[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: 30CFR47.2]

[Page 208]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 47--HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HazCom)--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A--Purpose, Scope, Applicability, and Initial Miner Training
 
Sec. 47.2  Operators and chemicals covered; initial miner training.

    (a) This part applies to any operator producing or using a hazardous 
chemical to which a miner can be exposed under normal conditions of use 
or in a foreseeable emergency. (Subpart J of this part lists exemptions 
from coverage.)
    (b) Operators of mines which employ six or more miners must instruct 
each miner with 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 by September 23, 2002. Operators of mines that employ five or 
fewer miners must instruct each miner with 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 by March 21, 2003.