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This course is designed to help the surface miner achieve a general awareness of the health and safety hazards that exist in confined spaces at surface mine sites. This course highlights various hazards found in confined spaces at surface mine sites and provides best practices for accident prevention during operations in such spaces. The course is designed for operators, supervisors, safety personnel, and all other individuals who work at surface mines.
What are the governing regulations? MSHA specializes in enforcing health and safety legislation in mining, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implements safety and health legislation across all industries. So although there is a separation of powers, MSHA and OSHA work in tandem to develop compatible safety and health standards for miners. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Health and Safety (H&S) Department monitors both OSHA and MSHA to ensure that each is enforcing effective rules and regulations to protect the health and safety of miners.
To be MSHA compliant your company must have a training plan that is approved by MSHA and administered by a competent person. Your company can use this or any of our courses as part of that plan.
Who must take this training? Significant hazards exist in confined spaces at surface mine sites. In order to moderate them, miners and other individuals who work on mine sites must acquire a better understanding of the risks and hazards of working in a confined space as well as the associated preventative procedures and behaviors.
Case Study: On January 31, 1989, a 29-year-old male maintenance worker died while attempting to repair a pipe at the bottom of a sewer manhole. A 43-year-old maintenance coworker also went into the manhole to attempt rescue, but collapsed and died as well. The accident occurred because the atmosphere of the manhole was not regularly tested or ventilated.
It will take a MINIMUM of 2 hours to complete this online course. The student may log on and off as needed. A bookmark will be set so when they log back in they will return to where they left off.
We have no restrictions on how long a person takes to complete a course.
Likewise, if you are purchasing for others, we have no time limit on assigning courses. So you can purchase a larger quantity then you currently need and take advantage of volume discounts.
You must provide each miner with no less than 8 hours of annual refresher training:
No later than 12 months after the miner begins work at the mine, or no later than March 30, 2001, whichever is later; and
Thereafter, no later than 12 months after the previous annual refresher training was completed.
The refresher training must include instruction on changes at the mine that could adversely affect the miner's health or safety.
Refresher training must also address other health and safety subjects that are relevant to mining operations at the mine. Recommended subjects include, but are not limited to: applicable health and safety requirements, including mandatory health and safety standards; 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; transportation controls and communication systems; escape and emergency evacuation plans, firewarning and firefighting; ground conditions and control; traffic patterns and control; working in areas of highwalls; water hazards, pits, and spoil banks; illumination and night work; first aid; electrical hazards; prevention of accidents; health; explosives; and respiratory devices. Training is also recommended on the hazards associated with the equipment that has accounted for the most fatalities and serious injuries at the mines covered by this rule, including: mobile equipment (haulage and service trucks, front-end loaders and tractors); conveyor systems; cranes; crushers; excavators; and dredges. Other recommended subjects include: maintenance and repair (use of hand tools and welding equipment); material handling; fall prevention and protection; and working around moving objects (machine guarding).
Upon successful completion each student will have immediate access to a printable certificate and wallet card for MSHA Surface Mining Confined Spaces proof of training.
