Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 351.102, 351.1291
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.102(3),
351.106(1), and 351.1291(1) require the Department for Natural Resources to
establish a program of education and training for prospective miners. KRS 351.106(12) authorizes the Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet to
promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement KRS Chapter 351.
This administrative regulation establishes a program of training necessary to
obtain a permit as an inexperienced miner.
Section
1. Training and Certification to become an Inexperienced Miner.
(1) A candidate desiring to obtain a permit
as an inexperienced underground or surface miner shall be at least eighteen
(18) years of age prior to enrolling in a training program.
(2) The required training shall be documented
and include the following information:
(a)
Full name of person trained;
(b)
Miner identification number;
(c)
Type of mining operation;
(d) Type
of training received;
(e) Date
training completed;
(f) Subjects
taught in that training;
(g)
Signature of instructor;
(h)
Signature of miner;
(i)
Documentation providing proof the individual being trained is at least eighteen
(18) years of age; and
(j) Date of
signatures.
(3) The
documentation shall be embossed with the instructor's seal and an embossed copy
shall be provided to the miner.
(4)
(a) The certificate earned by completing the
training program shall be valid for twelve (12) months preceding initial
employment at a mine.
(b) If
employment is not obtained within twelve (12) months, annual retraining
requirements shall be successfully completed each year in accordance with 805 KAR 7:030 in order to maintain the inexperienced miner permit.
Section 2. Training
Program.
(1) The training program to become an
inexperienced underground or surface miner shall include instruction in the
following courses:
(a) Introduction to
mining;
(b) Self-rescue
devices;
(c) The statutory rights
of miners and their representatives;
(d) Authority and responsibility of
supervisors;
(e) Transportation and
communication;
(f) Mine
map;
(g) Health
standards;
(h) Hazard
recognition;
(i) Electrical
hazard;
(j) First aid;
(k) Mine gases and explosives;
(l) Accident prevention;
(m) Mining and mine safety related issues;
and
(n) Alcohol and substance abuse
education as required by KRS 351.102(3) and 351.1291.
(2) The training program to become an
inexperienced underground miner shall include instruction in the following
courses in addition to those listed in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Entering and leaving a mine;
(b) Escapeways, emergency evacuations,
barricading;
(c) Roof control and
ventilation plans; and
(d) Clean-up
and rock dusting.
(3)
The training program to become an inexperienced surface miner shall include
instruction in the following courses in addition to those listed in subsection
(1) of this section:
(a) Ground control
plans;
(b) Cutting and
welding;
(c) Fire protection;
and
(d) Safety around bins and
hoppers.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 351.102(3), 351.106(1), (12),
351.1291(1)
