30 C.F.R. § 48.31 Hazard training.
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
(a) Operators shall provide to those miners, as defined in §48.22(a) (2) (Definition of miner) of this subpart B, a training program before such miners commence their work duties. This training program shall include the following instruction, which is applicable to the duties of such miners: (1) Hazard recognition and avoidance; (2) Emergency and evacuation procedures; (3) Health and safety standards, safety rules and safe working procedures; (4) Self-rescue and respiratory devices; and, (5) Such other instruction as may be required by the District Manager based on circumstances and conditions at the mine. (b) Miners shall receive the instruction required by this section at least once every 12 months. (c) The training program required by this section shall be submitted with the training plan required by §48.23(a) (Training plans: Submission and approval) of this subpart B and shall include a statement on the methods of instruction to be used. (d) In accordance with §48.29 (Records of training) of this subpart B, the operator shall maintain and make available for inspection, certificates that miners have received the instruction required by this section. [43 FR 47459, Oct. 13, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 23641, May 28, 1982]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 48—TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS
Subpart B—Training and Retraining of Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface Areas of Underground Mines
§ 48.31 Hazard training.
