MSHA - New Miner

Under part 46 New Miners must receive at least 24 hours of training, with a minimum of four hours of instruction in eight specific areas before they start work.  The seven areas are:

• Introduction to the work environment
• Instruction in recognizing and avoiding hazards
• Review of escape and emergency plans
• Instruction to the procedure for reporting mine hazards
• Instruction on the statutory rights of miners
• Instruction on the health and safety aspects of the work to be performed
• Information about the physical and health hazards of chemicals in the miner's work area, protective measures a miner can take against these hazards and the contents of the mine's Hazard Communication program. 
  

24 hours of training must also include first aid and CPR.  Four hours of training on the fore mentioned material must be conducted prior to the miner working on-site.  The initial four hours of training does allow the miner to work on a mine site under the observation of an experienced miner before completing the remainder of the training.  The worker must then complete the first aid/CPR within 60 days and within 90 days the remainder of the training must be completed.  The remaining training modules can be any topics that are applicable and promotes health and safety at the mine, including on the job training.

Other areas of required training are:

• Newly-hired experienced miner
• New Task
• Site-Specific hazard awareness
  
  

Our instructors have hands on real experience in the mining industry.  They have the ability, knowledge and experience to effectively communicate course requirements.  We have developed a training system that engages the miner in the training.  This system has been proven to create dialog between the students and the instructor, helping the student absorb and understand the course content.  We at times substitute equivalent applicable OSHA material and other related agencies as needed to convey necessary information.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is designed to meet the requirements for personnel who will be working at a surface mine. Specifically:

• New Miners
• Newly Hired Experienced Miners
• Construction Persons
• Maintenance Personnel
• Mine Contractors