Part 48
Training of new miners; Minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction
What is 48.5/ 48.25- Each new miner shall receive no less than 40 hours for underground or 24 hours for surface
Ground conditions that create a hazard to persons shall be taken down or supported before other work or travel is permitted in the affected area. Until corrective work is completed, the area shall be posted with a warning against entry.
What is 56.3200 Correction of hazardous conditions
57.20013
77.400
Mechanical equipment guards- gears; sprockets; chains; drive head, tail and takeup pulleys; flywheels; couplings; shafts; sawblades; fan inlets; and similar exposed moving machine parts which may be contacted by persons, and which may cause injury to persons shall be guarded
*effective health and safety training
*file or make a complaint of a safety or health violation
*have an inspection of the mine where there is belief that an imminent danger, or a violation
*withdraw from the mine
*be paid during certain periods of time when a dithdrawal order
*take part in proceedings
* refuse to work in condditions you believe are unsafe, unhealthy or illegal
*a medical evaluation or consideration for transfer to anoth job location because of harmful physical agents and toxic substances
*exercise any rights afforded by the min act
*select a representative for safety and health purposes
What is Miners rights
Experienced miner training
What is 48.6/48.26- WWxcept as provided in paragraph E, this section applies to experienced miners who are:
1. newly employed by the operator
2. transferred to the mine
3. experienced underground miners transferred from surface to underground
4. Returning to the mine after an absence of more than 12 months
56.11001
What is Safe Access- safe means of access shall be provided and maintained to all working places
At all mining operations A- workplaces, passageways, storerooms and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly B- the floor of every workplcace shall be maintained in a clean and so far as possible, dry condition. where wet processes are used, drainage shall be maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats, or other dry standing places shall be provided where practicable; and C- every floor, working place, and passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose board, as practicable
What is 57.20003 Housekeeping
A qualified person within the meaning of 77.502 is an idvividual who meets the requirements of 77.103
What is 77.502-1 Qualified person
Under the act your responsibilities are?
Always:
Never:
Annual Refresher training of miners
What is 48.8/48.28- each miner shall receive a mimimum of 8 hours of annual refresher training
Snow and Ice on walkways and travelways- Regulary used walkways and travel ways shall be sanded, salted, or cleared of snow and ice as soon as practiable.
What is 56.11016
57.18020
Working alone- No employee shall be assigned, or allowed, or be required to perform work alone in any area where hazardous conditions exist that would endanger his safety unless he can communicate with others, can be heard, or can be seen
77.1110
What is Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment- Firefighting equipment shall be continuously maintained in a usable and operative condition. Fire extinguishers shall be examined at least once every 6 months and the date of such examination shall be recorded on a permanent tag attached to the extinguisher
The miners right and responsibilites was created
What is 1977
56.14100
Safety defects; examinatio, correction and records.
a- Self-propelled mobile equipment to be used during a shift shall be inspected by the equipment operator before being placed in operation on that shift
b- defects on any equipment, machinery, and tools that affect safety shall be corrected in a timely manner to prevent the creation of a hazard to persons
c- when defects make continued operation hazardous to person, the defective items including self-propelled mobile equipment shall be taken out of service and placed in a designated area posted for that purpose
D- defects on self-propelled mobile equipment affecting safety, which are not corrected immediately, shall be reported to and recorded by the mine operator. the records shall be kept at the mine or nearest mine office from the date the defects are recorded, until the defects are corrected
A competent person designated by the operator shall examin each working place at least once each shift for conditions which may adversely affect safety or health. B- a record that such examinations were conducted shall be kept by the operator for a period of one year
What is 57.18002 Examination of working place
Each operator of a surface coal mine shall establish and maintain a communication system from the mine to the nearest pont of medical assistance for use in an emergency.
What is 77.1701 Emergency Communications; Requiremtns
Before reporting to MSHA you should first
What is contact your supervisor and Safety Department
Safety belts and lines shall be worn when persons work where there is danger of falling; a second person shall tend the lifeline when bins, tanks, or other dangerous areas are entered
What is 56.15005
Continuity and resistance of grounding sytems shall be tested immediately after installation, repair, and modification and annually thereafter. A record of the resistance measured during the most recent test shall be made abailable.
What is 57.12028 Testing grounding systems
77.1704
What is First aid training program; availability of instruction to all miners. on or before December 30, 1971 each operator of a surface coal mine shall make available to all miners employed in the mine a course of instruction in first aid conducted by the operator or under the auspices of the operator, and such a course of instruction shall be made available to newly employed miners within 6 months after the date of employment
The number to report violations, hazardous conditions, or imminent danger
1-800-746-1553