Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 2023
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.102, 351.103, and
351.106 require a person to be trained before his certification for employment
in coal mines. KRS 351.070(3) requires the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing
to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of
KRS Chapter 351. This administrative regulation establishes the definitions for
805 KAR Chapter 7.
Section 1.
Definitions.
(1) "Belt conveyor" means a belt
located underground outby the loading point which moves on rollers used to
carry coal and any structures, motors, or accessories used to support, protect,
or increase its efficiency.
(2)
"Certified Belt Examiner" means a person certified by the Office of Mine Safety
and Licensing who is trained to follow examination and reporting procedures in
examining the belt conveyor and surrounding conditions.
(3) "Certified person" means a person
certified by the commissioner to perform particular work duties in and around a
coal mine.
(4) "Experienced surface
miner" means a person who has worked a minimum of forty-five (45) working days
at a surface mine or on the surface area of an underground mine and has
complied with all statutory and regulatory training requirements.
(5) "Experienced underground miner" means a
person who has worked a minimum of forty-five (45) working days in an
underground coal mine and has complied with all statutory and regulatory
training requirements.
(6) "Hazard
training" means instruction in awareness and avoidance of accident or injury
from conditions inherent to mining provided by the licensee to visitors exposed
to mine hazards.
(7) "Inexperienced
surface miner" means a trainee miner who has not worked a minimum of forty-five
(45) working days at a surface mine or on the surface area of an underground
coal mine.
(8) "Inexperienced
underground miner" means a trainee miner who has not worked a minimum of
forty-five (45) working days in an underground coal mine.
(9) "Mine-specific training" means the
instruction of mining relative to the distinct factors of a particular
mine.
(10) "Newly employed miner"
means a miner, experienced or inexperienced, employed by a licensee to work at
a coal mine, who has not completed mine specific training
requirements.
(11) "New work
assignment" means a work duty in which a miner has not completed task training
or demonstrated proficiency.
(12)
"Normal work shift" means the period of time during which the miner is
scheduled to work on a regular basis.
(13) "Surface coal miner" means a person at a
surface mine or on the surface area of an underground mine who is engaged in an
activity of mining or processing coal.
(14) "Task training" means training of miners
for new work assignments.
(15)
"Trainee miner" means a miner who has not worked a minimum of forty-five (45)
working days at a coal mine.
(16)
"Underground coal miner" means:
(a) A person
working in an underground mine who is engaged in the extraction and production
process including maintenance or service; or
(b) A person employed or contracted by the
licensee who is regularly exposed to mining hazards.
3 Ky.R. 796; 4 Ky.R. 146;
eff. 10-5-1977; 11 Ky.R. 1896; eff. 7-9-1985; 26 Ky.R. 208; 752; eff.
10-13-1999; 33 Ky.R. 3076; 3413; 34 Ky.R. 30; eff. 8-6-2007; Crt eff.
6-27-2018.
