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MSHA 8 hour refresher
MSHA 8 hour refresher
MSHA requires an annual 8-hour Refresher. It can be completed in one session or piecemeal. For part 46 there are a few subject areas and a longer list of suggested topics. All training must be done under the supervision of a competent person and the training certificate must be issued when training is completed and must be signed by the person designated in your plan as Responsible for Health and Safety Training.
This course, provided by Eduwhere provides an MSHA Approved trainer to conduct the training as a the required competent trainer. Courses are scheduled regularly and must be attended in full when held.
This Eduwhere course provides course materials that the New Miner can work through under the guidance of a competent trainer at your company. It can be completed on demand and your company certifies that it has been completed properly.
Subjects include:
- The Miner's Health and Safety
- Applicable Health and Safety Requirements
- HazCom
- 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
- Respiratory Devices
MSHA Regulation: 46.8 Annual Refresher Training
MSHA Regulation: 46.8 Annual Refresher Training
§ 46.8 Annual refresher training.
(a) You must provide each miner with no less than 8 hours of annual re- fresher training—
(1) No later than 12 months after the miner begins work at the mine, or no later than March 30, 2001, whichever is later; and
(2) Thereafter, no later than 12 months after the previous annual re- fresher training was completed.
(b) The refresher training must include instruction on changes at the mine that could adversely affect the miner’s health or safety.
(c) Refresher training must also ad- dress 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 fire- fighting; ground conditions and control; traffic patterns and control; work- ing 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 de- vices. 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).
[64 FR 53130, Sept. 30, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 42382, June 21, 2002]
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