MSHA Part 48(b) New Miner Training
The MSHA New Miner Training is an introductory course for newly employed and inexperienced miners or individual contractors needing to conduct work at a mine site.
Who Should Attend
Newly employed, inexperienced miners.
Course Outline
Topics included in the course: 15-Minute Rule, Accident Prevention, Confined Spaces, Conveyor Safety, Electrical Hazards, Equipment/Machine Guarding, Escape and Emergency Evacuation Procedures, Explosives, Fall Protection and Prevention, Fire Warning and Firefighting, First Aid, Ground Control and Highwall Safety, Hazard Recognition, Hazard Communication, Health (Dust and Noise), Health and Safety Aspects of Assigned Task, Job Safety Analysis, Ladder Safety, Lock-Out/Tag-Out, Mandatory Safety and Health Standards, Miners' Rights and Responsibilities, MSHA Rules to Live By, Personal Protective Equipment, Self-Rescue and Respiratory Devices, Substance Abuse Prevention, Surface Powered Haulage, Welding Hazards.
Outcomes
Students will receive a 5000-23 that is marked incomplete. Mine Site employees will have 60 days to do a mine tour at a mine site where they will be conducting work. Contractors need to do a mine tour at the fist mine site they will be conducting work. Upon completion of the mine tour, send us proof of the mine tour and we will reissue a completed 5000-23. (For the University of Texas to sign, we will need documentation from the mine site that the mine tour has occurred. Once received, it could take up to five business days for us to sign complete, and reissue the 5000-23).
Prerequisites
None.
Association
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Karina Delany
Email:
k.delany@utexas.eduPhone:
512-232-2240