Surface Miner Training
Provider: Mason Contractors Association of America
Discipline: Safety
Credits: 8.00
Our Surface Miner Training provides over 8 hours of MSHA Part 46 compliancy training. This package includes:
- Over 8 hours of training
- 27 training modules based on MSHA's Part 46 requirements
- A quick and easy way to deliver required training
- Access to electronic printable tests and answer guides
- Award winning training (1st Place at MSHA's 2008 TRAM Conference)
The information provided in this course is based on extensive industry research, insights from experienced miners, and MSHA best practices. Ultimately, our goal is to provide you with a valuable learning experience that inspires good judgment and safe work habits for many years of safe mining. This training program is organized as a hierarchy of grouped information based on the Part 46 requirements. Using this slide as an example, the structure is arranged as follows:
Actual training content resides within modules as a series of chapters containing related material ultimately presented in an interactive slide format. The training content in each module begins with a set of learning objectives and concludes with an interactive and scored knowledge assessment. Other non-scored assessments may be distributed throughout longer modules.
The Surface Miner Training curriculum parallels the required and suggested topics outlined in the Part 46 federal regulations addressing miner training. These key topics are grouped into the following nine activities that make up the Surface Miner Training curriculum:
- Introduction to the Mining Environment
- Hazard Recognition and Avoidance
- Emergency Procedures
- Health and Safety Aspects of Tasks and Operations
- Hazard Reporting Rules and Procedures
- Statutory Rights of Miners
- Line of Authority
- Respiratory Devices
- First Aid
Outline
The Introduction to the Mining Environment activity offers an introduction to mining and covers the following information:- Definition of mining
- Surface mining development, operations, and reclamation
- Physical characteristics of a surface mine
- Typical surface mining equipment
Categories of hazards discussed here include the following:
- Environmental hazards
- Equipment hazards
- Physical hazards
- Chemical hazards
- Types of emergencies
- Emergency procedures
- Fire and firefighting procedures
- Warning signals, evacuation, and reporting
Tasks and operational elements covered here include:
- Preventing accidents
- Working around equipment
- Maintaining and repairing equipment
- Working in a confined space
- Working on or near water
- Working at night
- Working with chemicals
- Working with electricity
- Working with explosives
The Line of Authority activity reviews and describes the general line of authority and responsibilities of supervisors and miners' representatives. The role and responsibility of designated safety personnel is also discussed.
The Respiratory Devices activity presents information on the proper use and maintenance of the types of respirators commonly used at surface mining operations. It will address the following topics:
- Respirators
- Escape respirators
- Self-contained self-rescuers
- First steps for all situations
- First aid for emergencies
- First aid for common injuries
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