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Editorial Note: Based on FedReg. Doc. E8-30639, this section has been amended. The effective date for this is December 31, 2008. The compliance dates are as follows:
Each mine operator shall comply with the following sections by the dates listed below.
1. § 48.27(a) and §§ 75.156(a),
75.350(b), and 75.1731 by March 2,
2009.
2. § 75.333(c)(4) by March 31, 2009.
3. §§ 75.380(d)(7), 75.380(f),
75.381(e)(5), and 75.381(f) by June 30,
2009.
4. §§ 75.350(a)(2), 75.351(e)(2),
75.1103–4(a), 75.1108(a), and 75.1108(b)
December 31, 2009.
5. § 75.1108(c) by December 31, 2018.
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30 CFR § 48.27
Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.
(a) Miners assigned to new work tasks as mobile equipment
operators, drilling machine operators, haulage and conveyor systems
operators, ground control machine operators, AMS operators, and those
in blasting operations shall not perform new work tasks in these
categories until training prescribed in this paragraph and paragraph (b) of this section has been completed. This training shall not be required for miners who have been trained and who have
demonstrated safe operating procedures for such new work tasks within 12
months preceding assignment. This training shall also not be required for
miners who have performed the new work tasks and who have demonstrated safe
operating procedures for such new work tasks within 12 months preceding
assignment. The training program shall include the following:
(1) Health and safety aspects and safe operating procedures for
work tasks, equipment, and machinery. The training shall include
instruction in the health and safety aspects and safe operating
procedures related to the assigned task, including 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. The training shall be given in
an on-the-job environment; and
(2)(i) Supervised practice during nonproduction. The
training shall include supervised practice in the assigned tasks, and the
performance of work duties at times or places where production is not the
primary objective; or,
(a)(2)(ii) Supervised operation during production. The training
shall include, while under direct and immediate supervision and production is
in progress, operation of the machine or equipment and the performance of
work duties.
(3) New or modified machines and equipment. Equipment and
machine operators shall be instructed in safe operating procedures applicable
to new or modified machines or equipment to be installed or put into
operation in the mine, which require new or different operating
procedures.
(4) Such other courses as may be required by the District
Manager based on circumstances and conditions at the mine.
(b) Miners under paragraph (a) of this section shall not operate the
equipment or machine or engage in blasting operations without direction and
immediate supervision until such miners have demonstrated safe operating
procedures for the equipment or machine or blasting operation to the operator
or the operator's agent.
(c) Miners assigned a new task not covered in paragraph (a) of this
section shall be instructed in the safety and health aspects and safe
work procedures of the task, including 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, prior to performing such task.
(d) All training and supervised practice and operation required by
this section shall be given by a qualified trainer, or a supervisor
experienced in the assigned tasks, or other person experienced in the
assigned tasks.