[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: 30CFR48.8]

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                       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 A--Training and Retraining of Underground Miners
 
Sec. 48.8  Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.

    (a) Each miner shall receive a minimum 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) Barricading. The course shall include a review of the methods of 
barricading and locations of barricading materials, where applicable.
    (4) Roof or ground control and ventilation plans. The course shall 
include a review of roof or ground control plans in effect at the mine 
and the procedures for maintaining and controlling ventilation.
    (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.

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    (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) Self-rescue and respiratory devices. The course shall include 
instruction and demonstration in the use, care, and maintenance of self-
rescue and respiratory devices used at the mine. Training in the use of 
self-contained self-rescue devices shall include complete donning 
procedures in which each person assumes a donning position, opens the 
device, activates the device, inserts the mouthpiece or simulates this 
task while explaining proper insertion of the mouthpiece, and puts on 
the nose clip.
    (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.
    (10) Mine gases. The course shall include instruction in the 
detection and avoidance of hazards associated with mine gases.
    (11) Health. The course shall include instruction on the purpose of 
taking dust, 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.
    (12) 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. 75.161(a) 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 23640, May 28, 1982; 53 
FR 10336, Mar. 30, 1988; 63 FR 53760, Oct. 6, 1998]

    Effective Date Note: At 67 FR 42389, June 21, 2002, Sec. 48.8 was 
amended by redesignating paragraphs (c) and (d) as (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. 48.8  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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