives. The course shall include a review and description of
the line of authority of supervisors and miners' representatives and the
responsibilities of such supervisors and miners' representatives; and an
introduction to the operator's rules and the procedures for reporting
hazards.
(4) Entering and leaving the mine; transportation;
communications. The course shall include instruction in the procedures in
effect for entering and leaving the mine; the check-in and checkout system in
effect at the mine; the procedures for riding on and in mine conveyances; the
controls in effect for the transportation of miners and materials; and the
use of the mine communication systems, warning signals, and directional
signs.
(5) Mine map; escapeways; emergency evacuation; barricading. The
program of instruction for mine emergency evacuation and firefighting
approved by the District Manager under 30 CFR 75.1502 or the escape and
evacuation plan under 30 CFR 57.11053, as applicable, shall be used for
this course. The course shall include--
(i) A review of the mine map; the escapeway system; the escape,
firefighting, and emergency evacuation plans in effect at the mine; and
the location of abandoned areas; and
(ii) Methods of barricading and the locations of barricading
materials, where applicable.
(6) Roof or ground control and ventilation plans. The
course shall include an introduction to and instruction on the roof or ground
control plan in effect at the mine and procedures for roof and rib or ground
control; and an introduction to and instruction on the ventilation plan in
effect at the mine and the procedures for maintaining and controlling
ventilation.
(7) Hazard recognition. The course must include the recognition and
avoidance of hazards present in the mine.
(8) Prevention of accidents. The course must include a review of
the general causes of accidents applicable to the mine environment,
causes of specific accidents at the mine, and instruction in accident
prevention in the work environment.
(9) Emergency medical procedures. The course must include
instruction on the mine's emergency medical arrangements and the
location of the mine's first aid equipment and supplies.
(10) Health. The course must include instruction on the purpose of
taking dust, noise, and other health measurements, where applicable;
must review the health provisions of the Act; and must explain warning
labels and any health control plan in effect at the mine.
(11) Health and safety aspects of the tasks to which the
experienced miner is assigned. The course must include instruction in
the health and safety aspects of the tasks assigned, including the safe
work procedures of such tasks, information about the physical and
health hazards of chemicals in the miner's work area, the protective
measures a miner can take against these hazards, and the contents of
the mine's HazCom program. Experienced miners who must complete new
task training under § 48.7 do not need to take training under this
paragraph.
(12) Self-rescue and respiratory devices. The course shall be given
before the miner goes underground and shall include--
(i) Instruction and demonstration in the use, care, and maintenance
of self-rescue and respiratory devices used at the mine;
(ii) Hands-on training in the complete donning of all types of
self-contained self-rescue devices used at the mine, which includes
assuming a donning position, opening the device, activating the device,
inserting the mouthpiece, and putting on the nose clip; and
(iii) Hands-on training in transferring between all applicable
self-rescue devices.
(13) Such other courses as may be required by the District
Manager based on circumstances and conditions at the mine.
(c) The operator may include instruction on additional safety and
health subjects based on circumstances and conditions at the mine.
(d) The training time spent on individual subjects must vary
depending upon the training needs of the miners.
(e) Any miner returning to the same mine, following an absence of
12 months or less, must receive training on any major changes to the
mine environment that have occurred during the miner's absence and that
could adversely affect the miner's health or safety.
(1) A person designated by the operator who is knowledgeable of
these changes must conduct the training in this paragraph. An MSHA
approved instructor is not required to conduct the training outlined in
this paragraph.
(2) No record of this training is required.
(3) The miner must also complete annual
refresher training as required in § 48.8, if the miner missed taking that
training during the absence.
(f) Coal miners receiving training under this section shall
participate in the next drill as required in § § 75.383(b) or
75.1502(c) of this chapter, as applicable.
For more information : See MSHA's Program Policy Manual
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