2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .1071   Training program -- Certification as shotfirer and driller for solid blasting.

351.1071 Training program -- Certification as shotfirer and driller for solid blasting. (1) No person shall drill coal or detonate explosives within a mine using the method of shooting coal from the solid until that person successfully completes a training program administered by the department and has passed a test prescribed by the commissioner. (2) No person shall be issued a certificate in accordance with subsection (1) of this section unless he or she presents valid evidence to the commissioner of having one (1) year of practical underground coal mine experience. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 370, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.