[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: 30CFR48.28]

[Page 234-235]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 48--TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Training and Retraining of Miners Working at Surface Mines 
                 and Surface Areas of Underground Mines
 
Sec. 48.28  Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.

    (a) Each miner shall receive a mimimum of 8 hours of annual 
refresher training as prescribed in this section.
    (b) The annual refresher training program for all miners shall 
include the following courses of instruction:
    (1) Mandatory health and safety standards. The course shall include 
mandatory health and safety standard requirements which are related to 
the miner's tasks.
    (2) Transportation controls and communication systems. The course 
shall include instruction on 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.
    (3) Escape and emergency evacuation plans; firewarning and 
firefighting. The course shall include a review of the mine escape 
system; escape and emergency evacuation plans in effect at the mine; and 
instruction in the firewarning signals and firefighting procedures.
    (4) Ground control; working in areas of highwalls, water hazards, 
pits, and spoil banks; illumination and night work. The course shall 
include, where applicable, a review and instruction on the highwall and 
ground control plans in effect at the mine; procedures for working 
safely in areas of highwalls, water hazards, pits, and spoil banks; the 
illumination of work areas; and safe work procedures during hours of 
darkness.
    (5) First aid. The course shall include a review of first aid 
methods acceptable to MSHA.
    (6) Electrical hazards. The course shall include recognition and 
avoidance of electrical hazards.
    (7) Prevention of accidents. the course shall include a review of 
accidents and causes of accidents, and instruction in accident 
prevention in the work environment.
    (8) Health. The course shall include instruction on the purpose of 
taking dust measurements, where applicable, and noise and other health 
measurements, and any health control plan in effect at the mine shall be 
explained. The health provisions of the Act and warning labels shall 
also be explained.
    (9) Explosives. The course shall include a review and instruction on 
the hazards related to explosives. The only exception to this course 
component is when there are no explosives used or stored on the mine 
property.

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    (10) Self-rescue and respiratory devices. The course shall include 
instruction and demonstration in the use, care, and maintenance of self-
rescue and respiratory devices, where applicable.
    (11) Such other courses as may be required by the District Manager 
based on circumstances and conditions at the mine.
    (c) All coal supervisors who are subject to Sec. 77.107-1 of this 
chapter must receive annual refresher training required by this section 
within 12 months of October, 1998.
    (d) Where annual refresher training is conducted periodically, such 
sessions shall not be less than 30 minutes of actual instruction time 
and the miners shall be notified that the session is part of annual 
refresher training.

[43 FR 47459, Oct. 13, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 23641, May 28, 1982; 63 
FR 53761, Oct. 6, 1998]

    Effective Date Note: At 67 FR 42389, June 21, 2002, Sec. 48.28 was 
amended by redesignating paragraphs (c) and (d) as paragraphs (d) and 
(e) and adding a new paragraph (c), effective Sept. 23, 2002. For the 
convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:

Sec. 48.28  Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of 
          instruction; hours of instruction.

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    (c) Refresher training may include other health and safety subjects 
that are relevant to mining operations at the mine. Recommended subjects 
include, but are not limited to, 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.

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