Seminar Description:

Thomas Safety Solutions provides high quality mine safety training to mine employees and is delivered by an instructor qualified by the United States Department of Labor, MSHA.  Our seminars are designed in compliance with federal requirements to offer miners of all experience levels useful, comprehensive, and effective training, and meet or exceed workplace training requirements for MSHA.  Part 46 applies to shell dredging, sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, and surface limestone mines.

The New Miner Seminar:

The New Miner seminar offered at Thomas Safety Solutions is for miners that are new or are starting at surface mines or quarries.  This seminar is a three-day seminar (24 hours of training) and meets the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) requirement for training that all miners and contractors must have to work in a mine or quarry.

Seminar Topics covered, but not limited to:

Line of Authority; Introduction to the Mining Environment; Statutory Rights of Miners; Hazard Recognition and Avoidance; Emergency Procedures; Hazard Communication; Health and Safety Aspects of Tasks and Operations; Hazard Reporting Rules and Procedures; Self-Rescue and Respiratory Devices; First Aid.

Total Hours:  24 Hours

The Newly Hired Experienced Miner Seminar:

The Newly Hired Experienced Miner seminar is for miners who have received new miner training under Part 46, and has at least 12 months' cumulative experience in surface mines or quarries.  This seminar is a two-day seminar (16 hours of training) and meets the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) requirement for training that all miners and contractors must have to work in a mine or quarry.

Seminar Topics covered, but not limited to:

 Line of Authority; Introduction to the Mining Environment; Statutory Rights of Miners; Hazard Recognition and Avoidance; Emergency Procedures; Hazard Communication; Health and Safety Aspects of Tasks and Operations; Hazard Reporting Rules and Procedures; Self-Rescue and Respiratory Devices.

Total Hours:  16 Hours

The Annual Miner Refresher Seminar:

The Annual Miner Refresher seminar is for miners who have received new miner training under Part 46, and must occur within 12 months of starting work or last annual refresher.  This seminar is a one-day seminar (8 hours of training) and covers major changes which may adversely affect safety and health as well as other topics specified in the mine safety training plan.  This seminar meets the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) requirement for training that all miners and contractors must have to continue work in a mine or quarry.

Seminar Topics covered, but not limited to:

Introduction/Changes to the Mining Environment; Statutory Rights of Miners; Hazard Recognition and Avoidance; Emergency Procedures; Hazard Communication; Self-Rescue and Respiratory Devices.

Total Hours:  8 Hours

Seminar Objective:

The objective of the MSHA safety training seminars offered at Thomas Safety Solutions is to assist mine operators and mining contractors with their training and retraining of miners on the safety and health hazards at surface mines or quarries to prevent or reduce the frequency and severity of injuries in the mining industry.  Participants will learn their rights and responsibilities, job related safety procedures, rescue and first aid techniques, and much more.

There is an exam at the end of each seminar, which requires a minimum score of 70% or better to pass.  Upon successful seminar completion, participants will receive a certificate from Thomas Safety Solutions and their MSHA Form 5000-23 Certificate of Training.  Call for pricing, specific topics needed, or if you need special scheduling.

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Be sure to check out all of our other safety and health training, including our 10 & 30 Hour OSHA, Confined Space Entry, Fall Protection Competent Person, Scaffold Competent Person, Excavation Competent Person, Qualified Rigging, Qualified Crane Signaling, and more.