Corporate Training By Zack Academy - New Miner (MSHA) Underground Training - Beartooth Safety

Why Should You Take This New Miner (MSHA) Underground Training Course?

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents, to minimize health hazards, and to promote improved safety and health conditions in the nation's mines. 

This New Miner (MSHA) Underground Training course is designed to assist you in meeting Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Part 48 requirements for underground mines, most above-ground mines and/or above-ground operations at underground mines.

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Instruction in the statutory rights of miners and their representatives under the Act
• Authority and responsibility of supervisors
• Self-rescue and respiratory devices
• Entering and leaving the mine; transportation; communications
• Mine map; escapeways; emergency evacuation; barricading
• Roof or ground control and ventilation plans
• Purpose of taking dust, noise, and other health measurements
• Cleanup; rock dusting (mostly for coal mines)
• Recognition and avoidance of electrical hazards
• Detection and avoidance of hazards associated with mine gases
• Self-Rescue and Respiratory Devices

Please Note:  Annual Refresher training is required and 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 miner's HazCom program.

Warning! If a mine operator is caught by MSHA having non-MSHA trained personnel on site or within their records, the mine gets a $10,000 fine and you as the worker are escorted off the mine site, not to return until you are MSHA trained!