[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR46.8]

[Page 205]
 
                       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. 46.8  Annual refresher training.

    (a) You must provide each miner with no less than 8 hours of annual 
refresher training--
    (1) No later than 12 months after the miner begins work at the mine, 
or no later than March 30, 2001, whichever is later; and
    (2) Thereafter, no later than 12 months after the previous annual 
refresher training was completed.
    (b) The refresher training must include instruction on changes at 
the mine that could adversely affect the miner's health or safety.
    (c) Refresher training must also address other health and safety 
subjects that are relevant to mining operations at the mine. Recommended 
subjects include, but are not limited to: applicable health and safety 
requirements, including mandatory health and safety standards; 
transportation controls and communication systems; escape and emergency 
evacuation plans, firewarning and firefighting; ground conditions and 
control; traffic patterns and control; working in areas of highwalls; 
water hazards, pits, and spoil banks; illumination and night work; first 
aid; electrical hazards; prevention of accidents; health; explosives; 
and respiratory devices. Training is also recommended on the hazards 
associated with the equipment that has accounted for the most fatalities 
and serious injuries at the mines covered by this rule, including: 
mobile equipment (haulage and service trucks, front-end loaders and 
tractors); conveyor systems; cranes; crushers; excavators; and dredges. 
Other recommended subjects include: maintenance and repair (use of hand 
tools and welding equipment); material handling; fall prevention and 
protection; and working around moving objects (machine guarding).

    Effective Date Note: At 67 FR 42382, June 21, 2002, the second 
sentence of paragraph (c) of Sec. 46.8 was amended by inserting the 
phrase ``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;'' 
after the phrase ``including mandatory health and safety standards;'', 
effective Sept. 23, 2002.